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 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 73 113 216
Rank change year-on-year +40 +103 +28
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 86 76 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 3.47% 2.02% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 2.19% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 46 61 25
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,643 £56,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% +46.15%
75th Percentile £99,688 £106,250 £111,250
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £118,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £86,750
% change year-on-year -3.03% -4.90% +15.67%

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 2,391 3,463 4,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.49% 92.05% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 2,657 4,013
10th Percentile £42,000 £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 £70,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +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 19 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 19 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 +24 61 £87,500 +2.94% 43
Camden -6 7 - -
City of Westminster -1 6 - - 3
Southwark - 6 £120,000 -
West End of London +7 5 - - 4
Lambeth - 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 1 (1.16%) Apache
1 1 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.16%) Moodle
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) SaaS
2 21 (24.42%) Azure
3 13 (15.12%) AWS
4 7 (8.14%) GCP
5 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.81%) Datadog
5 5 (5.81%) GitHub
5 5 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.81%) Serverless
6 3 (3.49%) Zapier
7 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.33%) PaaS
8 1 (1.16%) Collibra
8 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.16%) IaaS
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) Broadband
2 1 (1.16%) Firewall
2 1 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Tableau
2 6 (6.98%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.81%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.65%) Power BI
5 2 (2.33%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.16%) Big Data
6 1 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.16%) Parquet
6 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Git
General
1 45 (52.33%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.91%) Finance
3 18 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (9.30%) Retail
6 6 (6.98%) Marketing
6 6 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.81%) Games
8 4 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.49%) Banking
9 3 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.33%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.33%) Local Government
11 1 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (13.95%) Product Manager
2 11 (12.79%) Lead
2 11 (12.79%) Senior
3 8 (9.30%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.14%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (8.14%) Release Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Architect
5 6 (6.98%) Digital Project Manager
5 6 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.81%) Analyst
6 5 (5.81%) Senior Architect
6 5 (5.81%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.65%) .NET Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (4.65%) Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Engineering Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Team Leader
8 3 (3.49%) Head of Delivery
8 3 (3.49%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.63%) Middleware
2 9 (10.47%) .NET
3 6 (6.98%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (5.81%) Kafka
4 5 (5.81%) OpenAPI
4 5 (5.81%) React
5 4 (4.65%) RESTful
6 2 (2.33%) REST
7 1 (1.16%) Apache Avro
7 1 (1.16%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.16%) Node.js
7 1 (1.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.93%) Cloud Native
2 7 (8.14%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (5.81%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.81%) Mobile Games
3 5 (5.81%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.49%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.49%) Social Media
6 2 (2.33%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.16%) Derivative
7 1 (1.16%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (43.02%) Agile
2 34 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (33.72%) Roadmaps
4 25 (29.07%) Mentoring
5 21 (24.42%) Project Management
6 20 (23.26%) CI/CD
7 19 (22.09%) Coaching
8 16 (18.60%) Microservices
8 16 (18.60%) Translating Business Requirements
9 15 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (16.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 13 (15.12%) B2B
11 13 (15.12%) Customer-Centricity
11 13 (15.12%) DevOps
11 13 (15.12%) Migration
11 13 (15.12%) Software Engineering
12 12 (13.95%) Artificial Intelligence
12 12 (13.95%) Decision-Making
12 12 (13.95%) Product Management
13 11 (12.79%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.95%) Python
1 12 (13.95%) SQL
2 6 (6.98%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.81%) C#
4 4 (4.65%) Java
5 1 (1.16%) C++
5 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (18.60%) Degree
2 6 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.65%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.33%) CCSP
4 2 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.33%) CISM
4 2 (2.33%) CISSP
4 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) PMO
1 5 (5.81%) QA
2 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.49%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.33%) NIST
4 2 (2.33%) PMBOK
5 1 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (5.81%) Docker
2 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) Google
3 3 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.16%) Databricks
4 1 (1.16%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.16%) VMware