Strategic Thinking Jobs in England

Strategic Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Strategic Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 337 311
Rank change year-on-year +40 -26 +179
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 866 810 1,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.96% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.01% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 603 357 582
10th Percentile £38,603 £46,301 £43,200
25th Percentile £48,750 £58,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £93,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,800 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Strategic 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,066 80,344 135,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.60% 95.49% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,107 48,707 73,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,294
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Strategic Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in England

Strategic Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +135 344 £82,500 -8.33% 269
North of England -50 167 £73,805 +5.44% 78
South West +42 129 £60,000 -7.69% 32
Midlands +43 103 £58,900 -15.86% 47
South East +16 87 £40,000 -42.86% 62
North West -53 85 £72,500 +3.57% 37
West Midlands +21 70 £63,304 -9.57% 28
Yorkshire -14 59 £73,805 +5.44% 37
East Midlands +3 33 £47,500 -32.14% 19
East of England +10 28 £49,000 -30.00% 24
North East +5 23 £73,805 +5.44% 8
Strategic Thinking
UK

Strategic Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.27%) Tuxedo
3 21 (2.42%) CMS
4 20 (2.31%) Confluence
5 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.46%) Drupal
6 4 (0.46%) SAS
7 3 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.12%) Liferay
Applications
1 54 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.50%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.46%) SPSS
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (0.23%) Gliffy
8 2 (0.23%) Revit
8 2 (0.23%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.12%) CapCut
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.85%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.46%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.35%) Shopify
6 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (11.89%) Azure
2 100 (11.55%) AWS
3 76 (8.78%) SaaS
4 58 (6.70%) Power Platform
5 54 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.19%) PaaS
7 18 (2.08%) IaaS
8 13 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (1.50%) GCP
9 8 (0.92%) Azure Pipelines
10 7 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.58%) dbt
11 5 (0.58%) Figma
11 5 (0.58%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.58%) Serverless
12 4 (0.46%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.46%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.35%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.35%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.77%) Firewall
2 14 (1.62%) Network Security
3 10 (1.15%) Internet
4 6 (0.69%) Broadband
4 6 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (0.69%) LAN
4 6 (0.69%) WAN
4 6 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.58%) VoIP
6 4 (0.46%) DHCP
6 4 (0.46%) DNS
6 4 (0.46%) NaaS
7 3 (0.35%) WebEx
8 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.23%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.23%) Extranet
8 2 (0.23%) Intranet
9 1 (0.12%) ADSL
9 1 (0.12%) TETRA
9 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.85%) Power BI
2 34 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.77%) Tableau
4 9 (1.04%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.81%) MySQL
7 6 (0.69%) Big Data
7 6 (0.69%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.46%) Power Query
9 3 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.35%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.35%) DTS
9 3 (0.35%) GIS
9 3 (0.35%) OLAP
10 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.23%) Data Mart
10 2 (0.23%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 48 (5.54%) JIRA
2 26 (3.00%) Git
3 17 (1.96%) NUnit
4 16 (1.85%) GitLab
4 16 (1.85%) Moq
4 16 (1.85%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.81%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.69%) Selenium
7 5 (0.58%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.58%) JUnit
8 4 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.46%) JMeter
8 4 (0.46%) Postman
9 3 (0.35%) Appium
9 3 (0.35%) Mockito
10 2 (0.23%) CANoe
10 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.23%) TestNG
10 2 (0.23%) TestRail
10 2 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 414 (47.81%) Social Skills
2 243 (28.06%) Analytical Skills
3 242 (27.94%) Finance
4 147 (16.97%) Marketing
5 116 (13.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 108 (12.47%) Retail
7 65 (7.51%) Banking
8 63 (7.27%) Law
9 51 (5.89%) Presentation Skills
10 48 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (4.16%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (3.93%) Investment Banking
12 34 (3.93%) Legal
13 32 (3.70%) Public Sector
14 30 (3.46%) Telecoms
15 22 (2.54%) Local Government
16 18 (2.08%) Manufacturing
17 17 (1.96%) Advertising
18 13 (1.50%) Fire and Rescue
18 13 (1.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 145 (16.74%) Lead
2 143 (16.51%) Senior
3 69 (7.97%) Technical Leader
4 65 (7.51%) Analyst
5 54 (6.24%) Architect
6 51 (5.89%) Product Manager
7 48 (5.54%) IT Manager
8 44 (5.08%) Senior Manager
9 42 (4.85%) Business Manager
10 38 (4.39%) Project Manager
11 36 (4.16%) Development Manager
12 33 (3.81%) Developer
13 27 (3.12%) Business Development Manager
14 25 (2.89%) Designer
14 25 (2.89%) Information Manager
15 23 (2.66%) Head of IT
16 21 (2.42%) Consultant
17 20 (2.31%) Security Manager
18 19 (2.19%) Information Security Manager
18 19 (2.19%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.70%) RESTful
2 31 (3.58%) HTML
3 30 (3.46%) .NET
4 29 (3.35%) CSS
5 23 (2.66%) Web Services
6 22 (2.54%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.54%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (2.19%) .NET Framework
8 18 (2.08%) Middleware
9 16 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC 5
9 16 (1.85%) Classic ASP
9 16 (1.85%) Entity Framework
9 16 (1.85%) jQuery
9 16 (1.85%) Semantic HTML
9 16 (1.85%) SOAP
10 13 (1.50%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.92%) EDI
11 8 (0.92%) React
12 6 (0.69%) Symfony
13 5 (0.58%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.54%) Management Information System
2 47 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 29 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.23%) Social Media
7 18 (2.08%) Security Posture
8 17 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.85%) Legacy Code
9 16 (1.85%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.27%) e-Learning
11 10 (1.15%) IoT
11 10 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (0.92%) Blog
13 7 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.81%) Learning Management System
13 7 (0.81%) NHS
14 6 (0.69%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.23%) Windows
2 19 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.39%) Linux
4 6 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (30.60%) Agile
2 236 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
3 218 (25.17%) Roadmaps
4 170 (19.63%) Project Management
5 161 (18.59%) Mentoring
6 153 (17.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 126 (14.55%) Decision-Making
8 112 (12.93%) Product Roadmap
9 109 (12.59%) Business Strategy
10 92 (10.62%) Coaching
10 92 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
11 84 (9.70%) Computer Science
12 83 (9.58%) Analytics
12 83 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 81 (9.35%) Collaborative Working
14 77 (8.89%) Analytical Thinking
15 74 (8.55%) Product Management
16 68 (7.85%) Information Security
17 64 (7.39%) Creative Thinking
17 64 (7.39%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 78 (9.01%) SQL
2 73 (8.43%) Python
3 66 (7.62%) COBOL
3 66 (7.62%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 56 (6.47%) Java
5 34 (3.93%) C
6 33 (3.81%) C++
7 25 (2.89%) C#
8 24 (2.77%) JavaScript
9 19 (2.19%) R
10 16 (1.85%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.50%) TypeScript
12 12 (1.39%) PHP
13 11 (1.27%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.69%) VBA
15 5 (0.58%) Scala
16 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.12%) Bash
17 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 271 (31.29%) Degree
2 51 (5.89%) Master's Degree
3 48 (5.54%) Security Cleared
4 42 (4.85%) CISSP
5 36 (4.16%) CISM
6 34 (3.93%) SC Cleared
7 30 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (1.85%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.73%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.39%) PMP
12 11 (1.27%) CRISC
12 11 (1.27%) MBA
13 10 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.04%) CEH
15 8 (0.92%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.81%) CCNP
16 7 (0.81%) CISA
16 7 (0.81%) HNC
17 6 (0.69%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.97%) QA
2 32 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 30 (3.46%) GDPR
4 19 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.85%) NIST
6 10 (1.15%) SLA
7 9 (1.04%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (0.92%) PMO
9 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 26262
12 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 15 (1.73%) Docker
2 13 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) IAG
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.58%) Ansible
2 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.46%) Puppet
3 4 (0.46%) Terraform
4 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.23%) SCCM
5 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.12%) Netcool
Vendors
1 145 (16.74%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.62%) Micro Focus
3 40 (4.62%) Oracle
4 33 (3.81%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.42%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.19%) SAP
7 18 (2.08%) Cisco
8 15 (1.73%) Google
9 11 (1.27%) Citrix
10 10 (1.15%) BiZZdesign
11 8 (0.92%) Adobe
11 8 (0.92%) BT
11 8 (0.92%) CyberArk
11 8 (0.92%) Samsung
12 7 (0.81%) Splunk
13 6 (0.69%) Juniper
13 6 (0.69%) Veeam
14 5 (0.58%) IBM
14 5 (0.58%) VMware
14 5 (0.58%) Zoho