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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 271 248
Rank change year-on-year -1 -23 +71
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 124 83 151
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.75% 0.65% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.71% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 52 103
10th Percentile £413 £413 £410
25th Percentile £484 £482 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £662 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% +21.74% -12.21%
75th Percentile £788 £792 £713
90th Percentile £981 £836 £856
England median daily rate £588 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -9.62% +13.04% -8.00%
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 14,745 11,676 16,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.09% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,820 11,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 162 343
10th Percentile £18.14 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £77.25 £69.35
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +10 24 £508 -27.50% 24
West London -15 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 (4.03%) Confluence
2 4 (3.23%) CMS
2 4 (3.23%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.81%) Camunda
4 1 (0.81%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) SAP CO
1 2 (1.61%) SAP FI
1 2 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (1.61%) SAP MM
1 2 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 40 (32.26%) Azure
2 31 (25.00%) AWS
3 17 (13.71%) SaaS
4 13 (10.48%) GCP
5 8 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.65%) IaaS
6 7 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.65%) PaaS
7 4 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.42%) Azure Pipelines
8 3 (2.42%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.42%) Google Gemini
8 3 (2.42%) Serverless
8 3 (2.42%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.61%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.03%) Network Security
1 5 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.42%) Firewall
3 2 (1.61%) VPN
4 1 (0.81%) DHCP
4 1 (0.81%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) Power BI
2 5 (4.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.61%) Metadata
3 2 (1.61%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.81%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.84%) JIRA
2 4 (3.23%) Git
3 2 (1.61%) GoCD
3 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.61%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.61%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.81%) Postman
General
1 48 (38.71%) Finance
2 37 (29.84%) Social Skills
3 22 (17.74%) Public Sector
4 14 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.06%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (6.45%) Legal
7 7 (5.65%) Banking
8 4 (3.23%) Retail
9 3 (2.42%) Back Office
9 3 (2.42%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.61%) Local Government
10 2 (1.61%) Marketing
10 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Publishing
11 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (30.65%) Architect
2 19 (15.32%) Senior
2 19 (15.32%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (14.52%) Analyst
4 11 (8.87%) Lead
5 9 (7.26%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 9 (7.26%) Developer
6 8 (6.45%) Enterprise Architect
7 7 (5.65%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Consultant
8 6 (4.84%) Security Architect
8 6 (4.84%) Senior Architect
9 5 (4.03%) Head of IT
9 5 (4.03%) Network Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Network Security Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Network Support
9 5 (4.03%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Product Owner
9 5 (4.03%) Security Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.45%) REST
2 5 (4.03%) React
3 4 (3.23%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.23%) NumPy
3 4 (3.23%) Pandas
3 4 (3.23%) Plotly
3 4 (3.23%) Web Services
4 3 (2.42%) .NET
4 3 (2.42%) LangGraph
4 3 (2.42%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.42%) SciPy
4 3 (2.42%) Statsmodels
4 3 (2.42%) Vue
5 2 (1.61%) CrewAI
5 2 (1.61%) JSON
5 2 (1.61%) Kafka
5 2 (1.61%) Middleware
5 2 (1.61%) OAuth
5 2 (1.61%) SAML
5 2 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.87%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.84%) Virtual Team
4 5 (4.03%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.03%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.03%) Taxonomies
5 4 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.61%) Equities
7 2 (1.61%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.61%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.81%) Linux
1 1 (0.81%) VMS
1 1 (0.81%) Windows
1 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (68.55%) Technology Strategy
2 41 (33.06%) Roadmaps
3 29 (23.39%) Agile
4 28 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (18.55%) Enterprise Architecture
6 22 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (16.94%) AI
8 19 (15.32%) Analytics
9 18 (14.52%) Migration
10 17 (13.71%) Business Strategy
10 17 (13.71%) DevOps
11 16 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (11.29%) CI/CD
13 14 (11.29%) Machine Learning
14 12 (9.68%) Software Engineering
15 11 (8.87%) Data Modelling
15 11 (8.87%) Disaster Recovery
15 11 (8.87%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.68%) SQL
2 8 (6.45%) Python
3 3 (2.42%) C#
3 3 (2.42%) Java
3 3 (2.42%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.42%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.61%) Go
4 2 (1.61%) R
4 2 (1.61%) Rust
5 1 (0.81%) Bicep
5 1 (0.81%) C
5 1 (0.81%) C++
5 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.10%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.06%) Degree
4 7 (5.65%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.42%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.81%) ACCA
8 1 (0.81%) CCNA
8 1 (0.81%) CFA
8 1 (0.81%) CIMA
8 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.81%) CISSP
8 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.81%) MBA
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.81%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.65%) GDPR
2 5 (4.03%) EU AI Act
3 2 (1.61%) QA
3 2 (1.61%) SLA
4 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.81%) MiFID
4 1 (0.81%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) PSD2
4 1 (0.81%) SEPA
4 1 (0.81%) TARGET2
System Software
1 6 (4.84%) Docker
2 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.42%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.03%) Terraform
3 2 (1.61%) Ansible
3 2 (1.61%) rkt
4 1 (0.81%) Grafana
4 1 (0.81%) Kibana
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.84%) Salesforce
2 6 (4.84%) SAP
3 5 (4.03%) Oracle
3 5 (4.03%) VMware
4 4 (3.23%) Dataiku
5 3 (2.42%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.61%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.61%) SimCorp
6 2 (1.61%) Vermilion
7 1 (0.81%) Ariba
7 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.81%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.81%) Google
7 1 (0.81%) HP
7 1 (0.81%) Reuters
7 1 (0.81%) Temenos
7 1 (0.81%) Veeam