Strategic Thinking Jobs in the Midlands

Strategic Thinking
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 233 259
Rank change year-on-year +48 +26 -30
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 80 110 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.18% 0.78% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.99% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39 71 38
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £45,000 £62,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,800 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -16.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £73,125 £77,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £77,000 £84,964 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,162 11,128 8,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 90.93% 79.24% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,588 7,655 4,352
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the Midlands

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
West Midlands +29 46 £72,500 +14.53% 55
East Midlands +51 34 £60,000 +33.33% 58
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (3.75%) CMS
1 3 (3.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Chatbot
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.75%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.50%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.50%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.50%) AWS
2 16 (20.00%) Azure
3 7 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.50%) SaaS
5 3 (3.75%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.25%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) Broadband
2 2 (2.50%) 5G
2 2 (2.50%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.50%) LTE
2 2 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.50%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.25%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (28.75%) JIRA
2 17 (21.25%) Maven
3 16 (20.00%) Bitbucket
3 16 (20.00%) Cucumber
3 16 (20.00%) GitLab
3 16 (20.00%) Selenium
3 16 (20.00%) SonarQube
3 16 (20.00%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.25%) Git
4 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (43.75%) Finance
2 20 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 20 (25.00%) Retail
3 18 (22.50%) Banking
4 16 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
4 16 (20.00%) Investment Banking
4 16 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 12 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (8.75%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.25%) Marketing
7 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.75%) Billing
8 3 (3.75%) Law
9 2 (2.50%) Advertising
9 2 (2.50%) Electronics
9 2 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.50%) Games
9 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.25%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 16 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 13 (16.25%) Architect
3 10 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 9 (11.25%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (10.00%) Senior
6 7 (8.75%) Lead
7 6 (7.50%) Automation Architect
7 6 (7.50%) Digital Architect
7 6 (7.50%) Digital Solutions Architect
7 6 (7.50%) Digital Transformation
7 6 (7.50%) Digital Transformation Architect
7 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 5 (6.25%) Analyst
9 4 (5.00%) Developer
9 4 (5.00%) Digital Analyst
9 4 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (5.00%) Release Engineer
10 3 (3.75%) Head of Digital
10 3 (3.75%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.25%) REST
1 17 (21.25%) Spring
1 17 (21.25%) Spring Boot
2 16 (20.00%) CSS
2 16 (20.00%) CSS3
2 16 (20.00%) HTML
2 16 (20.00%) HTML5
2 16 (20.00%) Jest
2 16 (20.00%) JPA
2 16 (20.00%) Kafka
2 16 (20.00%) React
2 16 (20.00%) Redux
2 16 (20.00%) RESTful
2 16 (20.00%) Sass
3 4 (5.00%) Middleware
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.25%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (1.25%) SOAP
5 1 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.25%) Product Ownership
2 16 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (5.00%) Social Media
4 3 (3.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.50%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.50%) IoT
5 2 (2.50%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.50%) NB-IoT
5 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.25%) Media Streaming
6 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Linux
2 2 (2.50%) Windows
2 2 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.00%) Agile
2 30 (37.50%) SDLC
3 24 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 22 (27.50%) Mentoring
5 21 (26.25%) Project Management
6 20 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 19 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (22.50%) Roadmaps
9 17 (21.25%) Containerisation
9 17 (21.25%) DevOps
9 17 (21.25%) Microservices
9 17 (21.25%) Migration
9 17 (21.25%) User Experience
10 16 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (20.00%) Front End Development
10 16 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
10 16 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
10 16 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
10 16 (20.00%) Software Engineering
11 15 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) Java
1 17 (21.25%) SQL
2 16 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 16 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.50%) Bash
3 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (23.75%) Accessibility
2 17 (21.25%) QA
3 5 (6.25%) PMBOK
4 2 (2.50%) PMO
5 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (22.50%) Docker
2 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (21.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.75%) Ansible
2 3 (3.75%) Terraform
3 2 (2.50%) Puppet
4 1 (1.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 19 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.00%) Solace
3 4 (5.00%) Facebook
3 4 (5.00%) Instagram
3 4 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.75%) Google
4 3 (3.75%) Twitter
4 3 (3.75%) YouTube
5 2 (2.50%) Commvault
5 2 (2.50%) Oracle
5 2 (2.50%) SAP
5 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.50%) VMware
6 1 (1.25%) TikTok