IT Strategy Contracts in the North West

IT/Technology Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 87 146
Rank change year-on-year -18 +59 -11
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 21 48 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.08% 1.81% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 2.11% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 39 16
10th Percentile £454 £475 £407
25th Percentile £472 £550 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £670 £678
90th Percentile £748 £704 £744
England median daily rate £650 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,754 2,275 2,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.09% 85.85% 90.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,449 1,980
10th Percentile £300 £308 £313
25th Percentile £390 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £663 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 249 139
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.80
25th Percentile £22.81 £13.50 £23.15
Median hourly rate £31.88 £23.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.66% -34.72% +52.90%
75th Percentile £62.25 £45.88 £49.46
90th Percentile £84.39 £62.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.67% +50.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the North West

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the North West

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the North West

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the North West

IT 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 IT Strategy within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Manchester +11 13 £588 +17.50% 35
Cheshire -11 4 £475 -16.67% 10
Lancashire - 4 £650 - 23
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SAS
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Maximo
2 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.76%) IaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) PaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.76%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) BGP
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) MPLS
1 2 (9.52%) Network Security
1 2 (9.52%) OSPF
1 2 (9.52%) VLAN
1 2 (9.52%) VPN
2 1 (4.76%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Hudson
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Investment Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Aviation
5 1 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Service Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Service Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Azure Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Designer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Architect
5 2 (9.52%) IT Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Network Designer
5 2 (9.52%) Network Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Network Services Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Solutions Designer
5 2 (9.52%) Strategy Architect
6 1 (4.76%) .NET Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Developer
6 1 (4.76%) SAS Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
1 2 (9.52%) .NET Framework
1 2 (9.52%) Middleware
2 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (4.76%) Blazor
2 1 (4.76%) Entity Framework
2 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Roadmaps
2 8 (38.10%) Technology Strategy
3 6 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Service Design
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
5 4 (19.05%) Architectural Design
6 3 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) High Availability
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
7 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (9.52%) Product Management
7 2 (9.52%) Scorecard
7 2 (9.52%) Transition Management
7 2 (9.52%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) CCIE
3 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) JNCIE
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) F5
2 2 (9.52%) Fortinet
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.52%) TOWER Software
2 2 (9.52%) Virgin Media
3 1 (4.76%) Citrix
3 1 (4.76%) SAP