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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 271 289
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 +74
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 223 243 294
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.85% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.96% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 133 207
10th Percentile £457 £482 £414
25th Percentile £500 £533 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £630 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £747 £750 £750
90th Percentile £888 £825 £853
UK median daily rate £621 £630 £625
% change year-on-year -1.39% +0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £71.20 £18.33 £51.88
25th Percentile £73.00 £21.44 £52.81
Median hourly rate £79.50 £26.75 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +197.20% -52.44% +232.15%
75th Percentile £84.50 £31.94 £60.31
90th Percentile £85.40 £34.98 £61.63
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.75 £56.25
% change year-on-year +180.37% -52.44% +232.15%

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 28,123 25,389 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.50% 88.70% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,664 22,179
10th Percentile £300 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,806 836 1,435
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.43 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

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 26 December 2025.

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
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 26 December 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 +28 121 £665 -5.00% 104
North of England -58 39 £500 -12.66% 105
North West -32 26 £531 -3.50% 47
Midlands -61 20 £525 -25.00% 60
South East -45 17 £519 -15.69% 105
Yorkshire -31 13 £481 -12.27% 49
West Midlands -47 11 £513 -18.00% 26
East of England -15 10 £650 +20.37% 44
East Midlands -18 9 £540 -32.50% 31
South West -20 8 £650 -3.70% 41
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 (3.14%) SAS
1 7 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.69%) Confluence
3 5 (2.24%) Jupyter
3 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.79%) CMS
5 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.45%) JBoss
6 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Endur
2 3 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.90%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.29%) Azure
2 64 (28.70%) AWS
3 37 (16.59%) GCP
4 21 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (8.07%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.48%) SaaS
7 8 (3.59%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.79%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Pipelines
10 3 (1.35%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.35%) PaaS
10 3 (1.35%) Serverless
10 3 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.28%) Firewall
2 7 (3.14%) DHCP
2 7 (3.14%) DNS
3 6 (2.69%) Network Security
3 6 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.24%) VPN
5 4 (1.79%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.79%) WAN
6 3 (1.35%) BGP
6 3 (1.35%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.35%) IPv4
6 3 (1.35%) IPv6
6 3 (1.35%) LAN
6 3 (1.35%) MPLS
6 3 (1.35%) OSPF
6 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.35%) VLAN
6 3 (1.35%) VXLAN
6 3 (1.35%) Wireless
6 3 (1.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.69%) Power BI
3 5 (2.24%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.24%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.90%) Big Data
6 2 (0.90%) Metadata
6 2 (0.90%) NonStop SQL
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.45%) Looker
7 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.14%) JIRA
2 6 (2.69%) Git
3 5 (2.24%) Jaeger
4 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) GoCD
5 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.45%) GitLab
6 1 (0.45%) Hudson
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
General
1 76 (34.08%) Finance
2 71 (31.84%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (12.56%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.17%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.28%) Financial Institution
7 13 (5.83%) Banking
8 12 (5.38%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.48%) Legal
10 8 (3.59%) Back Office
11 6 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.24%) Retail
13 4 (1.79%) Automotive
14 3 (1.35%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.35%) Local Government
14 3 (1.35%) Marketing
14 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.90%) Law
15 2 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 107 (47.98%) Architect
2 36 (16.14%) Solutions Architect
3 25 (11.21%) Senior
4 23 (10.31%) Lead
5 19 (8.52%) Enterprise Architect
5 19 (8.52%) Security Architect
6 14 (6.28%) Analyst
7 12 (5.38%) Consultant
7 12 (5.38%) Lead Architect
7 12 (5.38%) Product Owner
8 11 (4.93%) Developer
8 11 (4.93%) Technical Architect
9 9 (4.04%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 9 (4.04%) Senior Architect
10 7 (3.14%) Project Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.24%) Head of IT
12 5 (2.24%) Network Analyst
12 5 (2.24%) Network Support
12 5 (2.24%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.48%) REST
2 7 (3.14%) Kafka
2 7 (3.14%) Middleware
3 5 (2.24%) .NET
3 5 (2.24%) JSON
3 5 (2.24%) NumPy
3 5 (2.24%) OpenTelemetry
3 5 (2.24%) Pandas
3 5 (2.24%) Plotly
3 5 (2.24%) React
3 5 (2.24%) Spring Boot
3 5 (2.24%) Web Services
4 4 (1.79%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.79%) Swagger
5 3 (1.35%) OAuth
5 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.35%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.35%) SciPy
5 3 (1.35%) Statsmodels
6 2 (0.90%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.80%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.48%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.14%) Credit Risk
4 7 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.24%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.24%) Taxonomies
6 5 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.79%) Grid Computing
7 4 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.79%) PKI
7 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.97%) Windows
2 12 (5.38%) Mac OS
3 11 (4.93%) Windows 10
4 10 (4.48%) Linux
5 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Solaris
6 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (61.43%) Technology Strategy
2 84 (37.67%) Roadmaps
3 65 (29.15%) Business Strategy
4 60 (26.91%) Enterprise Architecture
5 56 (25.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (20.63%) Agile
7 42 (18.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (18.39%) Decision-Making
9 40 (17.94%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (15.25%) Analytics
12 31 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (13.00%) CI/CD
13 29 (13.00%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (12.11%) DevOps
14 27 (12.11%) Microservices
15 26 (11.66%) ITIL
16 24 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
16 24 (10.76%) TOGAF
17 22 (9.87%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.87%) Python
2 20 (8.97%) PowerShell
3 17 (7.62%) SQL
4 15 (6.73%) Bash
5 14 (6.28%) Java
6 11 (4.93%) R
7 8 (3.59%) C#
8 7 (3.14%) Rust
9 3 (1.35%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.90%) C
10 2 (0.90%) C++
10 2 (0.90%) Go
11 1 (0.45%) Bicep
11 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.45%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.45%) Perl
11 1 (0.45%) Swift
11 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.56%) Degree
3 23 (10.31%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (5.38%) AWS Certification
6 10 (4.48%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.69%) CISSP
9 5 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.24%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.79%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.35%) CCIE
11 3 (1.35%) CCIE Security
11 3 (1.35%) CCNP
11 3 (1.35%) CCSP
11 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.76%) GDPR
2 20 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.14%) NIST
4 5 (2.24%) EU AI Act
5 4 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.35%) SLA
7 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.90%) COBIT
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.90%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.90%) PMO
7 2 (0.90%) QA
8 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.45%) NCSC
8 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (10.31%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.62%) Docker
4 7 (3.14%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.35%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (8.07%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.73%) SCCM
3 14 (6.28%) Terraform
4 12 (5.38%) Ansible
5 6 (2.69%) Grafana
5 6 (2.69%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.24%) Kiali
7 2 (0.90%) rkt
8 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.45%) SCOM
8 1 (0.45%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.56%) VMware
3 13 (5.83%) Citrix
3 13 (5.83%) Splunk
4 10 (4.48%) Oracle
4 10 (4.48%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.59%) CyberArk
5 8 (3.59%) Darktrace
5 8 (3.59%) Google
5 8 (3.59%) SAP
6 7 (3.14%) Pega
7 5 (2.24%) Cisco
8 4 (1.79%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.79%) Meraki
8 4 (1.79%) Temenos
8 4 (1.79%) Workday
9 3 (1.35%) Databricks
9 3 (1.35%) F5
9 3 (1.35%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.35%) ServiceNow