Strategic Thinking Jobs in the East Midlands

Strategic Thinking
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 125 168 164
Rank change year-on-year +43 -4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 33 33 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.22% 0.68% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.87% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 24 30 6
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 -
25th Percentile £44,375 £37,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -32.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,125 £78,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £88,750 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,495 3,806 2,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 92.27% 78.34% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 940 2,632 1,220
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £44,941 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -14.40% +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,200 £66,063
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the East Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the East Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the East Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the East Midlands 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
Northamptonshire +2 14 £62,500 +56.25% 11
Derbyshire +16 7 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Leicestershire +37 6 £51,250 +28.23% 3
Lincolnshire +15 4 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Nottinghamshire +14 2 £50,000 -36.51% 14
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Chatbot
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (12.12%) MS Visio
2 4 (12.12%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Broadband
2 1 (3.03%) 5G
2 1 (3.03%) Bluetooth
2 1 (3.03%) LTE
2 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (33.33%) JIRA
2 5 (15.15%) Bitbucket
2 5 (15.15%) Cucumber
2 5 (15.15%) GitLab
2 5 (15.15%) Maven
2 5 (15.15%) Selenium
2 5 (15.15%) SonarQube
2 5 (15.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (15.15%) Banking
5 5 (15.15%) Corporate Banking
5 5 (15.15%) Investment Banking
5 5 (15.15%) Retail
6 4 (12.12%) Law
6 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Advertising
7 2 (6.06%) Billing
7 2 (6.06%) Games
7 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
7 2 (6.06%) Marketing
8 1 (3.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Automation Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Digital Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Digital Solutions Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Digital Transformation
1 6 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Project Manager
1 6 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Software Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Implementation Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Project Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Software Implementation Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Sales and Marketing Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Sales Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Sales Operations Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) CSS
1 5 (15.15%) CSS3
1 5 (15.15%) HTML
1 5 (15.15%) HTML5
1 5 (15.15%) Jest
1 5 (15.15%) JPA
1 5 (15.15%) Kafka
1 5 (15.15%) React
1 5 (15.15%) Redux
1 5 (15.15%) REST
1 5 (15.15%) RESTful
1 5 (15.15%) Sass
1 5 (15.15%) Spring
1 5 (15.15%) Spring Boot
2 2 (6.06%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (15.15%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.06%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.03%) IoT
3 1 (3.03%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) SDLC
2 14 (42.42%) Agile
3 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 11 (33.33%) Project Management
4 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (24.24%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
5 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
5 8 (24.24%) Software Delivery
5 8 (24.24%) Technology Strategy
6 7 (21.21%) CI/CD
7 6 (18.18%) Conversational UI
7 6 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (18.18%) Machine Learning
7 6 (18.18%) Service Delivery
7 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (18.18%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Java
1 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
1 5 (15.15%) SQL
1 5 (15.15%) TypeScript
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Accessibility
1 5 (15.15%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Puppet
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Solace
3 2 (6.06%) Commvault
3 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) VMware