Strategic Thinking Contracts in West London

Strategic Thinking
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 44 61
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 8 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 3.92% 0.28% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 0.31% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile - £569 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% -9.62% +34.51%
75th Percentile £497 £606 £681
90th Percentile £510 - £685
London median daily rate £550 £550 £610
% change year-on-year - -9.84% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £52.00 - -
London median hourly rate £50.75 £67.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -24.81% +200.00% -48.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 318 534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.73% 87.85% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 227 387
10th Percentile £231 £210 £350
25th Percentile £336 £316 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% +7.84%
75th Percentile £491 £576 £638
90th Percentile £631 £650 £700
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 25 51
10th Percentile £18.88 £16.25 £30.00
25th Percentile £20.24 £16.86 £47.88
Median hourly rate £22.16 £30.16 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.54% -53.60% +196.40%
75th Percentile £31.64 £46.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.65 £59.00 £90.00
London median hourly rate £34.00 £29.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +17.24% -25.64% +7.11%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in West London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in West London

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in West London

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Hounslow - 6 £513 - 3
Hillingdon - 2 £475 - 2
Strategic Thinking
London

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Chatbot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce Manager
2 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) CCTV Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Supplier Management
4 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) ITSM
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
1 3 (37.50%) PMP
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) NEC