Strategic Thinking Jobs in Central London

Strategic Thinking
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 108 213
Rank change year-on-year +31 +105 +30
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 87 82 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 3.63% 2.17% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 2.36% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 47 64 23
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,625 £55,275
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,130 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -15.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £97,500 £107,188 £113,125
90th Percentile £142,000 £140,000 £119,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,321 3,472 4,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.71% 91.83% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 2,632 3,900
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in Central London

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
City of London +32 62 £87,500 - 44
Camden -8 7 - -
Southwark - 7 £120,000 -
City of Westminster -6 6 - - 4
Lambeth +6 5 - -
West End of London +6 5 - - 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
Strategic Thinking
London

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (2.30%) Moodle
2 1 (1.15%) Apache
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.89%) SaaS
2 22 (25.29%) Azure
3 12 (13.79%) AWS
4 7 (8.05%) GCP
4 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.75%) Datadog
5 5 (5.75%) GitHub
5 5 (5.75%) Serverless
6 3 (3.45%) Zapier
7 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.30%) PaaS
7 2 (2.30%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.15%) Collibra
8 1 (1.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Broadband
2 2 (2.30%) Firewall
3 1 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
1 7 (8.05%) Tableau
2 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
2 5 (5.75%) Power BI
3 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.15%) Big Data
3 1 (1.15%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.15%) Parquet
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Git
General
1 47 (54.02%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.59%) Finance
3 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (9.20%) Retail
6 6 (6.90%) Marketing
6 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.75%) Games
8 3 (3.45%) Banking
8 3 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.30%) Local Government
9 2 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.15%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (13.79%) Product Manager
2 11 (12.64%) Lead
2 11 (12.64%) Senior
3 8 (9.20%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.05%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Release Engineer
5 6 (6.90%) Digital Project Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Analyst
6 5 (5.75%) Architect
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Architect
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.75%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.60%) .NET Developer
7 4 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Developer
7 4 (4.60%) Engineering Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.60%) Team Leader
8 3 (3.45%) Azure Developer
8 3 (3.45%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.49%) Middleware
2 9 (10.34%) .NET
3 5 (5.75%) Kafka
3 5 (5.75%) OpenAPI
3 5 (5.75%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (4.60%) React
4 4 (4.60%) RESTful
5 1 (1.15%) Apache Avro
5 1 (1.15%) PySpark
5 1 (1.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 7 (8.05%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (5.75%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.75%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.75%) Mobile Games
3 5 (5.75%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.45%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.45%) Social Media
5 2 (2.30%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.30%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.30%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (42.53%) Agile
2 32 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (32.18%) Roadmaps
4 23 (26.44%) Mentoring
5 21 (24.14%) Project Management
6 20 (22.99%) CI/CD
6 20 (22.99%) Coaching
7 16 (18.39%) Microservices
8 15 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (17.24%) Translating Business Requirements
9 14 (16.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 14 (16.09%) Migration
10 13 (14.94%) Artificial Intelligence
10 13 (14.94%) B2B
10 13 (14.94%) Customer-Centricity
10 13 (14.94%) Decision-Making
10 13 (14.94%) Software Engineering
11 12 (13.79%) DevOps
11 12 (13.79%) Product Management
12 11 (12.64%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.94%) SQL
2 12 (13.79%) Python
3 5 (5.75%) C#
3 5 (5.75%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.60%) Java
5 1 (1.15%) C++
5 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.30%) CCSP
4 2 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.30%) CISM
4 2 (2.30%) CISSP
4 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.30%) PMP
4 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) PMO
1 5 (5.75%) QA
2 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.30%) GDPR
3 2 (2.30%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.30%) NIST
3 2 (2.30%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Docker
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.90%) Google
3 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.15%) Databricks
4 1 (1.15%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.15%) VMware