Technology Strategy Contract Job Trends in the North East

Technology Strategy
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 32 32
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.37% 0.81% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.92% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile £738 £838 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £897 £432
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +107.75% -
75th Percentile £813 £955 £450
90th Percentile - - £452
England median daily rate £620 £670 £700
% change year-on-year -7.46% -4.29% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Technology 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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 218 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 82.78% 87.90% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 99 160
10th Percentile £220 £303 £313
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £470 £474
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% -0.79% -9.76%
75th Percentile £569 £586 £600
90th Percentile £625 £684 £720
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 28 9
10th Percentile £11.60 £14.41 £16.85
25th Percentile £13.37 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £17.30 £46.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.54% +130.90% +14.29%
75th Percentile £20.63 £47.14 £33.75
90th Percentile £42.40 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Technology Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the North East

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Technology Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Strategy within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £775 -
Technology Strategy
England

Technology Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001