Thought Leadership Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Thought Leadership
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Thought Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.39% - 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% - 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,750 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.71% +3.94% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Thought Leadership 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 388 331 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.53% 83.59% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 170 106 218
10th Percentile £27,225 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,406 £45,000 £34,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,430 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +18.86% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Thought Leadership relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Thought Leadership job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Thought Leadership
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Thought Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budget Responsibility
1 2 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 2 (100.00%) GTM Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO