Strategic Thinking Contracts in Preston

Strategic Thinking
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 1.52% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £700 £725 -
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £70.16 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 65 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 89.39% 87.84% 98.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 25 37
10th Percentile £269 £355 £281
25th Percentile £409 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £593 £438
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% +35.52% +59.09%
75th Percentile £630 £645 £530
90th Percentile £666 £885 £668
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £500 £483
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.52% -3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 33 43
10th Percentile - £12.63 £21.27
25th Percentile £26.88 - £28.10
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -60.43% +17.65%
75th Percentile £47.12 £25.30 £48.76
90th Percentile £59.30 £46.18 £55.77
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £35.36 £42.16
% change year-on-year -18.69% -16.12% +52.42%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Preston

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Preston

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Digital
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Networks
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Employee Productivity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow