Strategic Thinking Jobs in the South West

Strategic Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 235 226
Rank change year-on-year +68 -9 +24
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 121 46 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.32% 0.66% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.69% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 59 23 31
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,230 £30,750
25th Percentile £43,116 £46,293 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £86,250 £62,667 £61,054
90th Percentile £111,200 £135,000 £63,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the South West

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Dorset - 41 £60,000 - 3
Bristol 0 24 £65,000 +18.44% 8
Wiltshire -7 16 £43,116 -20.16% 3
Gloucestershire -9 15 £77,500 -42.59% 5
Cornwall - 11 £45,000 - 1
Devon -8 6 £90,000 +89.39%
Somerset - 4 £65,000 - 3
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (9.92%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (20.66%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (14.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (10.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (6.61%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.65%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.83%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) HFM
1 1 (0.83%) Hyperion Planning
1 1 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.74%) SaaS
2 6 (4.96%) GCP
3 4 (3.31%) AWS
3 4 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.65%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.83%) OCI
6 1 (0.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) Network Security
2 4 (3.31%) Internet
3 1 (0.83%) ADSL
3 1 (0.83%) Firewall
3 1 (0.83%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) Relational Database
1 7 (5.79%) Tableau
2 6 (4.96%) MySQL
3 2 (1.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.83%) Essbase
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.83%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Git
General
1 52 (42.98%) Social Skills
2 51 (42.15%) Finance
3 40 (33.06%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (31.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (30.58%) Banking
6 36 (29.75%) Law
7 32 (26.45%) Retail
8 29 (23.97%) Investment Banking
9 26 (21.49%) Marketing
10 14 (11.57%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.31%) Front Office
11 4 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.48%) Advertising
12 3 (2.48%) Legal
12 3 (2.48%) Public Speaking
13 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.65%) Games
13 2 (1.65%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.65%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (16.53%) Analyst
2 18 (14.88%) Senior
3 17 (14.05%) Product Manager
4 13 (10.74%) Lead
5 10 (8.26%) Senior Manager
6 9 (7.44%) Project Manager
7 8 (6.61%) Consultant
8 7 (5.79%) Development Manager
8 7 (5.79%) Sales Manager
8 7 (5.79%) Software Manager
8 7 (5.79%) Software Sales Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Associate Project Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Business Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
9 6 (4.96%) Enterprise Consultant
9 6 (4.96%) Implementation Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Implementation Project Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Portfolio Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Senior Portfolio Manager
9 6 (4.96%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.96%) AngularJS
1 6 (4.96%) CSS
1 6 (4.96%) HTML
1 6 (4.96%) React
1 6 (4.96%) Symfony
2 3 (2.48%) LAMP
2 3 (2.48%) Laravel
3 1 (0.83%) Django
3 1 (0.83%) Flask
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.74%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.96%) e-Learning
2 6 (4.96%) iPad
3 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.31%) Fixed Income
3 4 (3.31%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.31%) Replication
4 3 (2.48%) Blog
4 3 (2.48%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.65%) PMI
6 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.83%) Derivative
6 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.83%) Equities
6 1 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.83%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.83%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (30.58%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (24.79%) Agile
3 26 (21.49%) Roadmaps
4 22 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (17.36%) Project Management
6 19 (15.70%) Product Strategy
7 18 (14.88%) Decision-Making
8 16 (13.22%) Analytical Thinking
9 15 (12.40%) Network Management
9 15 (12.40%) Strategic Roadmap
10 14 (11.57%) Product Management
10 14 (11.57%) Product Roadmap
10 14 (11.57%) Product Vision
11 13 (10.74%) Artificial Intelligence
11 13 (10.74%) Business Development
11 13 (10.74%) SDLC
11 13 (10.74%) Technology Strategy
12 12 (9.92%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (9.92%) E-Commerce
12 12 (9.92%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.44%) PHP
2 7 (5.79%) SQL
3 6 (4.96%) Python
3 6 (4.96%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.13%) R
5 4 (3.31%) C
5 4 (3.31%) Java
5 4 (3.31%) Scala
6 3 (2.48%) C++
7 1 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (32.23%) Degree
2 6 (4.96%) Tableau Certification
3 5 (4.13%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.31%) CISA
4 4 (3.31%) CISM
4 4 (3.31%) CISSP
4 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.31%) CRISC
4 4 (3.31%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.31%) SANS
4 4 (3.31%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.48%) CSPO
5 3 (2.48%) IIBA
6 2 (1.65%) CAPM
6 2 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.65%) MBA
6 2 (1.65%) PMP
7 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.83%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.96%) QA
2 4 (3.31%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.31%) NIST
3 3 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (4.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.44%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.96%) BiZZdesign
3 6 (4.96%) Google
4 4 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.48%) Cisco
6 2 (1.65%) Dell
6 2 (1.65%) HP
6 2 (1.65%) Oracle
7 1 (0.83%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.83%) Mitel
7 1 (0.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Twitter
7 1 (0.83%) Zoho