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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 418 242
Rank change year-on-year +115 -176 +4
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 575 598 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.58% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.70% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 157 361 449
10th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 £73,000 £80,674
Median % change year-on-year +11.64% -9.51% +0.84%
75th Percentile £103,750 £97,500 £97,290
90th Percentile £120,000 £126,250 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - -

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 53,906 85,087 81,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.73% 82.48% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,389 58,040 52,423
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,258 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +124 534 £77,000 +5.48% 1,280
London +122 331 £85,000 +16.44% 953
UK excluding London +110 211 £67,500 -3.57% 397
Work from Home +53 131 £83,750 +11.67% 519
South East +132 116 £49,000 -30.00% 82
North of England +36 48 £94,637 +11.34% 117
North West +6 33 £94,637 -2.94% 76
Midlands +44 22 £51,250 -21.15% 51
West Midlands +50 21 £51,250 -21.15% 34
Scotland +90 16 £95,000 -4.52% 62
Yorkshire +41 12 £75,000 -9.09% 24
South West +61 6 £80,000 - 42
North East +35 3 £58,250 +1.30% 18
Channel Islands - 3 £87,500 -
East Midlands +32 1 - - 17

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 13 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.91%) WordPress
3 10 (1.74%) Confluence
4 9 (1.57%) CMS
5 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.04%) nginx
7 2 (0.35%) Apache
7 2 (0.35%) CICS
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.70%) Maya
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.35%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.35%) Notion
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.09%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.22%) SAP SCM
5 4 (0.70%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.70%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.52%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.52%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.52%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.35%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.35%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.35%) SAP LE
7 2 (0.35%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.35%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 119 (20.70%) Azure
2 70 (12.17%) AWS
3 54 (9.39%) GCP
4 23 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 23 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 17 (2.96%) SaaS
7 14 (2.43%) Serverless
8 11 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.74%) GitHub
9 10 (1.74%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.39%) Google Analytics
10 8 (1.39%) IaaS
11 7 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.22%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.91%) DNS
2 8 (1.39%) Network Security
3 6 (1.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.52%) Firewall
5 3 (0.52%) Internet
5 3 (0.52%) VPN
6 2 (0.35%) BGP
6 2 (0.35%) SSL
7 1 (0.17%) ATM
7 1 (0.17%) LAN
7 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.17%) SSH
7 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) WAN
7 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.13%) Data Lake
2 25 (4.35%) NoSQL
3 19 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
3 19 (3.30%) Metadata
4 18 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.96%) BigQuery
5 17 (2.96%) Power BI
6 15 (2.61%) Big Data
7 12 (2.09%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.04%) DTS
8 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.87%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.70%) Power Query
10 4 (0.70%) PowerPivot
11 3 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.52%) Tableau
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.35%) Flink
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (4.52%) JIRA
2 9 (1.57%) Git
3 6 (1.04%) GitLab
3 6 (1.04%) Grunt
3 6 (1.04%) Jasmine
3 6 (1.04%) Mocha
3 6 (1.04%) webpack
4 3 (0.52%) eCATT
5 2 (0.35%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.35%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.17%) ERwin
6 1 (0.17%) Maven
6 1 (0.17%) VersaTest
6 1 (0.17%) WaveMaker
General
1 216 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 215 (37.39%) Law
3 203 (35.30%) Finance
4 196 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (19.48%) Marketing
6 67 (11.65%) Retail
7 54 (9.39%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (8.87%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (8.52%) Banking
10 39 (6.78%) Games
11 35 (6.09%) Public Sector
12 31 (5.39%) Advertising
13 26 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (3.13%) Publishing
15 13 (2.26%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.57%) Retail Banking
17 7 (1.22%) Legal
17 7 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.87%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 146 (25.39%) Senior
2 105 (18.26%) Lead
3 96 (16.70%) Architect
4 48 (8.35%) Solutions Architect
5 38 (6.61%) Consultant
6 37 (6.43%) Senior Architect
6 37 (6.43%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 35 (6.09%) ServiceNow Architect
8 30 (5.22%) Enterprise Architect
9 25 (4.35%) Account Executive
10 24 (4.17%) Developer
11 21 (3.65%) Account Manager
11 21 (3.65%) Salesforce Architect
12 19 (3.30%) Analyst
12 19 (3.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 18 (3.13%) Senior Manager
14 17 (2.96%) Senior Consultant
15 14 (2.43%) SAP Consultant
16 13 (2.26%) Financial Analyst
16 13 (2.26%) Financial Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.22%) REST
2 28 (4.87%) SOAP
3 24 (4.17%) Middleware
4 21 (3.65%) Lightning Web Components
5 16 (2.78%) React
6 15 (2.61%) CSS
7 14 (2.43%) Kafka
8 10 (1.74%) SAP Fiori
9 9 (1.57%) .NET
10 8 (1.39%) Node.js
10 8 (1.39%) Spring Boot
10 8 (1.39%) Web Services
11 7 (1.22%) Ajax
11 7 (1.22%) Playwright
12 6 (1.04%) Enzyme
12 6 (1.04%) Jest
12 6 (1.04%) JWT
12 6 (1.04%) Material-UI
12 6 (1.04%) Semantic UI
12 6 (1.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.09%) Product Ownership
2 50 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 46 (8.00%) FMCG
4 43 (7.48%) Algorithms
5 34 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (5.57%) Virtual Team
7 26 (4.52%) Public Cloud
8 22 (3.83%) Social Media
9 20 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (3.13%) Digital Media
11 15 (2.61%) Cloud Native
12 13 (2.26%) Blog
12 13 (2.26%) Private Cloud
12 13 (2.26%) Taxonomies
13 12 (2.09%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.91%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.74%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.22%) CMDB
16 7 (1.22%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.70%) Linux
2 3 (0.52%) Solaris
3 2 (0.35%) AIX
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (36.52%) Roadmaps
2 186 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (31.48%) Agile
4 179 (31.13%) Analytics
5 154 (26.78%) Artificial Intelligence
6 124 (21.57%) Project Management
7 117 (20.35%) Decision-Making
8 109 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 105 (18.26%) Business Strategy
10 95 (16.52%) Technical Leadership
11 91 (15.83%) Machine Learning
12 90 (15.65%) Coaching
13 88 (15.30%) DevOps
14 78 (13.57%) Mentoring
15 75 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 69 (12.00%) Computer Science
16 69 (12.00%) Product Roadmap
17 64 (11.13%) CI/CD
18 59 (10.26%) Data Modelling
18 59 (10.26%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 67 (11.65%) Python
2 38 (6.61%) SQL
3 35 (6.09%) JavaScript
4 22 (3.83%) Java
5 21 (3.65%) Apex Code
6 16 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.04%) C#
8 5 (0.87%) R
9 4 (0.70%) C++
10 2 (0.35%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.17%) Bash
11 1 (0.17%) Bicep
11 1 (0.17%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.17%) COBOL
11 1 (0.17%) C-shell
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) JCL
11 1 (0.17%) Perl
11 1 (0.17%) Scala
11 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 179 (31.13%) Degree
2 64 (11.13%) Master's Degree
3 60 (10.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (5.39%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.17%) PhD
5 24 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.43%) MBA
7 10 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.39%) CCNP
8 8 (1.39%) CISSP
9 7 (1.22%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.04%) CCNA
11 5 (0.87%) APMG
11 5 (0.87%) CISM
11 5 (0.87%) CRISC
11 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.74%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.52%) QA
3 24 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.26%) GDPR
5 6 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.04%) WCAG
6 5 (0.87%) NIST
7 4 (0.70%) P3O
8 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.52%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.35%) COBIT
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) Basel III
10 1 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.17%) EMIR
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
10 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (2.09%) Docker
2 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) RACF
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.61%) Terraform
3 3 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.17%) Avamar
5 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) HP UCMDB
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
5 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (9.22%) Google
1 53 (9.22%) SAP
2 49 (8.52%) Microsoft
3 44 (7.65%) ServiceNow
4 41 (7.13%) Salesforce
5 35 (6.09%) Adobe
6 32 (5.57%) TikTok
7 27 (4.70%) Dell
8 23 (4.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 22 (3.83%) Databricks
10 21 (3.65%) IBM
11 13 (2.26%) Oracle
12 8 (1.39%) Foundry
13 6 (1.04%) Capita
13 6 (1.04%) F5
13 6 (1.04%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.04%) Palantir
13 6 (1.04%) Splunk
14 5 (0.87%) Pinterest
14 5 (0.87%) Snapchat