Technology Strategy Contracts in the South West

Technology Strategy
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Technology Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 147 143
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 25 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.76% 0.35% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.40% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 19
10th Percentile £665 £613 £431
25th Percentile £713 £625 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £769 £750 £738
90th Percentile £821 £753 £790
England median daily rate £650 £663 £650
% change year-on-year -1.89% +1.92% +10.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Technology Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,709 3,015 3,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.12% 88.99% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,689 2,175 2,323
10th Percentile £250 £313 £300
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 312 206
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.00 £15.78 £23.81
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £68.73
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

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 12 June 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 12 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
Wiltshire +5 16 £725 +9.43% 6
Dorset +10 5 £763 +8.93%
Somerset - 4 £1,100 - 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 4 (16.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
3 6 (24.00%) GCP
3 6 (24.00%) OpenShift
4 4 (16.00%) PaaS
5 3 (12.00%) BigCommerce
6 2 (8.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) VPN
2 5 (20.00%) LAN
2 5 (20.00%) WAN
3 3 (12.00%) Firewall
3 3 (12.00%) VoIP
3 3 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.00%) OLAP
1 1 (4.00%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Bitbucket
2 4 (16.00%) JIRA
3 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 8 (32.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (24.00%) Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) Electronics
5 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (12.00%) Retail
5 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Architect
2 7 (28.00%) Technical Architect
3 5 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Automation Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Office Automation Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Lead
7 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Lead Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Software Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Software Design Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Test Leader
7 1 (4.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) ModSecurity
2 5 (20.00%) Middleware
3 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 4 (16.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (12.00%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Public Cloud
2 6 (24.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (16.00%) PKI
3 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
4 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 5 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) IT Strategy
2 15 (60.00%) Agile
3 14 (56.00%) TOGAF
4 11 (44.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 11 (44.00%) Business Strategy
5 9 (36.00%) ArchiMate
5 9 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (36.00%) Waterfall
6 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
6 8 (32.00%) ITIL
6 8 (32.00%) Project Management
7 6 (24.00%) CI/CD
7 6 (24.00%) NsoIT
7 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (20.00%) Machine Learning
8 5 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (16.00%) DevSecOps
9 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Automation
9 4 (16.00%) Office Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (24.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (48.00%) Degree
2 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
4 8 (32.00%) Master's Degree
5 4 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (16.00%) HND
5 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
5 4 (16.00%) PMP
5 4 (16.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Docker
1 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (24.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Ansible
1 6 (24.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (24.00%) OPNET
2 4 (16.00%) PowerCLI
2 4 (16.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Cisco
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Atlassian
2 6 (24.00%) Google
2 6 (24.00%) SAP
2 6 (24.00%) VMware
3 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (12.00%) Adobe
4 3 (12.00%) Aruba
4 3 (12.00%) BiZZdesign
4 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (12.00%) Dell
4 3 (12.00%) F5
4 3 (12.00%) Intel
4 3 (12.00%) Meraki
4 3 (12.00%) Sitecore
5 2 (8.00%) Hyperion
5 2 (8.00%) Pegasus
6 1 (4.00%) Databricks