Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Strategic Thinking
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 52 67
Rank change year-on-year -15 +15 +17
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 8 11 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.07% 1.85% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 2.12% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 2
10th Percentile £292 £313 -
25th Percentile £470 £414 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £572 £569 -
90th Percentile £633 £683 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £527 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +5.45% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £90.42 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £90.42 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 650 518 788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.25% 87.06% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 325 529
10th Percentile £302 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £571 £575 £613
90th Percentile £648 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 4
10th Percentile - £15.54 £14.32
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £17.01
Median hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £19.85
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% +63.71% -14.61%
75th Percentile £26.13 £41.50 £31.98
90th Percentile £33.88 £98.79 £49.99
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £32.50 £18.32
% change year-on-year -34.46% +77.40% -14.79%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Leeds

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

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

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Leeds

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Strategic Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Mockito
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Application Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Application Development Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Front-End Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Sourcing Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (12.50%) Flash
1 1 (12.50%) JAX-RS
1 1 (12.50%) Kafka
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) Redux
1 1 (12.50%) Smart Contracts
1 1 (12.50%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Blockchain
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
3 2 (25.00%) Data Security
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) Rust
1 1 (12.50%) Solidity
1 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCSP
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) CCSK
3 1 (12.50%) CEH
3 1 (12.50%) CISA
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) OSCP
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
2 2 (25.00%) PSD2
3 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
3 1 (12.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes