Strategic Thinking Jobs in the North of England

Strategic Thinking
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 238 180
Rank change year-on-year +47 -58 +119
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 179 164 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.53% 0.93% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.12% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 38 147 80
10th Percentile £25,000 £47,500 £47,240
25th Percentile £48,530 £54,759 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,069 £73,805 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +5.44% +7.69%
75th Percentile £80,625 £84,964 £72,500
90th Percentile £109,000 £95,750 £86,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,141 14,663 16,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 95.00% 83.15% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,753 11,257 7,869
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the North of England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the North of England.

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the North of England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the North of England

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
North West +29 134 £68,569 -2.04% 133
Yorkshire +38 33 £53,638 -27.32% 48
North East +31 12 £82,500 +11.78% 22
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.23%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (44.13%) Azure
2 76 (42.46%) AWS
3 6 (3.35%) SaaS
4 5 (2.79%) Facebook Ads
4 5 (2.79%) Google Ads
4 5 (2.79%) Google Analytics
5 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.68%) Figma
7 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.12%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (0.56%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.56%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.91%) Intranet
2 4 (2.23%) Broadband
3 2 (1.12%) DNS
3 2 (1.12%) Firewall
3 2 (1.12%) HTTP
3 2 (1.12%) Internet
3 2 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.12%) SMTP
3 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (40.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.56%) MySQL
3 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 78 (43.58%) JIRA
2 73 (40.78%) GitLab
3 72 (40.22%) Bitbucket
3 72 (40.22%) Cucumber
3 72 (40.22%) Maven
3 72 (40.22%) Selenium
3 72 (40.22%) SonarQube
3 72 (40.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 113 (63.13%) Finance
2 78 (43.58%) Banking
3 75 (41.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 73 (40.78%) Retail
5 72 (40.22%) Corporate Banking
5 72 (40.22%) Investment Banking
6 58 (32.40%) Social Skills
7 27 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (15.08%) Marketing
8 10 (5.59%) Electronics
9 7 (3.91%) Legal
10 6 (3.35%) Law
11 5 (2.79%) Advertising
11 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.23%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.68%) Health Technology
14 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 73 (40.78%) Software Engineer
2 16 (8.94%) Lead
3 11 (6.15%) Analyst
4 7 (3.91%) CRM Executive
5 6 (3.35%) Architect
6 4 (2.23%) Coordinator
6 4 (2.23%) CRM Coordinator
6 4 (2.23%) Developer
6 4 (2.23%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (2.23%) Release Engineer
6 4 (2.23%) Security Analyst
6 4 (2.23%) Senior
6 4 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.23%) Technical Coordinator
7 3 (1.68%) Cyber Threat Analyst
7 3 (1.68%) Marketing Executive
7 3 (1.68%) Operations Manager
7 3 (1.68%) Risk Manager
8 2 (1.12%) Consultant
8 2 (1.12%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (43.02%) RESTful
1 77 (43.02%) Spring
1 77 (43.02%) Spring Boot
2 74 (41.34%) React
3 72 (40.22%) CSS
3 72 (40.22%) CSS3
3 72 (40.22%) HTML
3 72 (40.22%) HTML5
3 72 (40.22%) Jest
3 72 (40.22%) JPA
3 72 (40.22%) Kafka
3 72 (40.22%) Redux
3 72 (40.22%) REST
3 72 (40.22%) Sass
4 4 (2.23%) .NET
4 4 (2.23%) Middleware
5 1 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 75 (41.90%) Product Ownership
2 72 (40.22%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.79%) Social Network
6 4 (2.23%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.68%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.12%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.12%) IoT
8 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.56%) Social Media
9 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (54.75%) Agile
2 83 (46.37%) Mentoring
3 79 (44.13%) Microservices
4 77 (43.02%) CI/CD
5 76 (42.46%) User Experience
6 75 (41.90%) Software Engineering
7 73 (40.78%) DevOps
7 73 (40.78%) Performance Optimisation
8 72 (40.22%) Containerisation
8 72 (40.22%) Front End Development
8 72 (40.22%) Full-Stack Development
8 72 (40.22%) Migration
8 72 (40.22%) Responsive Web Design
8 72 (40.22%) SDLC
8 72 (40.22%) Test Automation
9 34 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (16.76%) Business Strategy
11 27 (15.08%) Decision-Making
12 23 (12.85%) Risk Management
13 19 (10.61%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (43.58%) Java
1 78 (43.58%) SQL
2 74 (41.34%) JavaScript
3 72 (40.22%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.56%) C#
4 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (4.47%) Degree
2 3 (1.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.12%) CEH
3 2 (1.12%) CISM
3 2 (1.12%) CISSP
3 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.56%) PgMP
4 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (40.78%) QA
2 72 (40.22%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.68%) GDPR
4 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.12%) NIST
5 1 (0.56%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (41.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 74 (41.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (40.22%) Solace
2 8 (4.47%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.35%) Facebook
4 5 (2.79%) Google
4 5 (2.79%) TikTok
5 3 (1.68%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.56%) Aruba
6 1 (0.56%) Cisco
6 1 (0.56%) CODA
6 1 (0.56%) Concur
6 1 (0.56%) Dell
6 1 (0.56%) HP
6 1 (0.56%) LexisNexis
6 1 (0.56%) Planview
6 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.56%) SAP
6 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.56%) VMware