Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Strategic Thinking
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.68% - 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.78%
75th Percentile £638 - £650
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £688 £688 £689
% change year-on-year - -0.22% +19.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 152 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 86.59% 76.77% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 100 108
10th Percentile £160 £200 £158
25th Percentile £234 £333 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -14.29% +0.19%
75th Percentile £547 £624 £641
90th Percentile £649 £703 £723
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 27
10th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £23.49 £14.00 £46.97
Median hourly rate £61.25 £25.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +145.00% -51.82% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £61.52
90th Percentile £64.13 £63.75 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -6.05%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Somerset

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Taunton - 1 - -
Street - 1 - -
Bath - 1 £625 - 5
Strategic Thinking
South West

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
1 1 (33.33%) OSPF
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Business Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIE
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto