Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Strategic Thinking
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 4.23% 2.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 2.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £675 £515 £625
% change year-on-year +31.07% -17.60% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £51.98 - -
25th Percentile £52.69 - -
Median hourly rate £55.25 - -
75th Percentile £57.69 - -
90th Percentile £58.33 - -
Central London median hourly rate £55.25 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66 39 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 92.96% 84.78% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 28 27
10th Percentile £322 £367 £446
25th Percentile £463 £430 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -1.74%
75th Percentile £671 £650 £684
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £52.93 - -
25th Percentile £55.06 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £18.87 -
Median % change year-on-year +217.97% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.65 £28.79 £26.78
% change year-on-year -14.38% +7.49% -23.49%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Strategic Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 23 August 2026. 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
Soho - 2 - -
Strategic Thinking
Central London

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce