The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newry requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
                        
	
		|  | 6 months to 31 Oct 2025
 | Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | 
	
		| Rank | 8 | - | - | 
	
		| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - | 
	
		| Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
	
		| As % of all permanent jobs in Newry | 7.69% | - | - | 
	
		| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 7.69% | - | - | 
	
		| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
	
		| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - | 
	
		| Northern Ireland median annual salary | £90,000 | £59,430 | £73,090 | 
	
		| % change year-on-year | +51.44% | -18.69% | - | 
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 Newry.
	
		| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 13 | 5 | 3 | 
	
		| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newry | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 
	
		| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 3 | 3 | 
	
		| 10th Percentile | - | £48,250 | £36,000 | 
	
		| 25th Percentile | - | £49,375 | £39,375 | 
	
		| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,851 | £52,500 | £50,000 | 
	
		| Median % change year-on-year | -37.43% | +5.00% | +25.00% | 
	
		| 75th Percentile | - | £61,875 | £55,000 | 
	
		| 90th Percentile | - | £66,750 | - | 
	
		| Northern Ireland median annual salary | £50,000 | £60,000 | £50,000 | 
	
		| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +20.00% | +3.09% |