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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 337 307
Rank change year-on-year +32 -30 +37
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 87 67 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.52% 0.47% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.49% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 61 37 68
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £55,780 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £53,750 £72,500 £80,313
90th Percentile £67,000 £87,500 £92,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +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 14,226 13,553 19,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.26% 94.52% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,862 7,908 11,946
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
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 20 May 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 20 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
Thames Valley +32 48 £39,870 -43.04% 25
Berkshire +31 32 £39,870 -55.70% 14
West Sussex +35 14 £40,000 -33.33% 2
Oxfordshire +13 12 £37,500 -46.43% 4
Hampshire -16 9 £50,386 -28.02% 11
Sussex - 5 £35,000 -
Buckinghamshire -19 4 £68,750 -1.79% 7
East Sussex +15 3 £45,000 -28.85% 3
Middlesex - 3 - -
Kent -7 2 £45,750 -34.64% 4
Surrey -14 2 £60,000 -14.29% 7
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 (17.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.45%) CMS
4 2 (2.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (17.24%) Power Platform
3 11 (12.64%) Azure
4 4 (4.60%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.30%) Canva
5 2 (2.30%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) AWS
6 1 (1.15%) GCP
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Power BI
2 3 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.45%) DTS
2 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.15%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.15%) Neo4j
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) JIRA
2 3 (3.45%) Git
2 3 (3.45%) GitLab
2 3 (3.45%) Moq
2 3 (3.45%) NUnit
2 3 (3.45%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.30%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.30%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.30%) JMeter
3 2 (2.30%) JUnit
3 2 (2.30%) Mockito
3 2 (2.30%) Postman
3 2 (2.30%) Selenium
4 1 (1.15%) Liquibase
General
1 51 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 26 (29.89%) Marketing
3 23 (26.44%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (24.14%) Finance
5 12 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (12.64%) Telecoms
7 10 (11.49%) Fire and Rescue
7 10 (11.49%) Local Government
8 9 (10.34%) Retail
9 6 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (6.90%) Military
10 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (4.60%) Legal
11 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
12 3 (3.45%) Automotive
13 2 (2.30%) Brand Awareness
13 2 (2.30%) Electronics
13 2 (2.30%) French Language
13 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (2.30%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (18.39%) Lead
2 11 (12.64%) Procurement Manager
3 10 (11.49%) Category Manager
3 10 (11.49%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
3 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Specialist
3 10 (11.49%) Process Improvement Specialist
4 9 (10.34%) Lead Project Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Project Leader
4 9 (10.34%) Project Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Team Leader
5 8 (9.20%) Business Development Manager
5 8 (9.20%) Business Manager
5 8 (9.20%) Development Manager
5 8 (9.20%) Telecoms Manager
6 6 (6.90%) Analyst
6 6 (6.90%) Developer
7 5 (5.75%) Administrator
8 4 (4.60%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.60%) IT Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.60%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.75%) Web Services
2 3 (3.45%) .NET
2 3 (3.45%) .NET Framework
2 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET
2 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC 5
2 3 (3.45%) Classic ASP
2 3 (3.45%) CSS
2 3 (3.45%) Entity Framework
2 3 (3.45%) HTML
2 3 (3.45%) jQuery
2 3 (3.45%) RESTful
2 3 (3.45%) Semantic HTML
2 3 (3.45%) SOAP
3 2 (2.30%) Playwright
3 2 (2.30%) Spring
3 2 (2.30%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.30%) WireMock
4 1 (1.15%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (3.45%) Legacy Code
1 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (3.45%) Social Media
1 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
2 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.30%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.15%) Blog
3 1 (1.15%) EPoS
3 1 (1.15%) FMCG
3 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.15%) iPad
3 1 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.15%) Molecular Biology
3 1 (1.15%) PMI
3 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.34%) Windows
2 8 (9.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.60%) VMS
3 4 (4.60%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
1 18 (20.69%) Project Management
2 17 (19.54%) Decision-Making
3 16 (18.39%) Business Strategy
3 16 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (16.09%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (14.94%) Customer Experience
5 13 (14.94%) Process Improvement
6 11 (12.64%) Customer Service
6 11 (12.64%) Customer-Centricity
6 11 (12.64%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 11 (12.64%) Service Management
7 10 (11.49%) Business Process Improvement
7 10 (11.49%) Creative Thinking
8 9 (10.34%) Analytics
8 9 (10.34%) Business Forecasting
8 9 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.34%) Revenue Recognition
8 9 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 8 (9.20%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.79%) SQL
2 3 (3.45%) C#
2 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.45%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.30%) Java
4 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.15%) Python
4 1 (1.15%) R
4 1 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (16.09%) Degree
2 11 (12.64%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.45%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.45%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.45%) CCNA
3 3 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.30%) PMP
5 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.60%) GDPR
1 4 (4.60%) QA
2 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.15%) PMO
3 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.30%) Terraform
3 1 (1.15%) Netcool
Vendors
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.75%) Cisco
3 4 (4.60%) Citrix
4 2 (2.30%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.15%) IBM
5 1 (1.15%) Mitel
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle
5 1 (1.15%) QinetiQ
5 1 (1.15%) Rakuten
5 1 (1.15%) SAP
5 1 (1.15%) Zoho