Digital Strategy Contract Job Trends in the North West

Digital Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Digital Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 115 135
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 +33
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.040% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £460 £474
25th Percentile £325 £531 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £700 £548
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +27.85% +44.84%
75th Percentile £375 £750 £625
90th Percentile - - £679
England median daily rate £563 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +12.50% -16.60% +9.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Digital 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,207 1,860 2,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.24% 86.59% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,436 1,048 1,601
10th Percentile £213 £265 £300
25th Percentile £358 £389 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £567 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 102 156
10th Percentile £16.44 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £17.94
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.95 £35.73
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -13.37% +34.66%
75th Percentile £55.00 £51.91 £47.41
90th Percentile £69.67 £69.59 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Digital Strategy job vacancy trend in the North West

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Strategy within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Merseyside - 1 £350 -
Digital Strategy
England

Digital Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft