IT Strategy Contracts in the North of England

IT/Technology Strategy
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 128 172
Rank change year-on-year -13 +44 -35
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 25 57 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.76% 1.20% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.39% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 44 45
10th Percentile £463 £439 £406
25th Percentile £500 £550 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £643 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% +16.86% +8.64%
75th Percentile £738 £673 £670
90th Percentile £750 £738 £695
England median daily rate £650 £600 £645
% change year-on-year +8.33% -6.98% +3.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West -12 19 £550 -4.35% 73
Yorkshire +7 4 £356 -16.28% 42
North East -2 2 £750 -16.38% 13
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Maximo
2 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) GCP
5 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.00%) IaaS
5 1 (4.00%) PaaS
5 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.00%) SaaS
5 1 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) BGP
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
1 2 (8.00%) MPLS
1 2 (8.00%) Network Security
1 2 (8.00%) OSPF
1 2 (8.00%) VLAN
1 2 (8.00%) VPN
1 2 (8.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Aviation
5 1 (4.00%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Service Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Service Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Architect
4 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Network Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Network Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Network Services Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Strategy Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
1 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Roadmaps
2 12 (48.00%) Technology Strategy
3 8 (32.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 7 (28.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (24.00%) Service Design
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.00%) Agile
6 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
7 4 (16.00%) Architectural Design
7 4 (16.00%) Programme Management
7 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (16.00%) Technology Roadmap
8 3 (12.00%) Change Management
8 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (12.00%) High Availability
8 3 (12.00%) Migration
8 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) CCIE
3 2 (8.00%) CCNP
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) JNCIE
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Cisco
2 2 (8.00%) F5
2 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (8.00%) TOWER Software
2 2 (8.00%) Virgin Media
2 2 (8.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) SAP