Strategic Thinking Job Trends in Guildford

Strategic Thinking
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 17 43
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 0.33% 4.50% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 5.05% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -18.75% +64.10% -30.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 250 99 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 81.97% 89.19% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 197 68 261
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,275 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +21.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £67,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -16.67%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Guildford

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared