Strategic Thinking Contracts in Gloucestershire

Strategic Thinking
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 50 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 2 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.73% 1.86% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 2.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile £505 - -
25th Percentile £513 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% - -
75th Percentile £538 £594 -
90th Percentile £545 - -
South West median daily rate £563 £588 £563
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -15.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 239 368 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.23% 85.78% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 230 307
10th Percentile £237 £363 £295
25th Percentile £413 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +6.34%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £650
90th Percentile £729 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 37
10th Percentile £25.56 £14.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.88 £19.57 £50.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -50.00% +116.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Gloucestershire

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Gloucestershire

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Gloucester -7 1 £500 -14.89% 18
Cheltenham - 1 £550 - 19
Strategic Thinking
South West

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) IIBA
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft