Strategic Thinking Job Trends in Edinburgh

Strategic Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 79 100
Rank change year-on-year -18 +21 +38
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 12 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.17% 1.44% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.51% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £46,875 - £60,200
25th Percentile £55,313 £46,000 £63,155
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £59,430 £73,090
Median % change year-on-year +24.10% -18.69% +0.81%
75th Percentile £95,313 £62,365 £107,500
90th Percentile £105,625 £66,196 £112,000
Scotland median annual salary £63,750 £67,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -7.53% +7.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 885 1,126 947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.43% 95.59% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 377 429 759
10th Percentile £25,900 £36,250 £31,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.64%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in Edinburgh

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Banking
4 4 (33.33%) Legal
4 4 (33.33%) Marketing
4 4 (33.33%) Retail
5 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (8.33%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) UX Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Asset and Configuration Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Associate Director
2 2 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
2 2 (16.67%) IT Director
2 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Business Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Development Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) CMDB
3 1 (8.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (50.00%) AI
4 6 (50.00%) Asset Management
4 6 (50.00%) User Experience
5 5 (41.67%) Agile
5 5 (41.67%) CRM
5 5 (41.67%) ITIL
6 4 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
6 4 (33.33%) Change Management
6 4 (33.33%) Coaching
6 4 (33.33%) Design Thinking
6 4 (33.33%) DevOps
6 4 (33.33%) Marketing Automation
6 4 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
6 4 (33.33%) UX Design
7 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (16.67%) CISM
1 2 (16.67%) CISSP
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GxP
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft