IT Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 309 317
Rank change year-on-year +79 +8 +31
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 118 164 348
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 0.63% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.71% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 131 251
10th Percentile £405 £460 £398
25th Percentile £463 £550 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £714
90th Percentile £793 £875 £875
UK median daily rate £600 £615 £625
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.60% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.12 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £37.34 £17.50
% change year-on-year -19.34% +113.37% +34.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,424 23,231 40,628
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.86% 89.84% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,959 16,419 29,475
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 532 547
10th Percentile £15.12 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.54 £19.89
Median hourly rate £40.28 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.76% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.23 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

IT Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Strategy.

IT Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

IT Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Strategy.

IT Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (4.24%) Apache
1 5 (4.24%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) SAS
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.85%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 35 (29.66%) Azure
2 17 (14.41%) AWS
3 10 (8.47%) SaaS
4 7 (5.93%) IaaS
4 7 (5.93%) PaaS
5 5 (4.24%) Amazon Kinesis
5 5 (4.24%) GCP
6 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.69%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (1.69%) Serverless
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.85%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.85%) Miro
8 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.02%) LAN
2 12 (10.17%) WAN
3 6 (5.08%) Network Security
4 2 (1.69%) Firewall
4 2 (1.69%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.69%) Wireless
4 2 (1.69%) WLAN
5 1 (0.85%) BGP
5 1 (0.85%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.85%) Intranet
5 1 (0.85%) MPLS
5 1 (0.85%) NetScreen
5 1 (0.85%) OSPF
5 1 (0.85%) SAN
5 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (4.24%) Flink
2 3 (2.54%) Metadata
2 3 (2.54%) OLAP
2 3 (2.54%) OLTP
2 3 (2.54%) QlikView
3 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Big Data
4 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.85%) MS Access
4 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) kappa
General
1 35 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.12%) Finance
3 18 (15.25%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.17%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.63%) Legal
7 8 (6.78%) Banking
8 7 (5.93%) Retail
9 3 (2.54%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.54%) Wholesale Banking
10 2 (1.69%) Local Government
10 2 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.69%) Marketing
11 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.85%) Front Office
11 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (52.54%) Architect
2 18 (15.25%) Enterprise Architect
3 17 (14.41%) Developer
4 15 (12.71%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (10.17%) Senior
6 11 (9.32%) Security Architect
6 11 (9.32%) Technical Architect
7 9 (7.63%) Analyst
7 9 (7.63%) Java Developer
8 7 (5.93%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (5.93%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.93%) Lead
9 6 (5.08%) Full Stack Developer
9 6 (5.08%) Full Stack Java Developer
10 5 (4.24%) Azure Architect
10 5 (4.24%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.24%) Category Manager
10 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Developer
10 5 (4.24%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.39%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.47%) Middleware
2 5 (4.24%) Kafka
3 3 (2.54%) .NET
3 3 (2.54%) DAO
4 2 (1.69%) React
4 2 (1.69%) REST
5 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.85%) JSON
5 1 (0.85%) Node.js
5 1 (0.85%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.63%) Public Cloud
2 7 (5.93%) Operational Technology
3 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.54%) IoT
5 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.69%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.85%) EPoS
7 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.78%) Windows
2 7 (5.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (58.47%) Technology Strategy
2 49 (41.53%) Agile
3 46 (38.98%) Roadmaps
4 31 (26.27%) Business Strategy
5 23 (19.49%) Enterprise Architecture
6 22 (18.64%) TOGAF
7 19 (16.10%) Strategic Roadmap
8 17 (14.41%) Project Delivery
9 15 (12.71%) Architectural Patterns
10 14 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (11.86%) Waterfall
11 12 (10.17%) DevOps
12 11 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (9.32%) ITIL
12 11 (9.32%) Risk Management
13 10 (8.47%) Data Protection
13 10 (8.47%) Microservices
13 10 (8.47%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.17%) Java
2 6 (5.08%) SQL
3 4 (3.39%) C#
4 3 (2.54%) PHP
5 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.85%) Python
5 1 (0.85%) VB
5 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.10%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.32%) Degree
4 4 (3.39%) CISSP
4 4 (3.39%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.39%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.39%) PMP
5 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.69%) CISM
6 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.85%) CCNP
7 1 (0.85%) CEH
7 1 (0.85%) MCSE
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.17%) NIST
2 10 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.78%) QA
4 5 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.69%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.85%) IASME
6 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.54%) Docker
1 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.54%) Docker Swarm
1 3 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.69%) Terraform
3 1 (0.85%) Ansible
3 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.47%) Oracle
3 5 (4.24%) Databricks
4 4 (3.39%) VMware
5 2 (1.69%) Aruba
5 2 (1.69%) BT
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco
5 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.85%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.85%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.85%) Citrix
6 1 (0.85%) F5
6 1 (0.85%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.85%) HP
6 1 (0.85%) Infoblox
6 1 (0.85%) Juniper
6 1 (0.85%) Mitel
6 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.85%) Pegasus
6 1 (0.85%) Riverbed