Thought Leadership Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Thought Leadership
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Thought Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Thought Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 332 217
Rank change year-on-year -21 -115 +145
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 122 297 630
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.87% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.96% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 63 150 224
10th Percentile £45,500 £43,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £98,474 £101,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £118,500 £145,000 £121,750
UK median annual salary £84,000 £78,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -8.24% +6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Thought Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,498 30,975 38,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.97% 90.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,196 23,429 26,704
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Thought Leadership
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Thought Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Thought Leadership trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Thought Leadership
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Thought Leadership.

Thought Leadership salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Thought Leadership
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Thought Leadership over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Thought Leadership salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Thought Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.10%) CMS
3 2 (1.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.64%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.64%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.64%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.82%) BASE24
3 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.82%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.82%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.82%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.82%) SAP LE
3 1 (0.82%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.21%) Azure
2 13 (10.66%) GCP
3 12 (9.84%) AWS
4 9 (7.38%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.10%) Google Ads
7 4 (3.28%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (3.28%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.28%) Zapier
8 3 (2.46%) GitHub
8 3 (2.46%) Google Analytics
8 3 (2.46%) SaaS
9 2 (1.64%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.64%) Canva
9 2 (1.64%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.64%) IaaS
9 2 (1.64%) PaaS
9 2 (1.64%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.46%) Internet
2 2 (1.64%) Firewall
3 1 (0.82%) ATM
3 1 (0.82%) LAN
3 1 (0.82%) Network Security
3 1 (0.82%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.82%) SSL
3 1 (0.82%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.82%) VoIP
3 1 (0.82%) VPN
3 1 (0.82%) WAN
3 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.92%) Power BI
2 5 (4.10%) Tableau
3 4 (3.28%) BigQuery
3 4 (3.28%) Power Query
3 4 (3.28%) PowerPivot
3 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.64%) Big Data
5 2 (1.64%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (1.64%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.82%) KDB
6 1 (0.82%) Looker
6 1 (0.82%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) Git
2 6 (4.92%) JIRA
3 2 (1.64%) Axure RP
3 2 (1.64%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.82%) ERwin
4 1 (0.82%) VersaTest
General
1 49 (40.16%) Finance
2 42 (34.43%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (30.33%) Social Skills
4 27 (22.13%) Retail
5 24 (19.67%) Marketing
6 22 (18.03%) Banking
7 20 (16.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (8.20%) Advertising
8 10 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
9 7 (5.74%) Law
10 6 (4.92%) Games
10 6 (4.92%) Health Technology
11 5 (4.10%) Legal
11 5 (4.10%) Publishing
12 4 (3.28%) Electronics
12 4 (3.28%) Manufacturing
12 4 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (21.31%) Senior
2 13 (10.66%) Consultant
3 12 (9.84%) Lead
4 10 (8.20%) Architect
5 6 (4.92%) Account Manager
5 6 (4.92%) Designer
5 6 (4.92%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (4.92%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (4.10%) Content Designer
6 5 (4.10%) Head of Engineering
6 5 (4.10%) Junior
6 5 (4.10%) Junior Content Designer
6 5 (4.10%) Junior Designer
6 5 (4.10%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.10%) SAP EWM Consultant
7 4 (3.28%) CRM Project Manager
7 4 (3.28%) SAP WM Consultant
7 4 (3.28%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.28%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.56%) React
2 7 (5.74%) Node.js
2 7 (5.74%) Playwright
2 7 (5.74%) Spring Boot
3 6 (4.92%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (4.10%) Spring
5 4 (3.28%) Middleware
6 3 (2.46%) .NET
6 3 (2.46%) CSS
6 3 (2.46%) HTML
6 3 (2.46%) RESTful
7 2 (1.64%) SOAP
7 2 (1.64%) XML
8 1 (0.82%) Ajax
8 1 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.82%) JSON
8 1 (0.82%) LDAP
8 1 (0.82%) SPFx
8 1 (0.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.20%) Social Media
2 9 (7.38%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.74%) Digital Media
3 7 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.10%) Algorithms
5 5 (4.10%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.28%) IoT
6 4 (3.28%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.28%) New Media
7 3 (2.46%) Blog
7 3 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.46%) PMI
7 3 (2.46%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.64%) AIX
1 2 (1.64%) Linux
1 2 (1.64%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (31.97%) Agile
2 37 (30.33%) Coaching
3 33 (27.05%) Mentoring
3 33 (27.05%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (24.59%) Project Management
5 28 (22.95%) Analytics
6 22 (18.03%) Decision-Making
7 19 (15.57%) Artificial Intelligence
8 17 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (13.93%) Roadmaps
8 17 (13.93%) Strategic Thinking
9 16 (13.11%) B2B
10 15 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (11.48%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (10.66%) Data Modelling
13 12 (9.84%) Data Strategy
13 12 (9.84%) DevOps
13 12 (9.84%) Migration
13 12 (9.84%) Project Delivery
13 12 (9.84%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.75%) SQL
2 16 (13.11%) Python
3 14 (11.48%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.20%) Java
5 7 (5.74%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.28%) R
7 1 (0.82%) COBOL
7 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (20.49%) Degree
2 16 (13.11%) SC Cleared
2 16 (13.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.92%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.28%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.28%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.46%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.46%) PMP
6 2 (1.64%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.64%) MBA
6 2 (1.64%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.82%) APMG
7 1 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.11%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.10%) QA
3 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.64%) GDPR
3 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.64%) WCAG
4 1 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 2 (1.64%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.82%) HP UCMDB
2 1 (0.82%) Istio
Vendors
1 26 (21.31%) Adobe
1 26 (21.31%) Google
2 24 (19.67%) TikTok
3 11 (9.02%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.56%) SAP
5 6 (4.92%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.46%) Facebook
7 2 (1.64%) Hootsuite
7 2 (1.64%) HP
7 2 (1.64%) Instagram
7 2 (1.64%) Oracle
8 1 (0.82%) BMC
8 1 (0.82%) Cisco
8 1 (0.82%) Foundry
8 1 (0.82%) Mitel
8 1 (0.82%) Palantir
8 1 (0.82%) Pinterest
8 1 (0.82%) Remedy
8 1 (0.82%) Snapchat
8 1 (0.82%) Sparx