Systems Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Systems Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 725 1012
Rank change year-on-year -39 +287 -183
Permanent jobs citing Systems Thinking 130 260 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.27% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 58 142 121
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £50,494 £57,184 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £80,294 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +23.53% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,433 £111,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £150,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,322 £61,456 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.98% -5.45% +13.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Systems 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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London +4 113 £55,322 -9.98% 29
England -42 75 £55,322 -31.10% 39
Scotland -62 55 £70,576 +1.62%
Work from Home -25 27 £70,576 -12.10% 14
South West -25 22 £55,000 -20.08% 8
South East +21 20 £60,000 +26.32% 10
London +5 17 £75,000 -18.63% 9
East of England +22 8 £55,322 - 2
North of England +30 6 £25,000 -58.00% 8
North West +3 6 £25,000 -41.62% 8
Midlands -12 2 £70,000 +2.19% 1
West Midlands +4 1 £70,000 +2.19% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -

Systems 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 18 (13.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (24.62%) UserZoom
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (25.38%) Figma
2 32 (24.62%) SurveyMonkey
3 7 (5.38%) AWS
4 6 (4.62%) Azure
5 4 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) Firewall
1 5 (3.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.92%) Big Data
2 2 (1.54%) Tableau
3 1 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 32 (24.62%) Jenkins
2 18 (13.85%) JIRA
3 2 (1.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 65 (50.00%) Finance
2 55 (42.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 54 (41.54%) Social Skills
4 51 (39.23%) Law
5 49 (37.69%) Marketing
6 26 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (10.77%) Banking
8 9 (6.92%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (6.15%) Aerospace
10 7 (5.38%) Manufacturing
11 6 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (4.62%) Retail
12 5 (3.85%) Legal
13 3 (2.31%) Advertising
13 3 (2.31%) Military
14 2 (1.54%) Investment Banking
14 2 (1.54%) Local Government
14 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (24.62%) User Experience Researcher
2 31 (23.85%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (22.31%) Architect
4 20 (15.38%) Lead
4 20 (15.38%) Senior
5 16 (12.31%) Agile Coach
6 15 (11.54%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 12 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (9.23%) Systems Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Insight Manager
8 5 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
8 5 (3.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.85%) Security Architect
9 4 (3.08%) Junior
9 4 (3.08%) Junior Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.31%) Coordinator
11 2 (1.54%) Analyst
11 2 (1.54%) Delivery Manager
11 2 (1.54%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.92%) Kafka
1 9 (6.92%) Spring Boot
2 5 (3.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.62%) Management Information System
1 19 (14.62%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.92%) Blockchain
2 9 (6.92%) Robotics
3 5 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (3.08%) Acoustics
4 4 (3.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.77%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.77%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.77%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.77%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.77%) PMI
5 1 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.77%) HPUX
1 1 (0.77%) Linux
1 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.77%) Solaris
1 1 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (55.38%) Agile
2 57 (43.85%) Mentoring
3 50 (38.46%) DevOps
4 46 (35.38%) Roadmaps
5 40 (30.77%) SDLC
6 38 (29.23%) Service Design
7 35 (26.92%) Continuous Integration
8 33 (25.38%) Actionable Insight
8 33 (25.38%) Analytics
8 33 (25.38%) Data Analytics
8 33 (25.38%) Design Thinking
8 33 (25.38%) Strategic Thinking
8 33 (25.38%) User Experience
8 33 (25.38%) UX Research
9 32 (24.62%) Anthropology
9 32 (24.62%) Cognitive Psychology
9 32 (24.62%) Critical Thinking
9 32 (24.62%) Storytelling
9 32 (24.62%) Strategic Roadmap
9 32 (24.62%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.46%) Java
2 2 (1.54%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (61.54%) Degree
2 32 (24.62%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.31%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (5.38%) HNC
5 7 (5.38%) HND
6 5 (3.85%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.85%) CISSP
6 5 (3.85%) SANS
7 4 (3.08%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.31%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.31%) PhD
9 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.54%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (24.62%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (3.85%) HIPAA
2 5 (3.85%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.08%) SEPA
4 2 (1.54%) ECSS
5 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (24.62%) Qualtrics
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.08%) Thales
3 1 (0.77%) HP
3 1 (0.77%) IBM
3 1 (0.77%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.77%) Sun
3 1 (0.77%) Unisys