Thought Leadership
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Thought Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Thought Leadership over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 196 221 275
Rank change year-on-year +25 +54 +68
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 980 2,088 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.84% 1.68% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.76% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 382 936 792
10th Percentile £65,000 £56,235 £47,500
25th Percentile £75,208 £68,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,290 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £117,474 £118,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £79,632 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.84% - +3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Thought Leadership 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,088 118,671 122,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.74% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,209 72,079 81,851
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,492 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,025 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,219 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +6.44% +4.17%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Thought Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Thought Leadership.

Salary trend for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Thought Leadership over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Thought Leadership within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England -3 764 £82,500 -2.94% 556
UK excluding London +88 574 £79,632 +9.84% 158
Work from Home +137 572 £82,500 - 225
London -10 329 £85,000 -8.11% 395
North of England +38 213 £79,632 +2.75% 42
North West +4 128 £79,632 -3.48% 31
Scotland +92 102 £93,953 +13.02% 9
South West +102 83 £79,632 +9.84% 16
Yorkshire +127 82 £79,632 +2.09% 7
Midlands +116 61 £75,000 -4.76% 36
South East +48 54 £82,500 +21.77% 38
East Midlands +58 32 £68,500 +1.48% 9
Northern Ireland +64 30 - - 1
West Midlands +111 29 £80,000 - 26
Wales +36 27 - - 2
East of England +46 5 - - 16
North East +32 3 £75,000 +33.33% 4

Thought Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 22 (2.24%) Apache
3 16 (1.63%) nginx
4 12 (1.22%) Confluence
5 11 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.02%) SAS
7 9 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.61%) CMS
9 4 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.41%) ArcSDE
10 2 (0.20%) JBoss
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Autodesk Inventor
1 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (4.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 30 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 25 (2.55%) SAP SCM
4 18 (1.84%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.51%) SAP CRM
5 5 (0.51%) SAP CX
5 5 (0.51%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.51%) SAP SD
5 5 (0.51%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.41%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.41%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.10%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 191 (19.49%) Azure
2 154 (15.71%) SaaS
3 136 (13.88%) GCP
4 119 (12.14%) AWS
5 111 (11.33%) PaaS
6 109 (11.12%) IaaS
7 26 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 20 (2.04%) GitHub
9 19 (1.94%) Serverless
10 17 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (1.63%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 11 (1.12%) MinIO
14 11 (1.12%) OpenShift
15 10 (1.02%) Vertex AI
16 7 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
17 6 (0.61%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.59%) VPN
2 24 (2.45%) SSL
3 20 (2.04%) Wireless
4 19 (1.94%) LAN
4 19 (1.94%) WAN
5 12 (1.22%) Network Security
6 9 (0.92%) Firewall
7 3 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.20%) AMQP
8 2 (0.20%) DNS
8 2 (0.20%) Internet
9 1 (0.10%) BGP
9 1 (0.10%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.10%) DHCP
9 1 (0.10%) Extranet
9 1 (0.10%) Multicast
9 1 (0.10%) OSPF
9 1 (0.10%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (12.24%) NoSQL
2 117 (11.94%) Data Warehouse
3 115 (11.73%) Data Lake
4 51 (5.20%) SQL Server
5 32 (3.27%) Relational Database
6 29 (2.96%) BigQuery
7 28 (2.86%) MySQL
8 24 (2.45%) Big Data
9 22 (2.24%) Tableau
10 14 (1.43%) Looker
10 14 (1.43%) Power BI
11 13 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.22%) Bigtable
12 12 (1.22%) Data Mining
13 11 (1.12%) Hadoop
13 11 (1.12%) Presto
14 10 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
15 6 (0.61%) Jackrabbit
16 5 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 42 (4.29%) Jenkins
2 20 (2.04%) Git
3 13 (1.33%) JIRA
4 11 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (0.71%) IBM UrbanCode
6 5 (0.51%) Selenium
7 4 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.41%) GitLab
8 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.31%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.10%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.10%) ERwin
10 1 (0.10%) MSTest
10 1 (0.10%) NUnit
10 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.10%) Xcode
General
1 490 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 298 (30.41%) Finance
3 197 (20.10%) Banking
4 112 (11.43%) Marketing
5 110 (11.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 75 (7.65%) Retail
7 58 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (3.06%) Legal
10 21 (2.14%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.84%) Public Sector
12 17 (1.73%) Retail Banking
13 12 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.22%) Games
14 9 (0.92%) Law
14 9 (0.92%) Retail Finance
15 8 (0.82%) Advertising
16 7 (0.71%) Electronics
16 7 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 519 (52.96%) Architect
2 341 (34.80%) Solutions Architect
3 241 (24.59%) Presales Solution Architect
4 172 (17.55%) Lead
5 155 (15.82%) Enterprise Architect
6 113 (11.53%) Senior
7 87 (8.88%) Consultant
8 84 (8.57%) Commercial Architect
9 39 (3.98%) Senior Consultant
10 35 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
11 26 (2.65%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 26 (2.65%) Technical Consultant
12 25 (2.55%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (2.45%) ITSM Consultant
13 24 (2.45%) Senior ITSM Consultant
13 24 (2.45%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
13 24 (2.45%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 19 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 19 (1.94%) ServiceNow Architect
14 19 (1.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (10.10%) OpenID
2 88 (8.98%) Web Services
3 87 (8.88%) REST
4 67 (6.84%) Kafka
5 64 (6.53%) SOAP
6 50 (5.10%) HTML
7 45 (4.59%) JWT
8 44 (4.49%) XML
9 33 (3.37%) CSS
10 31 (3.16%) Spring
11 28 (2.86%) Hibernate
12 26 (2.65%) JDBC
12 26 (2.65%) Struts
13 24 (2.45%) Ajax
13 24 (2.45%) LDAP
14 20 (2.04%) React
15 19 (1.94%) JSON
16 16 (1.63%) .NET
17 15 (1.53%) Node.js
17 15 (1.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 108 (11.02%) Mainframe
2 99 (10.10%) Blockchain
3 69 (7.04%) Public Cloud
4 46 (4.69%) Cloud Native
5 32 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 29 (2.96%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.86%) Onboarding
9 27 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (2.55%) Virtual Team
11 24 (2.45%) CMDB
12 21 (2.14%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.73%) IoT
14 14 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.22%) Social Media
16 10 (1.02%) Reinsurance
17 8 (0.82%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 108 (11.02%) Unix
2 34 (3.47%) Linux
3 17 (1.73%) Windows
4 7 (0.71%) CoreOS
4 7 (0.71%) zOS
5 2 (0.20%) Android
5 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (44.18%) Presales
2 351 (35.82%) Analytics
3 346 (35.31%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 343 (35.00%) Actionable Insight
5 336 (34.29%) Technology Strategy
6 332 (33.88%) Agile
7 326 (33.27%) Problem-Solving
8 303 (30.92%) IT Strategy
9 259 (26.43%) Data Analytics
10 258 (26.33%) Business Case
11 249 (25.41%) Roadmaps
12 248 (25.31%) Commercial Awareness
13 244 (24.90%) Contract Negotiation
14 165 (16.84%) Enterprise Architecture
15 161 (16.43%) Strategic Roadmap
16 158 (16.12%) Artificial Intelligence
17 155 (15.82%) Customer Service
18 147 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
18 147 (15.00%) Software Engineering
19 140 (14.29%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 68 (6.94%) Python
2 63 (6.43%) JavaScript
3 53 (5.41%) SQL
4 26 (2.65%) PL/SQL
5 18 (1.84%) Bash
5 18 (1.84%) Perl
5 18 (1.84%) TypeScript
6 17 (1.73%) C#
7 16 (1.63%) Java
8 12 (1.22%) R
9 11 (1.12%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.92%) C
11 8 (0.82%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.41%) Go
13 3 (0.31%) C++
13 3 (0.31%) VBA
14 2 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.10%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.10%) Rust
15 1 (0.10%) Swift
Qualifications
1 311 (31.73%) Security Cleared
2 288 (29.39%) SC Cleared
3 125 (12.76%) Degree
4 19 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.53%) AWS Certification
5 15 (1.53%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.12%) CISSP
9 9 (0.92%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.82%) CISM
10 8 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.31%) CISA
13 3 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.31%) CRISC
13 3 (0.31%) PMP
14 2 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.10%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.47%) QA
2 14 (1.43%) Data Quality
2 14 (1.43%) GDPR
3 6 (0.61%) PMO
4 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.41%) GRC
5 4 (0.41%) NIST
5 4 (0.41%) SLA
6 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.10%) GMP
7 1 (0.10%) IASME
7 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (4.08%) Docker
2 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.31%) IAG
3 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 93 (9.49%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.39%) Terraform
3 24 (2.45%) HP UCMDB
4 11 (1.12%) Ansible
4 11 (1.12%) Grafana
4 11 (1.12%) HAProxy
4 11 (1.12%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.71%) CA Endevor
6 6 (0.61%) WebSphere Cast Iron
7 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.59%) SAP
3 43 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 42 (4.29%) BMC
4 42 (4.29%) HP
4 42 (4.29%) Remedy
5 28 (2.86%) Google
6 25 (2.55%) Oracle
7 19 (1.94%) Juniper
7 19 (1.94%) SolarWinds
8 15 (1.53%) Adobe
9 11 (1.12%) Informatica
10 10 (1.02%) YouTube
11 7 (0.71%) Cisco
11 7 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.71%) Synopsys
12 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.41%) Autodesk
13 4 (0.41%) Checkmarx
13 4 (0.41%) Veracode