Technology Strategy Contracts

Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 405 399
Rank change year-on-year +73 -6 +14
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 265 311 584
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.53% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.60% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 229 415
10th Percentile £441 £462 £413
25th Percentile £508 £538 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £750
90th Percentile £938 £888 £895
UK excluding London median daily rate £670 £638 £571
% change year-on-year +5.10% +11.74% +14.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate £30.12 £85.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.56% +30.77% +30.00%
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £85.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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 12 May 2024.

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
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 12 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 +75 232 £625 -3.85% 182
London +58 128 £550 -21.43% 93
UK excluding London +87 119 £670 +5.10% 98
Work from Home +47 78 £669 +7.04% 79
North of England +49 50 £669 +8.78% 29
North West +51 38 £666 +0.53% 23
Scotland +48 19 £590 -2.07% 6
Midlands +41 19 £750 +13.21% 13
South West +17 17 £725 +11.54% 14
West Midlands +29 16 £800 +18.52% 8
South East -5 13 £613 +1.24% 26
Yorkshire +13 8 - - 5
East Midlands +20 3 £750 +21.21% 5
North East - 3 £897 - 1
East of England +4 1 £575 -14.81% 7
Wales - 1 £1,000 -

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 18 (6.79%) Apache
2 8 (3.02%) Confluence
3 5 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.38%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (0.38%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.38%) InVision
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (6.79%) Shopify
2 3 (1.13%) Primavera
2 3 (1.13%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.75%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.75%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 59 (22.26%) AWS
2 56 (21.13%) Azure
3 18 (6.79%) Amazon Kinesis
3 18 (6.79%) BigCommerce
4 17 (6.42%) GCP
5 8 (3.02%) SaaS
6 7 (2.64%) PaaS
7 6 (2.26%) IaaS
8 5 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.89%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.51%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.51%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.13%) GitHub
10 3 (1.13%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.13%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.91%) Network Security
1 13 (4.91%) WAN
2 12 (4.53%) LAN
3 8 (3.02%) Firewall
4 6 (2.26%) 5G
5 5 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.51%) VPN
7 3 (1.13%) Intranet
7 3 (1.13%) VoIP
7 3 (1.13%) Wireless
8 2 (0.75%) DNS
8 2 (0.75%) SAN
9 1 (0.38%) BGP
9 1 (0.38%) Broadband
9 1 (0.38%) FTP
9 1 (0.38%) Internet
9 1 (0.38%) MPLS
9 1 (0.38%) NetScreen
9 1 (0.38%) OSPF
9 1 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.79%) Flink
2 7 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.51%) Big Data
3 4 (1.51%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.51%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.13%) MySQL
4 3 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.75%) OLAP
5 2 (0.75%) OLTP
5 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) DB2
6 1 (0.38%) Metadata
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.38%) Power BI
6 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.53%) JIRA
2 11 (4.15%) Git
3 8 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.89%) Postman
5 4 (1.51%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.13%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.13%) IntelliJ
6 3 (1.13%) JUnit
6 3 (1.13%) Maven
6 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.38%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 85 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 75 (28.30%) Finance
3 33 (12.45%) Banking
4 30 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 29 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (10.19%) Retail
7 20 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (7.55%) Marketing
8 10 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.89%) Legal
11 5 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.51%) Front Office
12 4 (1.51%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.13%) Electronics
13 3 (1.13%) Local Government
13 3 (1.13%) Wholesale Banking
14 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 141 (53.21%) Architect
2 33 (12.45%) Solutions Architect
3 30 (11.32%) Enterprise Architect
4 25 (9.43%) Developer
5 21 (7.92%) Lead
5 21 (7.92%) Senior
6 20 (7.55%) Analyst
6 20 (7.55%) Java Developer
7 19 (7.17%) Security Architect
8 14 (5.28%) Full Stack Developer
8 14 (5.28%) Full Stack Java Developer
8 14 (5.28%) Technical Architect
9 13 (4.91%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.77%) Azure Architect
10 10 (3.77%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (3.77%) React Developer
11 9 (3.40%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.02%) Domain Architect
12 8 (3.02%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.30%) Kafka
2 13 (4.91%) VML
3 11 (4.15%) Middleware
4 7 (2.64%) J2EE
4 7 (2.64%) REST
4 7 (2.64%) Spring
5 5 (1.89%) CSS
5 5 (1.89%) React
6 4 (1.51%) .NET
6 4 (1.51%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.51%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.51%) ModSecurity
6 4 (1.51%) Node.js
6 4 (1.51%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.13%) Apache Camel
7 3 (1.13%) jQuery
7 3 (1.13%) Sass
7 3 (1.13%) Spring MVC
7 3 (1.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Public Cloud
2 14 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.64%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.64%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.64%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.26%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.51%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.13%) Blog
7 3 (1.13%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.13%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.75%) Graphic Design
8 2 (0.75%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) PKI
8 2 (0.75%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.75%) Robotics
8 2 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.79%) Linux
1 18 (6.79%) Windows
2 4 (1.51%) Unix
3 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (70.19%) IT Strategy
2 95 (35.85%) Agile
3 73 (27.55%) Business Strategy
3 73 (27.55%) Roadmaps
4 48 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (16.60%) TOGAF
6 42 (15.85%) DevOps
6 42 (15.85%) Enterprise Architecture
7 32 (12.08%) Microservices
8 30 (11.32%) Risk Management
9 27 (10.19%) CI/CD
9 27 (10.19%) Project Delivery
10 26 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (9.43%) Architectural Patterns
12 24 (9.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (9.06%) Strategic Thinking
13 23 (8.68%) Analytics
13 23 (8.68%) Project Management
14 22 (8.30%) Information Security
15 21 (7.92%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.19%) Java
2 16 (6.04%) SQL
3 14 (5.28%) Python
4 10 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.02%) Go
6 6 (2.26%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.13%) Bash
7 3 (1.13%) Ruby
7 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.38%) C#
9 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 76 (28.68%) SC Cleared
3 34 (12.83%) Degree
4 18 (6.79%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.02%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.89%) CISSP
8 4 (1.51%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.51%) CITP
8 4 (1.51%) HND
8 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.13%) CCNP
9 3 (1.13%) CISM
9 3 (1.13%) MCSE
9 3 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.13%) PMP
10 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.38%) CSPO
11 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.17%) NIST
2 17 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.77%) QA
4 6 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.13%) IASME
5 3 (1.13%) NCSC
5 3 (1.13%) SLA
6 2 (0.75%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.38%) EMIR
7 1 (0.38%) GDPR
7 1 (0.38%) MiFID
7 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (5.66%) Docker
2 10 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.26%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.51%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) vCloud
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.40%) Terraform
3 8 (3.02%) Ansible
4 4 (1.51%) OPNET
5 3 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.13%) HP Fortify
5 3 (1.13%) Kibana
6 2 (0.75%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.38%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) SCOM
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.81%) SAP
3 19 (7.17%) Salesforce
4 18 (6.79%) Adobe
4 18 (6.79%) Sitecore
5 16 (6.04%) VMware
6 12 (4.53%) Cisco
6 12 (4.53%) Dell
6 12 (4.53%) Google
6 12 (4.53%) Intel
7 9 (3.40%) Oracle
8 7 (2.64%) Databricks
9 5 (1.89%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.51%) Aruba
10 4 (1.51%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (1.51%) F5
10 4 (1.51%) Meraki
10 4 (1.51%) Splunk
11 3 (1.13%) Optimizely
11 3 (1.13%) Sparx