Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Strategic Thinking
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 9 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.59% 2.08% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 2.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £379 £515 -
25th Percentile £441 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £530 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 314 178 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 90.23% 92.71% 85.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 88 98
10th Percentile £180 £304 £243
25th Percentile £366 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £485
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -4.23% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £600
90th Percentile £589 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 4
10th Percentile £15.51 £13.75 £24.73
25th Percentile £17.88 £14.69 £38.56
Median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -70.91% +144.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £17.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +200.00% -50.77% +44.44%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Strategic Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Newcastle upon Tyne

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (22.22%) SaaS
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Product Management
2 5 (55.56%) Product Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
4 3 (33.33%) Quality Management
4 3 (33.33%) Service Design
4 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
5 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 2 (22.22%) Product Vision
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (11.11%) Case Management
6 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) User Research
6 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA