Strategic Thinking Job Trends in the East of England

Strategic Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 109 131
Rank change year-on-year -27 +22 +44
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 22 73 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.53% 2.03% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 2.34% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 40 3
10th Percentile £59,500 - £25,900
25th Percentile £77,500 - £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,967 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.87% +24.31% -25.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £45,000
90th Percentile £184,750 £68,750 £46,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,141 3,118 1,890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.74% 86.71% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,831 1,242 1,366
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,625 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Strategic Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in the East of England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the East of England

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Hertfordshire -22 9 £80,000 +56.96% 29
Norfolk +15 7 £62,500 -7.41% 10
Cambridgeshire +11 4 £190,000 +198.04% 25
Essex -14 1 - - 31
Suffolk -19 1 - - 10
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) DHCP
1 5 (22.73%) DNS
1 5 (22.73%) EIGRP
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
1 5 (22.73%) IMAP
1 5 (22.73%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (22.73%) LAN
1 5 (22.73%) Network Security
1 5 (22.73%) OSPF
1 5 (22.73%) POP3
1 5 (22.73%) SMTP
1 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
1 5 (22.73%) VLAN
1 5 (22.73%) VPN
1 5 (22.73%) WAN
1 5 (22.73%) Wireless
1 5 (22.73%) Wireshark
2 1 (4.55%) Broadband
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (27.27%) Retail
5 5 (22.73%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Games
7 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
2 5 (22.73%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (18.18%) Commercial Finance Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Commercial Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Finance Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Commercial Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 2 (9.09%) Chief Security Officer
4 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Information Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Information Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Information Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Security Officer
5 1 (4.55%) Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Blog
3 1 (4.55%) FMCG
3 1 (4.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
1 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (31.82%) AI
3 7 (31.82%) Decision-Making
4 6 (27.27%) Agile
5 5 (22.73%) Analytics
5 5 (22.73%) Customer Experience
5 5 (22.73%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
5 5 (22.73%) Time Management
6 4 (18.18%) API Development
6 4 (18.18%) Business Case
6 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 4 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (18.18%) Digital Innovation
6 4 (18.18%) Financial Modelling
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Improvement
6 4 (18.18%) Personalization
6 4 (18.18%) Planning and Forecasting
6 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) C#
1 4 (18.18%) PHP
1 4 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) DBS Check
2 5 (22.73%) CCNA
2 5 (22.73%) CCNP
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (18.18%) ACCA
3 4 (18.18%) CIMA
3 4 (18.18%) CISM
3 4 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (9.09%) CISA
4 2 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco
2 5 (22.73%) SolarWinds