Strategic Thinking Contracts in Bristol

Strategic Thinking
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 50 80
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 +10
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 11 25 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.59% 2.65% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 3.22% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £389 £130 -
25th Percentile £475 £217 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £700
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -46.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £709 £481 £725
90th Percentile £716 £538 -
South West median daily rate £669 £700 £664
% change year-on-year -4.46% +5.42% +15.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 636 777 929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.77% 82.40% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 428 646
10th Percentile £235 £262 £308
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £645
90th Percentile £650 £714 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 170 115
10th Percentile £12.82 £43.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.60 £60.88 £50.63
Median hourly rate £30.13 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.96% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67.13 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £80.00 £84.86
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.14 £63.00
% change year-on-year -62.54% +6.56% +16.67%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Bristol

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Strategic Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Bristol

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) AWS DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Head of Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Next.js
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Decision-Making
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (27.27%) Information Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint