Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Strategic Thinking
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 43 41
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 1.27% 0.61% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.70% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £577 £580 £350
% change year-on-year -0.56% +65.71% -32.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 470 286 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 85.45% 86.93% 91.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 159 221
10th Percentile £303 £413 £220
25th Percentile £410 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +7.51% +2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £611
90th Percentile £738 £657 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £488
% change year-on-year -3.89% +6.72% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 19
10th Percentile £16.10 - £13.44
25th Percentile £20.63 £14.70 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% +56.69%
75th Percentile £34.00 £35.00 £27.70
90th Percentile £35.60 - £35.10
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £24.63
% change year-on-year -2.83% -12.32% +38.97%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Strategic Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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
Warwick -7 5 £800 -
Strategic Thinking
West Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) WAAS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
1 5 (71.43%) Lead Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Lead Solutions Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Solutions Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Strategy Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (71.43%) AI
3 5 (71.43%) Architectural Design
3 5 (71.43%) Architecture Governance
3 5 (71.43%) Architecture Roadmap
3 5 (71.43%) Co-Creation
3 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) Generative AI
3 5 (71.43%) Line Management
3 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) Business Enablement
5 1 (14.29%) Product Backlog
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Story Mapping
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) AirWatch
1 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) MobileIron
1 1 (14.29%) VMware