Strategic Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 336 322
Rank change year-on-year +63 -14 +191
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1,051 1,036 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 1.02% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.07% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 689 451 661
10th Percentile £38,603 £46,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,219 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,450 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £106,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,773 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.90% +27.27% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +64 854 £67,500 -3.57% 476
UK excluding London +5 662 £63,773 -8.90% 278
Work from Home +47 377 £72,500 +1.75% 222
London +130 334 £80,150 -5.71% 213
North of England -51 167 £73,805 +5.44% 94
South West +39 129 £60,000 +0.40% 31
Scotland -8 126 £75,000 +24.90% 26
Midlands +54 104 £59,556 -14.92% 50
North West -45 90 £70,000 - 50
South East +34 85 £40,000 -42.86% 55
West Midlands +44 74 £61,028 -12.82% 28
Yorkshire +1 55 £73,805 +5.44% 31
East Midlands +4 30 £50,000 -28.57% 22
East of England +17 28 £49,000 -30.00% 26
North East +12 22 £73,805 +5.44% 17
Wales -50 13 £61,312 -12.41% 4
Northern Ireland +32 10 £42,000 - 5

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 49 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.52%) Tuxedo
3 24 (2.28%) Confluence
4 17 (1.62%) CMS
5 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.38%) Drupal
7 3 (0.29%) SAS
7 3 (0.29%) WordPress
8 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 59 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (3.33%) UserZoom
4 30 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.33%) Sketch
6 13 (1.24%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.29%) SPSS
10 2 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.19%) Gliffy
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.095%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.095%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.095%) InDesign
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.14%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.48%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.29%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.095%) HFM
7 1 (0.095%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.095%) Magento
7 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.095%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (10.28%) AWS
1 108 (10.28%) Azure
2 81 (7.71%) SaaS
3 58 (5.52%) Power Platform
4 57 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (4.76%) Figma
6 32 (3.04%) SurveyMonkey
7 23 (2.19%) IaaS
7 23 (2.19%) PaaS
8 17 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (1.52%) GCP
10 14 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (0.76%) Azure Pipelines
12 8 (0.76%) dbt
13 7 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.48%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.48%) Serverless
15 4 (0.38%) PowerApps
16 3 (0.29%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.90%) Firewall
2 13 (1.24%) Internet
3 11 (1.05%) Network Security
4 7 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.57%) Broadband
5 6 (0.57%) LAN
5 6 (0.57%) WAN
6 5 (0.48%) DHCP
6 5 (0.48%) DNS
6 5 (0.48%) VoIP
6 5 (0.48%) WebEx
7 4 (0.38%) NaaS
7 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.29%) TETRA
9 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.19%) Extranet
9 2 (0.19%) Intranet
9 2 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.095%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.00%) Power BI
2 35 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.47%) Tableau
4 19 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.86%) Big Data
6 9 (0.86%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.67%) MySQL
8 6 (0.57%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.38%) Metadata
11 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.29%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.29%) GIS
11 3 (0.29%) OLAP
12 2 (0.19%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.19%) DTS
12 2 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 61 (5.80%) JIRA
2 40 (3.81%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.19%) Git
4 13 (1.24%) NUnit
5 12 (1.14%) GitLab
5 12 (1.14%) Moq
5 12 (1.14%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.67%) Selenium
7 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.57%) JUnit
8 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.38%) JMeter
8 4 (0.38%) Mockito
8 4 (0.38%) Postman
9 2 (0.19%) CANoe
9 2 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.19%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.19%) TestNG
9 2 (0.19%) TestRail
9 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 500 (47.57%) Social Skills
2 348 (33.11%) Finance
3 283 (26.93%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (19.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 194 (18.46%) Marketing
6 131 (12.46%) Law
7 122 (11.61%) Retail
8 93 (8.85%) Banking
9 69 (6.57%) Presentation Skills
10 58 (5.52%) Legal
11 50 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (3.90%) Investment Banking
13 34 (3.24%) Public Sector
14 31 (2.95%) Telecoms
15 21 (2.00%) Local Government
16 17 (1.62%) Advertising
17 16 (1.52%) Manufacturing
18 13 (1.24%) Front Office
18 13 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 182 (17.32%) Lead
2 169 (16.08%) Senior
3 74 (7.04%) Analyst
4 72 (6.85%) Technical Leader
5 63 (5.99%) Architect
6 52 (4.95%) Product Manager
7 47 (4.47%) Designer
7 47 (4.47%) Senior Manager
8 43 (4.09%) IT Manager
9 42 (4.00%) Business Manager
9 42 (4.00%) Project Manager
10 37 (3.52%) Development Manager
11 35 (3.33%) User Experience Researcher
12 31 (2.95%) Developer
13 29 (2.76%) Consultant
14 28 (2.66%) Information Manager
14 28 (2.66%) Service Designer
15 27 (2.57%) Business Development Manager
16 24 (2.28%) Security Manager
17 23 (2.19%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.42%) RESTful
2 32 (3.04%) .NET
3 27 (2.57%) HTML
4 25 (2.38%) CSS
5 22 (2.09%) ASP.NET
5 22 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
6 20 (1.90%) Web Services
7 18 (1.71%) Middleware
8 17 (1.62%) React
9 15 (1.43%) .NET Framework
10 13 (1.24%) AngularJS
11 12 (1.14%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 12 (1.14%) Classic ASP
11 12 (1.14%) Entity Framework
11 12 (1.14%) jQuery
11 12 (1.14%) Semantic HTML
11 12 (1.14%) SOAP
12 8 (0.76%) EDI
13 6 (0.57%) Symfony
14 5 (0.48%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.66%) Management Information System
2 52 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.62%) Onboarding
5 37 (3.52%) Social Media
6 31 (2.95%) Public Cloud
7 20 (1.90%) Algorithms
8 19 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.71%) PMI
9 18 (1.71%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.62%) Blog
10 17 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.24%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
12 12 (1.14%) Legacy Code
13 11 (1.05%) e-Learning
13 11 (1.05%) NHS
14 10 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.04%) Windows
2 22 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.52%) Linux
4 6 (0.57%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.38%) Android
5 4 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (33.68%) Agile
2 281 (26.74%) Problem-Solving
3 261 (24.83%) Roadmaps
4 237 (22.55%) Mentoring
5 180 (17.13%) Project Management
6 170 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (14.27%) Decision-Making
8 141 (13.42%) Analytics
9 116 (11.04%) Product Roadmap
10 114 (10.85%) Business Strategy
11 108 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 105 (9.99%) User Research
13 101 (9.61%) Product Management
14 100 (9.51%) User Experience
15 96 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
16 93 (8.85%) Coaching
17 90 (8.56%) Computer Science
18 89 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
19 88 (8.37%) DevOps
20 85 (8.09%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 79 (7.52%) SQL
2 70 (6.66%) Python
3 66 (6.28%) COBOL
3 66 (6.28%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 61 (5.80%) Java
5 38 (3.62%) C
6 34 (3.24%) C++
7 30 (2.85%) C#
8 23 (2.19%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.81%) R
10 18 (1.71%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.24%) PHP
13 7 (0.67%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.67%) VBA
14 5 (0.48%) Scala
15 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.19%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.19%) Ruby
16 1 (0.095%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 317 (30.16%) Degree
2 67 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.71%) Master's Degree
4 46 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 36 (3.43%) CISSP
6 33 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.85%) CISM
8 24 (2.28%) DBS Check
8 24 (2.28%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (1.05%) CRISC
10 11 (1.05%) MBA
11 10 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.86%) CEH
12 9 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.86%) PMP
13 7 (0.67%) CCNP
13 7 (0.67%) CISA
13 7 (0.67%) HNC
14 6 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.90%) QA
2 49 (4.66%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 29 (2.76%) GDPR
5 19 (1.81%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.52%) NIST
8 11 (1.05%) SLA
9 8 (0.76%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.67%) PMO
11 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.19%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.62%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.19%) IAG
5 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.67%) Terraform
3 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.38%) Ansible
4 4 (0.38%) Puppet
5 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.095%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.095%) Netcool
7 1 (0.095%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 156 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.28%) Micro Focus
3 51 (4.85%) Oracle
4 38 (3.62%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.33%) Qualtrics
6 33 (3.14%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.90%) SAP
8 18 (1.71%) Cisco
9 17 (1.62%) Google
10 15 (1.43%) BiZZdesign
11 14 (1.33%) Citrix
12 12 (1.14%) Facebook
13 11 (1.05%) YouTube
14 8 (0.76%) Adobe
14 8 (0.76%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.76%) Samsung
15 7 (0.67%) Alteryx
16 6 (0.57%) Canon
16 6 (0.57%) Juniper
16 6 (0.57%) Veeam