Technology Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technology Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Technology Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technology 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 275 265 352
Rank change year-on-year -10 +87 -28
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 64 135 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.65% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.77% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 99 75
10th Percentile £463 £500 £454
25th Percentile £575 £590 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +10.42%
75th Percentile £743 £750 £700
90th Percentile £750 £905 £758
UK median daily rate £650 £650 £650
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - £85.00
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £63.25 £30.12 £85.00
% change year-on-year +109.99% -64.56% +30.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Technology 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%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the UK excluding London

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in the UK excluding London

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the UK excluding London

Technology Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technology Strategy in the UK excluding London

Technology 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 Technology 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 -11 19 £700 +4.63% 75
South East +51 17 £700 +16.49% 105
South West +36 11 £623 -14.14% 36
Yorkshire +8 10 £650 - 16
Scotland -8 8 £481 -28.81% 20
North West -20 6 £600 -9.91% 57
East of England +31 3 £675 +17.39% 29
Midlands +3 3 £600 -20.00% 36
Wales +3 3 £625 -3.85% 7
North East -2 3 £750 -16.38% 3
West Midlands +1 2 £600 -25.00% 16
East Midlands +12 1 - - 17
Technology Strategy
UK

Technology 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 3 (4.69%) Confluence
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.13%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.56%) Apache
3 1 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Maximo
1 2 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.56%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.81%) Azure
2 15 (23.44%) AWS
3 9 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.81%) GCP
5 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.69%) SaaS
6 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.13%) IaaS
6 2 (3.13%) PaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Akamai
7 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.50%) VPN
2 7 (10.94%) DNS
2 7 (10.94%) WAN
3 6 (9.38%) BGP
3 6 (9.38%) MPLS
3 6 (9.38%) OSPF
3 6 (9.38%) VSAN
4 5 (7.81%) VLAN
5 4 (6.25%) Firewall
5 4 (6.25%) LAN
5 4 (6.25%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.69%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (4.69%) DHCP
6 3 (4.69%) Network Security
6 3 (4.69%) NGFW
6 3 (4.69%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (3.13%) Internet
7 2 (3.13%) Skype
8 1 (1.56%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Metadata
2 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.13%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.56%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.56%) Big Data
3 1 (1.56%) Flink
3 1 (1.56%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.56%) Presto
3 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 31 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 22 (34.38%) Finance
3 10 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Banking
4 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.38%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.81%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.69%) Retail
8 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.13%) Publishing
9 1 (1.56%) Aviation
9 1 (1.56%) Back Office
9 1 (1.56%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Front Office
9 1 (1.56%) International Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Law
9 1 (1.56%) Marketing
9 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (50.00%) Architect
2 9 (14.06%) Technical Architect
3 5 (7.81%) Analyst
3 5 (7.81%) Lead
3 5 (7.81%) Principal Architect
3 5 (7.81%) Senior
4 4 (6.25%) Data Architect
4 4 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (4.69%) Senior Architect
5 3 (4.69%) Senior Technical Architect
5 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow Architect
5 3 (4.69%) Technology Director
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Designer
6 2 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.13%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) Middleware
2 1 (1.56%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.56%) HTML
2 1 (1.56%) Kafka
2 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Public Cloud
2 9 (14.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (10.94%) PKI
4 4 (6.25%) CMDB
4 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.13%) Credit Risk
6 2 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.56%) EPoS
7 1 (1.56%) FMCG
7 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.56%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.69%) Linux
4 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (75.00%) IT Strategy
2 26 (40.63%) Agile
3 20 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
4 19 (29.69%) Roadmaps
4 19 (29.69%) TOGAF
5 15 (23.44%) ITIL
5 15 (23.44%) Microservices
6 14 (21.88%) CI/CD
7 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (15.63%) DevOps
10 9 (14.06%) Project Management
10 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (14.06%) Strategic Roadmap
10 9 (14.06%) Zachman Framework
11 8 (12.50%) Business Strategy
11 8 (12.50%) Containerisation
11 8 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 8 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.06%) MCSE
3 7 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (10.94%) Degree
4 6 (9.38%) CCNP
5 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.13%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.13%) CCIE
7 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.13%) JNCIE
7 2 (3.13%) MCSA
7 2 (3.13%) PMP
7 2 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.56%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) NIST
2 9 (14.06%) Data Quality
2 9 (14.06%) NCSC
3 6 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.69%) QA
5 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.56%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.38%) VMware NSX
3 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.56%) Docker
4 1 (1.56%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) OPNET
1 2 (3.13%) SCCM
2 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.75%) VMware
3 9 (14.06%) Cisco
4 6 (9.38%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.69%) F5
5 3 (4.69%) SAP
6 2 (3.13%) Databricks
6 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.13%) Google
7 1 (1.56%) Ariba
7 1 (1.56%) Arista
7 1 (1.56%) Aruba
7 1 (1.56%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.56%) Citrix
7 1 (1.56%) Juniper
7 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.56%) Riverbed
7 1 (1.56%) Spotify
7 1 (1.56%) Zscaler