Strategic Thinking Job Trends in St Helens

Strategic Thinking
Merseyside > St Helens

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in St Helens requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 5 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in St Helens 10.42% 5.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.63% 8.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
Merseyside median annual salary £62,500 - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +4.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
St Helens

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 St Helens.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32 25 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Helens 66.67% 67.57% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 0
10th Percentile £28,050 £30,000 -
25th Percentile - £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £52,000 - -
Merseyside median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +3.77% +3.41% +2.50%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in St Helens

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in St Helens

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Helens 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Housing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) GRC