Strategic Thinking Jobs in England

Strategic Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 378 306
Rank change year-on-year +107 -72 +183
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 859 775 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.84% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.87% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 610 295 567
10th Percentile £38,492 £43,500 £43,230
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,563 £53,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +145 341 £78,000 -8.77% 220
North of England -33 167 £73,805 +22.75% 77
South West +53 124 £60,000 +11.11% 28
Midlands +62 107 £61,028 -15.10% 42
North West -27 91 £70,000 -6.67% 38
South East +47 84 £40,000 -33.33% 57
West Midlands +68 77 £62,500 -15.97% 20
Yorkshire +22 55 £73,805 +23.99% 26
East Midlands +11 30 £50,000 +13.64% 22
East of England +20 29 £49,000 -13.66% 20
North East +16 21 £73,805 +52.96% 15
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.31%) Tuxedo
3 19 (2.21%) Confluence
4 18 (2.10%) CMS
5 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.47%) Drupal
7 3 (0.35%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 51 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.51%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (0.23%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.23%) Sketch
8 2 (0.23%) SPSS
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.40%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.47%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.12%) HFM
7 1 (0.12%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (11.53%) AWS
2 97 (11.29%) Azure
3 77 (8.96%) SaaS
4 55 (6.40%) Power Platform
5 53 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (2.56%) IaaS
6 22 (2.56%) PaaS
7 14 (1.63%) GCP
8 13 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.28%) dbt
10 8 (0.93%) Azure Pipelines
11 7 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.81%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.70%) Figma
13 5 (0.58%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.58%) Serverless
14 4 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.47%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.47%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.33%) Firewall
2 11 (1.28%) Network Security
3 7 (0.81%) Internet
3 7 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.70%) Broadband
4 6 (0.70%) LAN
4 6 (0.70%) WAN
5 5 (0.58%) DHCP
5 5 (0.58%) DNS
5 5 (0.58%) VoIP
5 5 (0.58%) WebEx
6 4 (0.47%) NaaS
7 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.23%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.23%) Extranet
7 2 (0.23%) Intranet
7 2 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.12%) ADSL
8 1 (0.12%) TETRA
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.54%) Power BI
2 31 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.03%) Tableau
4 9 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.81%) MySQL
7 6 (0.70%) Big Data
7 6 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.70%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.35%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.35%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.35%) GIS
8 3 (0.35%) OLAP
9 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.23%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 44 (5.12%) JIRA
2 23 (2.68%) Git
3 13 (1.51%) NUnit
4 12 (1.40%) GitLab
4 12 (1.40%) Moq
4 12 (1.40%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.81%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.35%) JMeter
6 3 (0.35%) JUnit
6 3 (0.35%) Mockito
6 3 (0.35%) Postman
6 3 (0.35%) Selenium
7 2 (0.23%) CANoe
7 2 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.12%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.12%) ERwin
8 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 394 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 248 (28.87%) Finance
3 243 (28.29%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (16.07%) Marketing
5 125 (14.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 119 (13.85%) Retail
7 70 (8.15%) Banking
8 67 (7.80%) Law
9 65 (7.57%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (4.42%) Public Sector
12 35 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (3.61%) Investment Banking
13 31 (3.61%) Telecoms
14 30 (3.49%) Legal
15 20 (2.33%) Local Government
16 19 (2.21%) Advertising
17 13 (1.51%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.51%) Retail Banking
18 12 (1.40%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 155 (18.04%) Lead
2 150 (17.46%) Senior
3 70 (8.15%) Technical Leader
4 57 (6.64%) Analyst
5 55 (6.40%) Architect
6 51 (5.94%) Product Manager
7 46 (5.36%) Senior Manager
8 42 (4.89%) Business Manager
9 40 (4.66%) IT Manager
10 39 (4.54%) Designer
10 39 (4.54%) Project Manager
11 38 (4.42%) Development Manager
12 32 (3.73%) Developer
13 28 (3.26%) Business Development Manager
14 25 (2.91%) Information Manager
15 23 (2.68%) Service Designer
16 22 (2.56%) Head of IT
16 22 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
17 20 (2.33%) Consultant
17 20 (2.33%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.29%) RESTful
2 29 (3.38%) HTML
3 27 (3.14%) CSS
4 25 (2.91%) .NET
5 19 (2.21%) Web Services
6 18 (2.10%) ASP.NET
6 18 (2.10%) ASP.NET MVC
6 18 (2.10%) Middleware
7 15 (1.75%) .NET Framework
8 13 (1.51%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.40%) ASP.NET MVC 5
9 12 (1.40%) Classic ASP
9 12 (1.40%) Entity Framework
9 12 (1.40%) jQuery
9 12 (1.40%) Semantic HTML
9 12 (1.40%) SOAP
10 10 (1.16%) EDI
11 9 (1.05%) React
12 6 (0.70%) Symfony
13 5 (0.58%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
2 42 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 31 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.49%) Public Cloud
5 29 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 28 (3.26%) Social Media
7 21 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.10%) PMI
8 18 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.40%) Legacy Code
9 12 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
9 12 (1.40%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.28%) e-Learning
11 10 (1.16%) IoT
12 8 (0.93%) Blog
12 8 (0.93%) Cyberattack
12 8 (0.93%) iPad
13 7 (0.81%) Learning Management System
13 7 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.49%) Windows
2 20 (2.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.40%) Linux
4 6 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (32.13%) Agile
2 232 (27.01%) Problem-Solving
3 208 (24.21%) Roadmaps
4 163 (18.98%) Mentoring
4 163 (18.98%) Project Management
5 136 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 121 (14.09%) Decision-Making
7 110 (12.81%) Product Roadmap
8 109 (12.69%) Business Strategy
9 94 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 88 (10.24%) Coaching
11 84 (9.78%) Collaborative Working
12 83 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
13 79 (9.20%) Analytics
14 72 (8.38%) Analytical Thinking
15 69 (8.03%) Computer Science
16 68 (7.92%) Product Management
17 64 (7.45%) Customer Experience
18 60 (6.98%) IT Strategy
18 60 (6.98%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 66 (7.68%) COBOL
1 66 (7.68%) Micro Focus COBOL
1 66 (7.68%) Python
1 66 (7.68%) SQL
2 55 (6.40%) Java
3 34 (3.96%) C
4 33 (3.84%) C++
5 22 (2.56%) C#
5 22 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 19 (2.21%) R
7 14 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.51%) PHP
9 12 (1.40%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.58%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.58%) Scala
11 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 256 (29.80%) Degree
2 63 (7.33%) Security Cleared
3 53 (6.17%) Master's Degree
4 42 (4.89%) SC Cleared
5 35 (4.07%) CISSP
6 29 (3.38%) CISM
7 23 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.68%) PMI Certification
8 20 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (1.86%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.51%) MBA
11 11 (1.28%) CRISC
12 10 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.05%) CEH
13 9 (1.05%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.93%) PMP
15 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.81%) CCNP
15 7 (0.81%) CISA
15 7 (0.81%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.31%) Accessibility
2 33 (3.84%) QA
3 24 (2.79%) GDPR
4 16 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.86%) NIST
5 15 (1.75%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.28%) SLA
7 8 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (0.81%) PMO
9 6 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 17 (1.98%) Docker
2 16 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) IAG
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.81%) Terraform
3 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.58%) Puppet
5 4 (0.47%) Ansible
6 3 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.23%) SCCM
8 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.12%) Netcool
8 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 139 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.68%) Micro Focus
3 41 (4.77%) Oracle
4 35 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.56%) SAP
6 18 (2.10%) Cisco
7 16 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.75%) Google
9 11 (1.28%) Citrix
10 10 (1.16%) BiZZdesign
11 8 (0.93%) Adobe
11 8 (0.93%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.93%) Samsung
12 7 (0.81%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.70%) Juniper
13 6 (0.70%) Veeam
13 6 (0.70%) VMware
14 5 (0.58%) Freshdesk
14 5 (0.58%) IBM
14 5 (0.58%) Zoho