Strategic Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 103 149
Rank change year-on-year +8 +46 +3
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 28 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.59% 0.97% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.07% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 9
10th Percentile £281 £476 £372
25th Percentile £308 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £663 £738 £738
90th Percentile £675 £825 £950
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,639 1,968 3,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.57% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 1,396 2,228
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% -5.21% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.13
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -13.58%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 6 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
London Bridge - 2 - -
Strategic Thinking
Central London

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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%) Developer
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 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