Strategic Thinking Contracts

Strategic Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 362 406
Rank change year-on-year +58 +44 +7
Contract jobs citing Strategic Thinking 333 368 554
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.66% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.74% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 249 355
10th Percentile £421 £410 £425
25th Percentile £506 £513 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £678 £725
90th Percentile £815 £778 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 1 6
10th Percentile £42.13 - £33.48
25th Percentile £63.75 £82.50 £47.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +28.79% +50.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £87.50 £77.88
90th Percentile - - £84.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £81.86
% change year-on-year - - +72.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Strategic Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
England +54 281 £585 -2.50% 459
UK excluding London +79 150 £588 +6.82% 257
London +10 143 £550 -8.33% 207
Work from Home +91 122 £582 -0.68% 205
South West +68 68 £588 -2.08% 35
North of England +26 28 £643 +16.86% 70
North West +21 22 £618 +12.32% 39
South East -12 18 £550 -9.47% 55
Scotland +35 16 £586 +11.52% 25
Midlands +29 16 £550 +2.33% 50
West Midlands +18 12 £600 +12.94% 31
East Midlands +13 4 £368 -41.20% 19
North East - 3 £775 - 7
Yorkshire +1 2 - - 27
East of England -2 2 £600 +8.70% 31
Northern Ireland - 1 £513 - 2
Wales - 1 £450 - 5

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.50%) CMS
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.90%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) Mule
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.90%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.90%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.60%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.60%) Sketch
6 2 (0.60%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.30%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.30%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.30%) InVision
7 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) Shopify
2 4 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.90%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.60%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.60%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.21%) Azure
2 17 (5.11%) AWS
3 13 (3.90%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.70%) GCP
4 9 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.40%) Figma
5 8 (2.40%) SaaS
6 5 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (1.50%) BigCommerce
6 5 (1.50%) PaaS
7 4 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.20%) IaaS
7 4 (1.20%) Serverless
7 4 (1.20%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (0.90%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.60%) Collibra
9 2 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.60%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.70%) WAN
2 8 (2.40%) LAN
3 6 (1.80%) Unified Communications
4 5 (1.50%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.50%) VSAN
5 4 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.20%) Wireless
6 3 (0.90%) DNS
6 3 (0.90%) Firewall
6 3 (0.90%) Skype
7 2 (0.60%) DHCP
7 2 (0.60%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.60%) Network Security
8 1 (0.30%) Internet
8 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.90%) Power BI
2 9 (2.70%) Metadata
3 8 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.40%) Tableau
4 7 (2.10%) Metadata Repository
5 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.50%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.30%) DTS
8 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.30%) MySQL
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 14 (4.20%) JIRA
2 4 (1.20%) LoadRunner
2 4 (1.20%) NeoLoad
3 3 (0.90%) Mockito
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 162 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.62%) Finance
3 51 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (14.71%) Public Sector
5 27 (8.11%) Marketing
6 26 (7.81%) Telecoms
7 23 (6.91%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.20%) Retail
10 12 (3.60%) Banking
11 9 (2.70%) Legal
12 8 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.10%) Law
14 6 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.90%) Police
16 3 (0.90%) Publishing
17 2 (0.60%) Advertising
17 2 (0.60%) Brand Awareness
17 2 (0.60%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 108 (32.43%) Architect
2 82 (24.62%) Lead
3 49 (14.71%) Lead Architect
4 32 (9.61%) Designer
5 29 (8.71%) Senior
6 27 (8.11%) Network Architect
7 24 (7.21%) Analyst
8 22 (6.61%) Systems Architect
9 17 (5.11%) Consultant
10 16 (4.80%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.90%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.90%) Product Owner
12 11 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.30%) Technical Architect
13 9 (2.70%) Data Architect
13 9 (2.70%) Domain Architect
13 9 (2.70%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.40%) Enterprise Architect
14 8 (2.40%) Product Manager
14 8 (2.40%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.50%) OAuth
1 5 (1.50%) OpenID
1 5 (1.50%) SAML
2 3 (0.90%) .NET
2 3 (0.90%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (0.90%) J2EE
2 3 (0.90%) JAX-RS
2 3 (0.90%) Kafka
2 3 (0.90%) Middleware
2 3 (0.90%) Web Services
3 2 (0.60%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.60%) JSON
3 2 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.60%) REST
3 2 (0.60%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (0.60%) SOAP
3 2 (0.60%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.30%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.30%) LangChain
4 1 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.71%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (5.11%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.20%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.70%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 5 (1.50%) Blockchain
6 5 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.20%) Animation
7 4 (1.20%) CMDB
7 4 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.90%) Blog
8 3 (0.90%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.90%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.90%) NHS
8 3 (0.90%) N-Tier
8 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.20%) Linux
2 3 (0.90%) Mac OS X
2 3 (0.90%) Unix
2 3 (0.90%) Windows
3 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.30%) CentOS
4 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (23.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 76 (22.82%) Agile
4 57 (17.12%) Project Management
5 47 (14.11%) Roadmaps
6 39 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (10.21%) Business Analysis
8 33 (9.91%) Decision-Making
9 31 (9.31%) Change Management
9 31 (9.31%) Migration
10 30 (9.01%) Coaching
11 29 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
12 28 (8.41%) IT Strategy
13 27 (8.11%) Analytics
13 27 (8.11%) Project Delivery
14 26 (7.81%) Network Management
15 25 (7.51%) Service Management
15 25 (7.51%) User Research
16 24 (7.21%) Technology Strategy
16 24 (7.21%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.90%) SQL
2 7 (2.10%) Python
3 5 (1.50%) Java
4 4 (1.20%) Ruby
5 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.30%) Bash
6 1 (0.30%) Dart
6 1 (0.30%) Go
6 1 (0.30%) Scala
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 101 (30.33%) Security Cleared
2 88 (26.43%) SC Cleared
3 66 (19.82%) Degree
4 18 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.60%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.50%) PMP
8 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.90%) MCSE
8 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CISSP
9 2 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CSPO
9 2 (0.60%) MCSA
9 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.61%) JSP 440
2 12 (3.60%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.30%) QA
4 5 (1.50%) SLA
5 4 (1.20%) GDPR
6 3 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) PMO
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
8 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.80%) Docker
4 5 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.50%) vSphere
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.60%) XenApp
5 2 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (2.70%) VxRail
2 6 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.80%) Terraform
3 5 (1.50%) PingFederate
3 5 (1.50%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.20%) PowerCLI
5 3 (0.90%) Ansible
6 2 (0.60%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Consul
7 1 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.30%) Graphite
7 1 (0.30%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.30%) Istio
7 1 (0.30%) linkerd
7 1 (0.30%) Packer
7 1 (0.30%) Podman
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.30%) Puppet
7 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.50%) Salesforce
2 15 (4.50%) VMware
3 14 (4.20%) Adobe
4 13 (3.90%) Dell
5 11 (3.30%) SAP
6 7 (2.10%) Remedy
6 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.50%) Google
7 5 (1.50%) Oracle
7 5 (1.50%) Ping Identity
7 5 (1.50%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.20%) Cisco
8 4 (1.20%) Citrix
8 4 (1.20%) Greenplum
8 4 (1.20%) iManage
8 4 (1.20%) Intapp
8 4 (1.20%) Netezza
8 4 (1.20%) Sybase
8 4 (1.20%) Teradata
555 Strategic Thinking jobs Nationwide