Strategic Thinking Jobs in the South West

Strategic Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 211 231
Rank change year-on-year +42 +20 +28
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 128 61 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.39% 0.88% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 0.93% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 61 38 37
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £38,190
25th Percentile £43,116 £46,613 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £47,520
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +36.78% -13.60%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £58,608
90th Percentile £107,750 £84,875 £68,100
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Strategic Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,751 6,533 7,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.01% 94.46% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,549 3,637 5,023
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,271 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the South West

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the South West

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Dorset +25 47 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Bristol +8 25 £64,387 +17.32% 14
Wiltshire +2 16 £43,116 -20.16% 1
Gloucestershire -10 15 £77,500 +10.71% 7
Cornwall - 11 £45,000 - 2
Somerset +9 5 £63,750 -8.93% 3
Devon -13 5 £90,000 +89.39%
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (14.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (11.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (6.25%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.56%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.78%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) HFM
1 1 (0.78%) Hyperion Planning
1 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.38%) SaaS
2 7 (5.47%) GCP
3 5 (3.91%) AWS
4 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.34%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.56%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.78%) OCI
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.47%) Internet
2 6 (4.69%) Network Security
3 1 (0.78%) ADSL
3 1 (0.78%) Firewall
3 1 (0.78%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.47%) Relational Database
1 7 (5.47%) Tableau
2 6 (4.69%) MySQL
3 3 (2.34%) Power BI
4 2 (1.56%) Power Query
5 1 (0.78%) Essbase
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (8.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Git
General
1 58 (45.31%) Finance
2 54 (42.19%) Social Skills
3 45 (35.16%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (34.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (33.59%) Banking
6 42 (32.81%) Law
7 34 (26.56%) Investment Banking
8 32 (25.00%) Retail
9 28 (21.88%) Marketing
10 13 (10.16%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (4.69%) Front Office
12 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (2.34%) Advertising
13 3 (2.34%) Legal
13 3 (2.34%) Public Speaking
14 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.56%) Games
14 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.56%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (19.53%) Analyst
2 20 (15.63%) Senior
3 17 (13.28%) Product Manager
4 14 (10.94%) Lead
5 10 (7.81%) Senior Manager
6 9 (7.03%) Consultant
6 9 (7.03%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.47%) Architect
7 7 (5.47%) Software Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Associate Project Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Developer
8 6 (4.69%) Development Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Enterprise Consultant
8 6 (4.69%) Implementation Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Implementation Project Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Sales Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Senior Portfolio Manager
8 6 (4.69%) Service Analyst
8 6 (4.69%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.69%) Software Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) AngularJS
1 6 (4.69%) CSS
1 6 (4.69%) HTML
1 6 (4.69%) React
1 6 (4.69%) Symfony
2 3 (2.34%) LAMP
2 3 (2.34%) Laravel
3 1 (0.78%) Django
3 1 (0.78%) Flask
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.69%) e-Learning
2 6 (4.69%) Fixed Income
2 6 (4.69%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.91%) iPad
3 5 (3.91%) Replication
4 4 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.34%) Blog
5 3 (2.34%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.56%) PMI
7 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.78%) Derivative
7 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.78%) Equities
7 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.78%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.78%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.34%) Linux
2 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (24.22%) Agile
3 27 (21.09%) Roadmaps
4 24 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (16.41%) Project Management
6 19 (14.84%) Analytical Thinking
6 19 (14.84%) Decision-Making
6 19 (14.84%) Product Strategy
7 18 (14.06%) Network Management
8 15 (11.72%) Product Roadmap
8 15 (11.72%) Product Vision
8 15 (11.72%) Strategic Roadmap
9 14 (10.94%) Artificial Intelligence
9 14 (10.94%) Product Management
9 14 (10.94%) SDLC
10 13 (10.16%) Mentoring
10 13 (10.16%) Technology Strategy
11 12 (9.38%) Business Development
11 12 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (9.38%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.03%) PHP
1 9 (7.03%) SQL
2 8 (6.25%) Python
3 6 (4.69%) R
3 6 (4.69%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.91%) C
4 5 (3.91%) Java
4 5 (3.91%) Scala
5 3 (2.34%) C++
6 2 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.56%) VBA
7 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (35.16%) Degree
2 6 (4.69%) Tableau Certification
3 5 (3.91%) CISA
3 5 (3.91%) CISM
3 5 (3.91%) CISSP
3 5 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.91%) CRISC
3 5 (3.91%) SANS
3 5 (3.91%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.34%) CSPO
5 3 (2.34%) IIBA
6 2 (1.56%) CAPM
6 2 (1.56%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.56%) MBA
6 2 (1.56%) PMP
7 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.78%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) QA
2 5 (3.91%) NIST
3 4 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (4.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (26.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.03%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.47%) Google
4 6 (4.69%) BiZZdesign
5 4 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.34%) Cisco
7 2 (1.56%) Dell
7 2 (1.56%) HP
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle
8 1 (0.78%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.78%) Mitel
8 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Twitter
8 1 (0.78%) Zoho