Strategic Thinking Job Trends in Reading

Strategic Thinking
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 59 94
Rank change year-on-year +11 +35 +8
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.17% 1.93% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 2.17% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £49,000 £54,750
25th Percentile £68,750 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -38.89% +4.65%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,125 -
90th Percentile - £100,000 £99,000
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £56,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +24.44% -19.64% -18.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 472 644 977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 79.60% 88.83% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 294 270 637
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,630 £83,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Reading

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) iPaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks