Strategic Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 340 313
Rank change year-on-year +61 -27 +209
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 1,055 1,031 2,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 1.02% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.07% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 693 447 660
10th Percentile £38,603 £46,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,219 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,063 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,472 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,700 £106,000 £105,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,912 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +27.27% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +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% +9.38%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategic Thinking in the UK

Strategic Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +79 857 £70,000 - 482
UK excluding London -2 665 £63,912 -8.70% 291
Work from Home +42 381 £72,500 - 223
London +134 335 £82,500 -2.94% 212
North of England -37 170 £73,805 +5.44% 87
South West +46 130 £60,000 +0.40% 29
Scotland -3 127 £75,000 +24.90% 28
Midlands +34 103 £59,556 -14.92% 55
North West -43 92 £70,000 - 46
South East +27 84 £40,000 -42.86% 64
West Midlands +32 74 £61,028 -12.82% 29
Yorkshire +13 56 £73,805 +5.44% 28
East Midlands +2 29 £50,000 -28.57% 26
East of England +23 28 £49,000 -30.00% 29
North East +8 22 £73,805 +5.44% 17
Wales -51 13 £61,312 -12.41% 6
Northern Ireland +27 10 £42,000 - 4

Strategic 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 49 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.51%) Tuxedo
3 24 (2.27%) Confluence
4 17 (1.61%) CMS
5 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.38%) Drupal
7 3 (0.28%) SAS
7 3 (0.28%) WordPress
8 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 59 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (3.32%) UserZoom
4 30 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.33%) Sketch
6 13 (1.23%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.28%) SPSS
10 2 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.19%) Gliffy
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.095%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.095%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.095%) InDesign
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.14%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.095%) HFM
7 1 (0.095%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.095%) Magento
7 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.095%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 112 (10.62%) Azure
2 109 (10.33%) AWS
3 83 (7.87%) SaaS
4 58 (5.50%) Power Platform
5 57 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (4.74%) Figma
7 32 (3.03%) SurveyMonkey
8 24 (2.27%) PaaS
9 23 (2.18%) IaaS
10 17 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (1.61%) GCP
11 14 (1.33%) Entra ID
12 12 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.76%) Azure Pipelines
13 8 (0.76%) dbt
14 7 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.47%) OneDrive
15 5 (0.47%) Serverless
16 4 (0.38%) Azure AKS
16 4 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.90%) Firewall
2 13 (1.23%) Internet
3 11 (1.04%) Network Security
4 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.57%) Broadband
5 6 (0.57%) LAN
5 6 (0.57%) WAN
6 5 (0.47%) DHCP
6 5 (0.47%) DNS
6 5 (0.47%) VoIP
6 5 (0.47%) WebEx
7 4 (0.38%) NaaS
7 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.28%) TETRA
9 2 (0.19%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.19%) Extranet
9 2 (0.19%) Intranet
9 2 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.095%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.98%) Power BI
2 35 (3.32%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.46%) Tableau
4 19 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.85%) Big Data
6 9 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.66%) MySQL
8 6 (0.57%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.38%) Metadata
11 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.28%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.28%) GIS
11 3 (0.28%) OLAP
12 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.19%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.19%) DTS
Development Applications
1 61 (5.78%) JIRA
2 40 (3.79%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.18%) Git
4 13 (1.23%) NUnit
5 12 (1.14%) GitLab
5 12 (1.14%) Moq
5 12 (1.14%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.76%) Selenium
7 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.57%) JUnit
8 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.38%) JMeter
8 4 (0.38%) Mockito
8 4 (0.38%) Postman
9 2 (0.19%) Appium
9 2 (0.19%) CANoe
9 2 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.19%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.19%) TestNG
9 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 506 (47.96%) Social Skills
2 347 (32.89%) Finance
3 283 (26.82%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (19.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 194 (18.39%) Marketing
6 131 (12.42%) Law
7 126 (11.94%) Retail
8 93 (8.82%) Banking
9 70 (6.64%) Presentation Skills
10 58 (5.50%) Legal
11 50 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (3.89%) Investment Banking
13 40 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (3.22%) Public Sector
15 30 (2.84%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.99%) Local Government
17 17 (1.61%) Advertising
18 16 (1.52%) Manufacturing
19 13 (1.23%) Front Office
19 13 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 182 (17.25%) Lead
2 170 (16.11%) Senior
3 74 (7.01%) Analyst
4 72 (6.82%) Technical Leader
5 63 (5.97%) Architect
6 52 (4.93%) Product Manager
7 47 (4.45%) Senior Manager
8 46 (4.36%) Designer
9 44 (4.17%) IT Manager
10 43 (4.08%) Project Manager
11 42 (3.98%) Business Manager
12 37 (3.51%) Development Manager
13 35 (3.32%) User Experience Researcher
14 31 (2.94%) Developer
15 28 (2.65%) Consultant
15 28 (2.65%) Information Manager
16 27 (2.56%) Business Development Manager
16 27 (2.56%) Service Designer
17 24 (2.27%) Security Manager
18 23 (2.18%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.40%) RESTful
2 32 (3.03%) .NET
3 27 (2.56%) HTML
4 25 (2.37%) CSS
5 22 (2.09%) ASP.NET
5 22 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
6 20 (1.90%) Web Services
7 18 (1.71%) Middleware
8 17 (1.61%) React
9 15 (1.42%) .NET Framework
10 13 (1.23%) AngularJS
11 12 (1.14%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 12 (1.14%) Classic ASP
11 12 (1.14%) Entity Framework
11 12 (1.14%) jQuery
11 12 (1.14%) Semantic HTML
11 12 (1.14%) SOAP
12 8 (0.76%) EDI
13 6 (0.57%) Playwright
13 6 (0.57%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.64%) Management Information System
2 53 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.60%) Onboarding
5 37 (3.51%) Social Media
6 31 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 20 (1.90%) Algorithms
8 19 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.71%) PMI
9 18 (1.71%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.61%) Blog
10 17 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (1.61%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.23%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
12 12 (1.14%) Legacy Code
13 11 (1.04%) e-Learning
13 11 (1.04%) NHS
14 10 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.03%) Windows
2 22 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.52%) Linux
4 6 (0.57%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.38%) Android
5 4 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (33.84%) Agile
2 279 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (25.02%) Roadmaps
4 237 (22.46%) Mentoring
5 181 (17.16%) Project Management
6 175 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (14.22%) Decision-Making
8 144 (13.65%) Analytics
9 116 (11.00%) Product Roadmap
10 115 (10.90%) Business Strategy
11 107 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 105 (9.95%) User Research
13 104 (9.86%) Product Management
14 98 (9.29%) User Experience
15 97 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
16 93 (8.82%) Coaching
17 92 (8.72%) DevOps
18 90 (8.53%) Computer Science
19 89 (8.44%) Collaborative Working
20 85 (8.06%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 80 (7.58%) SQL
2 70 (6.64%) Python
3 66 (6.26%) COBOL
3 66 (6.26%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 62 (5.88%) Java
5 38 (3.60%) C
6 34 (3.22%) C++
7 30 (2.84%) C#
8 23 (2.18%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.80%) R
10 18 (1.71%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.23%) PHP
13 8 (0.76%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.66%) VBA
15 5 (0.47%) Scala
16 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.19%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.19%) Ruby
17 1 (0.095%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 318 (30.14%) Degree
2 66 (6.26%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.69%) Master's Degree
4 45 (4.27%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.51%) CISSP
6 33 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.94%) CISM
8 25 (2.37%) PMI Certification
9 24 (2.27%) DBS Check
10 20 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (1.04%) CRISC
11 11 (1.04%) MBA
12 10 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (0.95%) PMP
13 9 (0.85%) CEH
13 9 (0.85%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.66%) CCNP
14 7 (0.66%) CISA
14 7 (0.66%) HNC
15 6 (0.57%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.26%) QA
2 49 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 30 (2.84%) GDPR
5 19 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.52%) NIST
8 11 (1.04%) SLA
9 8 (0.76%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.66%) PMO
11 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.19%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 19 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.71%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.19%) IAG
5 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.76%) Terraform
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.38%) Puppet
5 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.095%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.095%) Netcool
7 1 (0.095%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 157 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.26%) Micro Focus
3 51 (4.83%) Oracle
4 37 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.32%) Qualtrics
6 33 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.90%) SAP
8 18 (1.71%) Cisco
8 18 (1.71%) Google
9 15 (1.42%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.33%) Citrix
11 12 (1.14%) Facebook
12 11 (1.04%) YouTube
13 8 (0.76%) Adobe
13 8 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 8 (0.76%) Samsung
14 7 (0.66%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.57%) Canon
15 6 (0.57%) Juniper
15 6 (0.57%) Veeam