Strategic Thinking Jobs in the South East

Strategic Thinking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 307 333
Rank change year-on-year +204 +26 -24
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 273 86 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.82% 0.49% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 0.59% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 64 60 38
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £44,250
25th Percentile £50,967 £36,250 £56,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.25% -42.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £76,281 £52,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £67,050 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South East.

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the South East

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the South East

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley +151 185 £57,500 +44.22% 50
Berkshire +104 132 £65,000 +63.03% 25
Buckinghamshire +75 48 £50,967 -25.87% 13
Surrey +86 38 £70,000 +16.67% 8
Hampshire +83 19 £35,000 -30.54% 27
Kent +52 19 £36,500 -20.22% 12
East Sussex +29 6 £46,250 +2.78% 11
Oxfordshire +31 5 £80,000 +113.33% 19
Middlesex -16 3 - - 2
West Sussex +23 2 £66,687 +66.72% 9
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (2.56%) WordPress
2 1 (0.37%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) IIS
2 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.10%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (1.10%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.73%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (5.86%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (5.86%) SAP FI
2 5 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.99%) Azure
2 22 (8.06%) GCP
3 21 (7.69%) AWS
4 18 (6.59%) SaaS
5 15 (5.49%) Vertex AI
6 14 (5.13%) Salsify
7 13 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (4.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.47%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.47%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon SageMaker
11 3 (1.10%) Canva
12 2 (0.73%) Contentsquare
13 1 (0.37%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.37%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.16%) Broadband
2 10 (3.66%) LTE
3 9 (3.30%) 5G
3 9 (3.30%) Bluetooth
3 9 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.37%) 3G
4 1 (0.37%) DHCP
4 1 (0.37%) DNS
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) GPRS
4 1 (0.37%) Modbus
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
4 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.79%) Data Mining
2 15 (5.49%) Big Data
3 14 (5.13%) Metadata
4 4 (1.47%) Power BI
5 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (10.26%) JIRA
General
1 189 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 107 (39.19%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (37.00%) Law
4 64 (23.44%) Marketing
5 51 (18.68%) Finance
6 38 (13.92%) Retail
7 35 (12.82%) Legal
8 29 (10.62%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (9.89%) Advertising
10 15 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (3.66%) Electronics
12 8 (2.93%) Automotive
13 5 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.83%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.83%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.47%) Banking
14 4 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.73%) Local Government
15 2 (0.73%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 84 (30.77%) Senior
2 75 (27.47%) Lead
3 44 (16.12%) Analyst
3 44 (16.12%) Senior Manager
4 28 (10.26%) Account Manager
5 27 (9.89%) Business Change Analyst
5 27 (9.89%) Change Analyst
6 25 (9.16%) Embedded Engineer
6 25 (9.16%) Release Engineer
7 16 (5.86%) Financial Analyst
7 16 (5.86%) IT Analyst
7 16 (5.86%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (5.86%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 16 (5.86%) Service Analyst
8 15 (5.49%) Senior Account Manager
9 11 (4.03%) Marketing Manager
10 10 (3.66%) Product Manager
10 10 (3.66%) Strategic Account Manager
11 9 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.30%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.16%) Middleware
2 13 (4.76%) Hugging Face
2 13 (4.76%) LangChain
2 13 (4.76%) PyTorch
2 13 (4.76%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.26%) Algorithms
1 28 (10.26%) Digital Media
2 25 (9.16%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (9.16%) Marketing Technology
3 17 (6.23%) IoT
4 15 (5.49%) Management Information System
5 14 (5.13%) Product Ownership
5 14 (5.13%) Social Media
5 14 (5.13%) Taxonomies
6 10 (3.66%) NB-IoT
7 9 (3.30%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.83%) Blog
8 5 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.10%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.10%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.10%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.10%) Video Editing
10 2 (0.73%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.37%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.13%) Windows
2 10 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.30%) Linux
4 2 (0.73%) Android
4 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (47.99%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (44.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 104 (38.10%) Artificial Intelligence
4 92 (33.70%) Roadmaps
5 87 (31.87%) Change Management
6 79 (28.94%) Agile
7 66 (24.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 59 (21.61%) Project Management
8 59 (21.61%) Use Case
9 57 (20.88%) Analytics
9 57 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
11 43 (15.75%) Data Science
11 43 (15.75%) Machine Learning
12 42 (15.38%) Generative AI
13 40 (14.65%) Digital Marketing
13 40 (14.65%) MLOps
14 37 (13.55%) Customer-Centricity
14 37 (13.55%) Incident Management
15 35 (12.82%) Customer Retention
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.40%) Python
2 10 (3.66%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.30%) Bash
4 3 (1.10%) R
4 3 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (15.75%) Degree
2 27 (9.89%) CBAP
3 17 (6.23%) Master's Degree
4 14 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (3.30%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.10%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.10%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.73%) APMG
8 1 (0.37%) ACCA
8 1 (0.37%) CIMA
8 1 (0.37%) IIBA
8 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.37%) PMP
8 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.13%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.10%) NIST
3 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.10%) PMBOK
4 2 (0.73%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) PMO
5 1 (0.37%) SLA
5 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (3.30%) vSphere
2 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (4.76%) Grafana
1 13 (4.76%) Prometheus
2 9 (3.30%) Ansible
2 9 (3.30%) Puppet
2 9 (3.30%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 70 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.26%) OpenAI
3 21 (7.69%) SAP
4 20 (7.33%) Google
5 12 (4.40%) Databricks
6 9 (3.30%) VMware
7 6 (2.20%) Adobe
8 5 (1.83%) Cisco
8 5 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.10%) Facebook
9 3 (1.10%) Instagram
10 2 (0.73%) Cvent
11 1 (0.37%) Canon
11 1 (0.37%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.37%) Oracle
11 1 (0.37%) Progress