Strategic Thinking
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 60 | 79 | 106 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | +27 | +35 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Strategic Thinking | 27 | 9 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 2.66% | 0.75% | 0.46% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.99% | 0.86% | 0.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £484 | £672 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £520 | £742 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £588 | £788 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.40% | +21.15% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £747 | £795 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £798 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £525 | £665 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.09% | +10.83% | +17.65% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 902 | 1,041 | 1,549 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 88.87% | 86.53% | 89.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 574 | 652 | 1,134 |
| 10th Percentile | £307 | £339 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £582 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £667 | £713 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £455 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.10% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 60 | 47 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.79 | £15.97 | £15.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.07 | £24.43 | £16.29 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.63 | £35.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.34% | +79.49% | +11.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.62 | £62.50 | £38.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.25 | £87.00 | £69.20 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £30.76 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | +13.80% | +41.21% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Strategic Thinking.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Strategic Thinking.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Manchester
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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salford | - | 3 | £800 | - | 2 |
| Stockport | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Bolton | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Oldham | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Strategic Thinking North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: