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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 249 288
Rank change year-on-year -58 +39 +23
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 141 119 101
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.88% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.96% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 63 64
10th Percentile £413 £494 £450
25th Percentile £525 £528 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £665 £675
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -1.48% +3.85%
75th Percentile £800 £775 £800
90th Percentile £950 £888 £893
England median daily rate £600 £625 £638
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.96% -1.92%
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 17,955 12,445 14,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.75% 92.54% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,784 8,216 9,548
10th Percentile £358 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 243 183
10th Percentile £16.18 £17.26 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.81 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%

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 27 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 27 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 -25 12 £719 +10.58% 47
West London -19 7 £1,150 +130.00% 19
East London +2 2 £575 - 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 2 (1.42%) Confluence
1 2 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Appian
2 1 (0.71%) IIS
2 1 (0.71%) Mendix
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) MQSeries
2 1 (0.71%) nginx
2 1 (0.71%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.71%) Temenos T24
1 1 (0.71%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (32.62%) Azure
2 19 (13.48%) AWS
3 18 (12.77%) SaaS
4 17 (12.06%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (9.22%) GCP
5 13 (9.22%) Power Platform
6 12 (8.51%) PaaS
7 11 (7.80%) IaaS
8 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (6.38%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.96%) Serverless
11 4 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.84%) Datadog
11 4 (2.84%) GitHub
11 4 (2.84%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (2.13%) Azure Functions
12 3 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (2.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (2.13%) Snowflake
13 2 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.55%) Firewall
2 4 (2.84%) DHCP
2 4 (2.84%) DNS
2 4 (2.84%) SAN
2 4 (2.84%) VLAN
2 4 (2.84%) VPN
2 4 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.42%) 4G
3 2 (1.42%) 5G
3 2 (1.42%) LAN
3 2 (1.42%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.42%) WAN
4 1 (0.71%) HTTP
4 1 (0.71%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.96%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.26%) Data Lake
3 5 (3.55%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.84%) GIS
4 4 (2.84%) Metadata
5 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.13%) Power BI
6 2 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.71%) Big Data
7 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.71%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.71%) MySQL
7 1 (0.71%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.71%) Redis
7 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Chocolatey
1 4 (2.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
General
1 48 (34.04%) Finance
2 42 (29.79%) Social Skills
3 23 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (16.31%) Banking
4 21 (14.89%) Public Sector
5 19 (13.48%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (6.38%) Legal
7 8 (5.67%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.55%) Corporate Banking
8 5 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.55%) Marketing
9 4 (2.84%) Local Government
9 4 (2.84%) Military
9 4 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Retail
9 4 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.13%) Billing
10 3 (2.13%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 68 (48.23%) Architect
2 29 (20.57%) Enterprise Architect
3 23 (16.31%) Solutions Architect
4 17 (12.06%) Lead
5 16 (11.35%) Senior
6 9 (6.38%) Technical Architect
7 8 (5.67%) Consultant
8 7 (4.96%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (4.96%) IT Director
9 6 (4.26%) Senior Architect
10 5 (3.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Senior Enterprise Architect
10 5 (3.55%) Technical Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.84%) Azure Architect
11 4 (2.84%) Category Manager
11 4 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) Security Architect
11 4 (2.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.84%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.96%) Terraform
2 5 (3.55%) Kafka
2 5 (3.55%) REST
3 4 (2.84%) .NET
3 4 (2.84%) Middleware
3 4 (2.84%) Node.js
4 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.13%) SOAP
5 2 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (1.42%) React
6 1 (0.71%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.71%) CrewAI
6 1 (0.71%) FHIR
6 1 (0.71%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.71%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.71%) LangChain
6 1 (0.71%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.71%) Snowpark
6 1 (0.71%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.71%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.06%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 9 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.96%) Virtual Team
5 6 (4.26%) AI Agents
6 5 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.84%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.84%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.13%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.42%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.42%) NHS
9 2 (1.42%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.71%) Solaris
2 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (83.69%) Technology Strategy
2 76 (53.90%) Roadmaps
3 57 (40.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (39.01%) Enterprise Architecture
5 53 (37.59%) AI
6 42 (29.79%) Decision-Making
7 33 (23.40%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (20.57%) Architecture Governance
8 29 (20.57%) Business Strategy
9 28 (19.86%) Event-Driven
10 27 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (17.73%) Migration
12 24 (17.02%) Agile
12 24 (17.02%) Analytics
12 24 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (16.31%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 23 (16.31%) TOGAF
14 22 (15.60%) DevOps
14 22 (15.60%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.09%) SQL
2 9 (6.38%) Python
3 8 (5.67%) Java
4 5 (3.55%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.84%) C#
5 4 (2.84%) Go
5 4 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.42%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.71%) Bash
7 1 (0.71%) Bicep
7 1 (0.71%) Korn
7 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.93%) Degree
3 14 (9.93%) TOGAF Certification
4 10 (7.09%) Azure Certification
5 9 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.13%) CISSP
6 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.42%) CISM
7 2 (1.42%) ISACA
7 2 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.71%) CBAP
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.71%) IIBA
8 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.26%) SLA
2 5 (3.55%) PMO
3 4 (2.84%) GDPR
3 4 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.13%) NCSC
4 3 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.42%) COBIT
5 2 (1.42%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.42%) QA
6 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.71%) GRC
6 1 (0.71%) HL7
6 1 (0.71%) PSD2
6 1 (0.71%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (5.67%) Docker
2 6 (4.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.84%) SCCM
4 1 (0.71%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 31 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.22%) SAP
3 8 (5.67%) Salesforce
3 8 (5.67%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.55%) Databricks
4 5 (3.55%) Google
4 5 (3.55%) VMware
5 4 (2.84%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.84%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.84%) Oracle
5 4 (2.84%) Tenable
5 4 (2.84%) Workday
6 3 (2.13%) Murex
6 3 (2.13%) Temenos
7 2 (1.42%) Ariba
7 2 (1.42%) Calypso
7 2 (1.42%) FIS
7 2 (1.42%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.71%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.71%) OutSystems