Strategic Thinking Job Trends in Yorkshire

Strategic Thinking
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Strategic 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 126 129 154
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 +64
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 33 27 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.00% 0.82% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.91% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 13
10th Percentile £54,500 £42,000 £60,134
25th Percentile £58,242 £44,443 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,463 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% -15.63% +18.52%
75th Percentile £88,125 £68,750 £88,500
90th Percentile £162,500 £77,500 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,687 2,952 2,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 81.15% 89.54% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,560 1,167 2,157
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,260 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in Yorkshire

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -1 23 £74,981 +11.08% 49
South Yorkshire +2 7 £120,000 +77.78% 23
Strategic Thinking
England

Strategic Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (3.03%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (6.06%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (6.06%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (6.06%) InDesign
1 2 (6.06%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) SaaS
2 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.03%) Tableau
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Legal
3 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) Marketing
4 4 (12.12%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Games
5 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Security Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Enterprise Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Lead
4 4 (12.12%) Compliance Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Information Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Information Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Information Security Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Product Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Security Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Art Director
6 2 (6.06%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Leader
7 1 (3.03%) Applications Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.03%) Kafka
2 1 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (3.03%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) RESTful
2 1 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Onboarding
1 4 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Social Media
4 1 (3.03%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (30.30%) IT Strategy
3 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 9 (27.27%) Security Architecture
5 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
6 7 (21.21%) DevOps
6 7 (21.21%) SABSA
6 7 (21.21%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (21.21%) TOGAF
7 6 (18.18%) Agile
7 6 (18.18%) Process Improvement
8 5 (15.15%) CRM
8 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
8 5 (15.15%) Technical Architecture
8 5 (15.15%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Scala
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) CISSP
2 4 (12.12%) CISM
2 4 (12.12%) DBS Check
2 4 (12.12%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (6.06%) Degree
4 1 (3.03%) APMP
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.12%) GRC
3 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (9.09%) GDPR
3 3 (9.09%) NCSC
4 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Adobe
2 2 (6.06%) Pardot
2 2 (6.06%) Sparx
3 1 (3.03%) Anaplan
3 1 (3.03%) Genesys
3 1 (3.03%) HubSpot
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Verint