Strategic Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Strategic Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 170 293 298
Rank change year-on-year +123 +5 +32
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 734 659 641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.85% 0.88% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.07% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 234 411 262
10th Percentile £38,825 £36,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,967 £43,116 £55,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,643 £64,108 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% -8.42% +27.27%
75th Percentile £74,688 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £94,888 £92,750 £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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK excluding London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK excluding London

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK excluding London

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the UK excluding London 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
South East +204 273 £54,500 +36.25% 134
North of England +32 164 £67,000 -9.22% 208
East of England +129 140 £50,967 +4.01% 45
North West +29 123 £70,000 -3.45% 138
Midlands +43 81 £60,000 +1.87% 97
West Midlands +34 48 £70,000 +10.58% 62
South West +34 44 £62,500 +4.17% 47
East Midlands +43 33 £57,500 +21.05% 34
Yorkshire +32 33 £53,638 -27.32% 50
Scotland +25 22 £83,738 +11.65% 60
North East +35 8 £105,000 +42.27% 22
Channel Islands - 5 £80,000 - 20
Wales +31 4 - - 16
Northern Ireland +33 1 - - 20
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (1.36%) WordPress
2 4 (0.54%) Confluence
2 4 (0.54%) IBM Domino
3 3 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.14%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.54%) Trello
5 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.41%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (2.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (2.18%) SAP FI
2 5 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 141 (19.21%) Azure
2 121 (16.49%) AWS
3 29 (3.95%) SaaS
4 26 (3.54%) GCP
5 23 (3.13%) Power Platform
6 18 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (2.04%) Vertex AI
8 14 (1.91%) Salsify
9 13 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (1.77%) Google Analytics
10 12 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (0.95%) Google Ads
12 5 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.68%) Facebook Ads
13 4 (0.54%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.54%) Figma
14 3 (0.41%) GitHub
14 3 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (8.86%) Broadband
2 13 (1.77%) Firewall
3 12 (1.63%) LTE
4 11 (1.50%) 5G
4 11 (1.50%) Bluetooth
4 11 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.95%) Intranet
6 6 (0.82%) EIGRP
6 6 (0.82%) OSPF
6 6 (0.82%) RIP
6 6 (0.82%) SNMP
6 6 (0.82%) SSH
6 6 (0.82%) WAN
7 5 (0.68%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.68%) VoIP
8 3 (0.41%) DNS
8 3 (0.41%) Internet
8 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.41%) VPN
9 2 (0.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (12.94%) SQL Server
2 31 (4.22%) Big Data
3 24 (3.27%) Data Mining
4 22 (3.00%) Power BI
5 15 (2.04%) Tableau
6 14 (1.91%) Metadata
7 3 (0.41%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.27%) Looker
8 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.27%) ThoughtSpot
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.14%) MySQL
9 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 165 (22.48%) JIRA
2 91 (12.40%) Maven
3 90 (12.26%) Bitbucket
3 90 (12.26%) Cucumber
3 90 (12.26%) GitLab
3 90 (12.26%) Selenium
3 90 (12.26%) SonarQube
3 90 (12.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.27%) Git
5 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 391 (53.27%) Social Skills
2 273 (37.19%) Analytical Skills
3 230 (31.34%) Finance
4 146 (19.89%) Retail
5 136 (18.53%) Marketing
6 122 (16.62%) Influencing Skills
7 115 (15.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 113 (15.40%) Law
9 110 (14.99%) Banking
10 91 (12.40%) Corporate Banking
11 90 (12.26%) Investment Banking
12 60 (8.17%) Advertising
13 46 (6.27%) Legal
14 23 (3.13%) Public Sector
15 22 (3.00%) Electronics
16 15 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (1.77%) Financial Institution
19 12 (1.63%) Manufacturing
20 9 (1.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 130 (17.71%) Analyst
2 122 (16.62%) Senior
3 111 (15.12%) Lead
4 92 (12.53%) Software Engineer
5 88 (11.99%) Business Change Analyst
5 88 (11.99%) Change Analyst
6 65 (8.86%) Embedded Engineer
6 65 (8.86%) Release Engineer
7 63 (8.58%) Senior Manager
8 55 (7.49%) Account Manager
9 30 (4.09%) Senior Account Manager
10 27 (3.68%) Architect
11 20 (2.72%) Strategic Account Manager
12 19 (2.59%) Product Manager
12 19 (2.59%) Project Manager
13 18 (2.45%) IT Analyst
13 18 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.32%) Financial Analyst
15 16 (2.18%) Senior Financial Analyst
15 16 (2.18%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (13.08%) Spring
1 96 (13.08%) Spring Boot
2 95 (12.94%) RESTful
3 92 (12.53%) React
4 91 (12.40%) Kafka
4 91 (12.40%) REST
5 90 (12.26%) CSS
5 90 (12.26%) CSS3
5 90 (12.26%) HTML
5 90 (12.26%) HTML5
5 90 (12.26%) Jest
5 90 (12.26%) JPA
5 90 (12.26%) Redux
5 90 (12.26%) Sass
6 66 (8.99%) Middleware
7 13 (1.77%) Hugging Face
7 13 (1.77%) LangChain
7 13 (1.77%) PyTorch
7 13 (1.77%) TensorFlow
8 5 (0.68%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 129 (17.57%) Product Ownership
2 91 (12.40%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (8.86%) Embedded Systems
4 53 (7.22%) Digital Media
5 52 (7.08%) Marketing Technology
6 30 (4.09%) Algorithms
7 22 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.86%) IoT
9 19 (2.59%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.59%) Social Media
10 14 (1.91%) Taxonomies
11 12 (1.63%) NB-IoT
12 10 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.09%) Cyberattack
14 6 (0.82%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.82%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.82%) Driving Licence
15 5 (0.68%) Blog
15 5 (0.68%) Social Network
16 4 (0.54%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.32%) Windows
2 13 (1.77%) Linux
2 13 (1.77%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.41%) Android
3 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (37.19%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (36.92%) Agile
3 235 (32.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 204 (27.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 170 (23.16%) Roadmaps
6 163 (22.21%) CI/CD
7 162 (22.07%) Change Management
8 156 (21.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 146 (19.89%) Collaborative Working
10 142 (19.35%) Mentoring
10 142 (19.35%) Project Management
11 130 (17.71%) DevOps
12 121 (16.49%) Use Case
13 103 (14.03%) SDLC
13 103 (14.03%) User Experience
14 102 (13.90%) Microservices
14 102 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 96 (13.08%) Analytics
15 96 (13.08%) Software Engineering
16 95 (12.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 104 (14.17%) SQL
2 97 (13.22%) Java
3 93 (12.67%) JavaScript
4 90 (12.26%) TypeScript
5 26 (3.54%) Python
6 13 (1.77%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.50%) Bash
8 5 (0.68%) C#
9 4 (0.54%) R
10 2 (0.27%) VB
11 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 88 (11.99%) CBAP
2 68 (9.26%) Degree
3 19 (2.59%) Master's Degree
4 14 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (1.36%) Security Cleared
7 7 (0.95%) CISSP
8 6 (0.82%) CISM
8 6 (0.82%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.68%) PMP
10 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.54%) CEH
10 4 (0.54%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.41%) CSPO
12 2 (0.27%) APMG
12 2 (0.27%) CRISC
12 2 (0.27%) SANS
12 2 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (13.49%) Accessibility
2 96 (13.08%) QA
3 16 (2.18%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.77%) GDPR
5 9 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.23%) NIST
5 9 (1.23%) PMBOK
6 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.68%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.54%) COBIT
8 3 (0.41%) PMO
9 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.14%) SLA
10 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (12.94%) Docker
2 11 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.50%) vSphere
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 93 (12.67%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.04%) Terraform
3 13 (1.77%) Grafana
3 13 (1.77%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.63%) Ansible
5 11 (1.50%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 123 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 90 (12.26%) Solace
3 30 (4.09%) Google
4 28 (3.81%) OpenAI
5 23 (3.13%) SAP
6 16 (2.18%) Cisco
7 14 (1.91%) Databricks
8 12 (1.63%) Facebook
8 12 (1.63%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.63%) VMware
9 7 (0.95%) Instagram
9 7 (0.95%) TikTok
10 6 (0.82%) Adobe
10 6 (0.82%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.82%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.68%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.54%) Genesys
13 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.41%) Twitter
13 3 (0.41%) YouTube