Systems Thinking Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Systems Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 533 428
Rank change year-on-year +119 -105 +178
Permanent jobs citing Systems Thinking 101 34 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.091% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.10% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 68 12 70
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,238 £46,250
25th Percentile £44,479 £44,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -25.61% +16.67%
75th Percentile £75,900 £59,832 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £62,500 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,560 £70,576
% change year-on-year +12.93% -18.44% +0.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Systems 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 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Systems Thinking job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Systems Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London

Systems 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 Systems Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +49 27 £75,900 +58.13% 92
South West +31 25 £55,000 +22.22% 52
East of England - 19 £80,000 - 55
North of England +18 11 £45,497 -20.96% 61
Scotland +16 9 £75,900 +87.77% 17
Midlands +25 6 £75,900 +38.00% 54
North West +25 5 £45,497 -20.96% 28
North East - 4 £45,497 - 5
Wales - 4 £39,163 - 10
West Midlands +29 3 - - 29
East Midlands -8 3 £75,900 - 21
Yorkshire - 2 - - 28
Systems Thinking
UK

Systems Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) CATIA
2 2 (1.98%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.89%) SaaS
2 7 (6.93%) Azure
3 6 (5.94%) AWS
4 4 (3.96%) Figma
5 2 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.98%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.98%) Serverless
6 1 (0.99%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) Broadband
2 4 (3.96%) Ethernet
2 4 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (3.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) GIS
2 1 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (22.77%) JIRA
2 21 (20.79%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (2.97%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (1.98%) JUnit
4 2 (1.98%) Maven
4 2 (1.98%) Mockito
General
1 25 (24.75%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.89%) Marketing
3 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.94%) Finance
5 4 (3.96%) Electronics
5 4 (3.96%) Games
5 4 (3.96%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.98%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.99%) Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Military
7 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (34.65%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (18.81%) Senior
3 17 (16.83%) Systems Manager
4 16 (15.84%) Requirements Manager
5 13 (12.87%) Architect
5 13 (12.87%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (10.89%) Integration Architect
7 9 (8.91%) Technical Architect
7 9 (8.91%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.92%) ITSM Architect
8 8 (7.92%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Senior Operations Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Analyst
10 5 (4.95%) Lead
11 4 (3.96%) Data Analyst
12 3 (2.97%) Designer
13 2 (1.98%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.98%) Node.js
1 2 (1.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.96%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (3.96%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (3.96%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.98%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.98%) Housing Association
3 2 (1.98%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.91%) Linux
2 7 (6.93%) Windows
2 7 (6.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (48.51%) Systems Engineering
2 35 (34.65%) Agile
3 30 (29.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (23.76%) Validation
6 21 (20.79%) Requirements Management
7 20 (19.80%) Waterfall
8 15 (14.85%) Service Delivery
9 13 (12.87%) Project Delivery
9 13 (12.87%) Project Management
10 12 (11.88%) Mentoring
11 11 (10.89%) Customer Engagement
11 11 (10.89%) ITSM
11 11 (10.89%) Presales
12 10 (9.90%) Software Engineering
13 9 (8.91%) Coaching
13 9 (8.91%) Customer Requirements
14 8 (7.92%) Verification and Validation
15 7 (6.93%) Collaborative Working
15 7 (6.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.94%) C
2 4 (3.96%) C++
2 4 (3.96%) Python
3 2 (1.98%) Bash
3 2 (1.98%) Java
3 2 (1.98%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.98%) R
3 2 (1.98%) SQL
4 1 (0.99%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (40.59%) Degree
2 35 (34.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.89%) SC Cleared
5 8 (7.92%) DV Cleared
6 7 (6.93%) Master's Degree
6 7 (6.93%) PhD
7 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (34.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 19 (18.81%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.98%) QA
4 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Argo
2 2 (1.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (22.77%) IBM
2 5 (4.95%) Adobe
3 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.98%) Oracle
4 2 (1.98%) PagerDuty
5 1 (0.99%) JDA
5 1 (0.99%) RedPrairie