Strategic Thinking Jobs

Strategic Thinking
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 326 323
Rank change year-on-year +44 -3 +178
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1,063 997 2,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 1.05% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.10% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 690 438 658
10th Percentile £38,603 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,219 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,472 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,100 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,108 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.42% +27.27% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +67 867 £70,000 - 573
UK excluding London -5 663 £64,108 -8.42% 277
Work from Home +40 381 £73,152 +0.90% 237
London +123 345 £82,500 -8.33% 302
North of England -55 167 £73,805 +5.44% 78
South West +41 129 £60,000 -7.69% 34
Scotland -13 125 £75,000 +24.90% 25
Midlands +45 103 £58,900 -15.86% 50
South East +11 87 £40,000 -42.86% 64
North West -67 85 £72,500 +3.57% 39
West Midlands +25 70 £63,304 -9.57% 30
Yorkshire -14 59 £73,805 +5.44% 36
East Midlands +6 33 £47,500 -32.14% 20
East of England +6 28 £49,000 -30.00% 27
North East +4 23 £73,805 +5.44% 7
Wales -55 14 £58,800 -16.00% 5
Northern Ireland +25 10 £42,000 - 3

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 49 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.48%) Tuxedo
3 25 (2.35%) Confluence
4 21 (1.98%) CMS
5 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.38%) Drupal
6 4 (0.38%) SAS
7 3 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.094%) Liferay
Applications
1 60 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (3.10%) UserZoom
4 30 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.32%) Sketch
6 13 (1.22%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.38%) SPSS
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.28%) Revit
11 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.19%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.094%) CapCut
12 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.094%) InDesign
12 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.51%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.094%) Magento
7 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.094%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (11.01%) Azure
2 113 (10.63%) AWS
3 81 (7.62%) SaaS
4 61 (5.74%) Power Platform
5 58 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (4.42%) Figma
7 30 (2.82%) SurveyMonkey
8 20 (1.88%) PaaS
9 19 (1.79%) IaaS
10 17 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (1.51%) GCP
12 10 (0.94%) Entra ID
13 9 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.75%) Azure Pipelines
14 8 (0.75%) dbt
15 7 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (0.47%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.47%) Serverless
17 4 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
17 4 (0.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.26%) Firewall
2 14 (1.32%) Network Security
3 13 (1.22%) Internet
4 6 (0.56%) Broadband
4 6 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (0.56%) LAN
4 6 (0.56%) WAN
4 6 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.47%) VoIP
6 4 (0.38%) DHCP
6 4 (0.38%) DNS
6 4 (0.38%) NaaS
7 3 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.28%) TETRA
7 3 (0.28%) WebEx
8 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.19%) Extranet
8 2 (0.19%) Intranet
9 1 (0.094%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.23%) Power BI
2 37 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.26%) Tableau
4 20 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.85%) Big Data
6 9 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.66%) MySQL
8 6 (0.56%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.38%) Metadata
10 4 (0.38%) Power Query
11 3 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.28%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.28%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.28%) DTS
11 3 (0.28%) GIS
11 3 (0.28%) OLAP
12 2 (0.19%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 66 (6.21%) JIRA
2 38 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.45%) Git
4 17 (1.60%) NUnit
5 16 (1.51%) GitLab
5 16 (1.51%) Moq
5 16 (1.51%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.85%) Selenium
7 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.56%) JUnit
8 5 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.47%) JMeter
8 5 (0.47%) Postman
9 4 (0.38%) Mockito
10 3 (0.28%) Appium
11 2 (0.19%) CANoe
11 2 (0.19%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.19%) TestNG
11 2 (0.19%) TestRail
11 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 523 (49.20%) Social Skills
2 329 (30.95%) Finance
3 281 (26.43%) Analytical Skills
4 204 (19.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 200 (18.81%) Marketing
6 122 (11.48%) Law
7 118 (11.10%) Retail
8 83 (7.81%) Banking
9 60 (5.64%) Legal
10 59 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (3.86%) Investment Banking
13 35 (3.29%) Public Sector
14 31 (2.92%) Telecoms
15 22 (2.07%) Local Government
16 18 (1.69%) Manufacturing
17 17 (1.60%) Advertising
18 14 (1.32%) Fire and Rescue
19 13 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (16.84%) Lead
2 165 (15.52%) Senior
3 75 (7.06%) Analyst
4 71 (6.68%) Technical Leader
5 64 (6.02%) Architect
6 53 (4.99%) Product Manager
7 51 (4.80%) IT Manager
8 48 (4.52%) Senior Manager
9 45 (4.23%) Project Manager
10 42 (3.95%) Business Manager
11 39 (3.67%) Designer
12 36 (3.39%) Development Manager
13 35 (3.29%) Developer
14 33 (3.10%) User Experience Researcher
15 29 (2.73%) Consultant
15 29 (2.73%) Information Manager
16 27 (2.54%) Business Development Manager
17 26 (2.45%) Service Designer
18 24 (2.26%) Security Manager
19 23 (2.16%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.74%) RESTful
2 37 (3.48%) .NET
3 31 (2.92%) HTML
4 29 (2.73%) CSS
5 25 (2.35%) ASP.NET
5 25 (2.35%) ASP.NET MVC
6 24 (2.26%) Web Services
7 19 (1.79%) .NET Framework
8 18 (1.69%) Middleware
9 17 (1.60%) React
10 16 (1.51%) ASP.NET MVC 5
10 16 (1.51%) Classic ASP
10 16 (1.51%) Entity Framework
10 16 (1.51%) jQuery
10 16 (1.51%) Semantic HTML
10 16 (1.51%) SOAP
11 13 (1.22%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.75%) EDI
13 7 (0.66%) Playwright
14 6 (0.56%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 75 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 53 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 41 (3.86%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.48%) Social Media
5 30 (2.82%) Public Cloud
6 20 (1.88%) Algorithms
7 19 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.69%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.60%) Blog
9 17 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.51%) Legacy Code
11 13 (1.22%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.03%) e-Learning
12 11 (1.03%) NHS
12 11 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.92%) Windows
2 22 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.51%) Linux
4 6 (0.56%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.38%) Android
5 4 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (32.55%) Agile
2 283 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
3 270 (25.40%) Roadmaps
4 234 (22.01%) Mentoring
5 191 (17.97%) Project Management
6 183 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (14.39%) Decision-Making
8 145 (13.64%) Analytics
9 116 (10.91%) Product Roadmap
10 115 (10.82%) Business Strategy
11 106 (9.97%) Product Management
12 104 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 103 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
14 101 (9.50%) Computer Science
15 96 (9.03%) User Research
16 94 (8.84%) Coaching
17 90 (8.47%) Creative Thinking
18 89 (8.37%) Analytical Thinking
18 89 (8.37%) DevOps
19 88 (8.28%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 88 (8.28%) SQL
2 75 (7.06%) Python
3 66 (6.21%) COBOL
3 66 (6.21%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 63 (5.93%) Java
5 38 (3.57%) C
6 34 (3.20%) C++
7 32 (3.01%) C#
8 26 (2.45%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.79%) R
9 19 (1.79%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.69%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.13%) PHP
11 12 (1.13%) PowerShell
12 9 (0.85%) VBA
13 5 (0.47%) Scala
14 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.19%) Ruby
16 1 (0.094%) Bash
16 1 (0.094%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 326 (30.67%) Degree
2 61 (5.74%) Master's Degree
3 60 (5.64%) Security Cleared
4 46 (4.33%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.95%) CISSP
6 38 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (3.39%) CISM
8 24 (2.26%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (1.51%) PMI Certification
11 13 (1.22%) PMP
12 11 (1.03%) CRISC
12 11 (1.03%) MBA
13 10 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.85%) CEH
15 8 (0.75%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.66%) CCNP
16 7 (0.66%) CISA
16 7 (0.66%) HNC
17 6 (0.56%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.68%) QA
2 43 (4.05%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.10%) Actionable Recommendations
3 33 (3.10%) GDPR
4 22 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.51%) NIST
7 10 (0.94%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.94%) SLA
8 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (0.75%) PMO
9 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 26262
12 1 (0.094%) GRC
System Software
1 17 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.41%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.19%) IAG
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.47%) Ansible
2 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.47%) Terraform
3 4 (0.38%) Puppet
4 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.094%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.094%) Netcool
5 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 160 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.21%) Micro Focus
3 50 (4.70%) Oracle
4 38 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 36 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.10%) Qualtrics
7 19 (1.79%) SAP
8 18 (1.69%) Cisco
9 17 (1.60%) Google
10 15 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
11 14 (1.32%) Citrix
12 12 (1.13%) Facebook
13 11 (1.03%) YouTube
14 8 (0.75%) Adobe
14 8 (0.75%) BT
14 8 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.75%) Samsung
14 8 (0.75%) Splunk
15 6 (0.56%) Juniper
15 6 (0.56%) Veeam