Strategic Thinking Contracts in Central London

Strategic Thinking
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 105 151
Rank change year-on-year +6 +46 +4
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 28 24 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.40% 0.98% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.09% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 10
10th Percentile £281 £478 £386
25th Percentile £308 £481 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £663 £759 £689
90th Percentile £675 £893 £950
London median daily rate £550 £550 £610
% change year-on-year - -9.84% -6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,860 2,208 3,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.95% 90.60% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,571 2,388
10th Percentile £357 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 29
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.01 £15.45
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -15.66%
75th Percentile £43.97 £29.11 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £41.29 £88.30
London median hourly rate £33.00 £28.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year +15.79% -26.45% +6.43%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
City of London +11 28 £550 -8.33% 36
Southwark - 2 - -
Strategic Thinking
London

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (10.71%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) AWS
1 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.14%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Asana
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Intranet
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
1 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
1 2 (7.14%) Tableau
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 14 (50.00%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.86%) Marketing
5 4 (14.29%) Banking
5 4 (14.29%) Retail
6 3 (10.71%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.57%) French Language
7 1 (3.57%) German Language
7 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.57%) Law
7 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
1 6 (21.43%) Business Analyst
1 6 (21.43%) Insurance Business Analyst
1 6 (21.43%) Lead
2 3 (10.71%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Administrator
3 2 (7.14%) Pricing Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Product Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Category Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Designer
4 1 (3.57%) IT Director
4 1 (3.57%) Lead Architect
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Network Architect
4 1 (3.57%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Programme Director
4 1 (3.57%) Senior
4 1 (3.57%) Senior Marketing Manager
4 1 (3.57%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (3.57%) Tableau Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) Kafka
2 1 (3.57%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (7.14%) Replication
2 1 (3.57%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.57%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Online Banking
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (17.86%) Agile
2 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
3 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
4 3 (10.71%) Analytics
4 3 (10.71%) B2B
4 3 (10.71%) CRM
4 3 (10.71%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (10.71%) Marketing Strategy
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Programme Management
4 3 (10.71%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (7.14%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (7.14%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.57%) PgMP
2 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.57%) PMP
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.57%) Basel II
1 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) Ab Initio
3 1 (3.57%) Cegedim Rx
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Progress
3 1 (3.57%) SAP