Strategic Thinking Contracts in Belfast

Strategic Thinking
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 2.04% 0.81% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% - -
75th Percentile £556 £519 -
90th Percentile £605 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £450 £513 -
% change year-on-year -12.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Strategic Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 90 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 91.84% 73.17% 81.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 55 69
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £353 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £515
90th Percentile £625 £665 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 14
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £23.76 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.62 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +154.56% -17.25% +34.24%
75th Percentile £58.85 £14.78 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £19.19 £18.12
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £15.25
% change year-on-year +87.45% -6.98% -3.11%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Belfast

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Belfast

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Belfast over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Belfast

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) UserZoom
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Qualtrics