Thought Leadership Jobs

Thought Leadership
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Thought Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Thought Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 283 261
Rank change year-on-year -45 -22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 414 925 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.00% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.15% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 133 490 612
10th Percentile £48,000 £42,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £60,875 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £85,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -6.43% +6.88%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,064 £102,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £130,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £88,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +10.63% +3.23% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Thought Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,280 80,404 105,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.55% 86.78% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,837 58,088 61,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,095
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,590
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.41% +3.98%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Thought Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Thought Leadership.

Salary trend for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Thought Leadership over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Thought Leadership within the UK over the 6 months to 2 April 2025. 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 -60 374 £87,500 +9.38% 1,441
London -56 204 £90,000 +9.09% 1,137
UK excluding London 0 186 £88,500 +10.63% 394
Work from Home -43 115 £88,482 +7.25% 741
South East +109 80 £70,000 - 146
North of England +5 56 £94,637 +2.00% 116
North West -13 46 £94,637 -0.52% 86
Scotland +98 22 £100,000 +5.12% 36
Midlands +26 15 £75,000 +15.38% 35
West Midlands +16 15 £75,000 +10.29% 23
East of England +49 9 £97,250 +75.23% 23
Yorkshire +36 7 £75,000 -7.48% 24
North East +40 3 £58,250 -24.84% 9
Channel Islands - 3 £87,500 -
South West +23 2 £90,000 +12.50% 30

Thought Leadership
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 (4.35%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.42%) CMS
3 7 (1.69%) WordPress
4 4 (0.97%) Confluence
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.24%) CICS
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.97%) Maya
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.48%) Notion
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.45%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.48%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.48%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.24%) Finacle
5 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.24%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 84 (20.29%) AWS
2 66 (15.94%) Azure
3 48 (11.59%) GCP
4 35 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 18 (4.35%) Snowflake
7 16 (3.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 15 (3.62%) GitHub
9 10 (2.42%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (2.42%) Amazon Kinesis
9 10 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.17%) Azure AI
10 9 (2.17%) SaaS
10 9 (2.17%) Serverless
11 8 (1.93%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.45%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.93%) Firewall
2 7 (1.69%) Network Security
2 7 (1.69%) Wireless
3 5 (1.21%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.21%) WAN
4 3 (0.72%) Internet
4 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.72%) VPN
5 2 (0.48%) BGP
5 2 (0.48%) LAN
5 2 (0.48%) SSL
5 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.48%) VoIP
5 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.24%) 5G
6 1 (0.24%) LTE
6 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.18%) NoSQL
2 33 (7.97%) Tableau
3 29 (7.00%) Power BI
4 22 (5.31%) Relational Database
5 21 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (5.07%) Metadata
6 14 (3.38%) BigQuery
7 11 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (2.66%) Data Vault
8 10 (2.42%) SQL Server
9 9 (2.17%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.93%) Big Data
10 8 (1.93%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.69%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.45%) DTS
13 5 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.97%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (3.38%) JIRA
2 10 (2.42%) Git
3 9 (2.17%) Cucumber
4 8 (1.93%) Artifactory
4 8 (1.93%) git-flow
4 8 (1.93%) Gradle
4 8 (1.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.45%) Grunt
5 6 (1.45%) Jasmine
5 6 (1.45%) Mocha
5 6 (1.45%) webpack
6 2 (0.48%) ERwin
6 2 (0.48%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.24%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Maven
7 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 197 (47.58%) Finance
2 172 (41.55%) Social Skills
3 107 (25.85%) Law
4 96 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (17.87%) Marketing
6 52 (12.56%) Banking
7 37 (8.94%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (7.25%) Retail
11 24 (5.80%) Legal
12 22 (5.31%) Public Sector
13 18 (4.35%) Games
14 13 (3.14%) Publishing
14 13 (3.14%) Retail Banking
15 12 (2.90%) Advertising
16 7 (1.69%) Front Office
16 7 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
17 5 (1.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 102 (24.64%) Lead
2 91 (21.98%) Architect
3 66 (15.94%) Senior
4 40 (9.66%) Enterprise Architect
5 31 (7.49%) Consultant
5 31 (7.49%) Solutions Architect
6 26 (6.28%) Salesforce Architect
7 21 (5.07%) Project Manager
8 19 (4.59%) Lead Architect
9 18 (4.35%) Developer
10 15 (3.62%) Lead Enterprise Architect
10 15 (3.62%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.38%) Senior Architect
11 14 (3.38%) Senior Consultant
11 14 (3.38%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.66%) ServiceNow Architect
13 10 (2.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 9 (2.17%) Applications Engineer
14 9 (2.17%) Data Science Leader
14 9 (2.17%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.00%) Middleware
2 26 (6.28%) Kafka
3 25 (6.04%) Lightning Web Components
4 24 (5.80%) SOAP
5 22 (5.31%) REST
6 18 (4.35%) React
7 16 (3.86%) Spring Boot
8 11 (2.66%) .NET
9 9 (2.17%) CSS
9 9 (2.17%) Node.js
10 8 (1.93%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.93%) Drools
10 8 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (1.93%) RESTful
10 8 (1.93%) Vue
11 7 (1.69%) Ajax
11 7 (1.69%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.69%) Playwright
11 7 (1.69%) Redux
12 6 (1.45%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.21%) Product Ownership
2 29 (7.00%) FMCG
2 29 (7.00%) Management Information System
3 25 (6.04%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (4.59%) Algorithms
4 19 (4.59%) Public Cloud
5 18 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.14%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.14%) Social Media
7 12 (2.90%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.66%) Blog
8 11 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.42%) Cloud Native
9 10 (2.42%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.93%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.69%) Blockchain
11 7 (1.69%) Taxonomies
12 6 (1.45%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.21%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.17%) Linux
2 4 (0.97%) Windows
3 3 (0.72%) Unix
4 2 (0.48%) AIX
4 2 (0.48%) CoreOS
4 2 (0.48%) Solaris
4 2 (0.48%) zOS
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (38.16%) Agile
2 136 (32.85%) Roadmaps
3 123 (29.71%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (26.57%) Analytics
5 93 (22.46%) Project Management
6 87 (21.01%) Mentoring
7 83 (20.05%) Artificial Intelligence
8 82 (19.81%) Business Strategy
9 75 (18.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (17.87%) Technical Leadership
11 71 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (17.15%) Data Architecture
12 65 (15.70%) Data Management
13 64 (15.46%) Decision-Making
14 60 (14.49%) Data Modelling
15 55 (13.29%) CI/CD
15 55 (13.29%) TOGAF
16 54 (13.04%) DevOps
17 53 (12.80%) Coaching
17 53 (12.80%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 55 (13.29%) Python
2 33 (7.97%) SQL
3 28 (6.76%) Java
4 25 (6.04%) Apex Code
5 20 (4.83%) JavaScript
6 16 (3.86%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.93%) C#
8 3 (0.72%) C
9 2 (0.48%) Go
9 2 (0.48%) R
9 2 (0.48%) Scala
10 1 (0.24%) C++
10 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.24%) JCL
10 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 116 (28.02%) Degree
2 58 (14.01%) Master's Degree
3 34 (8.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (4.83%) MBA
5 19 (4.59%) Security Cleared
6 17 (4.11%) SC Cleared
7 14 (3.38%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.66%) PhD
9 8 (1.93%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.93%) OCP
9 8 (1.93%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.21%) CCNP
11 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.97%) CHECK Team Leader
12 4 (0.97%) CHECK Team Member
12 4 (0.97%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.97%) OSCP
13 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (16.18%) Data Quality
2 29 (7.00%) Accessibility
3 25 (6.04%) PCI DSS
4 19 (4.59%) GDPR
5 16 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (3.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (2.17%) QA
8 8 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.69%) NIST
10 6 (1.45%) ISO 14001
10 6 (1.45%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.97%) GRC
12 2 (0.48%) COBIT
12 2 (0.48%) MiFID
12 2 (0.48%) PMO
13 1 (0.24%) Basel III
13 1 (0.24%) PSD2
13 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (3.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 27 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.38%) Terraform
3 10 (2.42%) Ansible
4 4 (0.97%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.72%) Puppet
6 2 (0.48%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.24%) Avamar
7 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.24%) HP UCMDB
7 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 50 (12.08%) Salesforce
2 46 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 34 (8.21%) SAP
4 31 (7.49%) Google
5 23 (5.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 21 (5.07%) IBM
7 16 (3.86%) Databricks
8 14 (3.38%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.66%) Capita
10 10 (2.42%) Dell
10 10 (2.42%) Informatica
11 7 (1.69%) Adobe
11 7 (1.69%) Oracle
12 6 (1.45%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.45%) TikTok
13 5 (1.21%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.72%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.72%) ESRI
14 3 (0.72%) ScienceLogic
14 3 (0.72%) StreamSets