IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

IT/Technology Strategy
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 13 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 2.17% 3.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 4.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £750 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 46 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 95.65% 77.97% 84.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 10
10th Percentile £265 £110 £356
25th Percentile £313 £188 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £488
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -1.54% +11.43%
75th Percentile £706 £675 £595
90th Percentile £738 £688 £748
Devon median daily rate £425 £501 £573
% change year-on-year -15.20% -12.46% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 14
10th Percentile £15.74 £36.25 £17.41
25th Percentile - £50.63 £23.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +41.18% -26.09%
75th Percentile £46.00 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £80.00
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% +50.00% -19.19%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Plymouth

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco