Strategy Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Strategy Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Strategy Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 345 406
Rank change year-on-year -47 +61 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Strategy Architect 7 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.015% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.016% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £710 - £630
25th Percentile £725 £675 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £713
90th Percentile £790 - £720
UK median daily rate £725 £700 £725
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +16.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 17,029 12,634 19,142
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 92.45% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,392 7,464 12,128
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -3.03% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £678 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,756 677 1,735
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.32 £13.17
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £16.40
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% -21.25% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.97 £64.50 £62.73
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% -13.33% +8.49%

Strategy Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Strategy Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Strategy Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Strategy Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Strategy Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Strategy Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Strategy Architect
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 Strategy Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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
Midlands - 5 £800 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £800 - 1
North of England -50 1 £700 -
North West - 1 £700 -
South West - 1 - -
Strategy Architect
UK

Strategy Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Strategy Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Strategy Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Enterprise Architecture
1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Architectural Design
2 5 (71.43%) Architecture Governance
2 5 (71.43%) Architecture Roadmap
2 5 (71.43%) Co-Creation
2 5 (71.43%) Generative AI
2 5 (71.43%) Line Management
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (71.43%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) COBIT
3 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Data Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) IT4IT
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap

Strategy Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 5 (71.43%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Enterprise Architecture
1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Architectural Design
2 5 (71.43%) Architecture Governance
2 5 (71.43%) Architecture Roadmap
2 5 (71.43%) Co-Creation
2 5 (71.43%) Generative AI
2 5 (71.43%) Line Management
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (71.43%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (14.29%) Data Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) IT4IT
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality