Strategic Thinking Job Trends in Merseyside

Strategic Thinking
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 54 68
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 +11
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 8 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 1.06% 0.23% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 0.25% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £59,487
25th Percentile £82,500 - £63,217
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.42%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - £72,000
North West median annual salary £72,750 £67,069 £68,750
% change year-on-year +8.47% -2.45% -3.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 559 405 759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 73.94% 92.89% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 352 168 636
10th Percentile £28,250 - £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -1.17%
75th Percentile £53,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,750 £75,375 £76,636
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Liverpool -6 5 - -
Birkenhead - 3 £85,000 - 1
Strategic Thinking
North West

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Games
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Operations Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) B2B
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (37.50%) AI
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Lead Generation
3 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (25.00%) Business Development
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Anaplan
1 2 (25.00%) Genesys
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (25.00%) Verint
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Hotjar