Strategic Thinking Jobs with Work from Home Options

Strategic Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 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 280 332 403
Rank change year-on-year +52 +71 +15
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 376 394 559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.11% 0.95% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.99% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 320 182 319
10th Percentile £39,197 £44,503 £43,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,833 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +9.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £84,964 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Strategic Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Thinking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Strategic Thinking.

Strategic Thinking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Strategic Thinking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 37 (9.84%) Tuxedo
2 6 (1.60%) Confluence
3 5 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.80%) UserZoom
4 2 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.53%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (0.53%) Sketch
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) HFM
2 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 79 (21.01%) AWS
2 64 (17.02%) Azure
3 44 (11.70%) SaaS
4 29 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.32%) IaaS
5 20 (5.32%) PaaS
6 16 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.19%) GCP
8 8 (2.13%) dbt
9 7 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.33%) Serverless
12 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.06%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.06%) Figma
13 3 (0.80%) Azure Pipelines
14 2 (0.53%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.53%) Canva
14 2 (0.53%) Google Workspace
15 1 (0.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.06%) Internet
1 4 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.27%) Extranet
2 1 (0.27%) Intranet
2 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (3.99%) Power BI
2 14 (3.72%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.39%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.86%) MySQL
5 6 (1.60%) Tableau
6 3 (0.80%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.80%) GIS
6 3 (0.80%) OLAP
7 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.53%) DTS
7 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.53%) Power Query
8 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.66%) JIRA
2 6 (1.60%) Cucumber
2 6 (1.60%) Git
2 6 (1.60%) JUnit
2 6 (1.60%) Selenium
3 4 (1.06%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.06%) JMeter
3 4 (1.06%) Mockito
3 4 (1.06%) Postman
4 2 (0.53%) Appium
4 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.53%) TestNG
4 2 (0.53%) TestRail
4 2 (0.53%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.27%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.27%) Liquibase
General
1 171 (45.48%) Social Skills
2 94 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (21.54%) Finance
4 61 (16.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (14.63%) Retail
6 47 (12.50%) Marketing
7 41 (10.90%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (7.45%) Law
9 18 (4.79%) Legal
10 16 (4.26%) Banking
11 15 (3.99%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (3.19%) Retail Banking
14 7 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.86%) Front Office
15 6 (1.60%) Military
16 5 (1.33%) Retail Finance
16 5 (1.33%) Spanish Language
17 4 (1.06%) Health Technology
17 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (28.19%) Lead
2 90 (23.94%) Senior
3 68 (18.09%) Technical Leader
4 29 (7.71%) Business Manager
5 28 (7.45%) Architect
6 23 (6.12%) Development Manager
7 21 (5.59%) Designer
8 20 (5.32%) Business Development Manager
9 18 (4.79%) Developer
10 17 (4.52%) Salesforce Architect
10 17 (4.52%) Salesforce Solution Architect
10 17 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (4.26%) Product Manager
12 14 (3.72%) Lead Designer
12 14 (3.72%) Senior Manager
13 12 (3.19%) Insight Manager
13 12 (3.19%) Performance Manager
14 9 (2.39%) Analyst
14 9 (2.39%) Principal Engineer
14 9 (2.39%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.97%) RESTful
2 18 (4.79%) Middleware
3 14 (3.72%) .NET
3 14 (3.72%) HTML
4 13 (3.46%) React
5 12 (3.19%) CSS
6 11 (2.93%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.39%) ASP.NET
7 9 (2.39%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (1.60%) Symfony
9 5 (1.33%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.33%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (1.33%) CSS3
9 5 (1.33%) HTML5
9 5 (1.33%) Spring
10 4 (1.06%) Node.js
10 4 (1.06%) Playwright
10 4 (1.06%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.06%) Web Services
10 4 (1.06%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 23 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.32%) Public Cloud
4 18 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (4.52%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.72%) PMI
6 14 (3.72%) Social Media
7 8 (2.13%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.86%) Cyberattack
8 7 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.60%) iPad
10 5 (1.33%) Blog
11 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.80%) CMDB
12 3 (0.80%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.80%) Graphic Design
12 3 (0.80%) Taxonomies
13 2 (0.53%) Animation
13 2 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.60%) Windows
2 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (41.49%) Agile
2 116 (30.85%) Roadmaps
3 111 (29.52%) Mentoring
4 92 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (23.14%) Product Roadmap
6 72 (19.15%) Coaching
7 47 (12.50%) Front End Development
7 47 (12.50%) Project Management
8 46 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
10 41 (10.90%) Decision-Making
11 37 (9.84%) Software Engineering
12 31 (8.24%) Architectural Design
12 31 (8.24%) Business Development
13 30 (7.98%) Business Strategy
14 29 (7.71%) Feasibility Study
14 29 (7.71%) Microservices
14 29 (7.71%) Open Source
14 29 (7.71%) Re-Platforming
14 29 (7.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 66 (17.55%) COBOL
1 66 (17.55%) Micro Focus COBOL
2 45 (11.97%) Java
3 39 (10.37%) Python
4 29 (7.71%) C
4 29 (7.71%) C++
5 26 (6.91%) SQL
6 13 (3.46%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.93%) C#
8 8 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.60%) PHP
9 6 (1.60%) VBA
10 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.53%) Ruby
12 1 (0.27%) R
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (22.34%) Degree
2 30 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.05%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.79%) Master's Degree
4 18 (4.79%) TOGAF Certification
5 16 (4.26%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.13%) CISSP
6 8 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.86%) CEH
8 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.60%) CSPO
8 6 (1.60%) IIBA
9 5 (1.33%) MBA
10 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.80%) PMP
12 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.27%) APMG
13 1 (0.27%) CISM
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.38%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.79%) QA
3 8 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (1.06%) GDPR
5 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.80%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.66%) Docker
2 5 (1.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.06%) Terraform
3 2 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.27%) Netcool
Vendors
1 66 (17.55%) Micro Focus
2 46 (12.23%) Microsoft
3 41 (10.90%) Oracle
4 32 (8.51%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.39%) Google
6 7 (1.86%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.60%) Adobe
7 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.33%) Freshdesk
8 5 (1.33%) Zoho
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco
9 4 (1.06%) TikTok
10 3 (0.80%) Mitel
10 3 (0.80%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.53%) BT
11 2 (0.53%) Hootsuite
12 1 (0.27%) Apple
12 1 (0.27%) Facebook
12 1 (0.27%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.27%) TOWER Software