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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 276 343
Rank change year-on-year +10 +67 -11
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 69 124 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.60% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.72% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 86 72
10th Percentile £426 £445 £483
25th Percentile £478 £564 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £670 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +3.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £726
90th Percentile £758 £925 £800
UK median daily rate £625 £643 £650
% change year-on-year -2.81% -1.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £18.59 - -
25th Percentile £19.78 - -
Median hourly rate £22.15 - £85.00
75th Percentile £24.89 - -
90th Percentile £26.30 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £30.12 £85.00
% change year-on-year -12.02% -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 11,664 17,222 20,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.58% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,264 10,282 14,009
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,110 1,238
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.63 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 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 29 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 -16 25 £600 -10.31% 266
South East +42 15 £625 -0.44% 390
North West -17 14 £475 -28.84% 131
Scotland +6 11 £514 -26.54% 78
Yorkshire +10 10 £650 - 97
South West +33 9 £620 -14.48% 145
Midlands -4 6 £600 -14.29% 204
West Midlands +3 4 £600 -25.00% 103
East of England +32 3 £675 +17.39% 171
Wales +4 1 £600 -40.00% 28
East Midlands +2 1 - - 89
North East -3 1 £775 -13.60% 39
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 4 (5.80%) Confluence
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.45%) Apache
4 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.45%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Maximo
1 2 (2.90%) SAP PM
1 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.45%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Azure
2 14 (20.29%) AWS
3 6 (8.70%) GCP
3 6 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.80%) Serverless
5 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.35%) GitHub
5 3 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.90%) Collibra
6 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.45%) SaaS
7 1 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.49%) VPN
2 8 (11.59%) BGP
2 8 (11.59%) Firewall
2 8 (11.59%) MPLS
2 8 (11.59%) OSPF
3 7 (10.14%) DNS
3 7 (10.14%) VLAN
3 7 (10.14%) WAN
4 5 (7.25%) Network Security
5 4 (5.80%) LAN
5 4 (5.80%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (4.35%) DHCP
6 3 (4.35%) NGFW
6 3 (4.35%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.90%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (2.90%) Internet
7 2 (2.90%) Kerberos
7 2 (2.90%) Skype
8 1 (1.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (4.35%) Metadata
3 2 (2.90%) Delta Lake
3 2 (2.90%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.90%) GIS
3 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.45%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.45%) Big Data
4 1 (1.45%) Flink
4 1 (1.45%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.45%) Presto
4 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
General
1 34 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 27 (39.13%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (18.84%) Banking
4 9 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 8 (11.59%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.35%) Retail
8 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.90%) Publishing
9 1 (1.45%) Aviation
9 1 (1.45%) Back Office
9 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.45%) Front Office
9 1 (1.45%) Law
9 1 (1.45%) Legal
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Police
9 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (49.28%) Architect
2 8 (11.59%) Analyst
3 7 (10.14%) Data Architect
3 7 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (10.14%) Technical Architect
4 6 (8.70%) Lead
5 5 (7.25%) Senior
6 4 (5.80%) Designer
6 4 (5.80%) Network Designer
6 4 (5.80%) Solutions Designer
7 3 (4.35%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.35%) Senior Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Service Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Network Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Technical Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) Middleware
2 3 (4.35%) Kafka
3 2 (2.90%) .NET
3 2 (2.90%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.45%) Blazor
4 1 (1.45%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.45%) HTML
4 1 (1.45%) LDAP
4 1 (1.45%) React
4 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.25%) PKI
2 5 (7.25%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) CMDB
3 4 (5.80%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.80%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.90%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.90%) IoT
5 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.90%) SCADA
5 2 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.70%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (60.87%) IT Strategy
2 22 (31.88%) Roadmaps
3 20 (28.99%) Agile
4 18 (26.09%) TOGAF
5 17 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (20.29%) Business Strategy
6 14 (20.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 14 (20.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
7 12 (17.39%) ITIL
8 11 (15.94%) Strategic Roadmap
9 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (13.04%) Data Management
11 8 (11.59%) Data Analysis
11 8 (11.59%) Data Governance
11 8 (11.59%) Data Modelling
11 8 (11.59%) ITSM
11 8 (11.59%) Machine Learning
11 8 (11.59%) Project Management
11 8 (11.59%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) SQL
2 5 (7.25%) Python
3 2 (2.90%) Bicep
3 2 (2.90%) Java
3 2 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.45%) C#
4 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.45%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) Degree
2 5 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.80%) CCIE
3 4 (5.80%) CCNP
3 4 (5.80%) JNCIE
3 4 (5.80%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.80%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (4.35%) MCSE
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.90%) MCSA
6 1 (1.45%) CCDP
6 1 (1.45%) CISSP
6 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) GIAC
6 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.45%) SANS
6 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.25%) NIST
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.35%) GDPR
4 3 (4.35%) NCSC
5 2 (2.90%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (4.35%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.45%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Terraform
2 2 (2.90%) OPNET
2 2 (2.90%) SCCM
3 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.59%) Cisco
3 6 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 5 (7.25%) F5
4 5 (7.25%) SAP
5 4 (5.80%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.35%) Databricks
6 3 (4.35%) MuleSoft
6 3 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.35%) VMware
7 2 (2.90%) Informatica
7 2 (2.90%) Oracle
8 1 (1.45%) Ariba
8 1 (1.45%) Aruba
8 1 (1.45%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.45%) Citrix
8 1 (1.45%) Google
8 1 (1.45%) Juniper
8 1 (1.45%) Riverbed
8 1 (1.45%) Salesforce