Strategic Thinking Job Trends in Bradford

Strategic Thinking
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bradford 1.74% 1.32% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.79% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £74,981 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +11.08% -15.63% +18.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 56 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bradford 92.44% 73.68% 91.95%
Number of salaries quoted 62 21 108
10th Percentile £30,025 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,063 £36,625 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +4.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £75,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £69,750 £71,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,500 £53,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.72% -5.36% +1.82%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Strategic Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Bradford

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Bradford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Quality Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS