Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Strategic Thinking
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.51% 0.72% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.89% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £249
25th Percentile £513 - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £275
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +92.73% -42.11%
75th Percentile £538 - £302
90th Percentile - - £303
East Midlands median daily rate £368 £628 £275
% change year-on-year -41.43% +128.18% -36.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 156 112 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 79.59% 80.58% 80.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 58 102
10th Percentile £172 £301 £307
25th Percentile £213 £409 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £500 £471
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +6.10% -14.32%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £650
90th Percentile £706 £600 £744
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 7
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.79 £9.08
25th Percentile £16.15 £14.99 £10.76
Median hourly rate £16.35 £23.80 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +58.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £17.87 £54.56 £20.39
90th Percentile - £92.03 £48.72
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £20.51
% change year-on-year -20.24% +9.70% +21.87%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Nottingham -7 1 £525 -0.94% 11
Strategic Thinking
East Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared