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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 237 250
Rank change year-on-year -78 +13 +69
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 102 105 149
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.55% 0.87% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.94% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 59 102
10th Percentile £413 £413 £410
25th Percentile £485 £496 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £565
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +15.15% -14.79%
75th Percentile £950 £750 £750
90th Percentile £1,000 £790 £910
England median daily rate £575 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.52 - -
Median hourly rate £28.55 £100.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -71.45% +232.01% -19.34%
75th Percentile £53.67 - -
90th Percentile £67.52 - -
England median hourly rate £51.53 £58.90 £30.12
% change year-on-year -12.51% +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 16,287 11,179 15,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.56% 92.25% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,870 7,505 11,106
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £433 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 190 316
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.72
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £31.17 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.50% +11.33% -29.34%
75th Percentile £58.88 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.74 £63.03 £66.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
% change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -18 13 £638 -5.56% 18
West London -26 3 £1,100 +51.72% 3
East London -7 1 £525 -22.22% 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 5 (4.90%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) Camunda
2 2 (1.96%) CMS
3 1 (0.98%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.98%) nginx
3 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.98%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.98%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.43%) Azure
2 20 (19.61%) SaaS
3 14 (13.73%) AWS
4 10 (9.80%) IaaS
5 9 (8.82%) PaaS
6 8 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (5.88%) GCP
8 5 (4.90%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.94%) Google Gemini
9 3 (2.94%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.96%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.96%) Serverless
10 2 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.98%) GitHub
11 1 (0.98%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.98%) IBM Blueworks
11 1 (0.98%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) HTTP
1 1 (0.98%) LAN
1 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) Power BI
2 2 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.98%) Metadata
3 1 (0.98%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Postman
General
1 49 (48.04%) Finance
2 28 (27.45%) Social Skills
3 19 (18.63%) Public Sector
4 13 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.76%) Banking
5 12 (11.76%) Legal
6 11 (10.78%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (6.86%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.92%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.96%) Marketing
10 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Retail
11 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.98%) Front Office
11 1 (0.98%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.98%) Local Government
11 1 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.98%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.98%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (26.47%) Architect
2 13 (12.75%) Senior
3 10 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (7.84%) Enterprise Architect
4 8 (7.84%) Lead
5 7 (6.86%) Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.90%) Head of IT
6 5 (4.90%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 4 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (3.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.92%) Category Manager
7 4 (3.92%) Head of Technology
7 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.92%) IT Engineer
7 4 (3.92%) Senior IT Engineer
8 3 (2.94%) Developer
8 3 (2.94%) Senior Manager
8 3 (2.94%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.94%) LangGraph
2 3 (2.94%) Middleware
2 3 (2.94%) React
2 3 (2.94%) REST
3 2 (1.96%) CrewAI
3 2 (1.96%) Vue
4 1 (0.98%) .NET
4 1 (0.98%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.98%) Framer.js
4 1 (0.98%) GreenSock GSAP
4 1 (0.98%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.98%) LangChain
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.98%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.98%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.98%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.98%) SAML
4 1 (0.98%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.96%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.96%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.96%) Equities
5 2 (1.96%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.98%) Animation
6 1 (0.98%) FMCG
6 1 (0.98%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.98%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Solaris
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
1 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (71.57%) Technology Strategy
2 39 (38.24%) Roadmaps
3 27 (26.47%) AI
4 26 (25.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 24 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (22.55%) Enterprise Architecture
7 19 (18.63%) Agile
8 18 (17.65%) Analytics
8 18 (17.65%) Migration
9 17 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (15.69%) Decision-Making
11 15 (14.71%) Business Strategy
11 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
13 11 (10.78%) DevOps
13 11 (10.78%) Event-Driven
13 11 (10.78%) Integration Patterns
13 11 (10.78%) Project Delivery
13 11 (10.78%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) Python
1 6 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (0.98%) C
3 1 (0.98%) C++
3 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (0.98%) ACCA
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.98%) CFA
4 1 (0.98%) CIMA
4 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.98%) MBA
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.98%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) GDPR
2 3 (2.94%) QA
3 2 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.98%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.98%) PMO
4 1 (0.98%) PSD2
4 1 (0.98%) SEPA
4 1 (0.98%) SLA
4 1 (0.98%) TARGET2
System Software
1 3 (2.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.98%) Grafana
3 1 (0.98%) Kibana
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 19 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.94%) OpenAI
2 3 (2.94%) SAP
3 2 (1.96%) Ariba
3 2 (1.96%) Oracle
3 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.96%) SimCorp
3 2 (1.96%) Vermilion
3 2 (1.96%) Workday
4 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.98%) Bloomberg
4 1 (0.98%) Google
4 1 (0.98%) HP
4 1 (0.98%) IBM
4 1 (0.98%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.98%) Refinitiv
4 1 (0.98%) Reuters
4 1 (0.98%) VMware