Thought Leadership Contracts in England

Thought Leadership
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Thought Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Thought Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 440 421
Rank change year-on-year +42 -19 -33
Contract jobs citing Thought Leadership 101 105 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.28% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.33% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 57 122
10th Percentile £300 £317 £353
25th Percentile £463 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.07% -15.71%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £747
90th Percentile £805 £785 £888
UK median daily rate £561 £569 £553
% change year-on-year -1.45% +2.94% -16.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £24.81 £52.75
25th Percentile £45.50 £36.75 £72.38
Median hourly rate £49.00 £52.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -32.69% +113.70%
75th Percentile £52.50 £58.75 £87.00
90th Percentile - £72.10 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £45.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% -41.67% +122.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Thought Leadership 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,206 31,905 42,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.51% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,965 20,680 29,662
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 2,329 1,534
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.79 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.87% +45.72%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.59
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.35 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Thought Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Thought Leadership in England

Thought Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Thought Leadership in England.

Daily rate trend for Thought Leadership in England

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Thought Leadership in England over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Thought Leadership in England

Thought Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Thought Leadership in England.

Hourly rate trend for Thought Leadership in England

Thought Leadership
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Thought Leadership within the England region over the 6 months to 28 June 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 +33 45 £681 +23.73% 1,075
South West +53 20 £413 -13.16% 73
North of England +9 12 £700 +21.42% 176
South East +48 9 £550 +3.29% 150
North West +12 9 £708 +22.81% 102
Midlands +8 7 £500 -16.67% 99
East of England +33 5 £465 - 50
West Midlands +4 5 £500 -16.67% 65
Yorkshire +5 3 £700 - 51
East Midlands +4 1 £358 -42.72% 33
Thought Leadership
UK

Thought Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (1.98%) Apache Spark
1 2 (1.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.99%) Apache
2 1 (0.99%) CMS
2 1 (0.99%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.99%) nginx
2 1 (0.99%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (5.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.95%) SAP PP
3 3 (2.97%) Endur
4 1 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.99%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.99%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.99%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.88%) Snowflake
2 11 (10.89%) Matillion
2 11 (10.89%) SaaS
3 10 (9.90%) PaaS
4 9 (8.91%) AWS
5 8 (7.92%) GCP
6 4 (3.96%) Azure
7 3 (2.97%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.99%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.99%) Collibra
9 1 (0.99%) dbt
9 1 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.99%) Figma
9 1 (0.99%) IaaS
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.99%) Serverless
9 1 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.91%) PBX
1 9 (8.91%) VoIP
2 3 (2.97%) DNS
3 2 (1.98%) Firewall
3 2 (1.98%) Network Security
4 1 (0.99%) 4G
4 1 (0.99%) 5G
4 1 (0.99%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.99%) DHCP
4 1 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.99%) VPN
4 1 (0.99%) Wireless
4 1 (0.99%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.92%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.95%) Big Data
3 3 (2.97%) Hadoop
3 3 (2.97%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.98%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.98%) Metadata
4 2 (1.98%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.98%) Power BI
4 2 (1.98%) Tableau
5 1 (0.99%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.99%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.99%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.99%) DTS
5 1 (0.99%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.99%) HBase
5 1 (0.99%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.99%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) Git
3 1 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.99%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.99%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.99%) ERwin
3 1 (0.99%) Spinnaker
General
1 30 (29.70%) Finance
2 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.85%) Influencing Skills
3 15 (14.85%) Marketing
4 13 (12.87%) Telecoms
5 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.92%) Back Office
6 8 (7.92%) Banking
7 7 (6.93%) Retail
8 5 (4.95%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.96%) Legal
9 4 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.98%) Advertising
10 2 (1.98%) Automotive
10 2 (1.98%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.98%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (40.59%) Architect
2 16 (15.84%) Senior
3 10 (9.90%) Consultant
4 9 (8.91%) Applications Architect
5 8 (7.92%) Senior Architect
5 8 (7.92%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (5.94%) Data Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (4.95%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Data Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Data Consultant
8 4 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Snowflake Consultant
8 4 (3.96%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Snowflake Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Technical Architect
9 3 (2.97%) GCP Architect
9 3 (2.97%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) CSS
1 4 (3.96%) HTML
2 3 (2.97%) JSON
2 3 (2.97%) React
3 2 (1.98%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.98%) SAPUI5
3 2 (1.98%) Spring
3 2 (1.98%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.98%) Swagger
3 2 (1.98%) XML
4 1 (0.99%) ATL
4 1 (0.99%) JSR 170
4 1 (0.99%) Middleware
4 1 (0.99%) Node.js
4 1 (0.99%) OSGi
4 1 (0.99%) REST
4 1 (0.99%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.99%) SOAP
4 1 (0.99%) Web Services
4 1 (0.99%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.92%) Blackberry
2 8 (7.92%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (6.93%) IoT
4 6 (5.94%) Blockchain
4 6 (5.94%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.95%) Cyberattack
5 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.96%) Life Science
6 4 (3.96%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.97%) EPoS
7 3 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.98%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.98%) Grid Computing
8 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.98%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Linux
1 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (39.60%) Roadmaps
2 36 (35.64%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (29.70%) Agile
4 23 (22.77%) Migration
5 19 (18.81%) Mentoring
5 19 (18.81%) Project Planning
6 16 (15.84%) Analytics
7 15 (14.85%) Cost Reduction
7 15 (14.85%) Decision-Making
8 14 (13.86%) Machine Learning
9 13 (12.87%) Architectural Design
9 13 (12.87%) IT Strategy
9 13 (12.87%) Technology Strategy
10 12 (11.88%) CI/CD
10 12 (11.88%) Enterprise Architecture
10 12 (11.88%) Impact Assessments
10 12 (11.88%) Microservices
10 12 (11.88%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (10.89%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.92%) Java
2 7 (6.93%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.95%) Python
4 4 (3.96%) SQL
5 2 (1.98%) C#
6 1 (0.99%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (24.75%) Security Cleared
2 20 (19.80%) SC Cleared
3 17 (16.83%) Degree
4 13 (12.87%) DV Cleared
5 8 (7.92%) CCNP
5 8 (7.92%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (7.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.98%) PMP
7 2 (1.98%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.99%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.98%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.98%) GDPR
2 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.98%) MiFID
2 2 (1.98%) NIST
2 2 (1.98%) PSD2
2 2 (1.98%) QA
3 1 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.99%) NCSC
3 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.99%) PMO
3 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.99%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.96%) Docker
3 1 (0.99%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.96%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.96%) Terraform
2 3 (2.97%) Ansible
3 1 (0.99%) Grafana
3 1 (0.99%) HAProxy
3 1 (0.99%) OPNET
3 1 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (9.90%) Cisco
1 10 (9.90%) F5
1 10 (9.90%) Palo Alto
2 9 (8.91%) Ericsson
2 9 (8.91%) Juniper
2 9 (8.91%) Nokia
2 9 (8.91%) VMware
3 8 (7.92%) Avaya
3 8 (7.92%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.92%) Ribbon
3 8 (7.92%) SAP
4 4 (3.96%) Adobe
4 4 (3.96%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.97%) Google
5 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.98%) Fujitsu
6 2 (1.98%) Hitachi
6 2 (1.98%) Oracle
7 1 (0.99%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.99%) Informatica