IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in West London

IT/Technology Strategy
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in West London 1.37% - 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £1,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.79%
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile £621 - -
London median daily rate £662 £700 £648
% change year-on-year -5.43% +8.11% -4.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

IT 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 256 204 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 87.67% 87.93% 90.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 137 348
10th Percentile £204 £300 £216
25th Percentile £300 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £501 £575 £638
90th Percentile £601 £638 £713
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 20
10th Percentile £25.12 £21.89 £22.10
25th Percentile - £24.90 £38.59
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.59 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -52.94% +116.67%
75th Percentile £34.45 £65.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £44.13 £72.20 £90.00
London median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £37.50
% change year-on-year -17.75% +2.09% -2.27%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in West London

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in West London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in West London

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing IT Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Control
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Attestation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware