Strategic Thinking Contracts in England

Strategic Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 356 383
Rank change year-on-year +65 +27 +12
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 267 343 471
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.68% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.75% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 230 325
10th Percentile £415 £410 £435
25th Percentile £481 £485 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £618
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -2.83% +7.39%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £839 £850 £813
UK median daily rate £582 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 7
10th Percentile £33.65 - £26.28
25th Percentile £63.44 £21.25 £32.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £22.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +211.11% -48.28% +10.13%
75th Percentile £72.50 £31.50 £72.00
90th Percentile - £65.10 £83.44
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £22.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year +211.11% -48.28% +10.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Strategic Thinking 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in England.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Thinking in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +19 134 £550 -9.47% 196
South West +74 64 £588 +4.44% 26
North of England +26 26 £636 +15.55% 76
South East 0 23 £550 -9.47% 53
North West +20 21 £600 -5.88% 39
Midlands +24 13 £600 +12.94% 39
West Midlands +32 12 £600 +14.29% 19
North East +21 2 £775 +10.71% 15
Yorkshire +7 2 - - 24
East Midlands +15 1 £475 -20.83% 20
East of England +10 1 - - 21
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.50%) Confluence
3 3 (1.12%) CMS
3 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.75%) nginx
4 2 (0.75%) Traefik
5 1 (0.37%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 11 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (2.62%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (2.25%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (2.25%) CINEMA 4D
5 6 (2.25%) Sketch
6 5 (1.87%) InVision
7 2 (0.75%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.37%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.37%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.37%) Trello
8 1 (0.37%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (3.00%) Shopify
2 3 (1.12%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.75%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.75%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.75%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.75%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.11%) Azure
2 12 (4.49%) AWS
2 12 (4.49%) Figma
2 12 (4.49%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.00%) BigCommerce
5 7 (2.62%) GCP
5 7 (2.62%) SaaS
6 6 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.50%) Serverless
8 3 (1.12%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.12%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.75%) Bloomreach
9 2 (0.75%) Contentsquare
9 2 (0.75%) PaaS
9 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.62%) Unified Communications
2 6 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.87%) LAN
3 5 (1.87%) WAN
4 3 (1.12%) Firewall
4 3 (1.12%) Network Security
4 3 (1.12%) Skype
5 2 (0.75%) DNS
5 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.75%) Wireless
6 1 (0.37%) BGP
6 1 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.37%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.37%) IPv4
6 1 (0.37%) IPv6
6 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.37%) MPLS
6 1 (0.37%) OSPF
6 1 (0.37%) VoIP
6 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.49%) Power BI
2 7 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.62%) Tableau
3 6 (2.25%) Metadata
3 6 (2.25%) Metadata Repository
3 6 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.12%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.37%) DTS
5 1 (0.37%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.37%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 11 (4.12%) JIRA
2 4 (1.50%) Axure RP
3 3 (1.12%) LoadRunner
3 3 (1.12%) Mockito
3 3 (1.12%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.75%) Git
4 2 (0.75%) GitLab
4 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 118 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.35%) Finance
3 35 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.86%) Marketing
5 22 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.24%) Telecoms
6 17 (6.37%) Retail
7 16 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.37%) Legal
10 7 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.62%) Law
11 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.12%) Military
12 3 (1.12%) Police
13 2 (0.75%) Advertising
13 2 (0.75%) Front Office
13 2 (0.75%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 93 (34.83%) Architect
2 64 (23.97%) Lead
3 47 (17.60%) Lead Architect
4 33 (12.36%) Designer
5 26 (9.74%) Senior
6 23 (8.61%) Network Architect
7 20 (7.49%) Analyst
8 17 (6.37%) Systems Architect
9 13 (4.87%) Product Owner
10 12 (4.49%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.37%) Domain Architect
11 9 (3.37%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.00%) Consultant
12 8 (3.00%) Creative Designer
12 8 (3.00%) Data Architect
12 8 (3.00%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.00%) Technical Architect
13 7 (2.62%) Product Manager
13 7 (2.62%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.12%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (1.12%) HTML
1 3 (1.12%) JAX-RS
1 3 (1.12%) JSON
1 3 (1.12%) Kafka
2 2 (0.75%) cloud-init
2 2 (0.75%) Middleware
2 2 (0.75%) REST
2 2 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (0.75%) SOAP
2 2 (0.75%) Swagger
3 1 (0.37%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.37%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.37%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.37%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.37%) LangChain
3 1 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.37%) PySpark
3 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.49%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (5.62%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.00%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.25%) Motion Graphics
6 5 (1.87%) Animation
6 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.87%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 4 (1.50%) Blockchain
7 4 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.12%) Blog
8 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.12%) NHS
8 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.12%) Social Media
9 2 (0.75%) CMDB
9 2 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.75%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.87%) Linux
2 3 (1.12%) Mac OS X
2 3 (1.12%) Unix
3 2 (0.75%) CentOS
3 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.22%) Agile
1 62 (23.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (17.98%) Project Management
4 34 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (11.61%) Roadmaps
6 29 (10.86%) Coaching
7 27 (10.11%) Identity Access Management
8 24 (8.99%) Decision-Making
8 24 (8.99%) Digital Identity
8 24 (8.99%) Migration
9 23 (8.61%) IT Strategy
10 22 (8.24%) Network Management
10 22 (8.24%) Technology Strategy
11 21 (7.87%) Mentoring
12 20 (7.49%) Storytelling
13 19 (7.12%) Change Management
13 19 (7.12%) Project Delivery
13 19 (7.12%) User Experience
14 18 (6.74%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.00%) Python
1 8 (3.00%) SQL
2 5 (1.87%) Java
3 4 (1.50%) Ruby
4 3 (1.12%) Bash
5 2 (0.75%) Go
6 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.37%) C
6 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.37%) Scala
6 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (31.46%) Security Cleared
2 71 (26.59%) SC Cleared
3 50 (18.73%) Degree
4 13 (4.87%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.25%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.75%) CSPO
8 2 (0.75%) MBA
8 2 (0.75%) PhD
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CCNA
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) HND
9 1 (0.37%) MCSE
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.99%) JSP 440
2 11 (4.12%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.75%) QA
4 5 (1.87%) SLA
5 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.12%) GDPR
6 2 (0.75%) NCSC
6 2 (0.75%) PMO
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (2.25%) Docker
1 6 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.87%) Terraform
2 5 (1.87%) VxRail
3 4 (1.50%) PowerCLI
4 3 (1.12%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) Consul
5 2 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.75%) Graphite
5 2 (0.75%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.75%) Istio
5 2 (0.75%) linkerd
5 2 (0.75%) Packer
5 2 (0.75%) Podman
5 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.75%) Puppet
5 2 (0.75%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.37%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.74%) Adobe
3 13 (4.87%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.12%) SAP
5 9 (3.37%) Dell
6 8 (3.00%) Sitecore
7 7 (2.62%) VMware
8 6 (2.25%) Remedy
8 6 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.87%) Oracle
10 4 (1.50%) Cisco
10 4 (1.50%) Greenplum
10 4 (1.50%) Netezza
10 4 (1.50%) Sybase
10 4 (1.50%) Teradata
11 3 (1.12%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (1.12%) Google
11 3 (1.12%) iManage
11 3 (1.12%) Intapp
11 3 (1.12%) OpenAI