Strategic Thinking Contracts

Strategic Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 376 389
Rank change year-on-year +85 +13 +17
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 325 358 583
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 0.62% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.69% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 241 397
10th Percentile £425 £410 £425
25th Percentile £506 £495 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £821 £794 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £552 £600
% change year-on-year +6.43% -8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 7
10th Percentile £35.56 £27.38 £26.28
25th Percentile £63.75 £36.56 £32.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £53.75 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% +23.56% +10.13%
75th Percentile £72.50 £71.56 £72.00
90th Percentile - £81.13 £83.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £53.50
% change year-on-year - - +22.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England +44 273 £575 -4.17% 470
UK excluding London +107 147 £588 +6.43% 274
London +31 136 £550 -10.57% 210
Work from Home +105 122 £582 +1.22% 219
South West +75 68 £588 +2.17% 31
North of England +27 26 £636 +15.55% 91
South East -13 23 £518 -14.81% 55
North West +30 20 £600 -4.00% 49
Scotland +43 14 £646 +23.05% 26
Midlands +35 13 £600 +14.29% 48
West Midlands +31 12 £600 +14.29% 27
North East - 3 £775 - 18
Yorkshire +15 2 - - 28
East Midlands +17 1 £475 -24.00% 21
East of England -2 1 - - 27
Northern Ireland - 1 £513 - 5
Wales - 1 £450 - 4

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.23%) Confluence
3 3 (0.92%) CMS
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.62%) nginx
4 2 (0.62%) Traefik
5 1 (0.31%) Mule
Applications
1 12 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 11 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (2.15%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.85%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (1.85%) CINEMA 4D
6 5 (1.54%) Sketch
7 4 (1.23%) InVision
8 2 (0.62%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.62%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.31%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.31%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.85%) Shopify
2 4 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.92%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.62%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.62%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.62%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.62%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.54%) Azure
2 14 (4.31%) AWS
3 13 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.38%) Figma
5 10 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.46%) GCP
6 8 (2.46%) SaaS
7 6 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (1.85%) BigCommerce
8 5 (1.54%) PaaS
9 4 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.23%) IaaS
9 4 (1.23%) Serverless
10 3 (0.92%) iPaaS
10 3 (0.92%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (0.92%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.62%) Bloomreach
11 2 (0.62%) Collibra
11 2 (0.62%) Contentsquare
11 2 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.08%) WAN
2 8 (2.46%) LAN
3 7 (2.15%) Unified Communications
4 5 (1.54%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.54%) VSAN
4 5 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.23%) Firewall
5 4 (1.23%) Wireless
6 3 (0.92%) Network Security
6 3 (0.92%) Skype
7 2 (0.62%) DNS
7 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.31%) BGP
8 1 (0.31%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.31%) Internet
8 1 (0.31%) IPv4
8 1 (0.31%) IPv6
8 1 (0.31%) MPLS
8 1 (0.31%) OSPF
8 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.00%) Power BI
2 8 (2.46%) Tableau
3 7 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.85%) Metadata
4 6 (1.85%) Metadata Repository
4 6 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) DTS
7 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.31%) MySQL
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 15 (4.62%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) Axure RP
2 3 (0.92%) LoadRunner
2 3 (0.92%) Mockito
2 3 (0.92%) NeoLoad
3 2 (0.62%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) GitLab
3 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 146 (44.92%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.54%) Finance
3 47 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.85%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.92%) Marketing
6 27 (8.31%) Telecoms
7 22 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.62%) Retail
9 10 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.77%) Legal
11 8 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.15%) Law
13 6 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.23%) Banking
14 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.92%) Police
16 2 (0.62%) Brand Awareness
16 2 (0.62%) Front Office
16 2 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 107 (32.92%) Architect
2 84 (25.85%) Lead
3 52 (16.00%) Lead Architect
4 37 (11.38%) Designer
5 34 (10.46%) Senior
6 28 (8.62%) Network Architect
7 22 (6.77%) Systems Architect
8 20 (6.15%) Analyst
9 15 (4.62%) Consultant
10 14 (4.31%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.00%) Product Owner
12 12 (3.69%) Business Analyst
13 11 (3.38%) Technical Architect
14 10 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.77%) Domain Architect
15 9 (2.77%) Service Designer
16 8 (2.46%) Creative Designer
16 8 (2.46%) Data Architect
16 8 (2.46%) Programme Manager
16 8 (2.46%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.54%) OAuth
1 5 (1.54%) OpenID
1 5 (1.54%) SAML
2 3 (0.92%) .NET
2 3 (0.92%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (0.92%) HTML
2 3 (0.92%) J2EE
2 3 (0.92%) JAX-RS
2 3 (0.92%) JSON
2 3 (0.92%) Kafka
2 3 (0.92%) Web Services
3 2 (0.62%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.62%) Middleware
3 2 (0.62%) REST
3 2 (0.62%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (0.62%) SOAP
3 2 (0.62%) Swagger
4 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.31%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.08%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.77%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 7 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.85%) Motion Graphics
8 5 (1.54%) Animation
8 5 (1.54%) CMDB
8 5 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.23%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.23%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.92%) Blog
10 3 (0.92%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.92%) NHS
10 3 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.54%) Linux
2 3 (0.92%) Mac OS X
2 3 (0.92%) Unix
3 2 (0.62%) CentOS
3 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.62%) Windows
4 1 (0.31%) Android
4 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 73 (22.46%) Agile
2 73 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (16.31%) Project Management
4 41 (12.62%) Roadmaps
5 40 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (10.77%) Business Analysis
7 33 (10.15%) Identity Access Management
8 31 (9.54%) Coaching
9 30 (9.23%) Analytics
9 30 (9.23%) Decision-Making
10 28 (8.62%) Migration
11 27 (8.31%) Change Management
11 27 (8.31%) IT Strategy
11 27 (8.31%) Network Management
11 27 (8.31%) Project Delivery
12 26 (8.00%) Service Management
12 26 (8.00%) User Stories
13 25 (7.69%) User Research
14 24 (7.38%) Digital Identity
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.69%) SQL
2 8 (2.46%) Python
3 5 (1.54%) Java
3 5 (1.54%) Ruby
4 3 (0.92%) Bash
5 2 (0.62%) Go
6 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.31%) C
6 1 (0.31%) Dart
6 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.31%) Scala
6 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 106 (32.62%) Security Cleared
2 94 (28.92%) SC Cleared
3 59 (18.15%) Degree
4 15 (4.62%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.46%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.92%) CISSP
8 3 (0.92%) MBA
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.62%) CSPO
9 2 (0.62%) PhD
10 1 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.38%) JSP 440
2 11 (3.38%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.08%) QA
4 5 (1.54%) SLA
5 3 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.92%) GDPR
6 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.62%) NCSC
6 2 (0.62%) PMO
7 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.85%) Docker
2 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.54%) vSphere
4 4 (1.23%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.77%) VxRail
2 7 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.85%) Terraform
4 5 (1.54%) PingFederate
4 5 (1.54%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.23%) Ansible
5 4 (1.23%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.62%) Consul
6 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.62%) Grafana
6 2 (0.62%) Graphite
6 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.62%) Istio
6 2 (0.62%) linkerd
6 2 (0.62%) Packer
6 2 (0.62%) Podman
6 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.62%) Puppet
6 2 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.92%) Adobe
3 14 (4.31%) VMware
4 13 (4.00%) Dell
5 12 (3.69%) SAP
6 11 (3.38%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.85%) Remedy
7 6 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.85%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.54%) Cisco
8 5 (1.54%) Oracle
8 5 (1.54%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.23%) Greenplum
9 4 (1.23%) Netezza
9 4 (1.23%) Sybase
9 4 (1.23%) Teradata
10 3 (0.92%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (0.92%) Google
10 3 (0.92%) iManage
10 3 (0.92%) OpenAI
566 Strategic Thinking jobs Nationwide