Strategic Thinking Contracts in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 128 142
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 -13
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 17 24 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.64% 0.83% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.90% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 15
10th Percentile £485 £406 £413
25th Percentile £496 £409 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -25.00% +7.87%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £694
90th Percentile £544 £700 £715
South East median daily rate £550 £615 £525
% change year-on-year -10.57% +17.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,313 2,661 3,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.02% 91.82% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,850 2,115
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £576
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 64 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £22.88 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.51%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Berkshire -5 16 £550 +22.22% 13
Oxfordshire +6 1 £485 +8.38% 5
Strategic Thinking
South East

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (47.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (35.29%) Adobe After Effects
4 6 (35.29%) Adobe Premiere
4 6 (35.29%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 14 (82.35%) Marketing
2 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Designer
2 8 (47.06%) Creative Designer
3 5 (29.41%) Lead
3 5 (29.41%) Lead Designer
4 4 (23.53%) Animator
4 4 (23.53%) Creative Director
4 4 (23.53%) Video Editor
5 3 (17.65%) Senior
6 2 (11.76%) Product Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
7 1 (5.88%) Architect
7 1 (5.88%) Digital Product Manager
7 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (5.88%) Senior Digital Product Manager
7 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 1 (5.88%) Senior Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (23.53%) Animation
3 2 (11.76%) Photography
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Blockchain
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Continuous Improvement
1 14 (82.35%) Storytelling
2 8 (47.06%) Coaching
3 6 (35.29%) Visual Effects
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
5 2 (11.76%) Product Management
5 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.88%) Backlog Management
6 1 (5.88%) Business Development
6 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) Market Research
6 1 (5.88%) Product Requirements
6 1 (5.88%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (5.88%) Product Strategy
6 1 (5.88%) Product Vision
6 1 (5.88%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (5.88%) User Experience
6 1 (5.88%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) Accessibility
2 3 (17.65%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) Adobe
3 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow