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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 234 295
Rank change year-on-year -14 +61 -32
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 87 156 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.77% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.91% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 119 118
10th Percentile £365 £400 £411
25th Percentile £463 £558 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £694 £750 £700
90th Percentile £750 £850 £796
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £100.00 £30.12 £61.17
% change year-on-year +232.01% -50.76% +249.54%

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 11,711 17,111 20,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.54% 84.30% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,219 14,183
10th Percentile £235 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 2,064 1,254
10th Percentile £14.02 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.40 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.74
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 19 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 19 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 -12 25 £550 -16.03% 103
North West -11 22 £550 -9.13% 62
South East +27 20 £688 +30.95% 134
Scotland +2 13 £447 -36.14% 32
Midlands -1 10 £613 -18.33% 67
South West +28 8 £625 -13.79% 46
East of England +21 7 £650 +26.83% 66
West Midlands -9 7 £613 -18.33% 41
Wales - 6 £480 - 12
Yorkshire +13 3 £356 - 32
East Midlands +5 1 - - 25
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 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.60%) Confluence
3 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.30%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.30%) Maximo
1 2 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.15%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (1.15%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.15%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 37 (42.53%) Azure
2 15 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (16.09%) AWS
4 13 (14.94%) Entra ID
5 7 (8.05%) GCP
6 5 (5.75%) SaaS
7 4 (4.60%) PaaS
8 3 (3.45%) IaaS
8 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.15%) GitHub
10 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.49%) WAN
2 7 (8.05%) LAN
2 7 (8.05%) VPN
3 6 (6.90%) DNS
4 5 (5.75%) BGP
4 5 (5.75%) MPLS
4 5 (5.75%) OSPF
4 5 (5.75%) VLAN
5 4 (4.60%) Firewall
6 3 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (3.45%) NGFW
6 3 (3.45%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.45%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.45%) VSAN
7 2 (2.30%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (2.30%) DHCP
7 2 (2.30%) Kerberos
7 2 (2.30%) Network Security
7 2 (2.30%) Skype
8 1 (1.15%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.30%) Power BI
3 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.15%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Hudson
General
1 41 (47.13%) Social Skills
2 28 (32.18%) Finance
3 16 (18.39%) Public Sector
4 10 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.34%) Banking
6 8 (9.20%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.75%) Investment Banking
8 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Digital Health
9 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.30%) Law
9 2 (2.30%) Local Government
9 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Publishing
9 2 (2.30%) Retail
10 1 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.15%) Legal
10 1 (1.15%) Marketing
10 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (54.02%) Architect
2 13 (14.94%) Technical Architect
3 12 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (9.20%) Enterprise Architect
5 6 (6.90%) Senior
5 6 (6.90%) Service Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Analyst
6 5 (5.75%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (5.75%) Data Architect
6 5 (5.75%) IT Support
6 5 (5.75%) Lead
6 5 (5.75%) Support Officer
7 4 (4.60%) Azure Architect
7 4 (4.60%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) Head of IT
8 3 (3.45%) Migration Architect
8 3 (3.45%) Release Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.49%) Middleware
2 2 (2.30%) .NET
2 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.15%) Blazor
3 1 (1.15%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.15%) LDAP
3 1 (1.15%) React
3 1 (1.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.64%) Public Cloud
2 7 (8.05%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (8.05%) PKI
3 5 (5.75%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.60%) CMDB
4 4 (4.60%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.60%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.30%) NHS
6 2 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Windows
2 8 (9.20%) Linux
3 4 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.30%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) Technology Strategy
2 33 (37.93%) Roadmaps
3 27 (31.03%) Enterprise Architecture
4 26 (29.89%) Agile
5 23 (26.44%) TOGAF
6 19 (21.84%) Business Strategy
6 19 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (19.54%) Strategic Roadmap
8 16 (18.39%) ITIL
8 16 (18.39%) Migration
9 13 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (12.64%) Computer Science
11 10 (11.49%) Architectural Patterns
11 10 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (9.20%) DevSecOps
13 8 (9.20%) Risk Management
13 8 (9.20%) Service Management
14 7 (8.05%) ITSM
14 7 (8.05%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) SQL
2 1 (1.15%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (14.94%) Degree
2 10 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (8.05%) Master's Degree
4 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 5 (5.75%) AWS Certification
6 5 (5.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.75%) MCSE
7 4 (4.60%) CITP
8 3 (3.45%) CCNP
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (2.30%) CCIE
9 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.30%) JNCIE
9 2 (2.30%) MCSA
9 2 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.15%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) NIST
2 6 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.90%) QA
3 5 (5.75%) NCSC
4 4 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.60%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.30%) PMO
6 1 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.15%) GDPR
6 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (14.94%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.60%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.15%) Docker
4 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) OPNET
1 2 (2.30%) SCCM
2 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.20%) VMware
3 7 (8.05%) Cisco
3 7 (8.05%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.75%) Google
4 5 (5.75%) MuleSoft
5 4 (4.60%) Palo Alto
5 4 (4.60%) SAP
6 3 (3.45%) Databricks
7 2 (2.30%) F5
7 2 (2.30%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.30%) TOWER Software
7 2 (2.30%) Virgin Media
8 1 (1.15%) Ariba
8 1 (1.15%) Aruba
8 1 (1.15%) Citrix
8 1 (1.15%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.15%) IBM
8 1 (1.15%) Oracle