Thought Leadership Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Thought Leadership
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Thought Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Thought Leadership 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 279 306 342
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 +42
Contract jobs citing Thought Leadership 25 39 136
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.25% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.29% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 72
10th Percentile £308 £423 £426
25th Percentile £436 £504 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £796 £675 £681
90th Percentile £870 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £572 £570 £595
% change year-on-year +0.35% -4.20% -8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £81.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 £75.50
% change year-on-year - -30.46% +130.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Thought Leadership 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%

Thought Leadership
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Thought Leadership trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Thought Leadership daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Thought Leadership daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Thought Leadership
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Thought Leadership hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Thought Leadership
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (4.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Retail
4 4 (16.00%) Marketing
5 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Advertising
6 1 (4.00%) Back Office
6 1 (4.00%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.00%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (4.00%) French Language
6 1 (4.00%) Front Office
6 1 (4.00%) German Language
6 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Police
6 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Communications Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) CyberArk Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.00%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Risk Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) LDAP
2 1 (4.00%) ATL
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) JSON
2 1 (4.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) SOAP
2 1 (4.00%) Web Services
2 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Social Media
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) EPoS
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (24.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Agile
4 4 (16.00%) Analytics
4 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (16.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (12.00%) Information Security
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.00%) CRM
6 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) ITIL
6 2 (8.00%) Marketing Strategy
6 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (8.00%) Project Planning
6 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) CISSP
3 2 (8.00%) CEH
3 2 (8.00%) CISM
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) IIBA
4 1 (4.00%) ISEB
4 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (12.00%) NIST
2 2 (8.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.00%) MiFID
3 1 (4.00%) NCSC
3 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.00%) SLA
3 1 (4.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe
2 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.00%) Kronos
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.00%) Splunk
2 1 (4.00%) VMware