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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 224 355
Rank change year-on-year +127 +131 -91
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 421 336 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.26% 1.42% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 1.56% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 158 238 164
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,250 £51,833
25th Percentile £64,063 £57,000 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £86,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -4.90% +15.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £123,250 £120,000
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 12,416 21,495 32,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.21% 91.13% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,234 15,924 23,365
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,428
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,555 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% -5.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
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 15 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 15 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 +38 85 £86,250 +1.47% 49
South London +33 44 £59,250 -2.07% 10
West London +49 29 £82,500 +22.22% 11
East London - 15 £45,000 - 7
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 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.43%) CMS
2 6 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.19%) Moodle
4 4 (0.95%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) Drupal
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.14%) Maya
2 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.43%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.71%) Trello
5 3 (0.71%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Lorenzo
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 56 (13.30%) Azure
2 36 (8.55%) SaaS
3 29 (6.89%) AWS
4 27 (6.41%) Power Platform
5 16 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (3.33%) Google Analytics
7 13 (3.09%) GCP
8 12 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (2.38%) Datadog
10 10 (2.38%) Figma
10 10 (2.38%) GitHub
11 7 (1.66%) Serverless
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.95%) Contentstack
12 4 (0.95%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.95%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.95%) Miro
12 4 (0.95%) Slack
12 4 (0.95%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 67 (15.91%) Broadband
2 9 (2.14%) Firewall
3 3 (0.71%) SMS
4 2 (0.48%) Internet
4 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.24%) SSH
5 1 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.18%) Power BI
2 20 (4.75%) Big Data
2 20 (4.75%) Tableau
3 18 (4.28%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.43%) Data Mining
4 6 (1.43%) Metadata
5 5 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.48%) Looker
7 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.24%) Parquet
8 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 70 (16.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) GitLab
2 1 (0.24%) Maven
2 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 195 (46.32%) Social Skills
2 116 (27.55%) Finance
3 106 (25.18%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (23.04%) Marketing
5 45 (10.69%) Advertising
5 45 (10.69%) Retail
6 42 (9.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (4.99%) Banking
8 21 (4.99%) Games
9 20 (4.75%) Law
10 19 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (4.28%) Publishing
12 15 (3.56%) Legal
13 7 (1.66%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.19%) French Language
14 5 (1.19%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.95%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 67 (15.91%) Embedded Engineer
1 67 (15.91%) Release Engineer
2 64 (15.20%) Senior
3 39 (9.26%) Account Manager
4 31 (7.36%) Lead
4 31 (7.36%) Senior Manager
5 24 (5.70%) Project Manager
6 23 (5.46%) Architect
7 20 (4.75%) Senior Account Manager
8 16 (3.80%) Product Manager
9 15 (3.56%) Analyst
10 14 (3.33%) Strategic Account Manager
11 13 (3.09%) Consultant
12 12 (2.85%) IT Manager
13 10 (2.38%) Head of Business Intelligence
13 10 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.14%) Infrastructure Manager
15 8 (1.90%) CRM Manager
15 8 (1.90%) Team Leader
16 7 (1.66%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (18.05%) Middleware
2 15 (3.56%) .NET
3 11 (2.61%) React
4 7 (1.66%) RESTful
5 6 (1.43%) EDI
5 6 (1.43%) Kafka
5 6 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.19%) Next.js
6 5 (1.19%) Node.js
6 5 (1.19%) OpenAPI
7 4 (0.95%) Django
7 4 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.95%) Express.js
7 4 (0.95%) Flask
7 4 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (0.95%) MACH
7 4 (0.95%) Visualforce
8 3 (0.71%) HTML
8 3 (0.71%) REST
9 2 (0.48%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.91%) Embedded Systems
2 35 (8.31%) Marketing Technology
2 35 (8.31%) Product Ownership
3 33 (7.84%) Digital Media
4 25 (5.94%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.61%) Blockchain
6 11 (2.61%) Cyberattack
6 11 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.14%) Hackathon
9 8 (1.90%) BBC
10 7 (1.66%) IoT
10 7 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.43%) Social Media
11 6 (1.43%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.19%) Learning Management System
12 5 (1.19%) Life Science
12 5 (1.19%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.14%) Windows
2 5 (1.19%) Linux
3 3 (0.71%) Android
3 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Debian
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (41.33%) Agile
2 147 (34.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 142 (33.73%) Roadmaps
4 134 (31.83%) Project Management
5 129 (30.64%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (20.90%) CI/CD
6 88 (20.90%) Mentoring
7 70 (16.63%) Software Delivery
8 68 (16.15%) Continuous Deployment
9 67 (15.91%) Release Automation
10 61 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (14.25%) Analytics
12 55 (13.06%) Decision-Making
13 48 (11.40%) Coaching
13 48 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 46 (10.93%) Analytical Thinking
14 46 (10.93%) Digital Marketing
15 44 (10.45%) Collaborative Working
16 43 (10.21%) Creative Thinking
17 41 (9.74%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (9.50%) SQL
2 38 (9.03%) Python
3 14 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.90%) C#
5 7 (1.66%) Java
6 5 (1.19%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.19%) R
6 5 (1.19%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.95%) Apex Code
7 4 (0.95%) Bash
7 4 (0.95%) Bicep
8 3 (0.71%) C++
9 2 (0.48%) Go
9 2 (0.48%) Rust
10 1 (0.24%) C
10 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (15.68%) Degree
2 21 (4.99%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.56%) DV Cleared
4 14 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.09%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.85%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.61%) PMP
8 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.43%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.95%) CISSP
11 3 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.71%) CCSP
11 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.71%) CISM
12 2 (0.48%) ACCA
12 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CBAP
13 1 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.56%) QA
2 14 (3.33%) GDPR
3 11 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.61%) PMBOK
4 10 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.66%) PMO
6 5 (1.19%) GxP
6 5 (1.19%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.71%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (0.71%) NIST
8 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
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%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (2.85%) Docker
2 4 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.95%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (4.28%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.61%) Terraform
3 4 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.95%) Matomo
3 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.24%) Argo
5 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 46 (10.93%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.03%) Google
3 15 (3.56%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.85%) Adobe
5 10 (2.38%) SAP
6 9 (2.14%) TikTok
7 8 (1.90%) JD Edwards
8 5 (1.19%) VMware
9 4 (0.95%) Ahrefs
9 4 (0.95%) Databricks
9 4 (0.95%) Foundry
9 4 (0.95%) Oracle
10 3 (0.71%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.48%) Workday
12 1 (0.24%) Adaptive Insights
12 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.24%) Instagram
12 1 (0.24%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.24%) Pinterest