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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 288 268
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 +65
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 116 89 142
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 0.57% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.64% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 56 94
10th Percentile £463 £479 £446
25th Percentile £538 £547 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £709
90th Percentile £975 £888 £800
England median daily rate £625 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.79%

All Process and 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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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
Central London +16 20 £500 -28.57% 11
West London - 5 £525 -
East London +6 3 - - 3
South London - 2 £713 - 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 4 (3.45%) Jupyter
2 3 (2.59%) CMS
2 3 (2.59%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.86%) JBoss
4 1 (0.86%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Endur
2 2 (1.72%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (1.72%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.86%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.86%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.86%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.86%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.72%) Azure
2 29 (25.00%) AWS
3 11 (9.48%) GCP
4 8 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.90%) SaaS
5 6 (5.17%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.45%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.59%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.72%) GitHub
8 2 (1.72%) Serverless
8 2 (1.72%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.86%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.31%) Network Security
1 5 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.59%) Firewall
3 2 (1.72%) Internet
3 2 (1.72%) VPN
4 1 (0.86%) DHCP
4 1 (0.86%) DNS
4 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) MongoDB
1 4 (3.45%) NoSQL
1 4 (3.45%) Power BI
1 4 (3.45%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.72%) Big Data
2 2 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.72%) Metadata
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.86%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Git
2 3 (2.59%) JIRA
3 2 (1.72%) GoCD
3 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.72%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.72%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.86%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
General
1 45 (38.79%) Finance
2 28 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 14 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.62%) Financial Institution
6 8 (6.90%) Back Office
7 7 (6.03%) Legal
8 6 (5.17%) Banking
8 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.45%) Automotive
10 4 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.45%) Retail
11 3 (2.59%) Local Government
12 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.72%) Publishing
13 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.86%) Law
13 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (50.00%) Architect
2 17 (14.66%) Security Architect
3 16 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (12.07%) Enterprise Architect
5 13 (11.21%) Lead
6 12 (10.34%) Analyst
6 12 (10.34%) Senior
7 9 (7.76%) Developer
8 8 (6.90%) Lead Architect
8 8 (6.90%) Technical Architect
9 7 (6.03%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 7 (6.03%) Consultant
9 7 (6.03%) Senior Architect
10 5 (4.31%) Endur Architect
10 5 (4.31%) Network Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Network Security Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Network Support Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) OpenLink Architect
10 5 (4.31%) Security Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.90%) REST
2 5 (4.31%) React
3 4 (3.45%) .NET
3 4 (3.45%) JSON
3 4 (3.45%) Kafka
3 4 (3.45%) NumPy
3 4 (3.45%) Pandas
3 4 (3.45%) Plotly
3 4 (3.45%) Swagger
3 4 (3.45%) Web Services
4 3 (2.59%) Middleware
4 3 (2.59%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.59%) SciPy
4 3 (2.59%) Statsmodels
5 2 (1.72%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.86%) OpenID
6 1 (0.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.52%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.76%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.31%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.31%) Taxonomies
4 5 (4.31%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.45%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.45%) Grid Computing
5 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.59%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.72%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.86%) Linux
3 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (66.38%) Technology Strategy
2 35 (30.17%) Roadmaps
3 31 (26.72%) Business Strategy
4 26 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (20.69%) Agile
6 21 (18.10%) Enterprise Architecture
7 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (14.66%) CI/CD
8 17 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (12.93%) DevOps
9 15 (12.93%) Incident Response
9 15 (12.93%) Risk Management
10 14 (12.07%) AI
10 14 (12.07%) Security Architecture
11 13 (11.21%) Microservices
12 12 (10.34%) Data Modelling
12 12 (10.34%) Decision-Making
13 11 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (9.48%) Migration
13 11 (9.48%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) SQL
2 8 (6.90%) Java
3 7 (6.03%) C#
3 7 (6.03%) Python
4 6 (5.17%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.45%) R
6 3 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.72%) Go
7 2 (1.72%) Rust
8 1 (0.86%) Bash
8 1 (0.86%) Bicep
8 1 (0.86%) C
8 1 (0.86%) C++
8 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.76%) Degree
4 7 (6.03%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.72%) CCNA
6 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.72%) CISSP
6 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.72%) MCP
6 2 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.86%) CISM
7 1 (0.86%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.90%) GDPR
2 5 (4.31%) EU AI Act
3 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.72%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.86%) HL7
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.86%) MiFID
5 1 (0.86%) PMO
5 1 (0.86%) QA
5 1 (0.86%) SLA
5 1 (0.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (7.76%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.90%) Docker
3 3 (2.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.03%) Terraform
3 5 (4.31%) Ansible
3 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.59%) SCCM
5 2 (1.72%) rkt
6 1 (0.86%) Grafana
6 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) CyberArk
2 8 (6.90%) Darktrace
2 8 (6.90%) Splunk
3 6 (5.17%) Oracle
3 6 (5.17%) VMware
4 5 (4.31%) SAP
5 4 (3.45%) Dataiku
5 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.59%) Hitachi
7 2 (1.72%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.72%) Databricks
7 2 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.72%) Google
7 2 (1.72%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.72%) Refinitiv
7 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.72%) Temenos
7 2 (1.72%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.86%) MuleSoft