Technology Strategy Contracts in the South West

Technology Strategy
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Technology Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 147 151
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 -23
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 17 13 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.54% 0.37% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.42% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 19
10th Percentile £625 £613 £431
25th Percentile £688 £616 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £663 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.43% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £769 £728 £738
90th Percentile - £751 £790
England median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Technology 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 advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,621 3,118 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.73% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,277 2,299
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.43%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £724 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 206
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.43% +14.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.49
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Technology Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the South West

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in the South West

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in the South West

Technology Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Wiltshire +10 10 £700 +3.70%
Dorset +8 4 £763 +22.00%
Somerset - 3 - - 3
Technology Strategy
England

Technology Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) AWS
3 4 (23.53%) GCP
3 4 (23.53%) OpenShift
4 3 (17.65%) BigCommerce
5 2 (11.76%) GitHub
5 2 (11.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) LAN
1 4 (23.53%) VPN
1 4 (23.53%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) VoIP
2 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.88%) OLAP
1 1 (5.88%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Bitbucket
2 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Marketing
4 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
5 3 (17.65%) Electronics
5 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 3 (17.65%) Retail
5 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Automation Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Office Automation Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.88%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Middleware
1 4 (23.53%) ModSecurity
2 3 (17.65%) VML
3 2 (11.76%) .NET
3 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Public Cloud
2 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
3 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
4 2 (11.76%) PKI
5 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) IT Strategy
2 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) Business Strategy
3 8 (47.06%) Architectural Patterns
3 8 (47.06%) TOGAF
4 7 (41.18%) ArchiMate
5 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
6 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) ITIL
6 4 (23.53%) NsoIT
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (23.53%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (17.65%) B2B
7 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
7 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
7 3 (17.65%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) Degree
4 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) HND
6 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
1 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (23.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Ansible
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
1 4 (23.53%) OPNET
2 2 (11.76%) PowerCLI
2 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) SAP
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) Atlassian
3 4 (23.53%) Google
3 4 (23.53%) Salesforce
3 4 (23.53%) VMware
4 3 (17.65%) Adobe
4 3 (17.65%) Aruba
4 3 (17.65%) BiZZdesign
4 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
4 3 (17.65%) Dell
4 3 (17.65%) F5
4 3 (17.65%) Intel
4 3 (17.65%) Meraki
4 3 (17.65%) Sitecore
5 2 (11.76%) Hyperion
5 2 (11.76%) Pegasus