Strategic Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Strategic Thinking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 162 151
Rank change year-on-year +22 -11 +89
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 22 125 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.73% 1.83% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 2.01% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5 40 41
10th Percentile - £53,413 £43,750
25th Percentile - £62,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,738 £75,000 £60,047
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +24.90% -5.06%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,125 £80,627
90th Percentile £103,000 £125,000 £89,427
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,783 6,212 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.70% 91.15% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,458 2,089
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,425 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in Scotland

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in Scotland

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in Scotland

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Edinburgh +9 19 £83,738 +8.05% 47
Glasgow +83 2 £100,000 +48.15% 54
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.09%) dbt
2 2 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.55%) Figma
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
3 1 (4.55%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Tableau
2 5 (22.73%) Power BI
3 2 (9.09%) Looker
4 1 (4.55%) Big Data
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 12 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Banking
5 3 (13.64%) Financial Institution
5 3 (13.64%) Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Games
7 1 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Lead
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Security Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Data Scientist
4 2 (9.09%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Data Scientist
5 1 (4.55%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Designer
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Mobile Designer
5 1 (4.55%) Mobile UX Designer
5 1 (4.55%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Kafka
1 1 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Decision-Making
1 8 (36.36%) Risk Management
2 7 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 6 (27.27%) Data Science
4 5 (22.73%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (22.73%) Analytics
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (22.73%) Data Visualisation
4 5 (22.73%) Machine Learning
4 5 (22.73%) Sprint Planning
4 5 (22.73%) Sprint Retrospective
4 5 (22.73%) Visualisation
5 4 (18.18%) Agile
5 4 (18.18%) Community of Practice
5 4 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Python
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) CISA
1 1 (4.55%) CISSP
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) Sage
2 1 (4.55%) SAP