IT Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 225 305
Rank change year-on-year -25 +80 -43
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 89 178 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.86% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.01% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 141 116
10th Percentile £375 £413 £410
25th Percentile £480 £560 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £703 £738 £688
90th Percentile £750 £838 £753
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £617
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.76% -1.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.52
25th Percentile - - £30.43
Median hourly rate - - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £66.94
90th Percentile - - £77.77
UK median hourly rate £100.00 £30.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year +232.01% -19.34% +113.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 of England -9 25 £600 -6.65% 64
South East +37 23 £681 +29.76% 96
North West -15 19 £550 -4.35% 47
Scotland -8 11 £388 -42.59% 22
East of England +30 9 £625 +21.95% 36
South West +30 8 £625 -13.79% 35
Midlands 0 8 £613 -18.33% 32
Wales +7 6 £480 -26.15% 9
West Midlands -2 5 £613 -18.33% 20
Yorkshire +6 4 £356 -16.28% 15
North East -4 2 £750 -16.38% 4
East Midlands +11 1 - - 11
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.37%) Confluence
4 2 (2.25%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.12%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.25%) Maximo
1 2 (2.25%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.12%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (1.12%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 37 (41.57%) Azure
2 19 (21.35%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (20.22%) AWS
4 11 (12.36%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.87%) GCP
6 6 (6.74%) SaaS
7 5 (5.62%) PaaS
8 4 (4.49%) IaaS
9 2 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.99%) WAN
2 7 (7.87%) VPN
3 6 (6.74%) DNS
3 6 (6.74%) VSAN
4 5 (5.62%) BGP
4 5 (5.62%) LAN
4 5 (5.62%) MPLS
4 5 (5.62%) OSPF
4 5 (5.62%) VLAN
5 4 (4.49%) Firewall
6 3 (3.37%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (3.37%) Network Security
6 3 (3.37%) NGFW
6 3 (3.37%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.37%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.25%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (2.25%) DHCP
7 2 (2.25%) Skype
8 1 (1.12%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.12%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.12%) Big Data
3 1 (1.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 41 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 24 (26.97%) Finance
3 15 (16.85%) Public Sector
4 11 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.74%) Banking
6 5 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.62%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.25%) Law
8 2 (2.25%) Local Government
8 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Publishing
8 2 (2.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Back Office
9 1 (1.12%) Billing
9 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.12%) Legal
9 1 (1.12%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (51.69%) Architect
2 11 (12.36%) Solutions Architect
2 11 (12.36%) Technical Architect
3 8 (8.99%) Enterprise Architect
4 7 (7.87%) Principal Architect
4 7 (7.87%) Senior
5 6 (6.74%) Service Manager
6 5 (5.62%) Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (5.62%) IT Manager
6 5 (5.62%) IT Support
6 5 (5.62%) Lead
6 5 (5.62%) Support Officer
7 4 (4.49%) Data Architect
8 3 (3.37%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.37%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.37%) Release Manager
8 3 (3.37%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.37%) Senior Service Manager
8 3 (3.37%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.99%) Middleware
2 1 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Public Cloud
2 8 (8.99%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (8.99%) PKI
3 5 (5.62%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.62%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.49%) CMDB
4 4 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.25%) NHS
5 2 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.25%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.12%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.61%) Windows
2 6 (6.74%) Linux
2 6 (6.74%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (53.93%) Technology Strategy
2 33 (37.08%) Roadmaps
3 31 (34.83%) Enterprise Architecture
4 29 (32.58%) Agile
5 26 (29.21%) TOGAF
6 21 (23.60%) ITIL
7 18 (20.22%) Strategic Roadmap
8 17 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (15.73%) Migration
11 13 (14.61%) Business Strategy
12 12 (13.48%) Microservices
13 11 (12.36%) CI/CD
13 11 (12.36%) Risk Management
14 10 (11.24%) Computer Science
14 10 (11.24%) DevSecOps
14 10 (11.24%) Project Management
14 10 (11.24%) Zachman Framework
15 9 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (10.11%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (14.61%) SC Cleared
1 13 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.48%) Degree
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (10.11%) MCSE
5 7 (7.87%) CCNP
5 7 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.87%) Master's Degree
6 6 (6.74%) AWS Certification
6 6 (6.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.49%) CITP
8 3 (3.37%) CCIE
8 3 (3.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.25%) JNCIE
9 2 (2.25%) MCSA
9 2 (2.25%) PMP
9 2 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.36%) NIST
2 9 (10.11%) NCSC
3 6 (6.74%) QA
4 5 (5.62%) Accessibility
4 5 (5.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (4.49%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.25%) PMO
7 1 (1.12%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.12%) GDPR
7 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (13.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.74%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) OPNET
1 2 (2.25%) SCCM
2 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.73%) VMware
3 10 (11.24%) Cisco
4 7 (7.87%) ServiceNow
5 6 (6.74%) Palo Alto
6 5 (5.62%) Google
6 5 (5.62%) SAP
7 3 (3.37%) MuleSoft
8 2 (2.25%) Databricks
8 2 (2.25%) F5
8 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.25%) TOWER Software
8 2 (2.25%) Virgin Media
9 1 (1.12%) Ariba
9 1 (1.12%) Aruba
9 1 (1.12%) Dynatrace
9 1 (1.12%) IBM
9 1 (1.12%) Oracle
9 1 (1.12%) Spotify