Strategic Thinking Contracts in the South East

Strategic Thinking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 170 222
Rank change year-on-year -11 +52 -23
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 19 45 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.79% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.89% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 34 28
10th Percentile £395 £407 £417
25th Percentile £463 £450 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £608 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +21.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £581
90th Percentile - £693 £661
England median daily rate £588 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -2.08% -2.04% +10.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,758 5,043 6,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.70% 89.05% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 3,463 4,677
10th Percentile £260 £250 £246
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 218 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.16 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South East over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 21 June 2024. 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
Thames Valley -1 13 £550 +22.22% 12
Berkshire -12 13 £550 +22.22% 4
Surrey +17 3 £413 -13.16% 6
Hampshire -11 2 £600 +14.29% 4
East Sussex - 1 - - 3
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Appian
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (36.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (15.79%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (15.79%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (15.79%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) DTS
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (52.63%) Marketing
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Designer
2 7 (36.84%) Creative Designer
3 6 (31.58%) Lead
4 5 (26.32%) Lead Designer
5 4 (21.05%) Creative Director
6 3 (15.79%) Animator
6 3 (15.79%) Video Editor
7 2 (10.53%) Architect
7 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
7 2 (10.53%) Transition Manager
7 2 (10.53%) Transition Project Manager
8 1 (5.26%) Analyst
8 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 1 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
8 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
8 1 (5.26%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
8 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Animation
1 3 (15.79%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) Blockchain
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Equities
3 1 (5.26%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.26%) PACS
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (52.63%) Storytelling
2 5 (26.32%) Coaching
3 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
4 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.79%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (15.79%) Visual Effects
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Business Development
5 2 (10.53%) Product Strategy
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) Self-Awareness
6 1 (5.26%) B2B
6 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (5.26%) Process Management
6 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.26%) Scrum
6 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma
6 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.79%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Adobe
3 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) Blue Prism
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Nokia
4 1 (5.26%) Rakuten