IT Strategy Contracts in England

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 263 354
Rank change year-on-year -52 +91 -57
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 174 317 334
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.85% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.98% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 223 268
10th Percentile £413 £400 £450
25th Percentile £525 £460 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £645
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.98% +3.20%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £848 £850
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £615
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £14.75
25th Percentile - - £18.52
Median hourly rate £100.00 £30.12 £24.92
Median % change year-on-year +232.01% +20.88% +42.39%
75th Percentile - - £31.19
90th Percentile - - £34.88
UK median hourly rate £100.00 £30.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year +232.01% -19.34% +113.37%

All Process and 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 -29 94 £663 +15.72% 281
South East +40 26 £650 +23.81% 150
North of England -13 25 £600 -6.65% 110
North West -12 19 £550 -4.35% 63
South West +34 9 £625 -13.79% 64
East of England +31 9 £625 +21.95% 68
Midlands +3 8 £613 -18.33% 77
West Midlands -3 5 £613 -18.33% 43
Yorkshire +7 4 £356 -16.28% 39
North East -2 2 £750 -16.38% 10
East Midlands +7 1 - - 30
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.72%) Confluence
4 2 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.15%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.57%) SAS
5 1 (0.57%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.57%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Maximo
1 3 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.15%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.15%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.57%) Avolution ABACUS
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 62 (35.63%) Azure
2 32 (18.39%) AWS
2 32 (18.39%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (10.34%) Entra ID
3 18 (10.34%) PaaS
3 18 (10.34%) SaaS
4 15 (8.62%) IaaS
5 12 (6.90%) GCP
6 8 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.02%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (3.45%) GitHub
8 6 (3.45%) Serverless
9 5 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.30%) Asana
10 4 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.30%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.30%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.75%) VPN
1 10 (5.75%) WAN
2 9 (5.17%) VSAN
3 8 (4.60%) DNS
4 6 (3.45%) Firewall
4 6 (3.45%) LAN
5 5 (2.87%) BGP
5 5 (2.87%) MPLS
5 5 (2.87%) OSPF
5 5 (2.87%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.87%) VLAN
6 4 (2.30%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.30%) SSL
7 3 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.72%) Network Security
7 3 (1.72%) NGFW
8 2 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.15%) DHCP
8 2 (1.15%) Skype
9 1 (0.57%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.30%) Power BI
3 2 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.15%) Big Data
3 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.57%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.87%) CircleCI
2 4 (2.30%) JIRA
3 3 (1.72%) Git
4 2 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket Server
5 1 (0.57%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.57%) JUnit
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
General
1 62 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 45 (25.86%) Finance
3 19 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.62%) Banking
5 10 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (5.17%) Retail
7 8 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.87%) Back Office
9 5 (2.87%) Local Government
9 5 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.72%) Front Office
12 2 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.15%) Law
12 2 (1.15%) Legal
12 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 92 (52.87%) Architect
2 22 (12.64%) Enterprise Architect
2 22 (12.64%) Technical Architect
3 21 (12.07%) Solutions Architect
4 16 (9.20%) Senior
5 13 (7.47%) Lead
6 11 (6.32%) Senior Architect
7 9 (5.17%) Analyst
7 9 (5.17%) IT Support
7 9 (5.17%) Senior Technical Architect
8 8 (4.60%) Cloud Architect
9 6 (3.45%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.45%) Principal Architect
10 5 (2.87%) Designer
10 5 (2.87%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.87%) Support Officer
11 4 (2.30%) IT Architect
11 4 (2.30%) IT Assistant
11 4 (2.30%) IT Support Assistant
11 4 (2.30%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.75%) Middleware
2 6 (3.45%) XML
3 5 (2.87%) SAML
4 4 (2.30%) JDBC
4 4 (2.30%) JSON
4 4 (2.30%) LDAP
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (2.30%) ODBC
4 4 (2.30%) REST
4 4 (2.30%) SOAP
4 4 (2.30%) Web Services
5 3 (1.72%) .NET
5 3 (1.72%) CSS
5 3 (1.72%) HTML
6 2 (1.15%) Node.js
7 1 (0.57%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.57%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.57%) Semantic HTML
7 1 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.49%) Public Cloud
2 13 (7.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (6.90%) PKI
4 9 (5.17%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.02%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.30%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.72%) Blog
9 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.72%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.15%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.34%) Windows
2 9 (5.17%) Linux
2 9 (5.17%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.72%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.57%) SUSE
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (58.05%) Technology Strategy
2 68 (39.08%) Roadmaps
3 43 (24.71%) Agile
4 41 (23.56%) TOGAF
5 35 (20.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 34 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (16.67%) Business Strategy
7 29 (16.67%) ITIL
8 27 (15.52%) Microservices
8 27 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (13.79%) CI/CD
9 24 (13.79%) DevOps
9 24 (13.79%) Strategic Roadmap
10 22 (12.64%) Migration
10 22 (12.64%) Project Management
11 20 (11.49%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (10.92%) Analytics
12 19 (10.92%) Technology Roadmap
13 18 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (9.77%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.90%) Java
2 5 (2.87%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.87%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.87%) SQL
2 5 (2.87%) TypeScript
3 3 (1.72%) Kotlin
3 3 (1.72%) Python
4 2 (1.15%) C++
5 1 (0.57%) C#
5 1 (0.57%) Ruby
5 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 29 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.05%) Degree
4 13 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (6.90%) MCSE
6 9 (5.17%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (4.60%) CCNP
7 8 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (4.02%) AWS Certification
8 7 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.87%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.87%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.30%) CCIE
12 3 (1.72%) CISSP
12 3 (1.72%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.72%) PMP
13 2 (1.15%) CISM
13 2 (1.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.34%) NIST
2 12 (6.90%) NCSC
3 11 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (4.60%) Accessibility
6 7 (4.02%) GDPR
7 5 (2.87%) QA
8 4 (2.30%) SLA
9 3 (1.72%) PMO
10 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.57%) COBIT
11 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.57%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (12.64%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.17%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.87%) Docker
5 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.45%) Terraform
3 5 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.30%) Grafana
4 4 (2.30%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.15%) OPNET
5 2 (1.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.57%) Ansible
6 1 (0.57%) Rancher
Vendors
1 47 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.92%) VMware
3 15 (8.62%) Cisco
4 13 (7.47%) SAP
5 10 (5.75%) Palo Alto
6 9 (5.17%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.60%) Oracle
8 7 (4.02%) Salesforce
9 6 (3.45%) Databricks
10 5 (2.87%) Google
10 5 (2.87%) OpenText
10 5 (2.87%) Qualtrics
11 3 (1.72%) MuleSoft
12 2 (1.15%) eFront
12 2 (1.15%) F5
12 2 (1.15%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.15%) TOWER Software
12 2 (1.15%) UiPath
12 2 (1.15%) Virgin Media
13 1 (0.57%) OpenLink