Strategic Thinking Contracts in London

Strategic Thinking
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 286 318
Rank change year-on-year +23 +32 +6
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 136 222 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.76% 0.82% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.90% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 141 211
10th Percentile £413 £400 £475
25th Percentile £463 £501 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -6.15% +11.11%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £763
90th Percentile £838 £950 £825
England median daily rate £575 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.44% +6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £16.80 - £35.85
25th Percentile £26.57 £21.25 £38.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £22.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -48.28% +39.20%
75th Percentile £71.25 £55.63 £54.25
90th Percentile - £74.75 £59.95
England median hourly rate £70.00 £22.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year +211.11% -48.28% +10.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,773 24,560 35,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.57% 91.07% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,303 17,658 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 275 427
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.57 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.77 £63.22 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.88 £77.30 £67.75
England median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Thinking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
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 Strategic Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +41 24 £575 +9.52% 24
West London +17 1 £588 -9.62% 8
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
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 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Mule
Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Sketch
2 5 (3.68%) InVision
3 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.74%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.74%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.74%) Trello
6 1 (0.74%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Shopify
2 3 (2.21%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.47%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.74%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.50%) Azure
2 11 (8.09%) Figma
3 9 (6.62%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.88%) AWS
5 7 (5.15%) BigCommerce
6 5 (3.68%) SaaS
7 4 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.21%) GCP
8 3 (2.21%) Serverless
8 3 (2.21%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (1.47%) Bloomreach
9 2 (1.47%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.47%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.47%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.47%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) BGP
3 1 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.74%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.74%) IPv4
3 1 (0.74%) IPv6
3 1 (0.74%) LAN
3 1 (0.74%) MPLS
3 1 (0.74%) Network Security
3 1 (0.74%) OSPF
3 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.74%) VPN
3 1 (0.74%) VSAN
3 1 (0.74%) WAN
3 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.62%) Power BI
2 5 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.94%) Tableau
4 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.74%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) JIRA
2 4 (2.94%) Axure RP
3 3 (2.21%) LoadRunner
3 3 (2.21%) Mockito
3 3 (2.21%) NeoLoad
General
1 68 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 38 (27.94%) Finance
3 20 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.56%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (9.56%) Retail
5 11 (8.09%) Marketing
6 9 (6.62%) Legal
7 8 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.15%) Law
9 6 (4.41%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.21%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.47%) Advertising
13 2 (1.47%) Banking
13 2 (1.47%) Front Office
13 2 (1.47%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.74%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 22 (16.18%) Senior
2 17 (12.50%) Analyst
3 15 (11.03%) Architect
4 14 (10.29%) Designer
5 12 (8.82%) Lead
6 11 (8.09%) Business Analyst
6 11 (8.09%) Product Owner
7 6 (4.41%) Programme Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.68%) Product Manager
8 5 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.94%) Developer
9 4 (2.94%) Migration Engineer
9 4 (2.94%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.94%) Senior Product Owner
9 4 (2.94%) Teradata Specialist
9 4 (2.94%) UX Designer
9 4 (2.94%) VMware Engineer
10 3 (2.21%) Content Designer
10 3 (2.21%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (2.21%) JAX-RS
1 3 (2.21%) Kafka
2 2 (1.47%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (1.47%) Swagger
3 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.74%) Django
3 1 (0.74%) HTML
3 1 (0.74%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.74%) JSON
3 1 (0.74%) LangChain
3 1 (0.74%) Middleware
3 1 (0.74%) PySpark
3 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.74%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.74%) VML
3 1 (0.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.56%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.68%) VxBlock/Vblock
4 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.21%) Blockchain
4 3 (2.21%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.47%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.47%) Blog
5 2 (1.47%) CMDB
5 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.47%) DataPower
5 2 (1.47%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (1.47%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.47%) Solar Power
6 1 (0.74%) Animation
6 1 (0.74%) Life Science
6 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.21%) Linux
1 3 (2.21%) Mac OS X
1 3 (2.21%) Unix
2 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.76%) Agile
2 40 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (15.44%) Roadmaps
5 19 (13.97%) Decision-Making
6 18 (13.24%) Mentoring
6 18 (13.24%) User Experience
7 17 (12.50%) Customer Experience
8 16 (11.76%) Coaching
8 16 (11.76%) User Research
9 15 (11.03%) Analytics
9 15 (11.03%) Scrum
10 14 (10.29%) Journey Map
10 14 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (9.56%) Service Design
12 12 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (8.82%) Change Management
12 12 (8.82%) User Stories
12 12 (8.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.15%) SQL
2 6 (4.41%) Python
3 4 (2.94%) Java
4 3 (2.21%) Ruby
5 1 (0.74%) Bash
5 1 (0.74%) C
5 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.74%) Scala
5 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 17 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.82%) Degree
3 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.47%) CSPO
4 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.47%) MBA
4 2 (1.47%) PhD
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.74%) CCNA
5 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.74%) MCSE
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) QA
2 3 (2.21%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.21%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.47%) GDPR
3 2 (1.47%) PMO
3 2 (1.47%) SLA
4 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) VxRail
2 4 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.94%) PowerCLI
3 3 (2.21%) Terraform
4 1 (0.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.35%) Salesforce
3 9 (6.62%) Dell
3 9 (6.62%) SAP
4 8 (5.88%) Adobe
5 7 (5.15%) Sitecore
6 5 (3.68%) VMware
7 4 (2.94%) Greenplum
7 4 (2.94%) Netezza
7 4 (2.94%) Oracle
7 4 (2.94%) Sybase
7 4 (2.94%) Teradata
8 3 (2.21%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (2.21%) Cisco
8 3 (2.21%) iManage
8 3 (2.21%) Intapp
8 3 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 3 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.47%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.47%) Optimizely