Strategic Thinking Contract Job Trends in West London

Strategic Thinking
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 21 39
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 +7
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London 1.01% 3.30% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 3.98% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £572 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £734 - -
90th Percentile £781 - -
London median daily rate £528 £575 £564
% change year-on-year -8.26% +1.95% -13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £34.27 - -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £52.50 £39.92
% change year-on-year -28.57% +31.53% +77.40%

All Process & 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 268 176 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 89.93% 83.02% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 127 256
10th Percentile £204 £220 £200
25th Percentile £353 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £409 £525
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -22.10% +3.80%
75th Percentile £606 £496 £600
90th Percentile £667 £587 £646
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 20
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.75 £16.70
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.51 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -56.11% -14.00%
75th Percentile £31.49 £30.05 £68.25
90th Percentile £38.45 £32.50 £85.50
London median hourly rate £31.58 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.79% +7.69% -13.33%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in West London

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in West London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in West London

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Strategic Thinking

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 31 December 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 -2 2 £650 - 1
Wembley - 1 - -
Strategic Thinking
London

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCAB
1 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) NEC