Strategic Thinking Jobs in Croydon

Strategic Thinking
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Croydon 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 49 36
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 +15
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 13 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 6.84% 0.97% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.18% 1.00% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £56,675 - -
25th Percentile £57,313 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £78,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.04% +11.43% -
75th Percentile £60,813 - £72,500
90th Percentile £61,225 - -
South London median annual salary £59,250 £60,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% -13.57% -39.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Croydon

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 Croydon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 200 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 95.26% 97.09% 92.97%
Number of salaries quoted 15 140 109
10th Percentile - £24,675 £29,400
25th Percentile £32,000 £34,193 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,125 £82,500 £67,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £83,750 £87,750
South London median annual salary £60,000 £56,650 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.91% +3.00% +10.00%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Croydon

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Croydon

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in Croydon

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in Croydon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Croydon region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Croydon - 2 - -
Thornton Heath - 2 - -
Coulsdon - 1 - -
Kenley - 1 - -
Strategic Thinking
South London

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Advertising
2 5 (38.46%) Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Account Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Release Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Account Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Strategic Account Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Head of Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Head of Operations
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Digital Media
1 5 (38.46%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (15.38%) Cyberattack
3 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Mentoring
3 5 (38.46%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (38.46%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (30.77%) Release Automation
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
4 4 (30.77%) Software Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Time Management
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (23.08%) Budgeting
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Retention
5 3 (23.08%) Epics
5 3 (23.08%) Marketing Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google