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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 301 276
Rank change year-on-year -55 -25 +74
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 217 203 306
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.78% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.87% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 100 211
10th Percentile £433 £413 £400
25th Percentile £482 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +5.00% -6.79%
75th Percentile £726 £750 £750
90th Percentile £896 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £51.88
25th Percentile £26.52 - £52.81
Median hourly rate £51.78 £37.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +39.93% -34.22% +232.15%
75th Percentile £81.50 - £60.31
90th Percentile £84.20 - £61.63
UK median hourly rate £51.78 £37.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +39.93% -34.22% +232.15%

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 30,349 23,302 32,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.42% 89.94% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,395 14,514 21,728
10th Percentile £311 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,903 732 1,999
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.49% - -
75th Percentile £61.18 £64.79 £60.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.23 £73.05
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -21 114 £665 -5.00% 213
North of England -61 47 £492 -17.14% 54
North West -27 29 £526 -17.45% 44
Midlands -70 19 £525 -13.51% 32
Yorkshire -43 18 £481 -8.33% 10
South East -49 13 £614 -2.58% 94
West Midlands -62 13 £525 -13.51% 18
East of England -17 11 £650 +20.37% 20
East Midlands -24 6 £536 +37.08% 14
South West -27 6 £675 +3.85% 17
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 7 (3.23%) SAS
2 6 (2.76%) Confluence
2 6 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.30%) Jupyter
4 4 (1.84%) CMS
5 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.92%) Apache
6 2 (0.92%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) SAP CO
1 3 (1.38%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.92%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.46%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 68 (31.34%) Azure
2 62 (28.57%) AWS
3 32 (14.75%) GCP
4 16 (7.37%) SaaS
5 12 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.07%) Entra ID
7 8 (3.69%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.84%) IaaS
9 4 (1.84%) PaaS
10 3 (1.38%) Azure Pipelines
10 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.38%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.92%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.37%) Firewall
2 7 (3.23%) DHCP
2 7 (3.23%) DNS
2 7 (3.23%) Network Security
3 6 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.30%) VPN
5 4 (1.84%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.84%) WAN
6 3 (1.38%) BGP
6 3 (1.38%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.38%) IPv4
6 3 (1.38%) IPv6
6 3 (1.38%) LAN
6 3 (1.38%) MPLS
6 3 (1.38%) OSPF
6 3 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.38%) VLAN
6 3 (1.38%) VXLAN
6 3 (1.38%) Wireless
6 3 (1.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.23%) Power BI
3 5 (2.30%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.84%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.38%) Metadata
5 3 (1.38%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.46%) Looker
7 1 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Jaeger
2 7 (3.23%) JIRA
3 5 (2.30%) Git
4 3 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.92%) GoCD
5 2 (0.92%) Postman
5 2 (0.92%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.46%) GitLab
General
1 73 (33.64%) Finance
2 71 (32.72%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.36%) Public Sector
5 18 (8.29%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (7.83%) Banking
7 14 (6.45%) Financial Institution
8 11 (5.07%) Telecoms
9 9 (4.15%) Legal
10 6 (2.76%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.30%) Marketing
12 4 (1.84%) Back Office
12 4 (1.84%) Retail
13 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.92%) Publishing
15 1 (0.46%) Front Office
15 1 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 93 (42.86%) Architect
2 36 (16.59%) Solutions Architect
3 31 (14.29%) Senior
4 19 (8.76%) Analyst
4 19 (8.76%) Lead
5 11 (5.07%) Security Architect
6 10 (4.61%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 10 (4.61%) Enterprise Architect
6 10 (4.61%) Product Owner
6 10 (4.61%) Technical Architect
7 9 (4.15%) Developer
7 9 (4.15%) Lead Architect
8 8 (3.69%) Business Analyst
8 8 (3.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (3.69%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.23%) Senior Architect
10 6 (2.76%) Consultant
10 6 (2.76%) Head of IT
10 6 (2.76%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.61%) Kafka
1 10 (4.61%) Middleware
1 10 (4.61%) REST
2 8 (3.69%) OpenTelemetry
2 8 (3.69%) Spring Boot
3 5 (2.30%) NumPy
3 5 (2.30%) Pandas
3 5 (2.30%) Plotly
3 5 (2.30%) Web Services
4 4 (1.84%) .NET
4 4 (1.84%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.38%) JSON
5 3 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.38%) React
5 3 (1.38%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.38%) SciPy
5 3 (1.38%) Statsmodels
6 2 (0.92%) LangGraph
6 2 (0.92%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (0.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.36%) Product Ownership
2 19 (8.76%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.61%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.15%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.23%) Credit Risk
6 7 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.76%) PKI
8 5 (2.30%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.30%) Taxonomies
8 5 (2.30%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.84%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (1.84%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.84%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.37%) Linux
2 14 (6.45%) Windows
3 6 (2.76%) Mac OS
3 6 (2.76%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.92%) Unix
4 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.46%) Android
5 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.46%) Solaris
5 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (63.59%) Technology Strategy
2 74 (34.10%) Roadmaps
3 61 (28.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 58 (26.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (24.42%) Business Strategy
6 49 (22.58%) Agile
7 45 (20.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 40 (18.43%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (15.21%) Analytics
9 33 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (15.21%) Decision-Making
9 33 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (13.82%) CI/CD
11 29 (13.36%) Identity Access Management
12 28 (12.90%) DevOps
13 27 (12.44%) TOGAF
14 25 (11.52%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (11.06%) Data Modelling
15 24 (11.06%) Microservices
15 24 (11.06%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.60%) Python
2 21 (9.68%) SQL
3 13 (5.99%) Java
3 13 (5.99%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.61%) Bash
4 10 (4.61%) Rust
5 9 (4.15%) R
6 4 (1.84%) C#
7 3 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.92%) Go
9 1 (0.46%) Bicep
9 1 (0.46%) C
9 1 (0.46%) C++
9 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.46%) Perl
9 1 (0.46%) Swift
9 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.36%) Degree
2 29 (13.36%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.53%) AWS Certification
4 10 (4.61%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.76%) CISSP
7 5 (2.30%) CCNP
7 5 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.38%) CCIE
9 3 (1.38%) CCIE Security
9 3 (1.38%) CCSP
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.92%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.76%) GDPR
2 11 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.61%) NIST
4 6 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.30%) EU AI Act
5 5 (2.30%) NCSC
6 4 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.84%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.38%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.92%) QA
8 2 (0.92%) SLA
9 1 (0.46%) COBIT
9 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.46%) MiFID
9 1 (0.46%) RMADS
9 1 (0.46%) TARGET2
System Software
1 17 (7.83%) Docker
1 17 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.91%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.84%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.07%) Terraform
3 9 (4.15%) Ansible
3 9 (4.15%) Grafana
4 8 (3.69%) Kiali
4 8 (3.69%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (3.23%) SCCM
6 2 (0.92%) rkt
7 1 (0.46%) Kibana
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.46%) SCOM
7 1 (0.46%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.44%) VMware
3 13 (5.99%) Splunk
4 12 (5.53%) Salesforce
5 11 (5.07%) Oracle
6 10 (4.61%) SAP
7 9 (4.15%) Google
8 7 (3.23%) Pega
9 6 (2.76%) Citrix
10 5 (2.30%) Cisco
10 5 (2.30%) CyberArk
10 5 (2.30%) Darktrace
11 4 (1.84%) Dataiku
11 4 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.84%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.84%) Temenos
12 3 (1.38%) F5
12 3 (1.38%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.38%) Meraki
12 3 (1.38%) SolarWinds
395 IT Strategy jobs in England