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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 330 318
Rank change year-on-year +55 -12 +192
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1,059 1,021 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.04% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.08% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 698 445 664
10th Percentile £38,603 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,219 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,472 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,575 £106,000 £106,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +66 861 £70,000 - 525
UK excluding London +11 663 £64,000 -8.57% 340
Work from Home +42 380 £72,500 +3.57% 225
London +129 340 £81,400 -6.97% 255
North of England -45 162 £73,805 +5.44% 78
South West +53 131 £60,000 - 27
Scotland -7 126 £75,000 +24.90% 30
Midlands +44 105 £59,556 -14.92% 48
South East +28 87 £40,000 -42.86% 127
North West -56 84 £71,250 +1.79% 38
West Midlands +43 73 £61,028 -12.82% 24
Yorkshire +1 56 £73,805 +12.68% 32
East Midlands +14 32 £50,000 -28.57% 24
East of England +21 28 £49,000 -30.00% 32
North East +8 22 £73,805 +5.44% 12
Wales -49 14 £58,800 -16.00% 3
Northern Ireland +32 10 £42,000 - 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 49 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.49%) Tuxedo
3 25 (2.36%) Confluence
4 21 (1.98%) CMS
5 6 (0.57%) 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 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (3.31%) UserZoom
4 30 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.32%) Sketch
6 13 (1.23%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.38%) SPSS
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.19%) Gliffy
11 2 (0.19%) Revit
12 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.094%) CapCut
12 1 (0.094%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.094%) InDesign
12 1 (0.094%) Oracle Smart View
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%) HFM
7 1 (0.094%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.094%) Magento
7 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.094%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 114 (10.76%) Azure
2 111 (10.48%) AWS
3 83 (7.84%) SaaS
4 58 (5.48%) Power Platform
5 57 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (4.63%) Figma
7 32 (3.02%) SurveyMonkey
8 24 (2.27%) PaaS
9 23 (2.17%) IaaS
10 17 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (1.51%) GCP
12 14 (1.32%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.76%) Azure Pipelines
14 8 (0.76%) dbt
15 7 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (0.47%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.47%) Serverless
17 4 (0.38%) Azure AKS
17 4 (0.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.98%) Firewall
2 13 (1.23%) Internet
3 12 (1.13%) Network Security
4 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.57%) Broadband
5 6 (0.57%) LAN
5 6 (0.57%) WAN
6 5 (0.47%) DHCP
6 5 (0.47%) DNS
6 5 (0.47%) VoIP
7 4 (0.38%) NaaS
7 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.28%) TETRA
8 3 (0.28%) WebEx
9 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.19%) Extranet
9 2 (0.19%) Intranet
10 1 (0.094%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.97%) Power BI
2 38 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.27%) Tableau
4 19 (1.79%) 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 (0.57%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.38%) Metadata
11 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
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
11 3 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (6.14%) JIRA
2 40 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.46%) Git
4 17 (1.61%) NUnit
5 16 (1.51%) GitLab
5 16 (1.51%) Moq
5 16 (1.51%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.85%) Selenium
7 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.57%) 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
1 513 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 339 (32.01%) Finance
3 285 (26.91%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (19.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 202 (19.07%) Marketing
5 124 (11.71%) Law
6 123 (11.61%) Retail
7 90 (8.50%) Banking
8 67 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
9 60 (5.67%) Legal
10 52 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
11 42 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (3.87%) Investment Banking
13 36 (3.40%) Public Sector
14 31 (2.93%) Telecoms
15 22 (2.08%) Local Government
16 19 (1.79%) Manufacturing
17 17 (1.61%) Advertising
18 14 (1.32%) Fire and Rescue
19 13 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 181 (17.09%) Lead
2 164 (15.49%) Senior
3 75 (7.08%) Analyst
4 71 (6.70%) Technical Leader
5 62 (5.85%) Architect
6 52 (4.91%) Product Manager
7 47 (4.44%) IT Manager
7 47 (4.44%) Senior Manager
8 43 (4.06%) Project Manager
9 42 (3.97%) Business Manager
10 39 (3.68%) Designer
11 37 (3.49%) Development Manager
12 35 (3.31%) Developer
12 35 (3.31%) User Experience Researcher
13 29 (2.74%) Information Manager
14 28 (2.64%) Consultant
15 27 (2.55%) Business Development Manager
16 26 (2.46%) Service Designer
17 24 (2.27%) Security Manager
18 23 (2.17%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.76%) RESTful
2 38 (3.59%) .NET
3 31 (2.93%) HTML
4 29 (2.74%) CSS
5 26 (2.46%) ASP.NET
5 26 (2.46%) ASP.NET MVC
6 24 (2.27%) Web Services
7 19 (1.79%) .NET Framework
7 19 (1.79%) Middleware
8 17 (1.61%) React
9 16 (1.51%) ASP.NET MVC 5
9 16 (1.51%) Classic ASP
9 16 (1.51%) Entity Framework
9 16 (1.51%) jQuery
9 16 (1.51%) Semantic HTML
9 16 (1.51%) SOAP
10 13 (1.23%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.76%) EDI
12 7 (0.66%) Playwright
13 6 (0.57%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.80%) Management Information System
2 54 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (3.78%) Onboarding
3 40 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.49%) Social Media
5 31 (2.93%) Public Cloud
6 20 (1.89%) Algorithms
7 19 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.61%) Blog
9 17 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.51%) Legacy Code
11 13 (1.23%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.23%) PMI
12 11 (1.04%) e-Learning
12 11 (1.04%) NHS
12 11 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.93%) Windows
2 22 (2.08%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.51%) Linux
4 6 (0.57%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.38%) Android
5 4 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (32.86%) Agile
2 277 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
3 268 (25.31%) Roadmaps
4 237 (22.38%) Mentoring
5 187 (17.66%) Project Management
6 180 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (14.35%) Decision-Making
8 143 (13.50%) Analytics
9 116 (10.95%) Product Roadmap
10 115 (10.86%) Business Strategy
11 105 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 104 (9.82%) Product Management
13 99 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
14 98 (9.25%) User Research
15 97 (9.16%) Computer Science
16 92 (8.69%) Coaching
16 92 (8.69%) DevOps
17 90 (8.50%) Creative Thinking
18 89 (8.40%) Collaborative Working
19 88 (8.31%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 89 (8.40%) SQL
2 71 (6.70%) Python
3 66 (6.23%) COBOL
3 66 (6.23%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 63 (5.95%) Java
5 38 (3.59%) C
6 34 (3.21%) C++
7 33 (3.12%) C#
8 26 (2.46%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.89%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.79%) R
11 18 (1.70%) TypeScript
12 13 (1.23%) PHP
13 9 (0.85%) PowerShell
13 9 (0.85%) VBA
14 5 (0.47%) Scala
15 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.19%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.19%) Ruby
17 1 (0.094%) Bash
Qualifications
1 323 (30.50%) Degree
2 61 (5.76%) Master's Degree
3 60 (5.67%) Security Cleared
4 46 (4.34%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.59%) CISSP
6 33 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (3.02%) CISM
8 24 (2.27%) DBS Check
9 21 (1.98%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (1.04%) CRISC
11 11 (1.04%) MBA
11 11 (1.04%) PMP
12 10 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.85%) CEH
14 7 (0.66%) CCNP
14 7 (0.66%) CISA
14 7 (0.66%) HNC
15 6 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.57%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.42%) QA
2 43 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 32 (3.02%) GDPR
5 21 (1.98%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.51%) NIST
8 11 (1.04%) SLA
9 8 (0.76%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.66%) PMO
11 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.19%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.094%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.70%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.19%) IAG
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.76%) Terraform
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.38%) Puppet
5 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.094%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.094%) Netcool
7 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 160 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.23%) Micro Focus
3 51 (4.82%) Oracle
4 37 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.31%) Qualtrics
5 35 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.89%) SAP
7 18 (1.70%) Cisco
8 17 (1.61%) Google
9 15 (1.42%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.32%) Citrix
11 12 (1.13%) Facebook
12 11 (1.04%) YouTube
13 8 (0.76%) Adobe
13 8 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 8 (0.76%) Samsung
14 6 (0.57%) Canon
14 6 (0.57%) Juniper
14 6 (0.57%) Veeam
15 5 (0.47%) Alteryx