Thought Leadership
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Thought Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Thought Leadership over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 249 244
Rank change year-on-year -90 -5 +81
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 835 1,473 2,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.45% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.52% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 459 531 941
10th Percentile £36,000 £56,219 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,064 £100,625 £107,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £120,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Thought Leadership 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Top 17 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 9 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 -66 725 £80,000 -5.88% 341
London +17 394 £80,000 -5.88% 190
UK excluding London -97 391 £80,000 +14.29% 135
Work from Home -79 328 £75,000 -6.25% 165
North of England -59 116 £85,000 +41.67% 32
South East -18 74 £70,000 -17.65% 40
South West -27 74 £80,000 +14.29% 18
North West -81 71 £95,128 +18.91% 18
Midlands -12 51 £66,000 -4.35% 22
Yorkshire +55 38 £82,500 +38.59% 8
West Midlands +19 33 £82,500 +12.24% 18
Scotland -98 32 £95,128 +58.55% 4
Northern Ireland +39 19 - - 7
East Midlands -25 18 £50,000 -25.93% 4
East of England 0 14 £55,500 -37.46% 14
Wales +7 12 £55,000 -32.31% 1
North East +1 7 £77,500 +1.64% 7

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 33 (3.95%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.51%) Apache
3 17 (2.04%) Jupyter
3 17 (2.04%) nginx
4 14 (1.68%) Confluence
5 9 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.08%) CMS
6 7 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.72%) SAS
8 5 (0.60%) Appian
9 4 (0.48%) WordPress
10 3 (0.36%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (1.80%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.84%) SPSS
4 6 (0.72%) Simulink
5 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.36%) Stata
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.24%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.68%) SAP SCM
3 13 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.84%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.60%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.48%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP CX
7 4 (0.48%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.48%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.48%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Travel Management
7 4 (0.48%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 127 (15.21%) Azure
2 118 (14.13%) AWS
3 55 (6.59%) SaaS
4 53 (6.35%) GCP
5 45 (5.39%) Power Platform
6 43 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.43%) dbt
8 33 (3.95%) IaaS
8 33 (3.95%) PaaS
9 19 (2.28%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (2.28%) Serverless
10 18 (2.16%) Amazon S3
10 18 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 17 (2.04%) MinIO
11 17 (2.04%) OpenShift
12 16 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.99%) 5G
2 23 (2.75%) Broadband
3 13 (1.56%) Firewall
4 7 (0.84%) VPN
4 7 (0.84%) Wireless
5 6 (0.72%) SSL
6 4 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.24%) LTE
8 1 (0.12%) DNS
8 1 (0.12%) Internet
8 1 (0.12%) LAN
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 40 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (4.43%) Big Data
3 37 (4.43%) Data Lake
4 32 (3.83%) NoSQL
5 28 (3.35%) Power BI
6 25 (2.99%) Tableau
7 24 (2.87%) Hadoop
8 21 (2.51%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.04%) Presto
10 16 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (1.80%) BigQuery
12 14 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.96%) MySQL
14 7 (0.84%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.72%) Flink
16 5 (0.60%) Amazon QuickSight
16 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.60%) Looker
16 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (2.99%) JIRA
2 24 (2.87%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.51%) Git
4 17 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 15 (1.80%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.56%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.96%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.60%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.60%) GitLab
9 5 (0.60%) Selenium
10 4 (0.48%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.48%) JMeter
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.24%) JUnit
12 2 (0.24%) Mockito
13 1 (0.12%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 391 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 229 (27.43%) Finance
3 130 (15.57%) Marketing
4 123 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (12.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (8.14%) Public Sector
7 59 (7.07%) Banking
8 57 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (5.87%) Local Government
10 47 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (4.55%) Legal
12 33 (3.95%) Law
13 29 (3.47%) Back Office
13 29 (3.47%) Retail
14 27 (3.23%) Digital Economy
15 26 (3.11%) Manufacturing
16 22 (2.63%) Military
17 18 (2.16%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.68%) Aviation
19 11 (1.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 257 (30.78%) Architect
2 169 (20.24%) Solutions Architect
3 154 (18.44%) Lead
4 153 (18.32%) Senior
5 104 (12.46%) Presales Solution Architect
6 86 (10.30%) Consultant
7 50 (5.99%) Enterprise Architect
8 35 (4.19%) Senior Consultant
9 31 (3.71%) SAP Consultant
10 30 (3.59%) Senior Manager
11 27 (3.23%) Lead Architect
11 27 (3.23%) Senior Architect
12 25 (2.99%) Services Director
13 24 (2.87%) Data Engineer
14 19 (2.28%) Senior SAP Consultant
15 18 (2.16%) Senior Solutions Architect
16 17 (2.04%) Analyst
16 17 (2.04%) Big Data Engineer
16 17 (2.04%) Developer
16 17 (2.04%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.39%) .NET
2 32 (3.83%) HTML
3 26 (3.11%) CSS
4 24 (2.87%) React
5 19 (2.28%) OpenID
6 18 (2.16%) .NET Core
6 18 (2.16%) Web Services
7 17 (2.04%) ActiveMQ
7 17 (2.04%) Apache NiFi
7 17 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
7 17 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
7 17 (2.04%) YAML
8 16 (1.92%) JSON
8 16 (1.92%) SOAP
9 15 (1.80%) RESTful
9 15 (1.80%) XML
10 12 (1.44%) Kafka
11 10 (1.20%) LDAP
12 9 (1.08%) Apache Beam
12 9 (1.08%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
2 46 (5.51%) Social Media
3 40 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 35 (4.19%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.99%) Algorithms
5 25 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (2.87%) Blog
6 24 (2.87%) Mainframe
7 23 (2.75%) Cloud Native
8 20 (2.40%) Blockchain
8 20 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (2.04%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.92%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.68%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.56%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.44%) CMDB
14 11 (1.32%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.08%) Credit Risk
15 9 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.08%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.35%) Linux
2 21 (2.51%) Windows
3 20 (2.40%) Unix
4 6 (0.72%) Android
5 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
2 202 (24.19%) Agile
2 202 (24.19%) Roadmaps
3 187 (22.40%) Presales
4 173 (20.72%) Analytics
5 156 (18.68%) Business Case
6 149 (17.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 148 (17.72%) Actionable Insight
8 133 (15.93%) Mentoring
9 129 (15.45%) IT Strategy
10 128 (15.33%) Technology Strategy
11 121 (14.49%) Data Analytics
12 113 (13.53%) DevOps
13 111 (13.29%) Contract Negotiation
14 108 (12.93%) Project Management
15 106 (12.69%) Artificial Intelligence
16 104 (12.46%) Commercial Awareness
17 94 (11.26%) Project Delivery
18 92 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
19 91 (10.90%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 102 (12.22%) Python
2 73 (8.74%) SQL
3 55 (6.59%) JavaScript
4 40 (4.79%) C#
5 26 (3.11%) Java
6 22 (2.63%) Shell Script
6 22 (2.63%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.40%) Go
7 20 (2.40%) R
8 17 (2.04%) Bash
9 16 (1.92%) Bicep
10 13 (1.56%) Scala
11 12 (1.44%) Perl
12 10 (1.20%) VBA
13 8 (0.96%) C
14 7 (0.84%) C++
14 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.72%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.48%) RPG
17 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 188 (22.51%) Security Cleared
2 173 (20.72%) Degree
3 139 (16.65%) SC Cleared
4 50 (5.99%) Master's Degree
5 33 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.99%) MBA
7 23 (2.75%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.92%) CISSP
9 14 (1.68%) CISM
9 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.96%) CISA
11 7 (0.84%) ACCA
11 7 (0.84%) CREST Certified
12 6 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
12 6 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
12 6 (0.72%) Cyber Scheme
12 6 (0.72%) OSCP
12 6 (0.72%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.72%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.75%) Accessibility
2 20 (2.40%) QA
3 13 (1.56%) WCAG
4 12 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.32%) PMO
6 10 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.08%) GRC
7 9 (1.08%) NIST
8 8 (0.96%) COBIT
9 7 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.84%) GDPR
9 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.24%) GAAP
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS
13 1 (0.12%) PMBOK
13 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 26 (3.11%) Docker
3 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.12%) vCloud
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.63%) Terraform
3 18 (2.16%) Ansible
4 17 (2.04%) Functional Safety
4 17 (2.04%) Grafana
4 17 (2.04%) HAProxy
4 17 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.72%) HP UCMDB
6 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.12%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Nagios
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Cast Iron
7 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.19%) SAP
3 40 (4.79%) Oracle
4 25 (2.99%) Adobe
5 22 (2.63%) Databricks
5 22 (2.63%) Virgin Media
6 21 (2.51%) Google
6 21 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.68%) HP
8 13 (1.56%) BMC
8 13 (1.56%) Remedy
9 12 (1.44%) Teradata
10 11 (1.32%) Pega
11 7 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.84%) Facebook
12 6 (0.72%) CA
12 6 (0.72%) UiPath
13 5 (0.60%) Duck Creek
13 5 (0.60%) Guidewire
14 4 (0.48%) Splunk