Digital Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Digital Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Thinking over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 928 1177
Rank change year-on-year +87 +249 -376
Permanent jobs citing Digital Thinking 66 32 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.032% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.034% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 45 32 45
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,750 £48,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,250 £68,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Thinking 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 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%

Digital Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Thinking in the UK

Digital Thinking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Thinking.

Salary trend for Digital Thinking in the UK

Digital Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Thinking over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Thinking in the UK

Digital Thinking
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Work from Home +65 26 £70,000 +16.67% 2
London +109 13 £55,000 +2.33% 3
England +83 13 £55,000 +2.33% 5

Digital Thinking
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 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 36 (54.55%) Azure
2 33 (50.00%) AWS
3 17 (25.76%) GCP
4 5 (7.58%) Amazon EKS
4 5 (7.58%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.58%) GitHub
4 5 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
4 5 (7.58%) Serverless
5 2 (3.03%) Azure AKS
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (24.24%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.73%) Metadata
2 14 (21.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) CircleCI
1 5 (7.58%) Git
1 5 (7.58%) git-flow
1 5 (7.58%) GitLab
1 5 (7.58%) Jenkins
General
1 41 (62.12%) Public Sector
2 35 (53.03%) Social Skills
3 20 (30.30%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (16.67%) French Language
5 8 (12.12%) Marketing
6 6 (9.09%) Retail
7 3 (4.55%) Advertising
7 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.55%) Law
8 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Finance
9 1 (1.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (48.48%) Architect
2 20 (30.30%) Senior
3 16 (24.24%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 16 (24.24%) DevOps Architect
3 16 (24.24%) Salesforce Architect
3 16 (24.24%) Security Architect
4 14 (21.21%) Developer
4 14 (21.21%) Full Stack Developer
4 14 (21.21%) Senior Developer
4 14 (21.21%) Senior Full Stack Developer
5 11 (16.67%) Security Technical Architect
5 11 (16.67%) Technical Architect
6 6 (9.09%) E-Commerce Manager
7 5 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Senior Architect
7 5 (7.58%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Digital Project Manager
9 3 (4.55%) E-Commerce Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (21.21%) CSS
1 14 (21.21%) HTML
1 14 (21.21%) Node.js
1 14 (21.21%) RESTful
1 14 (21.21%) Web Services
2 5 (7.58%) .NET
2 5 (7.58%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 34 (51.52%) Onboarding
2 21 (31.82%) Management Information System
3 16 (24.24%) Cyberattack
3 16 (24.24%) Data Centre
4 15 (22.73%) PlayStation
5 11 (16.67%) iPhone
6 8 (12.12%) Virtual Team
7 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (54.55%) DevOps
2 34 (51.52%) CI/CD
2 34 (51.52%) Software Engineering
3 23 (34.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (31.82%) Customer-Centricity
4 21 (31.82%) Information Security
5 20 (30.30%) Continuous Delivery
5 20 (30.30%) Deployment Automation
5 20 (30.30%) Technical Architecture
5 20 (30.30%) Technology Transformation
6 19 (28.79%) Business Development
6 19 (28.79%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (27.27%) Customer Experience
8 16 (24.24%) Cyber Assurance
8 16 (24.24%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 16 (24.24%) Presales
8 16 (24.24%) Roadmaps
8 16 (24.24%) Security Architecture
8 16 (24.24%) Threat Management
8 16 (24.24%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.21%) C#
1 14 (21.21%) JavaScript
2 11 (16.67%) Go
2 11 (16.67%) Java
2 11 (16.67%) Python
3 5 (7.58%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (56.06%) Security Cleared
2 35 (53.03%) SC Cleared
3 34 (51.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (24.24%) AWS Certification
4 16 (24.24%) Azure Certification
4 16 (24.24%) CISM
4 16 (24.24%) CISSP
5 15 (22.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (22.73%) Degree
6 11 (16.67%) OSCP
7 5 (7.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (7.58%) CCSP
7 5 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (7.58%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 6 (9.09%) QA
3 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (7.58%) IASME
System Software
1 22 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Ansible
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
1 5 (7.58%) Terraform
2 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (25.76%) Salesforce
2 15 (22.73%) Facebook
2 15 (22.73%) IBM
2 15 (22.73%) Sony
3 5 (7.58%) Google
3 5 (7.58%) McAfee
4 3 (4.55%) TikTok
5 1 (1.52%) Klarna