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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 250 285
Rank change year-on-year -56 +35 +23
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 135 121 107
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.67% 0.90% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.97% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 64 72
10th Percentile £413 £475 £410
25th Percentile £513 £513 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £825 £755 £782
90th Percentile £975 £884 £871
England median daily rate £615 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.69% -
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 £100.00 £58.90 £23.31
% change year-on-year +69.79% +152.66% -37.57%

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 17,907 12,452 14,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.46% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,698 8,284 9,876
10th Percentile £360 £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 £688
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 291 255 193
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -12.33% -8.75%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -24 13 £694 +11.00% 24
West London -15 7 £1,150 +130.00% 12
East London +1 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 (1.48%) Camunda
1 2 (1.48%) Confluence
1 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) CMS
2 1 (0.74%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.74%) IIS
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
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 47 (34.81%) Azure
2 22 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.33%) SaaS
4 17 (12.59%) AWS
5 14 (10.37%) Power Platform
6 13 (9.63%) IaaS
7 12 (8.89%) PaaS
8 11 (8.15%) GCP
8 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (5.93%) Entra ID
9 8 (5.93%) Serverless
10 4 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.96%) Datadog
10 4 (2.96%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (2.22%) Azure Functions
11 3 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.22%) GitHub
11 3 (2.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (2.22%) Snowflake
12 2 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.70%) Firewall
2 4 (2.96%) DHCP
2 4 (2.96%) DNS
2 4 (2.96%) SAN
2 4 (2.96%) VLAN
2 4 (2.96%) VPN
2 4 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.48%) 4G
3 2 (1.48%) 5G
3 2 (1.48%) LAN
3 2 (1.48%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.74%) HTTP
4 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.44%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.70%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.96%) GIS
4 4 (2.96%) Metadata
4 4 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.96%) Power BI
5 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.74%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
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 (2.96%) Chocolatey
1 4 (2.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) ER Studio
2 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
General
1 46 (34.07%) Finance
2 45 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 27 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.81%) Public Sector
5 18 (13.33%) Banking
6 16 (11.85%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (8.89%) Legal
8 7 (5.19%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.70%) Local Government
9 5 (3.70%) Marketing
10 4 (2.96%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (2.96%) Military
10 4 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.96%) Retail
10 4 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.22%) Billing
12 2 (1.48%) Aviation
12 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (43.70%) Architect
2 24 (17.78%) Enterprise Architect
3 23 (17.04%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (10.37%) Senior
5 11 (8.15%) Lead
6 9 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (5.93%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (5.93%) Consultant
7 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (5.93%) Technical Architect
8 5 (3.70%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.96%) Category Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Developer
9 4 (2.96%) Head of Technology
9 4 (2.96%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.96%) Technical Leader
10 3 (2.22%) Analyst
10 3 (2.22%) Azure Architect
10 3 (2.22%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.44%) REST
2 5 (3.70%) Terraform
3 4 (2.96%) Middleware
4 3 (2.22%) .NET
4 3 (2.22%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.22%) Node.js
4 3 (2.22%) React
5 2 (1.48%) Kafka
5 2 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (1.48%) OAuth
5 2 (1.48%) SOAP
6 1 (0.74%) CSS3
6 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.74%) GreenSock GSAP
6 1 (0.74%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.74%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.74%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.74%) Vue
6 1 (0.74%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.37%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.15%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.96%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.22%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.22%) TM Forum
7 2 (1.48%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.48%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.74%) Animation
8 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Solaris
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (80.00%) Technology Strategy
2 66 (48.89%) Roadmaps
3 49 (36.30%) AI
4 47 (34.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (32.59%) Enterprise Architecture
6 36 (26.67%) Decision-Making
7 31 (22.96%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (19.26%) Migration
8 26 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (18.52%) Business Strategy
9 25 (18.52%) Event-Driven
10 24 (17.78%) Agile
10 24 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (17.04%) Analytics
11 23 (17.04%) Architecture Governance
12 22 (16.30%) TOGAF
13 21 (15.56%) Data Architecture
13 21 (15.56%) DevOps
13 21 (15.56%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.41%) Python
1 10 (7.41%) SQL
2 8 (5.93%) Java
3 6 (4.44%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.22%) C#
5 3 (2.22%) Go
6 2 (1.48%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.74%) Bicep
7 1 (0.74%) Korn
7 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.63%) Degree
4 11 (8.15%) TOGAF Certification
5 8 (5.93%) Azure Certification
6 7 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.48%) CISM
8 2 (1.48%) CISSP
8 2 (1.48%) ISACA
8 2 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.74%) ACCA
9 1 (0.74%) CBAP
9 1 (0.74%) CFA
9 1 (0.74%) CIMA
9 1 (0.74%) IIBA
9 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) MBA
9 1 (0.74%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.44%) SLA
2 5 (3.70%) PMO
3 4 (2.96%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.22%) GDPR
4 3 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.48%) QA
6 1 (0.74%) COBIT
6 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (4.44%) Docker
2 5 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.96%) SCCM
4 1 (0.74%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 38 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.15%) SAP
3 6 (4.44%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.70%) Google
4 5 (3.70%) VMware
5 4 (2.96%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.96%) Databricks
5 4 (2.96%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.96%) Tenable
5 4 (2.96%) Workday
6 2 (1.48%) Ariba
6 2 (1.48%) Oracle
6 2 (1.48%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.74%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.74%) Foundry
7 1 (0.74%) IBM
7 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.74%) Red Hat