IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in London

IT/Technology Strategy
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 254 285
Rank change year-on-year -60 +31 +28
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 136 121 106
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.67% 0.90% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.97% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 62 66
10th Percentile £413 £477 £413
25th Percentile £525 £516 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
75th Percentile £825 £754 £788
90th Percentile £995 £886 £888
England median daily rate £625 £601 £650
% change year-on-year +4.08% -7.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £100.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year - +232.01% -19.34%
England median hourly rate £99.41 £58.90 £30.12
% change year-on-year +68.79% +95.53% -19.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,084 12,490 14,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.58% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,262 9,757
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 257 180
10th Percentile £16.71 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in London

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in London over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in London

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Central London -26 12 £713 +5.56% 45
West London -19 7 £1,150 +130.00% 17
East London 0 1 £525 - 3
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (1.47%) Confluence
1 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) Camunda
2 1 (0.74%) IIS
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.74%) MQSeries
2 1 (0.74%) nginx
2 1 (0.74%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.74%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (33.82%) Azure
2 19 (13.97%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (12.50%) AWS
3 17 (12.50%) SaaS
4 13 (9.56%) Power Platform
5 12 (8.82%) GCP
5 12 (8.82%) IaaS
6 11 (8.09%) PaaS
7 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (6.62%) Entra ID
9 8 (5.88%) Serverless
10 4 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.94%) Datadog
10 4 (2.94%) GitHub
10 4 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (2.21%) Azure Functions
11 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.68%) Firewall
2 4 (2.94%) DHCP
2 4 (2.94%) DNS
2 4 (2.94%) SAN
2 4 (2.94%) VLAN
2 4 (2.94%) VPN
2 4 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.47%) 4G
3 2 (1.47%) 5G
3 2 (1.47%) LAN
3 2 (1.47%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.47%) WAN
4 1 (0.74%) HTTP
4 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.15%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.41%) Data Lake
2 6 (4.41%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.94%) GIS
3 4 (2.94%) Metadata
4 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.21%) Power BI
5 2 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) Big Data
6 1 (0.74%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.74%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.74%) MySQL
6 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.74%) Redis
6 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Chocolatey
1 4 (2.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.74%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
General
1 47 (34.56%) Finance
2 42 (30.88%) Social Skills
3 27 (19.85%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.97%) Banking
4 19 (13.97%) Public Sector
5 17 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (8.09%) Legal
7 8 (5.88%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.68%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (3.68%) Local Government
9 5 (3.68%) Marketing
10 4 (2.94%) Military
10 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.94%) Retail
10 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.21%) Billing
12 2 (1.47%) Aviation
13 1 (0.74%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 61 (44.85%) Architect
2 25 (18.38%) Enterprise Architect
3 21 (15.44%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (10.29%) Senior
5 13 (9.56%) Lead
6 9 (6.62%) Consultant
6 9 (6.62%) Technical Architect
7 8 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) IT Director
9 5 (3.68%) Technical Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.94%) Azure Architect
10 4 (2.94%) Category Manager
10 4 (2.94%) Principal Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Technical Leader
11 3 (2.21%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 3 (2.21%) DevOps Consultant
11 3 (2.21%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) REST
1 6 (4.41%) Terraform
2 4 (2.94%) .NET
2 4 (2.94%) Kafka
2 4 (2.94%) Middleware
2 4 (2.94%) Node.js
3 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.21%) SOAP
4 2 (1.47%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.47%) React
5 1 (0.74%) CrewAI
5 1 (0.74%) FHIR
5 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.74%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.74%) LangChain
5 1 (0.74%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.74%) Snowpark
5 1 (0.74%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.68%) AI Agents
4 5 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.68%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.94%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.21%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.21%) TM Forum
7 2 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.47%) NHS
7 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Solaris
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (81.62%) Technology Strategy
2 74 (54.41%) Roadmaps
3 53 (38.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (36.76%) Enterprise Architecture
5 48 (35.29%) AI
6 38 (27.94%) Decision-Making
7 32 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (20.59%) Business Strategy
8 28 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (19.12%) Event-Driven
10 25 (18.38%) Architecture Governance
10 25 (18.38%) Migration
11 24 (17.65%) Analytics
12 23 (16.91%) Agile
12 23 (16.91%) DevOps
12 23 (16.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (16.91%) Technology Roadmap
13 22 (16.18%) Strategic Roadmap
14 21 (15.44%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.09%) SQL
2 10 (7.35%) Python
3 8 (5.88%) Java
4 5 (3.68%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.21%) C#
6 3 (2.21%) Go
7 2 (1.47%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.74%) Bicep
8 1 (0.74%) Korn
8 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.03%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.29%) Degree
4 11 (8.09%) TOGAF Certification
5 9 (6.62%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.47%) CISM
8 2 (1.47%) CISSP
8 2 (1.47%) ISACA
8 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.74%) CBAP
9 1 (0.74%) IIBA
9 1 (0.74%) MBA
9 1 (0.74%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.41%) SLA
2 5 (3.68%) PMO
3 3 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.21%) GDPR
3 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.47%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) COBIT
5 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.74%) HL7
5 1 (0.74%) NCSC
5 1 (0.74%) PSD2
5 1 (0.74%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (5.15%) Docker
2 6 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.94%) SCCM
4 1 (0.74%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 33 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.82%) SAP
3 6 (4.41%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.68%) Databricks
4 5 (3.68%) Google
4 5 (3.68%) VMware
5 4 (2.94%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.94%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.94%) Tenable
5 4 (2.94%) Workday
6 3 (2.21%) Oracle
7 2 (1.47%) Ariba
7 2 (1.47%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.74%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.74%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.74%) FIS
8 1 (0.74%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.74%) Murex
8 1 (0.74%) Red Hat