Strategic Thinking Jobs in Birmingham

Strategic Thinking
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 99 123
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 +12
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 26 47 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.87% 1.69% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.07% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 15 33 14
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £49,100
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,875 £65,006
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £59,556 £69,689
Median % change year-on-year +9.98% -14.54% +31.21%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,772 £81,251
90th Percentile £74,500 £83,771 -
West Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £61,028 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.70% -12.82% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Strategic Thinking 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 in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,325 2,276 1,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 95.05% 81.72% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 736 1,841 1,341
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £43,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Birmingham

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in Birmingham

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in Birmingham

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (11.54%) CMS
1 3 (11.54%) WordPress
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.85%) DynamoDB
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Maven
General
1 10 (38.46%) Influencing Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Law
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Architect
1 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Architect
1 5 (19.23%) Lead
2 4 (15.38%) Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) Head of Communications
3 3 (11.54%) Head of Design
3 3 (11.54%) Head of Digital
3 3 (11.54%) NetSuite Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Risk Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Business Systems Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Delivery Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Lead Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (3.85%) EDI
1 1 (3.85%) REST
1 1 (3.85%) SOAP
1 1 (3.85%) Spring
1 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
1 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Social Media
2 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) CMDB
3 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.85%) LIMS
3 1 (3.85%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Project Management
2 10 (38.46%) Agile
3 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (34.62%) Roadmaps
4 8 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
5 7 (26.92%) Business Strategy
5 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
5 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
6 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
6 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (19.23%) Customer Experience
7 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (19.23%) TOGAF
8 4 (15.38%) Architecture Roadmap
8 4 (15.38%) Emotional Intelligence
8 4 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (15.38%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) APMG
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.85%) CITP
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMP
2 1 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Facebook
1 4 (15.38%) Instagram
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Google
2 3 (11.54%) Twitter
2 3 (11.54%) YouTube
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) TikTok