Strategic Thinking Contracts in Hampshire

Strategic Thinking
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 65 92 95
Rank change year-on-year +27 +3 +25
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.54% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.22% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £533 £550 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £625
90th Percentile £625 - £670
South East median daily rate £615 £550 £608
% change year-on-year +11.82% -9.47% +21.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.00 £61.65 -
% change year-on-year -38.36% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Hampshire

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Hampshire

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Hampshire

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire 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
Portsmouth - 2 £545 - 19
Basingstoke - 1 - - 17
Strategic Thinking
South East

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe