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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 414 391
Rank change year-on-year +65 -23 +41
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 261 292 582
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.53% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.59% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 214 415
10th Percentile £442 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £527 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% - +8.56%
75th Percentile £762 £763 £775
90th Percentile £950 £909 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £685 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +5.38% +8.33% +14.56%
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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +80 235 £655 +0.77% 170
UK excluding London +69 123 £685 +5.38% 75
London +52 122 £588 -16.07% 84
Work from Home +63 78 £700 +7.69% 98
North of England +53 51 £669 +9.58% 14
North West +39 36 £668 +2.69% 9
South West +23 23 £733 +8.52% 17
Midlands +36 22 £700 +5.66% 14
Scotland +41 15 £700 +5.66% 2
West Midlands +25 15 £800 +18.52% 9
Yorkshire +10 11 £650 +7.39% 4
South East -6 10 £620 -4.85% 19
East Midlands +14 7 £445 -28.08% 5
North East - 3 £897 - 1
East of England -7 2 £575 +35.29% 7
Wales - 1 £1,000 - 1

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 16 (6.13%) Apache
2 5 (1.92%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.92%) Confluence
3 3 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.77%) Gliffy
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.38%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.38%) InVision
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (6.51%) Shopify
2 6 (2.30%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.15%) Primavera
3 3 (1.15%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.77%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.38%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 57 (21.84%) Azure
2 54 (20.69%) AWS
3 20 (7.66%) GCP
4 17 (6.51%) BigCommerce
5 16 (6.13%) Amazon Kinesis
6 7 (2.68%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.68%) PaaS
7 6 (2.30%) SaaS
8 5 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.92%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.53%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon ELB
10 3 (1.15%) GitHub
10 3 (1.15%) IaaS
10 3 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.75%) WAN
2 14 (5.36%) LAN
3 13 (4.98%) Network Security
4 8 (3.07%) Firewall
5 6 (2.30%) VPN
6 5 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.15%) DNS
7 3 (1.15%) Intranet
7 3 (1.15%) VoIP
8 2 (0.77%) SAN
9 1 (0.38%) 5G
9 1 (0.38%) AMQP
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.38%) FTP
9 1 (0.38%) Internet
9 1 (0.38%) MPLS
9 1 (0.38%) NAS
9 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.13%) Flink
2 7 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.53%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.53%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.15%) MySQL
4 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.77%) Big Data
5 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.77%) OLAP
5 2 (0.77%) OLTP
5 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.77%) Tableau
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) DB2
6 1 (0.38%) Metadata
6 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 7 (2.68%) JIRA
2 6 (2.30%) Bitbucket
2 6 (2.30%) Git
3 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.15%) Maven
4 3 (1.15%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.38%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.38%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 88 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 80 (30.65%) Finance
3 47 (18.01%) Banking
4 33 (12.64%) Public Sector
5 27 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (8.43%) Retail
7 20 (7.66%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (6.90%) Marketing
9 10 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.68%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.53%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.53%) Legal
13 4 (1.53%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.15%) Local Government
14 3 (1.15%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 146 (55.94%) Architect
2 31 (11.88%) Solutions Architect
3 30 (11.49%) Enterprise Architect
4 21 (8.05%) Developer
5 19 (7.28%) Analyst
5 19 (7.28%) Lead
6 18 (6.90%) Security Architect
7 17 (6.51%) Technical Architect
8 15 (5.75%) Java Developer
9 14 (5.36%) Senior
10 12 (4.60%) Azure Architect
10 12 (4.60%) Cloud Architect
10 12 (4.60%) Full Stack Developer
10 12 (4.60%) Full Stack Java Developer
11 11 (4.21%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.07%) Consultant
12 8 (3.07%) Domain Architect
13 7 (2.68%) AWS Engineer
13 7 (2.68%) React Developer
13 7 (2.68%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.28%) Kafka
2 15 (5.75%) Middleware
3 13 (4.98%) VML
4 6 (2.30%) .NET
4 6 (2.30%) ModSecurity
5 4 (1.53%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.53%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.53%) J2EE
5 4 (1.53%) REST
5 4 (1.53%) Spring
6 3 (1.15%) CSS
6 3 (1.15%) DAO
6 3 (1.15%) Flask
6 3 (1.15%) jQuery
6 3 (1.15%) Sass
6 3 (1.15%) Spring MVC
6 3 (1.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.15%) Web Services
7 2 (0.77%) FastAPI
7 2 (0.77%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.66%) Public Cloud
2 13 (4.98%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.83%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.83%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.07%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.68%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.68%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.53%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.53%) PKI
8 3 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.15%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.15%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.77%) Blog
9 2 (0.77%) IoT
9 2 (0.77%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.77%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.77%) Robotics
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.20%) Linux
2 20 (7.66%) Windows
3 4 (1.53%) Unix
4 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (67.43%) IT Strategy
2 88 (33.72%) Agile
3 79 (30.27%) Business Strategy
4 69 (26.44%) Roadmaps
5 48 (18.39%) DevOps
5 48 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (17.24%) Enterprise Architecture
6 45 (17.24%) TOGAF
7 44 (16.86%) Microservices
8 36 (13.79%) CI/CD
9 30 (11.49%) Architectural Patterns
10 29 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (10.73%) Project Management
11 28 (10.73%) Risk Management
12 25 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (9.58%) Waterfall
13 24 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (9.20%) Design Patterns
13 24 (9.20%) Strategic Thinking
14 23 (8.81%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.43%) Java
2 17 (6.51%) Python
3 16 (6.13%) SQL
4 10 (3.83%) Go
5 8 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.07%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.15%) Bash
6 3 (1.15%) Ruby
6 3 (1.15%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.38%) C#
7 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 74 (28.35%) Security Cleared
2 71 (27.20%) SC Cleared
3 40 (15.33%) Degree
4 20 (7.66%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.36%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.30%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.30%) PMP
8 4 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (1.53%) CITP
8 4 (1.53%) HND
8 4 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.15%) CISSP
10 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.77%) CISM
11 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.38%) CEH
11 1 (0.38%) CSPO
11 1 (0.38%) MBA
11 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.75%) NIST
3 13 (4.98%) QA
4 6 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.15%) IASME
5 3 (1.15%) SLA
6 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.77%) GDPR
6 2 (0.77%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) EMIR
7 1 (0.38%) MiFID
7 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (5.75%) Docker
2 11 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.30%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) vCloud
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (7.28%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.60%) Terraform
3 11 (4.21%) Ansible
4 6 (2.30%) OPNET
5 4 (1.53%) PowerCLI
6 3 (1.15%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.15%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.38%) Kiali
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.38%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) SCOM
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.43%) SAP
3 18 (6.90%) Salesforce
4 17 (6.51%) Adobe
4 17 (6.51%) Sitecore
5 14 (5.36%) Google
6 13 (4.98%) Cisco
6 13 (4.98%) VMware
7 12 (4.60%) Dell
7 12 (4.60%) Intel
8 8 (3.07%) Databricks
9 7 (2.68%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.68%) Oracle
10 5 (1.92%) Splunk
11 4 (1.53%) Aruba
11 4 (1.53%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (1.53%) Meraki
12 3 (1.15%) EMC
12 3 (1.15%) F5
12 3 (1.15%) Sparx