Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Strategic Thinking
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 27 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.80% 2.26% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 2.78% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £162 £219
Median % change year-on-year +192.40% -25.82% -
75th Percentile £513 £300 -
90th Percentile - £382 -
South Wales median daily rate £475 £162 £219
% change year-on-year +192.40% -25.82% -58.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 180 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 83.27% 81.45% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 130 163
10th Percentile £213 £167 £176
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +0.59% -6.11%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £538
90th Percentile £613 £653 £624
South Wales median daily rate £405 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £12.82 £21.62 £17.50
25th Percentile £13.08 £23.50 £18.81
Median hourly rate £16.22 £25.60 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.65% +5.57% +42.52%
75th Percentile £20.56 £27.50 £38.50
90th Percentile £22.99 £38.00 £48.13
South Wales median hourly rate £19.19 £25.36 £26.58
% change year-on-year -24.33% -4.60% +33.51%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Strategic Thinking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Transformation Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#