Strategic Thinking Jobs in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 196 222 235
Rank change year-on-year +26 +13 -23
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 48 38 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 0.65% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.68% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 19
10th Percentile - £51,000 £41,894
25th Percentile £36,250 £67,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,870 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.04% +40.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £43,977 £87,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £71,125 £99,250 £102,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -42.86% +7.69% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,726 5,569 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.12% 94.84% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,880 3,033 3,852
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the Thames Valley

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Thames Valley region 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
Berkshire +31 32 £39,870 -55.70% 15
Oxfordshire +8 12 £37,500 -46.43% 4
Buckinghamshire -18 4 £68,750 -1.79% 7
Strategic Thinking
South East

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.08%) Power Platform
2 11 (22.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.17%) Azure
3 2 (4.17%) Canva
4 1 (2.08%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 3 (6.25%) DTS
1 3 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.08%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.08%) JMeter
1 1 (2.08%) JUnit
1 1 (2.08%) Mockito
1 1 (2.08%) Postman
1 1 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 28 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (31.25%) Finance
3 14 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (22.92%) Marketing
5 11 (22.92%) Telecoms
6 10 (20.83%) Fire and Rescue
6 10 (20.83%) Local Government
7 5 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (8.33%) Legal
8 4 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (6.25%) Retail
10 2 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (4.17%) Electronics
10 2 (4.17%) French Language
10 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
10 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
10 2 (4.17%) Spanish Language
11 1 (2.08%) Digital Economy
11 1 (2.08%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Lead
2 10 (20.83%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Specialist
2 10 (20.83%) Process Improvement Specialist
3 9 (18.75%) Lead Project Manager
3 9 (18.75%) Project Leader
3 9 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 9 (18.75%) Team Leader
4 8 (16.67%) Procurement Manager
4 8 (16.67%) Telecoms Manager
5 7 (14.58%) Category Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Data Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Data Quality Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Marketing Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Quality Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) SEO Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Designer
7 2 (4.17%) Digital Marketing Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) Playwright
1 1 (2.08%) Spring
1 1 (2.08%) Spring Boot
1 1 (2.08%) Web Services
1 1 (2.08%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Social Media
1 3 (6.25%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.17%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.08%) Blog
3 1 (2.08%) EPoS
3 1 (2.08%) FMCG
3 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Molecular Biology
3 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Collaborative Working
2 13 (27.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (27.08%) Customer Experience
2 13 (27.08%) Decision-Making
3 12 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 11 (22.92%) Customer-Centricity
4 11 (22.92%) Project Management
5 10 (20.83%) Business Process Improvement
5 10 (20.83%) Business Strategy
5 10 (20.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 9 (18.75%) Business Forecasting
6 9 (18.75%) Revenue Recognition
6 9 (18.75%) Service Management
7 7 (14.58%) Digital Marketing
7 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (12.50%) Analytics
8 6 (12.50%) SEO
9 5 (10.42%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (8.33%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) DBS Check
2 6 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 3 (6.25%) GDPR
1 3 (6.25%) QA
2 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.08%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.08%) Netcool
1 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) Cisco
2 2 (4.17%) Hootsuite
3 1 (2.08%) Mitel
3 1 (2.08%) Rakuten
3 1 (2.08%) SAP
3 1 (2.08%) Zoho