Strategic Thinking Jobs in England

Strategic Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 349 314
Rank change year-on-year +67 -35 +186
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 857 843 1,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.00% 0.94% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.98% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 605 371 584
10th Percentile £38,603 £46,250 £42,695
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £90,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,500 £106,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £66,063 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.62% +7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Strategic Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,416 85,899 127,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.47% 95.61% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 53,988 50,919 73,096
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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 +131 335 £82,500 -3.51% 210
North of England -53 170 £73,805 +5.44% 84
South West +41 130 £60,000 - 33
Midlands +44 103 £59,556 -14.92% 56
North West -40 92 £70,000 - 44
South East +24 84 £40,000 -42.86% 63
West Midlands +44 74 £61,028 -12.82% 29
Yorkshire +2 56 £73,805 +5.44% 28
East Midlands 0 29 £50,000 -28.57% 27
East of England +25 28 £49,000 -30.00% 28
North East +10 22 £73,805 +5.44% 16
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 44 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.32%) Tuxedo
3 19 (2.22%) Confluence
4 17 (1.98%) CMS
5 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.47%) Drupal
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
7 3 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 53 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.35%) SPSS
8 2 (0.23%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (0.23%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.23%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.40%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.47%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.12%) HFM
7 1 (0.12%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (11.32%) Azure
2 96 (11.20%) AWS
3 78 (9.10%) SaaS
4 54 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 53 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (2.68%) PaaS
7 22 (2.57%) IaaS
8 14 (1.63%) GCP
9 13 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (0.93%) Azure Pipelines
11 7 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.82%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.70%) Figma
13 5 (0.58%) dbt
13 5 (0.58%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.58%) Serverless
14 4 (0.47%) Azure AKS
14 4 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.47%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.33%) Firewall
2 11 (1.28%) Network Security
3 10 (1.17%) Internet
4 7 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.70%) Broadband
5 6 (0.70%) LAN
5 6 (0.70%) WAN
6 5 (0.58%) DHCP
6 5 (0.58%) DNS
6 5 (0.58%) VoIP
6 5 (0.58%) WebEx
7 4 (0.47%) NaaS
8 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.23%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.23%) Extranet
8 2 (0.23%) Intranet
8 2 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.12%) ADSL
9 1 (0.12%) TETRA
9 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.43%) Power BI
2 31 (3.62%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.03%) Tableau
4 9 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.82%) MySQL
7 6 (0.70%) Big Data
7 6 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.70%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.35%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.35%) GIS
8 3 (0.35%) OLAP
9 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.23%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.23%) DTS
9 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.23%) Metadata
9 2 (0.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 43 (5.02%) JIRA
2 23 (2.68%) Git
3 13 (1.52%) NUnit
4 12 (1.40%) GitLab
4 12 (1.40%) Moq
4 12 (1.40%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.82%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.58%) JUnit
6 5 (0.58%) Selenium
7 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.35%) JMeter
7 3 (0.35%) Mockito
7 3 (0.35%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) Appium
8 2 (0.23%) CANoe
8 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.23%) TestNG
8 2 (0.23%) TestRail
8 2 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 396 (46.21%) Social Skills
2 258 (30.11%) Finance
3 246 (28.70%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (16.22%) Marketing
5 118 (13.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 116 (13.54%) Retail
7 75 (8.75%) Banking
8 70 (8.17%) Law
9 62 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (3.97%) Investment Banking
13 33 (3.85%) Legal
14 32 (3.73%) Public Sector
15 29 (3.38%) Telecoms
16 21 (2.45%) Local Government
17 17 (1.98%) Advertising
18 16 (1.87%) Manufacturing
19 13 (1.52%) Front Office
19 13 (1.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 148 (17.27%) Senior
2 147 (17.15%) Lead
3 70 (8.17%) Technical Leader
4 64 (7.47%) Analyst
5 53 (6.18%) Architect
6 50 (5.83%) Product Manager
7 44 (5.13%) Senior Manager
8 42 (4.90%) Business Manager
9 41 (4.78%) IT Manager
10 37 (4.32%) Development Manager
10 37 (4.32%) Project Manager
11 32 (3.73%) Designer
12 29 (3.38%) Developer
13 27 (3.15%) Business Development Manager
14 25 (2.92%) Information Manager
15 23 (2.68%) Head of IT
16 20 (2.33%) Consultant
16 20 (2.33%) Security Manager
17 19 (2.22%) Information Security Manager
17 19 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.30%) RESTful
2 27 (3.15%) HTML
3 25 (2.92%) CSS
4 24 (2.80%) .NET
5 19 (2.22%) Web Services
6 18 (2.10%) ASP.NET
6 18 (2.10%) ASP.NET MVC
6 18 (2.10%) Middleware
7 15 (1.75%) .NET Framework
8 13 (1.52%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.40%) ASP.NET MVC 5
9 12 (1.40%) Classic ASP
9 12 (1.40%) Entity Framework
9 12 (1.40%) jQuery
9 12 (1.40%) Semantic HTML
9 12 (1.40%) SOAP
10 8 (0.93%) EDI
10 8 (0.93%) React
11 6 (0.70%) Symfony
12 5 (0.58%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
2 44 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.50%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.27%) Social Media
6 19 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.10%) PMI
7 18 (2.10%) Security Posture
8 14 (1.63%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.40%) Legacy Code
9 12 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.28%) e-Learning
11 10 (1.17%) IoT
12 8 (0.93%) Blog
12 8 (0.93%) Cyberattack
13 7 (0.82%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.82%) Learning Management System
13 7 (0.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.38%) Windows
2 19 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.40%) Linux
4 6 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (31.97%) Agile
2 232 (27.07%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (24.50%) Roadmaps
4 161 (18.79%) Mentoring
4 161 (18.79%) Project Management
5 145 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 122 (14.24%) Decision-Making
7 112 (13.07%) Product Roadmap
8 109 (12.72%) Business Strategy
9 92 (10.74%) Coaching
10 86 (10.04%) Cybersecurity
10 86 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 82 (9.57%) Collaborative Working
12 80 (9.33%) Analytics
13 74 (8.63%) Analytical Thinking
14 72 (8.40%) Computer Science
15 70 (8.17%) Product Management
16 62 (7.23%) Customer Experience
17 61 (7.12%) Information Security
18 59 (6.88%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 69 (8.05%) SQL
2 68 (7.93%) Python
3 66 (7.70%) COBOL
3 66 (7.70%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 55 (6.42%) Java
5 34 (3.97%) C
6 33 (3.85%) C++
7 22 (2.57%) C#
8 21 (2.45%) JavaScript
9 19 (2.22%) R
10 13 (1.52%) PHP
10 13 (1.52%) TypeScript
11 12 (1.40%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.82%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.58%) Scala
14 3 (0.35%) VBA
15 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.12%) Bash
16 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 261 (30.46%) Degree
2 54 (6.30%) Security Cleared
3 50 (5.83%) Master's Degree
4 37 (4.32%) CISSP
5 33 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 31 (3.62%) CISM
7 25 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.80%) PMI Certification
9 20 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (1.87%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.28%) CRISC
11 11 (1.28%) MBA
12 10 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.05%) CEH
13 9 (1.05%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.05%) PMP
14 7 (0.82%) CCNP
14 7 (0.82%) CISA
14 7 (0.82%) HNC
15 6 (0.70%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.43%) Accessibility
1 38 (4.43%) QA
2 28 (3.27%) GDPR
3 18 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.87%) NIST
5 11 (1.28%) SLA
6 8 (0.93%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (0.82%) PMO
8 6 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.23%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 18 (2.10%) Docker
2 15 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) IAG
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.82%) Terraform
3 5 (0.58%) Ansible
3 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.47%) Puppet
5 3 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.23%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.12%) Netcool
Vendors
1 143 (16.69%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.70%) Micro Focus
3 41 (4.78%) Oracle
4 34 (3.97%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.33%) SAP
6 18 (2.10%) Cisco
7 16 (1.87%) Google
7 16 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.28%) Citrix
9 10 (1.17%) BiZZdesign
10 8 (0.93%) Adobe
10 8 (0.93%) CyberArk
10 8 (0.93%) Samsung
11 7 (0.82%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.70%) Juniper
12 6 (0.70%) Veeam
13 5 (0.58%) BT
13 5 (0.58%) IBM
13 5 (0.58%) VMware
13 5 (0.58%) Zoho