Strategic Thinking Contracts in Glasgow

Strategic Thinking
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 64 72
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 10 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.37% 0.72% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 0.80% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 5
10th Percentile - - £451
25th Percentile £358 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -7.14% -11.91%
75th Percentile £530 £500 £775
90th Percentile £532 £501 £895
Scotland median daily rate £475 £488 £485
% change year-on-year -2.56% +0.52% -5.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 667 625 777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 91.24% 90.19% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 442 521
10th Percentile £300 £250 £338
25th Percentile £362 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £579
90th Percentile £600 £638 £676
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 29
10th Percentile £15.82 £15.38 £11.85
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £19.83 £24.26 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.24% +67.28% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.68 £57.50 £47.73
90th Percentile £32.47 £62.50 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.38 £19.06
% change year-on-year +8.84% -3.57% -4.01%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Glasgow

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Strategic Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Glasgow over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Glasgow

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Agile Coach
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Governance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (60.00%) Business Strategy
3 6 (60.00%) Scrum
4 4 (40.00%) Agile Coaching
4 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
6 2 (20.00%) Change Management
6 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Pega
2 1 (10.00%) Spotify