IT Strategy Contracts in the Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 106 140
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 +23
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 10 28 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.50% 1.01% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.24% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 14
10th Percentile £431 £445 £328
25th Percentile £513 £530 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £700 £556
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +25.84% +14.10%
75th Percentile £725 £888 £619
90th Percentile £769 £925 £685
England median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +2.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,781 2,261 2,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.30% 81.71% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 1,528 2,004
10th Percentile £203 £234 £258
25th Percentile £356 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £639 £688 £690
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 172 98
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.35
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £14.64
Median hourly rate £18.63 £18.50 £22.46
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% -17.61% +27.88%
75th Percentile £26.51 £34.20 £45.25
90th Percentile £48.20 £55.00 £59.75
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the Midlands

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the Midlands

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the Midlands

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the Midlands

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
West Midlands +1 7 £613 -18.33% 101
East Midlands +1 1 - - 81
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Local Government
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Head of IT
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Director
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Presales Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Presales Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Technology Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) ERP
3 2 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) ArchiMate
4 1 (10.00%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Service Catalogue
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (10.00%) GIAC
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SANS
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP