Strategic Thinking Contracts in the South West

Strategic Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 157 162
Rank change year-on-year +68 +5 -39
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 67 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.10% 0.28% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 0.31% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 7
10th Percentile £564 £413 £509
25th Percentile £581 £441 £596
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £563 £665
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -15.41% +10.83%
75th Percentile £684 £616 £668
90th Percentile £738 £650 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.44% +6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 3
10th Percentile - - £30.41
25th Percentile £67.50 - £45.54
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £75.50
75th Percentile £72.50 - £84.24
90th Percentile - - £86.63
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
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,651 3,250 3,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.90% 89.63% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 2,396 2,328
10th Percentile £217 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.84%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £590
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 335 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.44 £17.00 £20.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

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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 Strategic Thinking within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Wiltshire +40 37 £675 +12.50% 3
Bristol +32 21 £311 -26.76% 9
Gloucestershire - 8 £588 - 5
Somerset - 1 - - 3
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.94%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) BigCommerce
2 1 (1.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.46%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (5.97%) LAN
2 4 (5.97%) Unified Communications
2 4 (5.97%) WAN
3 2 (2.99%) Network Security
3 2 (2.99%) Wireless
4 1 (1.49%) Firewall
4 1 (1.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (8.96%) Metadata
1 6 (8.96%) Metadata Repository
General
1 20 (29.85%) Telecoms
2 10 (14.93%) Public Sector
2 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.99%) Military
4 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (94.03%) Architect
2 49 (73.13%) Lead
2 49 (73.13%) Lead Architect
3 24 (35.82%) Network Architect
4 20 (29.85%) Systems Architect
5 8 (11.94%) Technical Architect
6 6 (8.96%) Data Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (1.49%) Network Engineer
8 1 (1.49%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.85%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.46%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.97%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.99%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.28%) Project Management
1 29 (43.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (37.31%) Identity Access Management
3 24 (35.82%) Digital Identity
3 24 (35.82%) Network Management
4 19 (28.36%) Systems Engineering
5 10 (14.93%) Migration
6 7 (10.45%) Data Analysis
7 6 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (8.96%) Data Architecture
7 6 (8.96%) Data Design
7 6 (8.96%) Data Governance
7 6 (8.96%) Data Management
7 6 (8.96%) Data Migration
7 6 (8.96%) Data Modelling
7 6 (8.96%) Impact Analysis
7 6 (8.96%) Metadata Management
7 6 (8.96%) Problem Management
7 6 (8.96%) Reverse Engineering
7 6 (8.96%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 57 (85.07%) Security Cleared
2 45 (67.16%) SC Cleared
3 24 (35.82%) Degree
4 12 (17.91%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (35.82%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.49%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Remedy
3 1 (1.49%) Adobe
3 1 (1.49%) Aruba
3 1 (1.49%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Cisco
3 1 (1.49%) F5
3 1 (1.49%) Meraki
3 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.49%) SAP
3 1 (1.49%) Sitecore