Strategic Thinking Contracts in the West Midlands

Strategic Thinking
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 100 130 159
Rank change year-on-year +30 +29 -47
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 12 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.62% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.47% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 13
10th Percentile £490 £453 £413
25th Percentile £525 £475 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £850 £575 £750
90th Percentile £860 £608 -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.44% +6.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,632 2,114 3,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.08% 88.67% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,080 1,452 2,354
10th Percentile £275 £263 £270
25th Percentile £375 £401 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +16.42%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 69
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.05
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the West Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the West Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the West Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +7 7 £800 +52.38% 5
Birmingham +4 1 - - 8
Shropshire - 1 £350 -
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (16.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP CO
1 2 (16.67%) SAP FI
1 2 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (16.67%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (16.67%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Head of Applications
2 2 (16.67%) Head of IT
2 2 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 2 (16.67%) SAP CO Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SAP FI Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Web Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Development Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Head of IT Services
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Programmes
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 5 (41.67%) Business Strategy
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 3 (25.00%) Coaching
4 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Backlog Management
5 2 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (16.67%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Product Backlog
5 2 (16.67%) Product Vision
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP