Digital Strategy Contract Job Trends in the South East

Digital Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Digital Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 161 195
Rank change year-on-year -7 +34 +53
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 4 23 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.54% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.64% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 15
10th Percentile £465 £346 £322
25th Percentile £558 £375 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £728 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% -19.23% +23.81%
75th Percentile £908 £1,025 £750
90th Percentile £1,008 - -
England median daily rate £513 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -8.48% -6.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £59.45 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £59.45 -
% change year-on-year -15.90% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,241 3,593 4,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.58% 84.32% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 2,182 3,259
10th Percentile £215 £261 £225
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -2.51% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £624
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 182 254
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.87
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +47.89%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Digital Strategy job vacancy trend in the South East

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Strategy in the South East

Digital Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Thames Valley -3 2 £405 -40.00% 13
Berkshire -7 2 £405 -40.00% 13
Surrey +2 1 - - 3
Digital Strategy
England

Digital Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (50.00%) IaaS
1 2 (50.00%) OCI
1 2 (50.00%) PaaS
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Security Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) CDIO
2 1 (25.00%) CIO
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Architecture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PhD
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle