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 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 305 367
Rank change year-on-year -45 +62 -11
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 172 225 269
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.67% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.78% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 158 182
10th Percentile £456 £454 £415
25th Percentile £525 £583 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £683 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £740 £769 £763
90th Percentile £795 £950 £913
UK median daily rate £650 £698 £650
% change year-on-year -6.81% +7.31% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £26.01 - £64.79
25th Percentile £38.34 - £64.79
Median hourly rate £58.90 £30.12 £73.79
Median % change year-on-year +95.53% -59.18% +13.53%
75th Percentile £79.45 - £78.29
90th Percentile £91.78 - £78.82
UK median hourly rate £58.90 £30.12 £73.79
% change year-on-year +95.53% -59.18% +13.53%

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 25,081 28,748 40,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.75% 85.93% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,052 18,756 28,420
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £760 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 1,690 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.18 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +61.02%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +10 100 £695 +0.72% 242
North of England -28 27 £575 -14.05% 59
North West -12 16 £528 -21.15% 42
South East +3 15 £638 +7.43% 67
Midlands -22 12 £503 -28.13% 15
Yorkshire -6 10 £675 +8.52% 10
East of England +13 9 £650 +13.04% 14
East Midlands -12 8 £481 +5.77% 6
South West -5 4 £610 -17.29% 18
West Midlands -19 3 £575 -23.33% 9
North East -5 1 £775 -13.60% 7
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 4 (2.33%) Confluence
2 3 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.16%) Apache
3 2 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.16%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.58%) JBoss
4 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.58%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.58%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (4.07%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (2.33%) Endur
3 2 (1.16%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (1.16%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.58%) Maximo
4 1 (0.58%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.00%) AWS
1 43 (25.00%) Azure
2 14 (8.14%) GCP
3 12 (6.98%) GitHub
4 11 (6.40%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (5.23%) SaaS
5 9 (5.23%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (4.65%) PaaS
6 8 (4.65%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.07%) Serverless
8 6 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (3.49%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.91%) IaaS
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.74%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.74%) Snowflake
12 2 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.23%) Firewall
2 7 (4.07%) LAN
2 7 (4.07%) WAN
3 6 (3.49%) Network Security
4 5 (2.91%) VLAN
5 4 (2.33%) BGP
5 4 (2.33%) MPLS
5 4 (2.33%) OSPF
5 4 (2.33%) SSL
5 4 (2.33%) VPN
6 2 (1.16%) Internet
6 2 (1.16%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.58%) DNS
7 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.49%) Oracle Database
2 5 (2.91%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.91%) Power BI
3 4 (2.33%) Big Data
3 4 (2.33%) Metadata
3 4 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.74%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.16%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.16%) Flink
5 2 (1.16%) GIS
6 1 (0.58%) AlloyDB
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.65%) CircleCI
2 5 (2.91%) JIRA
3 2 (1.16%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.58%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.58%) JUnit
General
1 56 (32.56%) Finance
1 56 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.12%) Banking
3 17 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.40%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (5.23%) Retail
7 7 (4.07%) Back Office
7 7 (4.07%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.91%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.33%) Automotive
9 4 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.74%) Legal
10 3 (1.74%) Local Government
11 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.16%) Front Office
11 2 (1.16%) Military
11 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.16%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (61.05%) Architect
2 26 (15.12%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (13.95%) Enterprise Architect
4 23 (13.37%) Technical Architect
5 18 (10.47%) Senior
6 16 (9.30%) Lead
7 14 (8.14%) Senior Architect
8 9 (5.23%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.07%) Data Architect
9 7 (4.07%) Senior Technical Architect
10 6 (3.49%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (3.49%) Designer
10 6 (3.49%) Security Manager
11 5 (2.91%) Analyst
11 5 (2.91%) Azure Architect
11 5 (2.91%) Developer
11 5 (2.91%) Lead Architect
11 5 (2.91%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 4 (2.33%) Network Designer
12 4 (2.33%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.40%) Middleware
2 8 (4.65%) JSON
3 7 (4.07%) .NET
4 6 (3.49%) React
4 6 (3.49%) REST
5 5 (2.91%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.91%) HTML
5 5 (2.91%) Kafka
5 5 (2.91%) LDAP
5 5 (2.91%) SOAP
5 5 (2.91%) XML
6 4 (2.33%) CSS
6 4 (2.33%) JDBC
6 4 (2.33%) ODBC
6 4 (2.33%) SAML
6 4 (2.33%) Web Services
7 3 (1.74%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.74%) Node.js
7 3 (1.74%) Swagger
8 2 (1.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.40%) Public Cloud
2 10 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.23%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.49%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.74%) Blog
7 3 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.74%) EPoS
7 3 (1.74%) Grid Computing
8 2 (1.16%) CCTV
8 2 (1.16%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.16%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.16%) SCADA
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.40%) Windows
2 8 (4.65%) Linux
3 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (70.93%) IT Strategy
2 80 (46.51%) Roadmaps
3 47 (27.33%) Agile
4 44 (25.58%) Strategic Roadmap
5 43 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 33 (19.19%) Microservices
7 31 (18.02%) CI/CD
8 30 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (16.28%) Artificial Intelligence
10 26 (15.12%) DevOps
10 26 (15.12%) TOGAF
11 24 (13.95%) Enterprise Architecture
11 24 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (12.21%) Analytics
12 21 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (11.63%) ITIL
13 20 (11.63%) Mentoring
14 18 (10.47%) Machine Learning
15 16 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
16 15 (8.72%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.21%) Java
2 12 (6.98%) Python
3 11 (6.40%) SQL
4 10 (5.81%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.49%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.49%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.91%) C#
7 3 (1.74%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.16%) Bicep
8 2 (1.16%) C++
8 2 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.16%) R
9 1 (0.58%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.58%) Bash
9 1 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (12.79%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.47%) Degree
2 18 (10.47%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.81%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.91%) CCNP
6 4 (2.33%) CCIE
6 4 (2.33%) JNCIE
6 4 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.16%) CISM
8 2 (1.16%) CISSP
8 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.16%) PMP
9 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.49%) GDPR
3 6 (3.49%) NIST
4 5 (2.91%) QA
5 4 (2.33%) SLA
6 3 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.74%) PMO
7 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.58%) COBIT
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.58%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.58%) GAMP
8 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (9.88%) Kubernetes
2 15 (8.72%) Terraform
3 8 (4.65%) Grafana
4 7 (4.07%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.74%) Ansible
6 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.14%) SAP
3 9 (5.23%) Databricks
3 9 (5.23%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.65%) Oracle
5 7 (4.07%) Google
6 5 (2.91%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.91%) OpenText
6 5 (2.91%) Qualtrics
7 4 (2.33%) Cisco
7 4 (2.33%) F5
7 4 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.33%) Workday
8 3 (1.74%) Hitachi
8 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.16%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.16%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.16%) Informatica
9 2 (1.16%) Refinitiv
9 2 (1.16%) Splunk