IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in England

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 306 280
Rank change year-on-year -86 -26 +50
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 245 209 296
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.76% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.84% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 121 214
10th Percentile £413 £425 £416
25th Percentile £490 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% -7.69% +1.96%
75th Percentile £720 £738 £769
90th Percentile £894 £790 £922
UK median daily rate £560 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -2.61% -11.54% +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.01 £17.64
25th Percentile £72.25 £38.34 £19.72
Median hourly rate £98.82 £58.90 £23.31
Median % change year-on-year +67.79% +152.66% -22.09%
75th Percentile £100.00 £79.45 £26.78
90th Percentile £100.50 £91.78 £28.78
UK median hourly rate £98.82 £17.79 £23.31
% change year-on-year +455.48% -23.68% -22.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

IT Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,297 24,783 30,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.34% 90.63% 85.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 15,884 19,726
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,362 1,330 1,950
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.29 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.99 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.23 £71.46 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in England

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IT Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 23 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -71 110 £615 -5.38% 215
South East -46 42 £638 -4.67% 60
North of England -73 32 £513 -4.69% 51
North West -47 22 £496 -7.64% 29
South West -20 21 £550 +7.32% 23
Midlands -48 21 £600 +19.88% 42
West Midlands -51 14 £600 - 16
East of England -29 9 £510 -21.54% 22
Yorkshire -50 9 £535 -10.83% 19
East Midlands -14 7 £828 +70.05% 26
North East - 1 - - 3
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.82%) Camunda
1 2 (0.82%) Confluence
1 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.41%) Apache
2 1 (0.41%) CMS
2 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.41%) IIS
2 1 (0.41%) nginx
2 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.22%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.27%) SAP CO
1 8 (3.27%) SAP FI
1 8 (3.27%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.22%) Remedy AR System
3 3 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 71 (28.98%) Azure
2 49 (20.00%) AWS
3 27 (11.02%) SaaS
4 23 (9.39%) GCP
5 18 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (6.12%) IaaS
6 15 (6.12%) PaaS
7 7 (2.86%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.63%) Serverless
9 4 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.82%) Datadog
11 2 (0.82%) GitHub
11 2 (0.82%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.82%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.71%) Firewall
1 14 (5.71%) LAN
2 10 (4.08%) WAN
3 8 (3.27%) DHCP
3 8 (3.27%) DNS
3 8 (3.27%) VSAN
4 6 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.04%) VLAN
5 5 (2.04%) VPN
6 4 (1.63%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (1.63%) SAN
6 4 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.22%) BGP
7 3 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.22%) OSPF
8 2 (0.82%) 4G
8 2 (0.82%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.82%) MPLS
8 2 (0.82%) SSL
8 2 (0.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.45%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.04%) Power BI
3 4 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.63%) GIS
3 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.22%) Metadata
4 3 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.82%) Tableau
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.41%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.41%) Redis
6 1 (0.41%) Stardog
6 1 (0.41%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.82%) Chocolatey
2 2 (0.82%) Postman
3 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.41%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.41%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.41%) JMeter
3 1 (0.41%) JUnit
3 1 (0.41%) Maven
3 1 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.41%) Selenium
3 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.41%) TestNG
3 1 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 67 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 66 (26.94%) Finance
3 44 (17.96%) Public Sector
4 35 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.16%) Banking
6 16 (6.53%) Legal
7 15 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (4.90%) Financial Institution
9 10 (4.08%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.27%) Military
10 8 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.86%) Marketing
11 7 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Retail
13 4 (1.63%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.63%) Local Government
14 3 (1.22%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.22%) Billing
15 2 (0.82%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (42.45%) Architect
2 39 (15.92%) Solutions Architect
3 23 (9.39%) Enterprise Architect
3 23 (9.39%) Lead
4 22 (8.98%) Technical Architect
5 21 (8.57%) Senior
6 10 (4.08%) IT Manager
6 10 (4.08%) Network Architect
6 10 (4.08%) Project Manager
7 8 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (3.27%) Principal Engineer
8 7 (2.86%) Consultant
8 7 (2.86%) PMO Manager
8 7 (2.86%) PMO Project Manager
8 7 (2.86%) SAP Manager
8 7 (2.86%) SAP Project Manager
9 6 (2.45%) Analyst
9 6 (2.45%) Chief Technology Officer
9 6 (2.45%) Developer
9 6 (2.45%) SAP PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.12%) Middleware
2 12 (4.90%) REST
3 9 (3.67%) SOAP
4 4 (1.63%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.22%) Kafka
5 3 (1.22%) Node.js
5 3 (1.22%) OAuth
5 3 (1.22%) React
5 3 (1.22%) SAML
6 2 (0.82%) .NET
6 2 (0.82%) EDI
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.82%) RESTful
7 1 (0.41%) Framer.js
7 1 (0.41%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.41%) LangGraph
7 1 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.41%) Playwright
7 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.41%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.39%) Product Ownership
2 18 (7.35%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 11 (4.49%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.67%) PKI
6 8 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.86%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.45%) CMDB
8 6 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.04%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.04%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.22%) CCTV
11 3 (1.22%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.22%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.22%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.53%) Linux
2 15 (6.12%) Windows
3 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.41%) Solaris
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (71.02%) Technology Strategy
2 94 (38.37%) Roadmaps
3 59 (24.08%) Enterprise Architecture
4 53 (21.63%) Agile
5 51 (20.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 46 (18.78%) AI
8 44 (17.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (16.33%) Business Strategy
10 40 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (15.51%) DevOps
12 35 (14.29%) Decision-Making
12 35 (14.29%) TOGAF
13 34 (13.88%) Migration
13 34 (13.88%) Technical Leadership
14 31 (12.65%) Microservices
15 29 (11.84%) CI/CD
15 29 (11.84%) ITIL
16 28 (11.43%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.16%) Python
2 13 (5.31%) SQL
3 9 (3.67%) Java
4 8 (3.27%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.86%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.45%) Bash
7 5 (2.04%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.22%) Go
9 2 (0.82%) C#
10 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.41%) Korn
10 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (23.27%) Security Cleared
2 36 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.80%) Degree
4 23 (9.39%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.45%) CCNP
5 6 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (1.63%) MCSE
8 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.22%) VCAP
9 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CISSP
10 1 (0.41%) ISACA
10 1 (0.41%) MBA
10 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.90%) NCSC
2 11 (4.49%) PMO
3 10 (4.08%) NIST
4 9 (3.67%) GDPR
5 7 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.86%) QA
6 5 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.22%) SLA
8 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.82%) ITGC
9 1 (0.41%) COBIT
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.41%) PSD2
9 1 (0.41%) SEPA
9 1 (0.41%) TARGET2
System Software
1 13 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.08%) Docker
2 10 (4.08%) VMware NSX
3 9 (3.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.63%) vSphere
6 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.82%) Firmware
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.49%) Terraform
3 10 (4.08%) Ansible
4 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.22%) VxRail
6 2 (0.82%) SCCM
7 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.41%) Grafana
7 1 (0.41%) Kibana
7 1 (0.41%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 44 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.16%) SAP
3 19 (7.76%) VMware
4 14 (5.71%) Google
5 13 (5.31%) Cisco
6 9 (3.67%) BiZZdesign
7 8 (3.27%) F5
8 7 (2.86%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.45%) Juniper
10 5 (2.04%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.63%) HP
11 4 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.63%) Oracle
11 4 (1.63%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.22%) BMC
12 3 (1.22%) Remedy
13 2 (0.82%) Ariba
13 2 (0.82%) Dell
13 2 (0.82%) Forcepoint
13 2 (0.82%) Fortinet