Strategic Thinking Contracts

Strategic Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 311 383 395
Rank change year-on-year +72 +12 0
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 315 373 579
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.62% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.69% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 252 401
10th Percentile £425 £410 £425
25th Percentile £513 £488 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £825 £793 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £594 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +7.95% -8.33% +7.14%
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 excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £22.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year +211.11% -57.94% +22.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +65 267 £575 -4.17% 425
UK excluding London +88 139 £594 +7.95% 241
London +19 134 £550 -9.47% 196
Work from Home +103 116 £584 -0.43% 205
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% 40
West Midlands +32 12 £600 +14.29% 19
Scotland +28 10 £646 +27.92% 26
North East +21 2 £775 +10.71% 15
Yorkshire +7 2 - - 24
East Midlands +15 1 £475 -20.83% 21
East of England +10 1 - - 21
Northern Ireland - 1 £513 - 6
Wales - 1 £450 - 3

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.27%) Confluence
3 3 (0.95%) CMS
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.63%) nginx
4 2 (0.63%) Traefik
5 1 (0.32%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 11 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (2.22%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.90%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (1.90%) CINEMA 4D
5 6 (1.90%) Sketch
6 5 (1.59%) InVision
7 2 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.63%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.32%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.32%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.54%) Shopify
2 3 (0.95%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.63%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.63%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.63%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.84%) Azure
2 13 (4.13%) AWS
3 12 (3.81%) Figma
3 12 (3.81%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.54%) BigCommerce
5 8 (2.54%) GCP
6 7 (2.22%) SaaS
7 6 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.59%) PaaS
9 4 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.27%) IaaS
9 4 (1.27%) Serverless
10 3 (0.95%) iPaaS
10 3 (0.95%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (0.95%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.63%) Google Tag Manager
11 2 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.17%) WAN
2 8 (2.54%) LAN
3 7 (2.22%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.59%) Firewall
5 5 (1.59%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.59%) VSAN
6 4 (1.27%) Wireless
7 3 (0.95%) Network Security
7 3 (0.95%) Skype
8 2 (0.63%) DNS
8 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.32%) BGP
9 1 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.32%) IPv4
9 1 (0.32%) IPv6
9 1 (0.32%) MPLS
9 1 (0.32%) OSPF
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
9 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.81%) Power BI
2 7 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.22%) Tableau
3 6 (1.90%) Metadata
3 6 (1.90%) Metadata Repository
3 6 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.59%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) DTS
6 1 (0.32%) MySQL
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.32%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 15 (4.76%) JIRA
2 4 (1.27%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.95%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.95%) Mockito
3 3 (0.95%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
General
1 141 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.41%) Finance
3 43 (13.65%) Public Sector
4 42 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (9.21%) Marketing
6 22 (6.98%) Telecoms
7 18 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (5.40%) Retail
9 11 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.86%) Legal
11 8 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.22%) Law
13 6 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.27%) Banking
14 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.95%) Military
15 3 (0.95%) Police
16 2 (0.63%) Local Government
16 2 (0.63%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 102 (32.38%) Architect
2 75 (23.81%) Lead
3 47 (14.92%) Lead Architect
4 38 (12.06%) Designer
5 34 (10.79%) Senior
6 23 (7.30%) Network Architect
7 21 (6.67%) Analyst
8 17 (5.40%) Systems Architect
9 15 (4.76%) Consultant
10 14 (4.44%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.13%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.13%) Product Owner
12 11 (3.49%) Technical Architect
13 10 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.86%) Domain Architect
14 9 (2.86%) Programme Manager
14 9 (2.86%) Service Designer
15 8 (2.54%) Creative Designer
15 8 (2.54%) Data Architect
15 8 (2.54%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.59%) OAuth
1 5 (1.59%) OpenID
1 5 (1.59%) SAML
2 3 (0.95%) .NET
2 3 (0.95%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (0.95%) HTML
2 3 (0.95%) J2EE
2 3 (0.95%) JAX-RS
2 3 (0.95%) JSON
2 3 (0.95%) Kafka
2 3 (0.95%) Web Services
3 2 (0.63%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.63%) Middleware
3 2 (0.63%) REST
3 2 (0.63%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (0.63%) SOAP
3 2 (0.63%) Swagger
4 1 (0.32%) Flutter
4 1 (0.32%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.44%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.86%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.90%) Motion Graphics
8 5 (1.59%) Animation
8 5 (1.59%) CMDB
8 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.27%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.95%) Blog
10 3 (0.95%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.95%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.95%) NHS
10 3 (0.95%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.59%) Linux
2 3 (0.95%) Mac OS X
2 3 (0.95%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) CentOS
3 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Windows
4 1 (0.32%) Android
4 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.13%) Agile
2 72 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 68 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (17.14%) Project Management
5 41 (13.02%) Roadmaps
6 40 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (11.11%) Business Analysis
8 33 (10.48%) Identity Access Management
9 32 (10.16%) Coaching
10 30 (9.52%) Decision-Making
11 28 (8.89%) Migration
12 27 (8.57%) Analytics
12 27 (8.57%) IT Strategy
12 27 (8.57%) Project Delivery
13 26 (8.25%) Service Management
13 26 (8.25%) Technology Strategy
13 26 (8.25%) User Research
13 26 (8.25%) User Stories
14 24 (7.62%) Digital Identity
14 24 (7.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.81%) SQL
2 8 (2.54%) Python
3 5 (1.59%) Java
4 4 (1.27%) Ruby
5 3 (0.95%) Bash
6 2 (0.63%) Go
7 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.32%) C
7 1 (0.32%) Dart
7 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) Scala
7 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (32.38%) Security Cleared
2 89 (28.25%) SC Cleared
3 56 (17.78%) Degree
4 16 (5.08%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.95%) CISSP
8 3 (0.95%) MBA
9 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.63%) CSPO
9 2 (0.63%) PhD
10 1 (0.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.32%) HND
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.62%) JSP 440
2 11 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.17%) QA
4 5 (1.59%) SLA
5 3 (0.95%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.95%) GDPR
6 2 (0.63%) NCSC
6 2 (0.63%) PMO
7 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.90%) Docker
2 6 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.59%) vSphere
4 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.86%) VxRail
2 7 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.90%) Terraform
4 5 (1.59%) PingFederate
4 5 (1.59%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.27%) Ansible
5 4 (1.27%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.63%) Consul
6 2 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.63%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Graphite
6 2 (0.63%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.63%) Istio
6 2 (0.63%) linkerd
6 2 (0.63%) Packer
6 2 (0.63%) Podman
6 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.63%) Puppet
6 2 (0.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.71%) Adobe
3 14 (4.44%) VMware
4 13 (4.13%) Dell
4 13 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.13%) SAP
5 8 (2.54%) Sitecore
6 6 (1.90%) Cisco
6 6 (1.90%) Remedy
6 6 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.59%) Oracle
7 5 (1.59%) Ping Identity
8 4 (1.27%) Greenplum
8 4 (1.27%) Netezza
8 4 (1.27%) Sybase
8 4 (1.27%) Teradata
9 3 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (0.95%) Google
9 3 (0.95%) iManage
9 3 (0.95%) Intapp