Strategic Thinking Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Strategic Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 205 225 338
Rank change year-on-year +20 +113 +5
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 99 120 140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.00% 0.78% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.89% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 66 102
10th Percentile £362 £476 £413
25th Percentile £486 £525 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £586
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -0.43% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £678
90th Percentile £750 £838 £786
UK median daily rate £546 £582 £600
% change year-on-year -6.27% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 1
10th Percentile £56.23 - -
25th Percentile £66.95 £67.50 £30.50
Median hourly rate £91.69 £70.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.99% +125.81% -
75th Percentile £97.52 £72.50 £31.50
90th Percentile £98.14 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £70.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -25.71% +211.11% -48.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Strategic Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Thinking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Thinking.

Strategic Thinking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Strategic Thinking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Thinking.

Strategic Thinking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Strategic Thinking hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (4.04%) SAS
2 2 (2.02%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.02%) Confluence
2 2 (2.02%) NetWeaver
2 2 (2.02%) SAP EP
2 2 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.01%) nginx
3 1 (1.01%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.01%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.01%) Sketch
3 1 (1.01%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.02%) Maximo
2 2 (2.02%) SAP CRM
2 2 (2.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.01%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.13%) AWS
2 11 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 10 (10.10%) Azure
4 4 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.04%) SaaS
5 3 (3.03%) GCP
5 3 (3.03%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.02%) Figma
6 2 (2.02%) GitHub
6 2 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.01%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.01%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.01%) IaaS
7 1 (1.01%) PaaS
7 1 (1.01%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) DNS
1 1 (1.01%) Intranet
1 1 (1.01%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.11%) Power BI
2 6 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.06%) MongoDB
2 6 (6.06%) Tableau
3 4 (4.04%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.03%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.02%) Big Data
5 2 (2.02%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.02%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (1.01%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.01%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.01%) Looker
6 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.01%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.02%) GitLab
2 2 (2.02%) JIRA
3 1 (1.01%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.01%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.01%) Gatling
3 1 (1.01%) JMeter
3 1 (1.01%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.01%) Selenium
3 1 (1.01%) SpecFlow
General
1 57 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 29 (29.29%) Finance
3 24 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (10.10%) Banking
5 10 (10.10%) Public Sector
6 8 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.04%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.04%) Marketing
9 3 (3.03%) Retail
10 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Front Office
10 2 (2.02%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.02%) Law
11 1 (1.01%) Electronics
11 1 (1.01%) Italian Language
11 1 (1.01%) Legal
11 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (14.14%) Lead
2 13 (13.13%) Architect
3 11 (11.11%) Analyst
4 9 (9.09%) Senior
5 8 (8.08%) Project Manager
6 7 (7.07%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.06%) Designer
7 6 (6.06%) Developer
7 6 (6.06%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 5 (5.05%) Change Manager
9 4 (4.04%) Consultant
9 4 (4.04%) Credit Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Credit Risk Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Head of Business Intelligence
9 4 (4.04%) Product Manager
9 4 (4.04%) Risk Analyst
9 4 (4.04%) Scala Developer
9 4 (4.04%) Security Architect
9 4 (4.04%) Technical Manager
10 3 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.05%) REST
2 4 (4.04%) Akka
2 4 (4.04%) Play Framework
2 4 (4.04%) SOAP
3 3 (3.03%) Kafka
4 2 (2.02%) cloud-init
4 2 (2.02%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (2.02%) SAP PI
4 2 (2.02%) SAPUI5
5 1 (1.01%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.01%) Keycloak
5 1 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.01%) Playwright
5 1 (1.01%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.01%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.01%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.07%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 4 (4.04%) Credit Risk
3 4 (4.04%) FMCG
3 4 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.03%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.02%) Life Science
5 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.02%) Replication
5 2 (2.02%) Robotics
6 1 (1.01%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.01%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.01%) NHS
6 1 (1.01%) PKI
6 1 (1.01%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.04%) Linux
2 3 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.02%) CentOS
3 2 (2.02%) Unix
3 2 (2.02%) Windows
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (30.30%) Agile
3 23 (23.23%) Decision-Making
4 18 (18.18%) Change Management
5 17 (17.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (16.16%) Migration
7 15 (15.15%) Project Management
7 15 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (14.14%) Roadmaps
9 12 (12.12%) CI/CD
10 11 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (11.11%) Data Analysis
11 10 (10.10%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (10.10%) Visualisation
12 9 (9.09%) Analytics
12 9 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (9.09%) CRM
12 9 (9.09%) Risk Management
13 8 (8.08%) Data Visualisation
13 8 (8.08%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.15%) SQL
2 11 (11.11%) Python
3 5 (5.05%) Java
4 4 (4.04%) Scala
4 4 (4.04%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.03%) C#
5 3 (3.03%) R
6 2 (2.02%) ABAP
6 2 (2.02%) Bash
6 2 (2.02%) Go
6 2 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.01%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.01%) C++
7 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (13.13%) Degree
2 12 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.10%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.04%) CISSP
6 3 (3.03%) CISM
6 3 (3.03%) CRISC
6 3 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.02%) PMP
8 1 (1.01%) ACCA
8 1 (1.01%) CCAB
8 1 (1.01%) CIMA
8 1 (1.01%) CIPFA
8 1 (1.01%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.01%) GCFA
8 1 (1.01%) GCIH
8 1 (1.01%) IIBA
8 1 (1.01%) ISEB
8 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.09%) GDPR
2 6 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.05%) NIST
3 5 (5.05%) QA
4 4 (4.04%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.04%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.03%) HIPAA
5 3 (3.03%) PMO
6 1 (1.01%) COBIT
6 1 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.01%) NCSC
6 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) Docker
1 1 (1.01%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.04%) Kibana
1 4 (4.04%) Terraform
2 3 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.02%) Packer
4 1 (1.01%) Consul
4 1 (1.01%) Grafana
4 1 (1.01%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.01%) Istio
4 1 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.01%) linkerd
4 1 (1.01%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.01%) Rancher
4 1 (1.01%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) SAP
3 4 (4.04%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.02%) Adobe
4 2 (2.02%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.02%) Ariba
4 2 (2.02%) Blue Prism
4 2 (2.02%) Pega
4 2 (2.02%) Splunk
5 1 (1.01%) Apple
5 1 (1.01%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco
5 1 (1.01%) comScore
5 1 (1.01%) ESET
5 1 (1.01%) Facebook
5 1 (1.01%) Marketo
5 1 (1.01%) Okta