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Digital strategy contracts

UK public sector · 68 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
68
Last 12 months
Median contract
£90k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£21.9m
68 of 68 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
59
Suppliers
53

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most digital strategy contracts took 24% of them (16 of 68).
  • The median contract, £90k, is 18% below the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • Department for Work and Pensions awarded 9% of the digital strategy contracts (6 of 68).

Who buys digital strategy

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Department for Work and Pensions6 contracts
  2. 2The Guinness Partnership3 contracts
  3. 3Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)2 contracts
  4. 4Ceredigion County Council2 contracts
  5. 5Police Digital Service1 contract
  6. 6Northumbria University1 contract
  7. 7Highways England1 contract
  8. 8Homes England1 contract
  9. 9GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED1 contract
  10. 10NHS England1 contract

Top digital strategy contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Gartner UK Limited8 contracts
  2. 2Deloitte3 contracts
  3. 3PA Consulting2 contracts
  4. 4EY2 contracts
  5. 5Baringa1 contract
  6. 6Pixel Global1 contract
  7. 7Softcat1 contract
  8. 8Mobilise Cloud Services1 contract
  9. 9Solirius Reply1 contract
  10. 10Accenture1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

12Q4 2025*18Q1 202616Q2 202622Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 56 · Scotland 6 · Wales 6

London10North West7Yorkshire and The Humber6Wales6Scotland5North East3West Midlands3East of England3South East3South West3UK-wide or not stated19

What is included

Independent advice on where the buyer's technology should go: IT and digital strategies, roadmaps, cloud adoption strategy, and reviews of infrastructure, storage or platforms with recommendations the buyer can act on.

  • IT and digital strategy and roadmaps
  • Cloud adoption strategy and cloud transformation advice
  • Infrastructure and storage strategy, optimisation and future planning
  • Value-for-money and fitness-for-purpose advice on technology options

What is not included

  • Organisation-wide service and operating model change (see Digital transformation consultancy)
  • Network, fibre and telephony advice (see Network and connectivity consultancy)
  • Independent review of a live programme, investment or platform (see It assurance)
  • AI readiness, exploration and proofs of concept (see AI advisory and proofs of concept)
  • Hands-on cloud migration and hosting: another family: cloud hosting and infrastructure

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