IT Strategy Contracts in London

IT/Technology Strategy
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 330 283
Rank change year-on-year +95 -47 +15
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 161 167 360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.92% 0.65% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.71% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 125 256
10th Percentile £409 £463 £455
25th Percentile £445 £550 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £650 £671
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% -3.13% +9.11%
75th Percentile £675 £800 £775
90th Percentile £840 £913 £875
England median daily rate £595 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -8.51% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate £30.12 £37.34 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.34% -42.55% +34.02%
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.12 £37.34 £17.50
% change year-on-year -19.34% +113.37% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in London

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in London

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in London

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in London

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London +53 32 £573 -11.92% 18
East London - 3 £630 - 3
West London +22 2 £535 -31.03% 5
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (11.18%) Apache
2 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.11%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.24%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.62%) CMS
5 1 (0.62%) Confluence
5 1 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.62%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.62%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (6.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.86%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.24%) Primavera
4 1 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 46 (28.57%) Azure
2 33 (20.50%) AWS
3 18 (11.18%) Amazon Kinesis
4 13 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (7.45%) IaaS
6 7 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.73%) SaaS
8 5 (3.11%) PaaS
8 5 (3.11%) Tricentis Tosca
9 4 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.48%) GCP
9 4 (2.48%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.62%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.62%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.62%) GitHub
10 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.62%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.62%) Serverless
10 1 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.21%) Firewall
2 8 (4.97%) WAN
3 7 (4.35%) DNS
3 7 (4.35%) LAN
4 6 (3.73%) MPLS
5 4 (2.48%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.86%) Network Security
6 3 (1.86%) Wireless
7 2 (1.24%) BGP
7 2 (1.24%) Internet
7 2 (1.24%) OSPF
7 2 (1.24%) VPN
7 2 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.62%) Broadband
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.62%) DHCP
8 1 (0.62%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.62%) IPv4
8 1 (0.62%) IPv6
8 1 (0.62%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.18%) Flink
2 6 (3.73%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.24%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.62%) Metadata
5 1 (0.62%) OLAP
5 1 (0.62%) OLTP
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.62%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) LoadRunner
1 5 (3.11%) NeoLoad
2 3 (1.86%) JIRA
3 2 (1.24%) Git
4 1 (0.62%) GitLab
4 1 (0.62%) Katalon Studio
General
1 46 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.74%) Finance
3 16 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (9.94%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.07%) Banking
4 13 (8.07%) Legal
5 10 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (6.21%) Law
6 8 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.35%) Retail
8 4 (2.48%) French Language
8 4 (2.48%) Local Government
9 3 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.86%) Wholesale Banking
10 2 (1.24%) Digital Economy
10 2 (1.24%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 65 (40.37%) Architect
2 29 (18.01%) Developer
3 27 (16.77%) Enterprise Architect
4 19 (11.80%) Lead
5 17 (10.56%) Java Developer
6 14 (8.70%) Full Stack Developer
6 14 (8.70%) Full Stack Java Developer
6 14 (8.70%) Senior
7 12 (7.45%) Technical Architect
8 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Developer
9 10 (6.21%) Analyst
9 10 (6.21%) Senior Developer
10 9 (5.59%) React Developer
10 9 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.97%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 7 (4.35%) Senior Microsoft Developer
13 6 (3.73%) Project Manager
13 6 (3.73%) Security Architect
13 6 (3.73%) Test Leader
14 5 (3.11%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.18%) Kafka
2 3 (1.86%) DAO
2 3 (1.86%) React
3 2 (1.24%) .NET
3 2 (1.24%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.24%) Flask
3 2 (1.24%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.62%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.62%) Node.js
4 1 (0.62%) REST
4 1 (0.62%) Vue
4 1 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.11%) Enterprise Cloud
1 5 (3.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (2.48%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.86%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.86%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.86%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.24%) Blog
4 2 (1.24%) CMDB
4 2 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.24%) FMCG
4 2 (1.24%) NHS
4 2 (1.24%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.24%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.62%) ASIC
5 1 (0.62%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.62%) Social Media
5 1 (0.62%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.83%) Windows
2 8 (4.97%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.86%) Linux
4 2 (1.24%) Unix
5 1 (0.62%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (48.45%) Technology Strategy
2 71 (44.10%) Roadmaps
3 48 (29.81%) Agile
4 43 (26.71%) Strategic Roadmap
5 41 (25.47%) Business Strategy
6 34 (21.12%) Enterprise Architecture
7 24 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (14.29%) Data Protection
9 21 (13.04%) Artificial Intelligence
10 20 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (11.80%) Project Delivery
11 19 (11.80%) Project Management
12 15 (9.32%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (8.70%) Full Stack Development
13 14 (8.70%) Use Case
14 13 (8.07%) Business Continuity
14 13 (8.07%) Business Transformation
14 13 (8.07%) CRM
14 13 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (7.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.66%) Java
2 8 (4.97%) SQL
3 5 (3.11%) Python
4 4 (2.48%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.24%) C#
5 2 (1.24%) PHP
5 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.62%) Ruby
6 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (19.88%) SC Cleared
1 32 (19.88%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.56%) Degree
3 8 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.73%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.86%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.86%) CISSP
5 3 (1.86%) CITP
6 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.24%) CISM
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.24%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.24%) PMP
7 1 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.62%) CCSK
7 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.70%) NIST
2 8 (4.97%) QA
3 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.24%) GDPR
5 2 (1.24%) PMO
6 1 (0.62%) EMIR
6 1 (0.62%) MiFID
6 1 (0.62%) NCSC
6 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 7 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.86%) Docker
3 1 (0.62%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.48%) SCCM
3 3 (1.86%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (1.86%) Terraform
4 1 (0.62%) Avamar
4 1 (0.62%) CASB
4 1 (0.62%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (13.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.21%) VMware
3 6 (3.73%) Citrix
4 5 (3.11%) CA Agile Central
4 5 (3.11%) Cisco
4 5 (3.11%) iManage
4 5 (3.11%) Intapp
4 5 (3.11%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.48%) Okta
5 4 (2.48%) Oracle
6 3 (1.86%) BiZZdesign
6 3 (1.86%) Sparx
7 2 (1.24%) Aruba
7 2 (1.24%) EMC
7 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.24%) Meraki
7 2 (1.24%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.24%) Veeam
8 1 (0.62%) MuleSoft