Strategic Thinking Jobs in England

Strategic Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 127 285 343
Rank change year-on-year +158 +58 -30
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1,218 864 816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.47% 0.96% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 1.15% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 395 603 362
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,603 £46,335
25th Percentile £50,967 £48,750 £57,615
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £93,125
90th Percentile £114,000 £109,800 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in 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 England 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
London +116 418 £80,000 -3.03% 1,029
South East +204 273 £54,500 +36.25% 134
North of England +32 164 £67,000 -9.22% 208
East of England +129 140 £50,967 +4.01% 45
North West +29 123 £70,000 -3.45% 138
Midlands +43 81 £60,000 +1.87% 97
West Midlands +34 48 £70,000 +10.58% 62
South West +34 44 £62,500 +4.17% 47
East Midlands +43 33 £57,500 +21.05% 34
Yorkshire +32 33 £53,638 -27.32% 50
North East +35 8 £105,000 +42.27% 22
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (0.82%) WordPress
3 9 (0.74%) CMS
4 6 (0.49%) Confluence
4 6 (0.49%) Moodle
5 5 (0.41%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.33%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.33%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.082%) IIS
8 1 (0.082%) nginx
8 1 (0.082%) SAS
8 1 (0.082%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.99%) Chatbot
4 9 (0.74%) Maya
5 7 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.57%) Trello
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.25%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (1.31%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (1.31%) SAP FI
2 12 (0.99%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.33%) Shopify
5 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.082%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.082%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 196 (16.09%) Azure
2 146 (11.99%) AWS
3 76 (6.24%) SaaS
4 46 (3.78%) Power Platform
5 37 (3.04%) GCP
6 29 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (2.30%) Google Analytics
8 18 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (1.23%) Vertex AI
10 14 (1.15%) Figma
10 14 (1.15%) Salsify
11 13 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (0.90%) GitHub
14 9 (0.74%) Boomi
15 8 (0.66%) Datadog
15 8 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 215 (17.65%) Broadband
2 21 (1.72%) Firewall
3 12 (0.99%) LTE
4 11 (0.90%) 5G
4 11 (0.90%) Bluetooth
4 11 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.57%) Intranet
5 7 (0.57%) SSH
6 6 (0.49%) EIGRP
6 6 (0.49%) OSPF
6 6 (0.49%) RIP
6 6 (0.49%) SNMP
6 6 (0.49%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.49%) WAN
7 5 (0.41%) VoIP
8 4 (0.33%) Internet
9 3 (0.25%) DNS
9 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.25%) VPN
10 2 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 51 (4.19%) Big Data
3 42 (3.45%) Power BI
4 30 (2.46%) Data Mining
5 29 (2.38%) Tableau
6 20 (1.64%) Metadata
7 12 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.16%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.16%) Looker
11 2 (0.16%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.16%) ThoughtSpot
12 1 (0.082%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.082%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.082%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.082%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 327 (26.85%) JIRA
2 91 (7.47%) Maven
3 90 (7.39%) Bitbucket
3 90 (7.39%) Cucumber
3 90 (7.39%) GitLab
3 90 (7.39%) Selenium
3 90 (7.39%) SonarQube
3 90 (7.39%) Sonatype Nexus
4 12 (0.99%) Git
5 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.082%) Jenkins
General
1 576 (47.29%) Social Skills
2 362 (29.72%) Analytical Skills
3 328 (26.93%) Finance
4 221 (18.14%) Marketing
5 192 (15.76%) Retail
6 160 (13.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 137 (11.25%) Influencing Skills
8 134 (11.00%) Law
9 128 (10.51%) Banking
10 104 (8.54%) Advertising
11 90 (7.39%) Corporate Banking
11 90 (7.39%) Investment Banking
12 56 (4.60%) Legal
13 35 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (2.22%) Public Sector
16 24 (1.97%) Games
17 22 (1.81%) Electronics
18 19 (1.56%) Manufacturing
19 16 (1.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 215 (17.65%) Embedded Engineer
1 215 (17.65%) Release Engineer
2 193 (15.85%) Senior
3 141 (11.58%) Lead
4 138 (11.33%) Analyst
5 96 (7.88%) Account Manager
6 93 (7.64%) Senior Manager
7 92 (7.55%) Software Engineer
8 88 (7.22%) Business Change Analyst
8 88 (7.22%) Change Analyst
9 50 (4.11%) Senior Account Manager
10 49 (4.02%) Architect
11 46 (3.78%) Project Manager
12 34 (2.79%) Product Manager
12 34 (2.79%) Strategic Account Manager
13 25 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (1.81%) Developer
14 22 (1.81%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (1.72%) Consultant
16 18 (1.48%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (18.97%) Middleware
2 102 (8.37%) HTML
2 102 (8.37%) React
2 102 (8.37%) RESTful
3 101 (8.29%) CSS
4 96 (7.88%) Kafka
4 96 (7.88%) Spring
4 96 (7.88%) Spring Boot
5 92 (7.55%) REST
6 90 (7.39%) CSS3
6 90 (7.39%) HTML5
6 90 (7.39%) Jest
6 90 (7.39%) JPA
6 90 (7.39%) Redux
6 90 (7.39%) Sass
7 20 (1.64%) .NET
8 13 (1.07%) Hugging Face
8 13 (1.07%) LangChain
8 13 (1.07%) PyTorch
8 13 (1.07%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 215 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
2 163 (13.38%) Product Ownership
3 102 (8.37%) Enterprise Software
4 88 (7.22%) Marketing Technology
5 87 (7.14%) Digital Media
6 32 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.55%) Algorithms
8 30 (2.46%) Cloud Native
9 27 (2.22%) IoT
10 25 (2.05%) Social Media
11 24 (1.97%) Onboarding
12 20 (1.64%) Cyberattack
12 20 (1.64%) Taxonomies
13 16 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.99%) NB-IoT
15 11 (0.90%) Blockchain
15 11 (0.90%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.82%) Data Centre
17 9 (0.74%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.05%) Windows
2 16 (1.31%) Linux
3 13 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.49%) Android
4 6 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.082%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.082%) Debian
5 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (43.84%) Agile
2 425 (34.89%) Artificial Intelligence
3 391 (32.10%) Roadmaps
4 380 (31.20%) Problem-Solving
5 334 (27.42%) CI/CD
6 285 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 282 (23.15%) Project Management
8 230 (18.88%) Mentoring
9 224 (18.39%) Software Delivery
10 218 (17.90%) Continuous Deployment
11 215 (17.65%) Release Automation
12 197 (16.17%) Collaborative Working
13 180 (14.78%) Change Management
14 173 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 168 (13.79%) DevOps
16 150 (12.32%) Analytics
17 145 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
18 134 (11.00%) Use Case
18 134 (11.00%) User Experience
19 132 (10.84%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 148 (12.15%) SQL
2 112 (9.20%) JavaScript
3 105 (8.62%) Java
4 92 (7.55%) TypeScript
5 61 (5.01%) Python
6 18 (1.48%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.07%) Bash
7 13 (1.07%) C#
8 9 (0.74%) R
9 4 (0.33%) Bicep
10 3 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.16%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.16%) Go
11 2 (0.16%) Rust
11 2 (0.16%) VB
12 1 (0.082%) C
12 1 (0.082%) PHP
Qualifications
1 126 (10.34%) Degree
2 89 (7.31%) CBAP
3 29 (2.38%) Security Cleared
4 26 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (2.13%) Master's Degree
5 21 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.64%) PMI Certification
7 19 (1.56%) PMP
8 11 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (0.82%) CISSP
9 10 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 9 (0.74%) CISM
11 8 (0.66%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.41%) CCSP
12 5 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.33%) CEH
14 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (9.28%) QA
2 109 (8.95%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.81%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.81%) GDPR
4 21 (1.72%) PMBOK
5 14 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.99%) NIST
7 11 (0.90%) PMO
8 8 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.41%) GxP
10 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.16%) COBIT
12 2 (0.16%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.082%) DICOM
13 1 (0.082%) HL7
13 1 (0.082%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 104 (8.54%) Docker
2 12 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.90%) vSphere
4 5 (0.41%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 108 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.81%) Terraform
3 15 (1.23%) Prometheus
4 13 (1.07%) Grafana
5 12 (0.99%) Ansible
6 11 (0.90%) Puppet
7 9 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.33%) Matomo
9 3 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.082%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 164 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.39%) Solace
3 67 (5.50%) Google
4 31 (2.55%) SAP
5 29 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 27 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.64%) Databricks
8 18 (1.48%) Adobe
9 16 (1.31%) Cisco
9 16 (1.31%) TikTok
10 15 (1.23%) VMware
11 12 (0.99%) Facebook
12 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.66%) Foundry
13 8 (0.66%) Instagram
13 8 (0.66%) JD Edwards
13 8 (0.66%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.49%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.49%) SolarWinds
15 5 (0.41%) Genesys