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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 309 340
Rank change year-on-year +207 +31 -39
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 252 84 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.68% 0.50% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 0.59% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 63 60 36
10th Percentile £50,193 £35,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,967 £36,250 £55,585
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -42.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,525 £52,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £103,000 £67,750 £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 8,619 14,172 13,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.80% 84.50% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,258 9,870 8,005
10th Percentile £29,925 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
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 14 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 14 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 +159 173 £57,500 +44.22% 50
Berkshire +96 117 £61,250 +53.63% 27
Buckinghamshire +79 51 £50,967 -25.87% 17
Surrey +86 39 £70,000 +16.67% 14
Kent +51 17 £36,500 -20.22% 12
Hampshire +72 16 £52,500 +36.36% 17
Oxfordshire +23 5 £80,000 +113.33% 13
West Sussex +27 3 £75,874 +89.69% 8
Middlesex -16 3 - - 6
East Sussex +30 2 £57,500 +27.78% 8
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 6 (2.38%) WordPress
2 2 (0.79%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.19%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (1.19%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (6.35%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (6.35%) SAP FI
2 5 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.33%) Azure
2 15 (5.95%) Vertex AI
3 14 (5.56%) Salsify
4 13 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (5.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 10 (3.97%) AWS
5 10 (3.97%) SaaS
6 9 (3.57%) GCP
7 7 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.19%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (1.19%) Canva
9 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.92%) Broadband
2 11 (4.37%) LTE
3 9 (3.57%) 5G
3 9 (3.57%) Bluetooth
3 9 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.19%) VPN
4 3 (1.19%) Wireless
5 2 (0.79%) 3G
5 2 (0.79%) DHCP
5 2 (0.79%) DNS
5 2 (0.79%) Firewall
5 2 (0.79%) GPRS
5 2 (0.79%) Modbus
6 1 (0.40%) Internet
6 1 (0.40%) Network Security
6 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.52%) Data Mining
2 15 (5.95%) Big Data
3 14 (5.56%) Metadata
4 3 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.79%) Power BI
6 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 165 (65.48%) Social Skills
2 102 (40.48%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (34.92%) Law
4 58 (23.02%) Marketing
5 43 (17.06%) Finance
6 37 (14.68%) Retail
7 29 (11.51%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (10.71%) Advertising
9 22 (8.73%) Legal
10 15 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (4.37%) Electronics
12 8 (3.17%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.78%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.59%) Automotive
15 4 (1.59%) Banking
15 4 (1.59%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.79%) Multimedia
17 1 (0.40%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 74 (29.37%) Lead
2 71 (28.17%) Senior
3 43 (17.06%) Analyst
4 31 (12.30%) Senior Manager
5 27 (10.71%) Account Manager
5 27 (10.71%) Business Change Analyst
5 27 (10.71%) Change Analyst
6 25 (9.92%) Embedded Engineer
6 25 (9.92%) Release Engineer
7 16 (6.35%) Financial Analyst
7 16 (6.35%) IT Analyst
7 16 (6.35%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (6.35%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 16 (6.35%) Service Analyst
8 15 (5.95%) Senior Account Manager
9 12 (4.76%) Architect
10 10 (3.97%) Strategic Account Manager
11 9 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.57%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.78%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 28 (11.11%) Digital Media
2 25 (9.92%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (9.92%) Marketing Technology
3 17 (6.75%) IoT
4 15 (5.95%) Management Information System
5 14 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 14 (5.56%) Taxonomies
6 11 (4.37%) NB-IoT
7 10 (3.97%) Social Media
8 6 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.98%) Blog
10 3 (1.19%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.19%) Graphic Design
10 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.19%) Video Editing
11 2 (0.79%) Clustering
11 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.35%) Windows
2 11 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.57%) Linux
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 92 (36.51%) Artificial Intelligence
4 80 (31.75%) Roadmaps
5 79 (31.35%) Agile
6 72 (28.57%) Change Management
7 58 (23.02%) Project Management
7 58 (23.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (21.43%) Use Case
9 53 (21.03%) Collaborative Working
10 52 (20.63%) Analytics
11 50 (19.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (13.49%) Digital Marketing
13 33 (13.10%) Customer-Centricity
14 31 (12.30%) Data Science
14 31 (12.30%) Machine Learning
15 30 (11.90%) Business Transformation
15 30 (11.90%) Performance Measurement
15 30 (11.90%) Product Management
16 29 (11.51%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.76%) PowerShell
1 12 (4.76%) Python
2 9 (3.57%) Bash
3 4 (1.59%) SQL
4 3 (1.19%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (11.11%) Degree
2 27 (10.71%) CBAP
3 9 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.19%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.19%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.40%) ACCA
6 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.40%) CIMA
6 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.40%) PMP
6 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.59%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.19%) GDPR
3 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.19%) NIST
3 3 (1.19%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.19%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.40%) PMO
4 1 (0.40%) SLA
4 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (3.57%) vSphere
2 2 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (3.57%) Ansible
1 9 (3.57%) Puppet
1 9 (3.57%) Terraform
2 2 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 70 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.13%) SAP
3 17 (6.75%) Google
4 15 (5.95%) OpenAI
5 13 (5.16%) Databricks
6 9 (3.57%) VMware
7 7 (2.78%) Cisco
7 7 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.38%) Adobe
9 3 (1.19%) Facebook
9 3 (1.19%) Instagram
10 2 (0.79%) Cvent
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle
11 1 (0.40%) Canon
11 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.40%) Progress