Strategic Thinking
South East > Thames Valley
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 123 | 133 | 150 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | +17 | -27 |
| Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking | 18 | 23 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.66% | 0.78% | 0.54% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.76% | 0.85% | 0.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 17 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £485 | £406 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £496 | £440 | £467 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £518 | £450 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -12.20% | -7.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £536 | £505 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | £700 | £718 |
| South East median daily rate | £550 | £615 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.57% | +23.00% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £60.82 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £61.65 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £62.47 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £61.65 | - | £31.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -21.25% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
Strategic Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,374 | 2,706 | 3,104 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 87.47% | 91.98% | 88.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,332 | 1,876 | 2,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £320 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £413 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £508 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.48% | +1.50% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 171 | 63 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.48 | £18.70 | £10.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.71 | £25.23 | £12.10 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £52.50 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +200.00% | -16.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £68.11 | £25.55 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.65 | £79.19 | £66.88 |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.50 | £50.00 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +122.22% | -11.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley.
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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | -3 | 17 | £550 | +22.22% | 14 |
| Oxfordshire | +6 | 1 | £485 | +8.38% | 6 |
| Strategic Thinking South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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: