Strategic Thinking Contracts in Wales

Strategic Thinking
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.03% 0.25% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £303 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% - -
75th Percentile £461 £475 -
90th Percentile £552 - -
UK median daily rate £541 £584 £600
% change year-on-year -7.28% -2.75% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 309 550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.63% 78.63% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 210 421
10th Percentile £185 £165 £183
25th Percentile £285 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £525 £574 £573
90th Percentile £625 £668 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Wales

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Wales

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Wales

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South Wales +9 3 £306 -32.00% 10
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Service Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Service Design
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility