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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 264 236
Rank change year-on-year -22 -28 +76
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 126 82 153
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 0.65% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.71% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 49 105
10th Percentile £413 £413 £410
25th Percentile £467 £482 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% +21.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £813 £775 £725
90th Percentile £991 £800 £893
England median daily rate £588 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -9.62% +8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.52 - -
Median hourly rate £28.55 - -
75th Percentile £53.67 - -
90th Percentile £67.52 - -
England median hourly rate £74.75 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +210.01%

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 14,942 11,579 15,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.72% 91.43% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,023 7,821 11,436
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +14.75% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

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 25 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Strategy in London over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Strategy in London

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 25 March 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 +8 24 £508 -29.39% 24
West London -16 4 £681 -6.07% 2
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 5 (3.97%) Confluence
2 4 (3.17%) CMS
2 4 (3.17%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.59%) Camunda
3 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.79%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) SAP CO
1 2 (1.59%) SAP FI
1 2 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (1.59%) SAP MM
1 2 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 41 (32.54%) Azure
2 31 (24.60%) AWS
3 17 (13.49%) SaaS
4 12 (9.52%) GCP
5 8 (6.35%) IaaS
5 8 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.35%) PaaS
5 8 (6.35%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.38%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.38%) Google Gemini
7 3 (2.38%) Serverless
7 3 (2.38%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.59%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.79%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.97%) Network Security
1 5 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.38%) Firewall
3 2 (1.59%) VPN
4 1 (0.79%) DHCP
4 1 (0.79%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) Power BI
2 5 (3.97%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.59%) Metadata
3 2 (1.59%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.79%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.76%) JIRA
2 4 (3.17%) Git
3 2 (1.59%) GoCD
3 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.59%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.59%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.79%) Postman
General
1 48 (38.10%) Finance
2 39 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 22 (17.46%) Public Sector
4 15 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.94%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (7.94%) Legal
6 8 (6.35%) Banking
7 4 (3.17%) Retail
8 3 (2.38%) Back Office
8 3 (2.38%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.59%) Local Government
9 2 (1.59%) Marketing
9 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Aviation
10 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (30.16%) Architect
2 19 (15.08%) Senior
2 19 (15.08%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (14.29%) Analyst
4 11 (8.73%) Lead
5 9 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 9 (7.14%) Developer
6 7 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 7 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
7 6 (4.76%) Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Security Architect
7 6 (4.76%) Senior Architect
8 5 (3.97%) Head of IT
8 5 (3.97%) Network Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Network Security Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Network Support
8 5 (3.97%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Product Owner
8 5 (3.97%) Security Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.14%) REST
2 5 (3.97%) AngularJS
2 5 (3.97%) React
3 4 (3.17%) NumPy
3 4 (3.17%) Pandas
3 4 (3.17%) Plotly
3 4 (3.17%) Web Services
4 3 (2.38%) .NET
4 3 (2.38%) LangGraph
4 3 (2.38%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.38%) SciPy
4 3 (2.38%) Statsmodels
4 3 (2.38%) Vue
5 2 (1.59%) CrewAI
5 2 (1.59%) JSON
5 2 (1.59%) Kafka
5 2 (1.59%) Model Context Protocol
5 2 (1.59%) OAuth
5 2 (1.59%) SAML
5 2 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 12 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.76%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.97%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.97%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.97%) Taxonomies
5 4 (3.17%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.17%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.59%) Equities
7 2 (1.59%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.59%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Linux
1 1 (0.79%) VMS
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
1 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (69.05%) Technology Strategy
2 42 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 29 (23.02%) Agile
4 27 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 24 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (17.46%) AI
7 21 (16.67%) Migration
8 20 (15.87%) Analytics
9 17 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (13.49%) DevOps
10 16 (12.70%) Business Strategy
10 16 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.90%) Machine Learning
12 13 (10.32%) CI/CD
12 13 (10.32%) Software Engineering
13 12 (9.52%) Data Modelling
13 12 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (9.52%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.32%) SQL
2 9 (7.14%) Python
3 4 (3.17%) Java
4 3 (2.38%) C#
4 3 (2.38%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.59%) Go
5 2 (1.59%) R
5 2 (1.59%) Rust
6 1 (0.79%) Bicep
6 1 (0.79%) C
6 1 (0.79%) C++
6 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.14%) Degree
4 6 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.59%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.79%) ACCA
8 1 (0.79%) CCNA
8 1 (0.79%) CFA
8 1 (0.79%) CIMA
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.79%) CISSP
8 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.79%) MBA
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.79%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.56%) GDPR
2 5 (3.97%) EU AI Act
3 2 (1.59%) QA
3 2 (1.59%) SLA
4 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.79%) MiFID
4 1 (0.79%) PMO
4 1 (0.79%) PSD2
4 1 (0.79%) SEPA
4 1 (0.79%) TARGET2
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) Docker
2 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.97%) Terraform
3 2 (1.59%) Ansible
3 2 (1.59%) rkt
4 1 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.79%) Kibana
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.76%) Salesforce
2 6 (4.76%) SAP
3 5 (3.97%) Oracle
3 5 (3.97%) VMware
4 4 (3.17%) Dataiku
5 3 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.59%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.59%) SimCorp
6 2 (1.59%) Vermilion
7 1 (0.79%) Ariba
7 1 (0.79%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.79%) Google
7 1 (0.79%) HP
7 1 (0.79%) Reuters
7 1 (0.79%) Temenos
7 1 (0.79%) Veeam