Technology Strategy Contracts

Technology Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 333 398
Rank change year-on-year -2 +65 -7
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 200 271 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.64% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.75% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 185 214
10th Percentile £453 £456 £446
25th Percentile £513 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £670 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% -
75th Percentile £738 £756 £750
90th Percentile £790 £950 £913
UK excluding London median daily rate £564 £698 £625
% change year-on-year -19.21% +11.60% +5.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £19.38 - -
25th Percentile £21.77 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £30.12 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% - -
75th Percentile £63.63 - -
90th Percentile £85.45 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.15 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,412 36,374 50,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.38% 85.33% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,450 23,255 34,776
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,550 2,429 1,686
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.34 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +50.94%
75th Percentile £51.98 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £76.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.34 £38.12 £39.60
% change year-on-year -36.15% -3.74% +84.19%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 16 July 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
England -29 172 £650 -2.84% 667
London +26 98 £690 +15.00% 488
UK excluding London -20 88 £564 -19.21% 349
Work from Home +9 58 £600 -10.31% 293
North of England -6 27 £575 -14.05% 68
Scotland +9 20 £539 -22.97% 28
North West -3 15 £506 -24.36% 37
South East +23 14 £638 +8.79% 185
Midlands -7 12 £503 -24.06% 30
Yorkshire +6 11 £650 +2.20% 19
East of England +23 9 £650 +13.04% 13
East Midlands -2 8 £481 +8.15% 7
South West +8 6 £610 -17.29% 26
West Midlands -7 3 £575 -23.33% 21
Wales +5 1 £600 -40.00% 1
North East -5 1 £775 -13.60% 13

Technology 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 8 (4.00%) WebLogic
2 7 (3.50%) Confluence
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.00%) Apache
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.50%) JBoss
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.50%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.50%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (3.50%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (2.00%) Endur
3 2 (1.00%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.50%) Maximo
4 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 50 (25.00%) AWS
2 45 (22.50%) Azure
3 20 (10.00%) GitHub
4 19 (9.50%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (6.50%) GCP
6 11 (5.50%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.00%) SaaS
8 9 (4.50%) PaaS
8 9 (4.50%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (3.00%) IaaS
10 6 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (3.00%) Serverless
11 5 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.50%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.50%) OpenShift
14 2 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.00%) Firewall
1 8 (4.00%) LAN
1 8 (4.00%) WAN
2 6 (3.00%) Network Security
3 5 (2.50%) BGP
3 5 (2.50%) MPLS
3 5 (2.50%) OSPF
3 5 (2.50%) SSL
3 5 (2.50%) VLAN
3 5 (2.50%) VPN
4 4 (2.00%) Internet
5 2 (1.00%) DNS
5 2 (1.00%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.50%) DHCP
6 1 (0.50%) DWDM
6 1 (0.50%) HTTP
6 1 (0.50%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.50%) Intranet
6 1 (0.50%) SNMP
6 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.00%) Oracle Database
1 10 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.00%) Power BI
3 4 (2.00%) Metadata
3 4 (2.00%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.50%) Big Data
4 3 (1.50%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.00%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.00%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.00%) Flink
5 2 (1.00%) GIS
6 1 (0.50%) AlloyDB
6 1 (0.50%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.50%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.50%) Looker
6 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (8.00%) CircleCI
2 9 (4.50%) JIRA
3 6 (3.00%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.00%) Git
4 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket Server
5 1 (0.50%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.50%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.50%) JUnit
General
1 77 (38.50%) Social Skills
2 69 (34.50%) Finance
3 32 (16.00%) Banking
4 25 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
5 16 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 13 (6.50%) Retail
7 8 (4.00%) Back Office
7 8 (4.00%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.50%) Automotive
9 5 (2.50%) Legal
10 4 (2.00%) Military
10 4 (2.00%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.50%) Local Government
11 3 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.50%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (58.50%) Architect
2 29 (14.50%) Enterprise Architect
2 29 (14.50%) Technical Architect
3 25 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 23 (11.50%) Lead
5 20 (10.00%) Senior
6 14 (7.00%) Senior Architect
7 13 (6.50%) Data Architect
8 11 (5.50%) Lead Architect
9 10 (5.00%) Analyst
10 9 (4.50%) Technical Leader
11 8 (4.00%) Senior Technical Architect
12 7 (3.50%) Security Manager
13 6 (3.00%) Azure Architect
13 6 (3.00%) Cloud Architect
13 6 (3.00%) Designer
14 5 (2.50%) Business Analyst
14 5 (2.50%) Developer
14 5 (2.50%) Project Manager
15 4 (2.00%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.00%) Middleware
2 8 (4.00%) JSON
3 7 (3.50%) .NET
4 6 (3.00%) HTML
4 6 (3.00%) React
4 6 (3.00%) REST
4 6 (3.00%) XML
5 5 (2.50%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.50%) Kafka
5 5 (2.50%) LDAP
5 5 (2.50%) Node.js
5 5 (2.50%) SOAP
6 4 (2.00%) CSS
6 4 (2.00%) JDBC
6 4 (2.00%) ODBC
6 4 (2.00%) SAML
6 4 (2.00%) Web Services
7 3 (1.50%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.50%) Swagger
8 2 (1.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
1 11 (5.50%) Public Cloud
2 10 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.00%) CMDB
6 4 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.50%) Blog
7 3 (1.50%) EPoS
7 3 (1.50%) Grid Computing
7 3 (1.50%) IoT
8 2 (1.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.50%) Windows
2 8 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (69.00%) IT Strategy
2 96 (48.00%) Roadmaps
3 62 (31.00%) Agile
4 52 (26.00%) Business Strategy
4 52 (26.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 38 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (18.00%) CI/CD
8 33 (16.50%) Enterprise Architecture
9 32 (16.00%) Microservices
10 30 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
11 28 (14.00%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (13.50%) TOGAF
13 26 (13.00%) DevOps
14 25 (12.50%) Analytics
14 25 (12.50%) ITIL
15 20 (10.00%) Data Modelling
15 20 (10.00%) Decision-Making
15 20 (10.00%) Project Management
16 19 (9.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.00%) Java
2 18 (9.00%) TypeScript
3 12 (6.00%) SQL
4 11 (5.50%) Python
5 8 (4.00%) Kotlin
6 7 (3.50%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.50%) C#
8 3 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.00%) Bicep
9 2 (1.00%) C++
9 2 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.50%) Bash
10 1 (0.50%) R
10 1 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.00%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.50%) Degree
4 9 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.50%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.50%) CCNP
7 4 (2.00%) CCIE
7 4 (2.00%) JNCIE
7 4 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.00%) CISM
8 2 (1.00%) CISSP
8 2 (1.00%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.00%) PMP
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.50%) CCDP
9 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.50%) ISEB
9 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.00%) NIST
3 6 (3.00%) QA
4 5 (2.50%) GDPR
4 5 (2.50%) PMO
5 4 (2.00%) SLA
6 3 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 24 (12.00%) Kubernetes
2 22 (11.00%) Terraform
3 16 (8.00%) Grafana
4 15 (7.50%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.50%) Ansible
7 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 15 (7.50%) Oracle
3 15 (7.50%) SAP
4 8 (4.00%) Databricks
4 8 (4.00%) Google
5 5 (2.50%) Cisco
5 5 (2.50%) F5
5 5 (2.50%) MuleSoft
5 5 (2.50%) OpenText
5 5 (2.50%) Qualtrics
6 4 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.00%) Workday
7 3 (1.50%) Hitachi
8 2 (1.00%) Informatica
9 1 (0.50%) Ariba
9 1 (0.50%) Juniper
9 1 (0.50%) Siemens
9 1 (0.50%) TIBCO