Strategic Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 150 155
Rank change year-on-year +40 +5 -17
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 20 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.92% 0.64% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.70% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 29
10th Percentile £476 £386 £515
25th Percentile £481 £466 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £531 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -11.46% +50.00%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £713
90th Percentile £825 £950 £815
Central London median daily rate £575 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Strategic Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,972 3,266 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.46% 91.46% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,394 2,203 2,946
10th Percentile £352 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £688
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 43
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £22.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.10
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

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 12 May 2024.

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
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 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Fidessa
2 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Advertising
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Product Owner
2 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Product Owner
3 3 (15.00%) Product Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Business Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Chief Technology Officer
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Service Support Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Support Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
1 1 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) DataPower
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
3 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 5 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 5 (25.00%) Business Case
5 5 (25.00%) Change Management
5 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (25.00%) Information Security
5 5 (25.00%) Product Management
5 5 (25.00%) Product Strategy
5 5 (25.00%) Product Vision
5 5 (25.00%) Scrum
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 4 (20.00%) Kanban
6 4 (20.00%) Objectives and Key Results
6 4 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Bash
1 1 (5.00%) C
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) CCNA
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) MCSE
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Apple
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.00%) SAP