Strategic Thinking Contracts in Wiltshire

Strategic Thinking
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 52 92
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 -
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 5 37 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.11% 3.92% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 4.76% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile £484 £613 -
25th Percentile £524 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £699 £738 £625
90th Percentile £745 £779 -
South West median daily rate £563 £588 £563
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -15.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 404 778 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 89.98% 82.42% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 569 855
10th Percentile £311 £315 £400
25th Percentile £478 £463 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -5.22% +9.52%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 14
10th Percentile £18.58 £12.00 £60.45
25th Percentile £18.69 - £62.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £14.54 £68.15
Median % change year-on-year +29.78% -78.66% +15.02%
75th Percentile £39.44 £30.25 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 £47.75 £85.25
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Wiltshire

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in Wiltshire

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in Wiltshire

Strategic Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Corsham +6 2 £465 -28.46% 1
Swindon - 1 - - 35
Strategic Thinking
South West

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ERP Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (20.00%) Epics
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Awareness
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Remedy