Strategic Thinking Jobs in Manchester

Strategic Thinking
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 162 148
Rank change year-on-year +57 -14 +67
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 59 58 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.58% 1.11% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 1.29% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 19 49 13
10th Percentile £23,500 £48,750 £54,644
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £63,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,138 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% +3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £84,964 £94,504
90th Percentile £79,500 £105,000 £95,901
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +19.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,175 4,493 4,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.27% 86.34% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 3,425 2,549
10th Percentile £30,975 £30,000 £32,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,397 £69,914 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,325 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Manchester

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in Manchester

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in Manchester

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 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
Salford +17 4 £67,138 +14.18% 2
Stockport +9 3 - - 2
Bolton - 3 - - 3
Oldham - 3 - -
Sale - 2 - - 3
Altrincham - 2 - - 10
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - - 2
Wigan - 2 - - 2
Strategic Thinking
North West

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (6.78%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.98%) Azure
2 22 (37.29%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) Facebook Ads
3 5 (8.47%) Google Ads
3 5 (8.47%) Google Analytics
4 3 (5.08%) SaaS
5 2 (3.39%) Figma
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.69%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.69%) GitHub
6 1 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) DNS
1 2 (3.39%) Firewall
1 2 (3.39%) HTTP
1 2 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (3.39%) SMTP
1 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (30.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (1.69%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.69%) MySQL
2 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (32.20%) GitLab
2 18 (30.51%) Bitbucket
2 18 (30.51%) Cucumber
2 18 (30.51%) JIRA
2 18 (30.51%) Maven
2 18 (30.51%) Selenium
2 18 (30.51%) SonarQube
2 18 (30.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (52.54%) Finance
2 24 (40.68%) Banking
3 23 (38.98%) Social Skills
4 20 (33.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (32.20%) Retail
6 18 (30.51%) Corporate Banking
6 18 (30.51%) Investment Banking
7 16 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (15.25%) Marketing
9 5 (8.47%) Advertising
9 5 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (5.08%) Health Technology
11 2 (3.39%) Financial Institution
11 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (30.51%) Software Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Analyst
3 4 (6.78%) Coordinator
3 4 (6.78%) CRM Coordinator
3 4 (6.78%) Security Analyst
3 4 (6.78%) Technical Coordinator
4 3 (5.08%) Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Lead
4 3 (5.08%) Marketing Executive
4 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Head of IT
5 2 (3.39%) Head of Logistics
5 2 (3.39%) Head of Supply Chain
5 2 (3.39%) Risk Manager
5 2 (3.39%) Senior
5 2 (3.39%) Senior Architect
5 2 (3.39%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (33.90%) React
2 18 (30.51%) CSS
2 18 (30.51%) CSS3
2 18 (30.51%) HTML
2 18 (30.51%) HTML5
2 18 (30.51%) Jest
2 18 (30.51%) JPA
2 18 (30.51%) Kafka
2 18 (30.51%) Redux
2 18 (30.51%) REST
2 18 (30.51%) RESTful
2 18 (30.51%) Sass
2 18 (30.51%) Spring
2 18 (30.51%) Spring Boot
3 3 (5.08%) .NET
4 1 (1.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (33.90%) Product Ownership
2 18 (30.51%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (8.47%) Social Network
4 3 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.39%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Agile
2 21 (35.59%) User Experience
3 20 (33.90%) Microservices
4 19 (32.20%) CI/CD
4 19 (32.20%) DevOps
4 19 (32.20%) Software Engineering
5 18 (30.51%) Containerisation
5 18 (30.51%) Front End Development
5 18 (30.51%) Full-Stack Development
5 18 (30.51%) Mentoring
5 18 (30.51%) Migration
5 18 (30.51%) Performance Optimisation
5 18 (30.51%) Responsive Web Design
5 18 (30.51%) SDLC
5 18 (30.51%) Test Automation
6 17 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (25.42%) Decision-Making
8 9 (15.25%) Risk Management
9 8 (13.56%) Data Management
9 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (38.98%) SQL
2 19 (32.20%) JavaScript
3 18 (30.51%) Java
3 18 (30.51%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) Degree
2 2 (3.39%) CEH
2 2 (3.39%) CISM
2 2 (3.39%) CISSP
2 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (32.20%) QA
2 18 (30.51%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.39%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (35.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (33.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (30.51%) Solace
2 5 (8.47%) Facebook
2 5 (8.47%) Google
2 5 (8.47%) TikTok
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.39%) Bloomberg