Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in South London

Strategic Thinking
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 34 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 +16
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.16% 0.49% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.56% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £688 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -14.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 179 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 88.95% 88.18% 83.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 114 186
10th Percentile £250 £211 £231
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £485 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% -5.83% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £588
90th Percentile £719 £734 £669
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 15
10th Percentile - - £17.68
25th Percentile - £17.25 £35.41
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £52.19
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -62.64% +18.32%
75th Percentile - £71.88 £55.39
90th Percentile - £75.79 £66.54
London median hourly rate £30.00 £38.29 £39.83
% change year-on-year -21.64% -3.88% +2.30%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in South London

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Bromley - 2 £675 - 4
Strategic Thinking
London

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft