Strategic Thinking Jobs in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 82 106 203
Rank change year-on-year +24 +97 +37
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 61 66 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.01% 1.98% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 2.16% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 46 53 23
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £49,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £63,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -15.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £99,688 £115,000 £113,125
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £119,000
Central London median annual salary £87,500 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% +46.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,944 3,059 4,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.05% 91.89% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,473 2,402 3,648
10th Percentile £41,800 £41,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the City of London.

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the City of London

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the City of 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 City of 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
London Bridge - 1 £120,000 -
Strategic Thinking
Central London

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (1.64%) Apache
1 1 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.64%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) SaaS
2 16 (26.23%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) AWS
4 5 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.20%) Datadog
4 5 (8.20%) GitHub
5 3 (4.92%) Serverless
6 2 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.28%) GCP
6 2 (3.28%) PaaS
6 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.64%) Collibra
7 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.64%) IaaS
7 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) Broadband
2 1 (1.64%) Firewall
2 1 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.56%) Tableau
3 2 (3.28%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.64%) Big Data
4 1 (1.64%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.64%) Parquet
4 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Git
General
1 37 (60.66%) Social Skills
2 22 (36.07%) Finance
3 11 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.84%) Marketing
6 5 (8.20%) Retail
7 4 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Banking
8 2 (3.28%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.28%) Local Government
9 1 (1.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) Product Manager
2 8 (13.11%) Lead
3 6 (9.84%) Senior
4 5 (8.20%) Analyst
5 4 (6.56%) .NET Developer
5 4 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Developer
5 4 (6.56%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.56%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Azure Developer
6 3 (4.92%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Digital Producer
6 3 (4.92%) Digital Project Manager
6 3 (4.92%) Head of Delivery
6 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Lead .NET Developer
6 3 (4.92%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Senior PMO
6 3 (4.92%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) .NET
2 5 (8.20%) React
3 4 (6.56%) RESTful
4 2 (3.28%) Middleware
4 2 (3.28%) REST
5 1 (1.64%) Apache Avro
5 1 (1.64%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.64%) Node.js
5 1 (1.64%) PySpark
5 1 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.20%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.92%) Private Cloud
3 3 (4.92%) Social Media
4 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.64%) Derivative
5 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Agile
2 24 (39.34%) Roadmaps
3 21 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (26.23%) Mentoring
5 15 (24.59%) CI/CD
6 14 (22.95%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 13 (21.31%) Coaching
7 13 (21.31%) Customer-Centricity
7 13 (21.31%) Project Management
8 12 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (19.67%) Product Management
9 11 (18.03%) Decision-Making
9 11 (18.03%) DevOps
9 11 (18.03%) Translating Business Requirements
10 10 (16.39%) Acceptance Criteria
10 10 (16.39%) Customer Service
10 10 (16.39%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (16.39%) Market Research
10 10 (16.39%) Product Requirements
10 10 (16.39%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.39%) Python
2 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.20%) C#
4 4 (6.56%) Java
4 4 (6.56%) SQL
5 1 (1.64%) C++
5 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (3.28%) CCSP
2 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.28%) CISM
2 2 (3.28%) CISSP
2 2 (3.28%) DBS Check
2 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.64%) PMP
3 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) PMO
1 4 (6.56%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.28%) NIST
3 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.64%) GDPR
3 1 (1.64%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.64%) Databricks
2 1 (1.64%) Google
2 1 (1.64%) ION Trading
2 1 (1.64%) VMware