Strategic Thinking Jobs in London

Strategic Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 225 331
Rank change year-on-year +127 +106 -60
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 417 341 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.29% 1.42% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 1.57% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 159 239 161
10th Percentile £47,250 £47,250 £51,833
25th Percentile £63,125 £57,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £98,125 £98,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £123,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,216 21,652 31,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.32% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,929 15,871 22,511
10th Percentile £41,700 £37,500 £42,789
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,055
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in London

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London +26 86 £87,500 +2.94% 59
South London +36 45 £57,500 -4.96% 2
West London +35 29 £82,500 +17.86% 94
East London - 15 £45,000 - 13
North London -3 14 £65,000 -10.34%
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.44%) CMS
2 6 (1.44%) Moodle
3 5 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.96%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) Drupal
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.16%) Maya
2 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.44%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.72%) Trello
5 3 (0.72%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Shopify
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 55 (13.19%) Azure
2 37 (8.87%) SaaS
3 28 (6.71%) Power Platform
4 26 (6.24%) AWS
5 15 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
5 15 (3.60%) Google Analytics
6 12 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.88%) GCP
7 11 (2.64%) Figma
7 11 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.40%) GitHub
9 8 (1.92%) Datadog
10 7 (1.68%) Serverless
11 6 (1.44%) Azure AI
11 6 (1.44%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (0.96%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.96%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.96%) Google Tag Manager
12 4 (0.96%) Miro
12 4 (0.96%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 67 (16.07%) Broadband
2 8 (1.92%) Firewall
3 1 (0.24%) Internet
3 1 (0.24%) SSH
3 1 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.24%) Power BI
2 21 (5.04%) Big Data
3 20 (4.80%) Tableau
4 17 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.44%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.44%) Metadata
6 5 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.48%) Looker
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) Parquet
8 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 70 (16.79%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Git
General
1 193 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.58%) Finance
3 107 (25.66%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (22.54%) Marketing
5 49 (11.75%) Retail
6 45 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (10.55%) Advertising
8 24 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (5.52%) Banking
9 23 (5.52%) Law
10 22 (5.28%) Games
11 17 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.84%) Publishing
13 15 (3.60%) Legal
14 6 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.44%) Local Government
14 6 (1.44%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (16.07%) Embedded Engineer
1 67 (16.07%) Release Engineer
2 65 (15.59%) Senior
3 41 (9.83%) Account Manager
4 33 (7.91%) Lead
5 31 (7.43%) Senior Manager
6 24 (5.76%) Project Manager
7 21 (5.04%) Architect
8 20 (4.80%) Senior Account Manager
9 16 (3.84%) Analyst
9 16 (3.84%) Product Manager
10 15 (3.60%) Consultant
11 14 (3.36%) Strategic Account Manager
12 12 (2.88%) IT Manager
13 8 (1.92%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.92%) Team Leader
14 7 (1.68%) Digital Project Manager
14 7 (1.68%) Engineering Manager
14 7 (1.68%) Head of Business Intelligence
14 7 (1.68%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (17.75%) Middleware
2 15 (3.60%) .NET
3 10 (2.40%) React
4 7 (1.68%) RESTful
5 6 (1.44%) EDI
5 6 (1.44%) Kafka
6 5 (1.20%) Next.js
6 5 (1.20%) OpenAPI
6 5 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.96%) Django
7 4 (0.96%) Express.js
7 4 (0.96%) Flask
7 4 (0.96%) MACH
7 4 (0.96%) Node.js
8 3 (0.72%) HTML
9 2 (0.48%) CSS
9 2 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.48%) gRPC
9 2 (0.48%) Visualforce
9 2 (0.48%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 67 (16.07%) Embedded Systems
2 37 (8.87%) Product Ownership
3 36 (8.63%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (8.15%) Digital Media
5 25 (6.00%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.12%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.64%) Blockchain
8 11 (2.64%) Cyberattack
9 10 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.16%) Hackathon
11 8 (1.92%) BBC
11 8 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.44%) IoT
13 6 (1.44%) Learning Management System
13 6 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.44%) Social Media
13 6 (1.44%) Taxonomies
14 5 (1.20%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.92%) Windows
2 4 (0.96%) Android
2 4 (0.96%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.72%) Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Debian
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (42.45%) Agile
2 148 (35.49%) Artificial Intelligence
3 141 (33.81%) Roadmaps
4 137 (32.85%) Project Management
5 118 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (20.86%) CI/CD
6 87 (20.86%) Mentoring
7 70 (16.79%) Software Delivery
8 68 (16.31%) Continuous Deployment
9 67 (16.07%) Release Automation
10 62 (14.87%) Analytics
11 59 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 55 (13.19%) Decision-Making
13 49 (11.75%) Coaching
14 48 (11.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 47 (11.27%) Risk Management
16 46 (11.03%) Analytical Thinking
17 44 (10.55%) Digital Marketing
18 43 (10.31%) Creative Thinking
19 42 (10.07%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.11%) Python
1 38 (9.11%) SQL
2 11 (2.64%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.92%) C#
3 8 (1.92%) Java
4 5 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.20%) R
5 4 (0.96%) Bicep
6 3 (0.72%) C++
7 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.48%) Bash
7 2 (0.48%) Go
7 2 (0.48%) Rust
7 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 61 (14.63%) Degree
2 17 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.60%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.36%) DV Cleared
4 14 (3.36%) PMP
5 12 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.16%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.44%) CISSP
9 5 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.20%) CCSP
9 5 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.20%) CISM
10 3 (0.72%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.48%) ACCA
11 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.24%) CAPM
12 1 (0.24%) CIMA
12 1 (0.24%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.08%) QA
2 14 (3.36%) GDPR
3 11 (2.64%) PMBOK
4 10 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.92%) PMO
6 7 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.20%) GxP
7 5 (1.20%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.20%) NIST
8 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) DICOM
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 9 (2.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.68%) Terraform
3 4 (0.96%) Matomo
4 2 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 48 (11.51%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.11%) Google
3 15 (3.60%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.88%) Adobe
5 9 (2.16%) SAP
5 9 (2.16%) TikTok
6 8 (1.92%) Foundry
6 8 (1.92%) JD Edwards
7 6 (1.44%) Databricks
8 4 (0.96%) Ahrefs
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle
9 3 (0.72%) Palantir
9 3 (0.72%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.72%) VMware
10 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.48%) UiPath
10 2 (0.48%) Workday
11 1 (0.24%) Adaptive Insights
11 1 (0.24%) Instagram
11 1 (0.24%) Pinterest