Strategic Thinking Contracts in Oxford

Strategic Thinking
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 10.42% - 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - - £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £448
75th Percentile - - £473
90th Percentile - - £482
Oxfordshire median daily rate - £485 £448
% change year-on-year - +8.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 87 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 93.75% 83.65% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 85
10th Percentile £206 £250 £300
25th Percentile £360 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £525 £550
90th Percentile £700 £575 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 2
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.75 £22.05
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -14.29% +30.95%
75th Percentile £46.30 £39.13 £27.13
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +42.36% -25.00% +38.96%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Oxford

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Oxford

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Manager
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Life Science
1 5 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (100.00%) Time Management
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) ERP
3 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (60.00%) Product Requirements
3 3 (60.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP