IT Strategy Contracts

IT/Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 370 315
Rank change year-on-year +91 -55 +37
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 363 385 775
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.65% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.72% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 306 542
10th Percentile £408 £450 £413
25th Percentile £463 £519 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £621 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -0.64% +13.64%
75th Percentile £745 £725 £725
90th Percentile £838 £850 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £605 £552
% change year-on-year +7.44% +9.60% +10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £17.26 £13.55
25th Percentile - £24.79 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.12 £37.34 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.34% +113.37% +40.06%
75th Percentile - £61.17 £18.75
90th Percentile - £75.47 £48.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £48.75 £16.75
% change year-on-year - +191.03% +34.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

IT Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
England +93 319 £595 -8.51% 229
UK excluding London +79 171 £650 +7.44% 150
London +85 166 £570 -15.56% 96
Work from Home +82 115 £626 +2.12% 108
North of England +36 57 £643 +16.60% 47
North West +49 48 £575 -4.17% 24
South East +6 33 £525 -20.90% 33
Midlands +39 27 £750 +27.66% 17
Scotland +48 24 £638 +6.29% 17
West Midlands +39 22 £750 +69.20% 10
South West +23 21 £725 +16.00% 14
East of England +15 8 £513 -28.07% 17
Yorkshire -5 5 £425 -23.08% 17
North East +19 4 £897 +124.24% 6
East Midlands +15 4 £750 +22.45% 7
Wales - 3 £650 - 5

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (4.96%) Apache
2 15 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.93%) Confluence
4 5 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.83%) nginx
7 2 (0.55%) CMS
8 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.28%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.38%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.10%) Infor SunSystems
3 4 (1.10%) Primavera
4 3 (0.83%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.34%) Azure
2 55 (15.15%) AWS
3 18 (4.96%) Amazon Kinesis
3 18 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.68%) IaaS
4 17 (4.68%) SaaS
5 15 (4.13%) GCP
6 12 (3.31%) PaaS
7 8 (2.20%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.10%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.10%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.10%) Serverless
9 4 (1.10%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.10%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (0.83%) Amazon ELB
10 3 (0.83%) OCI
10 3 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.99%) WAN
2 26 (7.16%) LAN
3 16 (4.41%) Network Security
4 15 (4.13%) Firewall
5 7 (1.93%) DNS
5 7 (1.93%) Wireless
6 6 (1.65%) 5G
6 6 (1.65%) MPLS
6 6 (1.65%) Unified Communications
6 6 (1.65%) VPN
6 6 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.38%) SAN
7 5 (1.38%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.83%) BGP
8 3 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.83%) Intranet
8 3 (0.83%) OSPF
8 3 (0.83%) WLAN
9 2 (0.55%) Internet
10 1 (0.28%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.96%) Flink
2 9 (2.48%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.10%) Metadata
4 4 (1.10%) OLAP
4 4 (1.10%) OLTP
5 3 (0.83%) Big Data
5 3 (0.83%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.83%) MySQL
5 3 (0.83%) QlikView
6 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.28%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 12 (3.31%) JIRA
2 10 (2.75%) Git
3 7 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.38%) Postman
5 4 (1.10%) LoadRunner
5 4 (1.10%) NeoLoad
6 3 (0.83%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.83%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.83%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.83%) JUnit
6 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.55%) kappa
8 1 (0.28%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
General
1 107 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.56%) Finance
3 46 (12.67%) Public Sector
4 39 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.06%) Banking
5 22 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (5.23%) Retail
7 18 (4.96%) Legal
8 14 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.75%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.48%) Marketing
12 8 (2.20%) Law
13 5 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.38%) Local Government
14 4 (1.10%) French Language
14 4 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.83%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 184 (50.69%) Architect
2 52 (14.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 52 (14.33%) Solutions Architect
3 38 (10.47%) Developer
4 34 (9.37%) Senior
5 32 (8.82%) Analyst
5 32 (8.82%) Lead
6 26 (7.16%) Security Architect
6 26 (7.16%) Technical Architect
7 20 (5.51%) Java Developer
8 14 (3.86%) Full Stack Developer
8 14 (3.86%) Full Stack Java Developer
8 14 (3.86%) Senior Developer
9 13 (3.58%) Senior Architect
10 12 (3.31%) Cloud Architect
11 11 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 11 (3.03%) Lead Architect
11 11 (3.03%) Microsoft Developer
12 10 (2.75%) Azure Architect
12 10 (2.75%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.06%) Kafka
2 21 (5.79%) Middleware
3 6 (1.65%) .NET
4 5 (1.38%) React
4 5 (1.38%) REST
5 4 (1.10%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.10%) J2EE
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.83%) Apache Camel
6 3 (0.83%) DAO
6 3 (0.83%) EDI
6 3 (0.83%) ModSecurity
6 3 (0.83%) Node.js
6 3 (0.83%) Spring
6 3 (0.83%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.55%) FastAPI
7 2 (0.55%) Flask
7 2 (0.55%) Jest
7 2 (0.55%) Playwright
7 2 (0.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.51%) Public Cloud
2 19 (5.23%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.31%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.48%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.65%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.10%) Blog
9 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.10%) IoT
9 4 (1.10%) NHS
10 3 (0.83%) CCTV
10 3 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.83%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.83%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.55%) EPoS
11 2 (0.55%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.16%) Windows
2 18 (4.96%) Linux
3 10 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.83%) Android
5 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.83%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.55%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (54.55%) Technology Strategy
2 143 (39.39%) Roadmaps
3 113 (31.13%) Business Strategy
4 110 (30.30%) Agile
5 64 (17.63%) Enterprise Architecture
6 63 (17.36%) Strategic Roadmap
7 60 (16.53%) TOGAF
8 48 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
8 48 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (13.22%) Project Delivery
9 46 (12.67%) Project Management
10 40 (11.02%) Data Protection
11 38 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (9.64%) Risk Management
12 35 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (8.54%) ITIL
14 30 (8.26%) Disaster Recovery
14 30 (8.26%) Information Security
15 29 (7.99%) Business Continuity
15 29 (7.99%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.16%) Java
2 23 (6.34%) SQL
3 12 (3.31%) Python
4 6 (1.65%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.38%) C#
5 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.10%) PHP
7 3 (0.83%) Bash
7 3 (0.83%) Go
8 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Ruby
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.28%) VB
9 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (22.87%) Security Cleared
2 68 (18.73%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.40%) Degree
4 20 (5.51%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.93%) CISSP
6 7 (1.93%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.38%) CISM
8 5 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.38%) PMP
8 5 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.10%) ACCA
9 4 (1.10%) CCNP
9 4 (1.10%) CIMA
9 4 (1.10%) HND
10 3 (0.83%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.83%) CITP
10 3 (0.83%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.02%) NIST
2 24 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (6.34%) QA
4 9 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.10%) GDPR
5 4 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (1.10%) NCSC
6 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.83%) IASME
7 2 (0.55%) COBIT
7 2 (0.55%) PMO
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.28%) EMIR
8 1 (0.28%) MiFID
8 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (3.86%) Docker
2 13 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.83%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.28%) vCloud
6 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.03%) Terraform
3 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.20%) SCCM
4 7 (1.93%) Ansible
5 3 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.83%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.83%) Kibana
5 3 (0.83%) OPNET
5 3 (0.83%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.28%) Avamar
6 1 (0.28%) CASB
6 1 (0.28%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.28%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.28%) SCOM
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.79%) VMware
3 20 (5.51%) Oracle
4 11 (3.03%) Cisco
5 7 (1.93%) Citrix
5 7 (1.93%) Databricks
5 7 (1.93%) Google
6 6 (1.65%) Aruba
6 6 (1.65%) SAP
7 5 (1.38%) Veeam
8 4 (1.10%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.10%) CA Agile Central
8 4 (1.10%) HP
8 4 (1.10%) iManage
8 4 (1.10%) Intapp
8 4 (1.10%) Okta
8 4 (1.10%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.10%) Sage
8 4 (1.10%) Sun
9 3 (0.83%) Sparx