Strategic Thinking Contracts in Northern Ireland

Strategic Thinking
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.89% 0.68% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 0.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% - -
75th Percentile £556 £519 -
90th Percentile £605 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £579 £600
% change year-on-year -4.93% -3.58% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 145 111 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.19% 75.51% 76.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 55 80
10th Percentile £153 £211 £160
25th Percentile £291 £353 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £513 £406
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.15% -6.61%
75th Percentile £534 £588 £504
90th Percentile £625 £665 £624
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Northern Ireland

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Northern Ireland

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Northern Ireland

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 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
County Antrim -6 3 £450 -12.20% 9
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) UserZoom
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Qualtrics