Technology Strategy Contracts in England

Technology Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Technology Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technology 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 347 313 400
Rank change year-on-year -34 +87 -38
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 138 239 267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.64% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.74% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 151 194
10th Percentile £461 £425 £463
25th Percentile £573 £518 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £636 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.25% -2.23% -
75th Percentile £750 £759 £775
90th Percentile £800 £950 £900
UK median daily rate £650 £650 £650
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £33.18 - -
25th Percentile £44.31 - £30.50
Median hourly rate £63.25 £30.12 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.99% -2.84% -52.31%
75th Percentile £81.81 - £31.50
90th Percentile £92.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.25 £30.12 £58.00
% change year-on-year +109.99% -48.07% -10.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Technology 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%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technology Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technology Strategy in England

Technology 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 Technology 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 -14 77 £700 +22.27% 499
South East +54 20 £653 +8.58% 180
North of England -15 19 £700 +4.63% 123
South West +40 12 £623 -14.14% 61
Yorkshire +9 10 £650 - 38
North West -17 6 £600 -9.91% 75
East of England +32 3 £675 +17.39% 62
Midlands +6 3 £600 -20.00% 77
North East 0 3 £750 -16.38% 11
West Midlands 0 2 £600 -25.00% 41
East Midlands +8 1 - - 30
Technology Strategy
UK

Technology 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 3 (2.17%) CMS
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.17%) WordPress
2 2 (1.45%) Apache
2 2 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.45%) Confluence
2 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.45%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.72%) SAS
3 1 (0.72%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.17%) Trello
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.72%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Maximo
2 2 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.72%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.09%) Azure
2 34 (24.64%) AWS
3 13 (9.42%) GCP
4 12 (8.70%) SaaS
5 11 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (7.25%) IaaS
6 10 (7.25%) PaaS
7 9 (6.52%) GitHub
8 6 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 6 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.17%) DigitalOcean
11 3 (2.17%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.17%) Figma
11 3 (2.17%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.17%) Heroku
11 3 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.25%) DNS
2 9 (6.52%) VSAN
3 8 (5.80%) VPN
3 8 (5.80%) WAN
4 6 (4.35%) BGP
4 6 (4.35%) Firewall
4 6 (4.35%) MPLS
4 6 (4.35%) OSPF
4 6 (4.35%) VLAN
5 5 (3.62%) LAN
5 5 (3.62%) SSL
6 4 (2.90%) Network Security
6 4 (2.90%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.17%) DHCP
7 3 (2.17%) NGFW
8 2 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.45%) Skype
9 1 (0.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.17%) Metadata
2 3 (2.17%) Power BI
3 2 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.45%) Big Data
3 2 (1.45%) Flink
3 2 (1.45%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.72%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.72%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.72%) Presto
4 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.62%) CircleCI
2 3 (2.17%) JIRA
2 3 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.45%) Git
3 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.72%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.72%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.72%) JUnit
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
General
1 55 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 40 (28.99%) Finance
3 16 (11.59%) Banking
4 14 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.97%) Retail
7 8 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.90%) Back Office
9 4 (2.90%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.17%) Front Office
10 3 (2.17%) Local Government
10 3 (2.17%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.45%) Aviation
11 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.45%) Law
11 2 (1.45%) Marketing
11 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 74 (53.62%) Architect
2 19 (13.77%) Technical Architect
3 16 (11.59%) Lead
3 16 (11.59%) Senior
3 16 (11.59%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (9.42%) Enterprise Architect
5 12 (8.70%) Senior Architect
6 10 (7.25%) Senior Technical Architect
7 9 (6.52%) Developer
8 5 (3.62%) Analyst
8 5 (3.62%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (3.62%) Principal Architect
9 4 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (2.90%) Designer
10 3 (2.17%) Data Architect
10 3 (2.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.17%) Lead Architect
10 3 (2.17%) Security Architect
10 3 (2.17%) Technical Leader
10 3 (2.17%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) Middleware
2 6 (4.35%) CSS
2 6 (4.35%) XML
3 5 (3.62%) HTML
3 5 (3.62%) JSON
4 4 (2.90%) JDBC
4 4 (2.90%) LDAP
4 4 (2.90%) ODBC
4 4 (2.90%) REST
4 4 (2.90%) SAML
4 4 (2.90%) SOAP
4 4 (2.90%) Web Services
5 3 (2.17%) Alpine.js
5 3 (2.17%) Bootstrap
5 3 (2.17%) Laravel
5 3 (2.17%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (1.45%) .NET
6 2 (1.45%) EDI
6 2 (1.45%) Kafka
7 1 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.77%) Public Cloud
2 13 (9.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (7.25%) PKI
4 9 (6.52%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.17%) Blog
6 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.45%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.45%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.45%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.45%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.52%) Windows
2 5 (3.62%) Linux
3 4 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.45%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (73.19%) IT Strategy
2 50 (36.23%) Roadmaps
3 43 (31.16%) Agile
4 32 (23.19%) TOGAF
5 29 (21.01%) Microservices
6 28 (20.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (19.57%) CI/CD
8 26 (18.84%) ITIL
9 24 (17.39%) Business Strategy
10 23 (16.67%) DevOps
10 23 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
11 22 (15.94%) Strategic Roadmap
12 21 (15.22%) Analytics
12 21 (15.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (14.49%) Project Management
14 19 (13.77%) Artificial Intelligence
15 16 (11.59%) Continuous Delivery
15 16 (11.59%) Continuous Integration
16 15 (10.87%) Mentoring
17 14 (10.14%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.70%) Java
2 7 (5.07%) SQL
3 6 (4.35%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.62%) Python
5 4 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.17%) Kotlin
6 3 (2.17%) PHP
7 2 (1.45%) C++
8 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 27 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (8.70%) MCSE
5 10 (7.25%) Degree
6 8 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (5.07%) CCNP
7 7 (5.07%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (3.62%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.17%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.17%) CISSP
10 3 (2.17%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.45%) CCIE
11 2 (1.45%) CISM
11 2 (1.45%) MCSA
11 2 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.04%) NIST
2 12 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (8.70%) NCSC
3 11 (7.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (5.80%) QA
5 7 (5.07%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.62%) GDPR
7 3 (2.17%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.17%) PMO
7 3 (2.17%) SLA
8 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.45%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.72%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.72%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 11 (7.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (6.52%) VMware NSX
3 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.17%) Docker
5 1 (0.72%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 8 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.62%) Grafana
2 5 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.90%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.90%) Terraform
4 2 (1.45%) OPNET
4 2 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.87%) VMware
3 12 (8.70%) Cisco
3 12 (8.70%) SAP
4 11 (7.97%) Google
5 9 (6.52%) Palo Alto
5 9 (6.52%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.35%) Oracle
7 5 (3.62%) OpenText
7 5 (3.62%) Qualtrics
8 4 (2.90%) Databricks
9 3 (2.17%) F5
9 3 (2.17%) Sage
9 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.72%) Ariba
11 1 (0.72%) Blue Coat
11 1 (0.72%) Juniper
11 1 (0.72%) Kronos
11 1 (0.72%) Riverbed