Strategic Thinking Jobs in the South East

Strategic Thinking
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 302 349 296
Rank change year-on-year +47 -53 +30
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 84 57 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.51% 0.38% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.40% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 61 23 75
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,881 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £66,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £87,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,091 14,165 18,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.79% 94.47% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,898 8,233 12,131
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the South East

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the South East 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
Thames Valley +33 46 £39,870 -38.66% 20
Berkshire +38 28 £39,870 -53.09% 11
West Sussex +41 13 £40,000 -33.33% 1
Oxfordshire +20 13 £37,500 -33.40% 5
Hampshire -13 8 £38,500 -30.49% 11
Buckinghamshire -16 5 £65,000 +54.76% 4
Sussex - 5 £35,000 -
East Sussex +17 3 £45,000 -11.33% 4
Surrey +4 3 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Middlesex - 3 - -
Kent - 2 £45,750 - 2
Home Counties - 1 - -
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.57%) CMS
4 2 (2.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.57%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.62%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (15.48%) Power Platform
3 12 (14.29%) Azure
4 4 (4.76%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.38%) Canva
5 2 (2.38%) SaaS
6 1 (1.19%) AWS
6 1 (1.19%) GCP
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.52%) Firewall
2 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.38%) Power BI
3 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.19%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.19%) Neo4j
3 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.19%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) JIRA
2 3 (3.57%) Git
2 3 (3.57%) GitLab
2 3 (3.57%) Moq
2 3 (3.57%) NUnit
2 3 (3.57%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.38%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.38%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.38%) JMeter
3 2 (2.38%) JUnit
3 2 (2.38%) Mockito
3 2 (2.38%) Postman
3 2 (2.38%) Selenium
4 1 (1.19%) Liquibase
General
1 52 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.38%) Marketing
3 21 (25.00%) Finance
4 20 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 10 (11.90%) Fire and Rescue
6 10 (11.90%) Local Government
7 9 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (10.71%) Retail
8 6 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (7.14%) Military
9 5 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (5.95%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.57%) Automotive
11 2 (2.38%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (2.38%) Electronics
11 2 (2.38%) French Language
11 2 (2.38%) Health Technology
11 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.38%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (19.05%) Lead
2 10 (11.90%) Category Manager
2 10 (11.90%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 10 (11.90%) Microsoft Specialist
2 10 (11.90%) Process Improvement Specialist
2 10 (11.90%) Procurement Manager
2 10 (11.90%) Project Manager
3 9 (10.71%) Lead Project Manager
3 9 (10.71%) Project Leader
3 9 (10.71%) Team Leader
4 8 (9.52%) Business Development Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Business Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Development Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Telecoms Manager
5 6 (7.14%) Administrator
5 6 (7.14%) Developer
6 5 (5.95%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.76%) IT Administrator
7 4 (4.76%) IT Systems Administrator
8 3 (3.57%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) Web Services
2 3 (3.57%) .NET
2 3 (3.57%) .NET Framework
2 3 (3.57%) ASP.NET
2 3 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC 5
2 3 (3.57%) Classic ASP
2 3 (3.57%) CSS
2 3 (3.57%) Entity Framework
2 3 (3.57%) HTML
2 3 (3.57%) jQuery
2 3 (3.57%) RESTful
2 3 (3.57%) Semantic HTML
2 3 (3.57%) SOAP
3 2 (2.38%) Playwright
3 2 (2.38%) Spring
3 2 (2.38%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.38%) WireMock
4 1 (1.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (3.57%) Legacy Code
1 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (3.57%) Social Media
2 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.38%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.19%) Blog
3 1 (1.19%) Clustering
3 1 (1.19%) EPoS
3 1 (1.19%) FMCG
3 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.19%) iPad
3 1 (1.19%) Molecular Biology
3 1 (1.19%) PMI
3 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.19%) Replication
3 1 (1.19%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Windows
2 9 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.76%) VMS
3 4 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (20.24%) Decision-Making
2 17 (20.24%) Project Management
3 16 (19.05%) Business Strategy
4 14 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 14 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 13 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (15.48%) Process Improvement
6 11 (13.10%) Agile
6 11 (13.10%) Customer-Centricity
6 11 (13.10%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 11 (13.10%) Service Management
7 10 (11.90%) Business Process Improvement
8 9 (10.71%) Analytics
8 9 (10.71%) Business Forecasting
8 9 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.71%) Revenue Recognition
8 9 (10.71%) Service Delivery
9 8 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
9 8 (9.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.71%) SQL
2 3 (3.57%) C#
2 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.57%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.38%) Java
4 1 (1.19%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.19%) Python
4 1 (1.19%) R
4 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (16.67%) Degree
2 11 (13.10%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.57%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.57%) CCNA
4 3 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.38%) PMP
6 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) QA
2 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.19%) GDPR
3 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.19%) PMO
3 1 (1.19%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.57%) Docker
4 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.57%) Terraform
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) Netcool
2 1 (1.19%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.95%) Cisco
3 4 (4.76%) Citrix
4 2 (2.38%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.19%) IBM
5 1 (1.19%) Mitel
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle
5 1 (1.19%) Rakuten
5 1 (1.19%) SAP
5 1 (1.19%) VMware
5 1 (1.19%) Zoho