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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 106 142
Rank change year-on-year +14 +36 +17
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 26 21 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.50% 0.97% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.07% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 12
10th Percentile £281 £477 £405
25th Percentile £393 £481 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £556
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.87% -7.29%
75th Percentile £663 £728 £700
90th Percentile £675 £825 £929
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% -10.42%

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 1,624 1,957 3,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.55% 90.39% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,377 2,186
10th Percentile £356 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £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 19 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
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 (11.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) GCP
2 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Intranet
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
1 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
General
1 13 (50.00%) Finance
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Marketing
4 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (15.38%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Retail
6 2 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.85%) French Language
7 1 (3.85%) German Language
7 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.85%) Law
7 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Analyst
1 6 (23.08%) Business Analyst
1 6 (23.08%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Administrator
3 2 (7.69%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Pricing Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Marketing Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Category Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Designer
4 1 (3.85%) IT Director
4 1 (3.85%) Network Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Product Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (7.69%) Replication
2 1 (3.85%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (3.85%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Online Banking
2 1 (3.85%) Social Media
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
2 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
2 5 (19.23%) Strategic Planning
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) B2B
3 4 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (15.38%) Marketing Strategy
3 4 (15.38%) Storytelling
4 3 (11.54%) Analytics
4 3 (11.54%) Business Case
4 3 (11.54%) CRM
4 3 (11.54%) Marketing Automation
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.69%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (7.69%) Business Strategy
5 2 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (7.69%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.85%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Cegedim Rx
3 1 (3.85%) Progress
3 1 (3.85%) SAP