Thought Leadership Contracts in London

Thought Leadership
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 334 350
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 -9
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Thought Leadership 45 65 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.40% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.45% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 40 66
10th Percentile £390 £319 £325
25th Percentile £448 £426 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -20.29%
75th Percentile £791 £694 £700
90th Percentile £894 £809 £881
England median daily rate £535 £528 £594
% change year-on-year +1.42% -11.16% -12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -13.58%
England median hourly rate £49.00 £34.68 £78.00
% change year-on-year +41.31% -55.54% +71.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,464 14,459 20,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.45% 88.93% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,291 9,978 15,170
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 190 224
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £24.72 £22.00 £22.69
Median hourly rate £29.50 £35.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.31% -11.88% +6.67%
75th Percentile £48.13 £53.75 £64.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.31 £79.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +56.36%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Thought Leadership in London

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Thought Leadership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Thought Leadership in London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Thought Leadership in London

Thought Leadership
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Thought Leadership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -3 8 £475 -21.81% 104
East London - 3 - - 3
Thought Leadership
England

Thought Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (8.89%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) CMS
2 1 (2.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Endur
2 3 (6.67%) SAP PP
2 3 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (4.44%) Aladdin
4 1 (2.22%) Exchequer
4 1 (2.22%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.22%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.22%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) GCP
2 6 (13.33%) AWS
3 4 (8.89%) IaaS
4 3 (6.67%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.44%) Azure
5 2 (4.44%) PaaS
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
5 2 (4.44%) Serverless
6 1 (2.22%) Apigee
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) Collibra
6 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.22%) Figma
6 1 (2.22%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.22%) Matillion
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.22%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Network Security
2 1 (2.22%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Data Lake
1 3 (6.67%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.44%) Big Data
2 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.22%) DTS
3 1 (2.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.22%) Spinnaker
General
1 15 (33.33%) Finance
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Back Office
3 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Banking
4 5 (11.11%) Marketing
5 4 (8.89%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.89%) Retail
6 3 (6.67%) Automotive
6 3 (6.67%) Legal
7 2 (4.44%) Front Office
7 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (2.22%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (2.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (44.44%) Architect
2 7 (15.56%) Consultant
3 6 (13.33%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Data Architect
4 4 (8.89%) Endur Architect
4 4 (8.89%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (8.89%) OpenLink Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Applications Architect
5 3 (6.67%) GCP Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Lead
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.44%) GCP Data Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Platform Specialist
7 1 (2.22%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) JSON
1 4 (8.89%) Swagger
2 3 (6.67%) React
3 2 (4.44%) SailPoint
3 2 (4.44%) Spring
3 2 (4.44%) Spring Boot
3 2 (4.44%) Web Services
4 1 (2.22%) ATL
4 1 (2.22%) Kafka
4 1 (2.22%) OAuth
4 1 (2.22%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.22%) OpenAPI
4 1 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (2.22%) REST
4 1 (2.22%) RESTful
4 1 (2.22%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.22%) SAPUI5
4 1 (2.22%) SOAP
4 1 (2.22%) XML
4 1 (2.22%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Product Ownership
2 5 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (6.67%) Grid Computing
3 3 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.44%) CMDB
4 2 (4.44%) EPoS
4 2 (4.44%) Equities
4 2 (4.44%) Life Science
4 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.44%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.44%) Social Media
5 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) IoT
5 1 (2.22%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.22%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Linux
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
1 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Roadmaps
2 14 (31.11%) Agile
3 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.00%) Microservices
5 8 (17.78%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (17.78%) Business Strategy
5 8 (17.78%) Decision-Making
5 8 (17.78%) Risk Management
6 7 (15.56%) Analytics
6 7 (15.56%) CI/CD
6 7 (15.56%) Data Architecture
6 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.33%) Architectural Design
7 6 (13.33%) Coaching
7 6 (13.33%) DevOps
7 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (13.33%) IT Strategy
7 6 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
8 5 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 5 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) Java
2 3 (6.67%) C#
2 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.67%) Python
3 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) CISSP
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) CISM
4 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.22%) CISA
4 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) GIAC
4 1 (2.22%) GSEC
4 1 (2.22%) ISACA
4 1 (2.22%) SANS
4 1 (2.22%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) QA
2 3 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.44%) GDPR
3 2 (4.44%) NIST
4 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.22%) GRC
4 1 (2.22%) NCSC
4 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.22%) PMO
4 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Docker
2 2 (4.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) Terraform
2 3 (6.67%) Ansible
2 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) SAP
3 3 (6.67%) Google
3 3 (6.67%) Hitachi
3 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.44%) Charles River
4 2 (4.44%) eFront
4 2 (4.44%) Okta
4 2 (4.44%) SimCorp
5 1 (2.22%) Adobe
5 1 (2.22%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (2.22%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (2.22%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.22%) ForgeRock
5 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.22%) Oracle
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) Workday