Thought Leadership Jobs

Thought Leadership
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 259 249
Rank change year-on-year -101 -10 +80
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 769 1,367 2,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 1.46% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.53% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 415 476 920
10th Percentile £35,000 £56,219 £51,797
25th Percentile £52,500 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +4.69% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,875 £107,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £120,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +9.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Thought Leadership 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 89,168 89,599 164,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.34% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61,788 54,096 83,725
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Thought Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Thought Leadership.

Salary trend for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Thought Leadership over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Thought Leadership in the UK

Thought Leadership
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Thought Leadership within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -100 676 £78,000 -8.24% 356
London -13 368 £76,725 -9.74% 215
UK excluding London -141 353 £80,000 +14.29% 124
Work from Home -126 292 £75,000 -6.25% 183
North of England -116 97 £82,500 +37.50% 36
South East -3 75 £70,000 -12.50% 37
South West -37 66 £80,000 +28.00% 13
North West -113 58 £95,128 +58.55% 24
Midlands -7 52 £65,000 -10.34% 19
West Midlands -11 36 £66,000 -12.00% 10
Yorkshire +21 25 £82,500 +38.59% 10
Scotland -112 23 £99,500 +53.08% 4
Northern Ireland +28 17 - - 4
East Midlands -31 16 £50,000 -25.93% 9
North East -5 14 £57,500 -10.85% 4
East of England -25 13 £55,500 -37.46% 11
Wales +10 10 £55,000 - 1

Thought Leadership
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 31 (4.03%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.60%) Apache
3 16 (2.08%) Jupyter
3 16 (2.08%) nginx
4 13 (1.69%) Confluence
5 8 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.04%) CMS
6 6 (0.78%) SAS
7 5 (0.65%) Appian
8 4 (0.52%) WordPress
9 3 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.39%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (1.95%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.91%) SPSS
5 6 (0.78%) Simulink
6 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.39%) Stata
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.26%) Sketch
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.56%) SAP SCM
3 9 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.65%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.65%) SAP EWM
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.52%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.39%) SAP Travel Management
8 2 (0.26%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.26%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.26%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.13%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 113 (14.69%) Azure
2 99 (12.87%) AWS
3 45 (5.85%) Power Platform
4 42 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (4.81%) dbt
5 37 (4.81%) GCP
6 36 (4.68%) SaaS
7 19 (2.47%) Azure Service Bus
7 19 (2.47%) PaaS
7 19 (2.47%) Serverless
8 18 (2.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 18 (2.34%) IaaS
9 17 (2.21%) Amazon S3
10 16 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
10 16 (2.08%) MinIO
10 16 (2.08%) OpenShift
11 13 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.25%) 5G
2 23 (2.99%) Broadband
3 16 (2.08%) Firewall
4 7 (0.91%) Wireless
5 5 (0.65%) VPN
6 4 (0.52%) SSL
7 3 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.26%) DNS
8 2 (0.26%) LTE
8 2 (0.26%) Network Security
9 1 (0.13%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) LAN
9 1 (0.13%) NGFW
9 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.13%) SAN
9 1 (0.13%) WAN
9 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 36 (4.68%) Big Data
3 28 (3.64%) Power BI
4 25 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.99%) Hadoop
5 23 (2.99%) Tableau
6 21 (2.73%) Data Lake
7 19 (2.47%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.21%) NoSQL
9 16 (2.08%) Presto
9 16 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 14 (1.82%) BigQuery
10 14 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.78%) Flink
11 6 (0.78%) MySQL
11 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.65%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.65%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.65%) Looker
Development Applications
1 27 (3.51%) JIRA
2 22 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 16 (2.08%) Git
4 15 (1.95%) Axure RP
5 13 (1.69%) Balsamiq
6 8 (1.04%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.65%) GitLab
8 5 (0.65%) Selenium
9 4 (0.52%) JMeter
9 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.26%) JUnit
11 2 (0.26%) Mockito
12 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
12 1 (0.13%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 363 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 199 (25.88%) Finance
3 124 (16.12%) Marketing
4 121 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (13.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (8.97%) Public Sector
7 55 (7.15%) Influencing Skills
8 49 (6.37%) Local Government
9 48 (6.24%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (4.81%) Law
11 36 (4.68%) Legal
12 34 (4.42%) Manufacturing
13 33 (4.29%) Banking
14 27 (3.51%) Digital Economy
15 26 (3.38%) Back Office
16 25 (3.25%) Retail
17 22 (2.86%) Military
18 20 (2.60%) Aerospace
19 14 (1.82%) Aviation
20 10 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 209 (27.18%) Architect
2 143 (18.60%) Lead
3 142 (18.47%) Solutions Architect
4 141 (18.34%) Senior
5 92 (11.96%) Presales Solution Architect
6 78 (10.14%) Consultant
7 33 (4.29%) Senior Manager
8 30 (3.90%) Senior Consultant
9 26 (3.38%) SAP Consultant
10 25 (3.25%) Services Director
11 24 (3.12%) Lead Architect
11 24 (3.12%) Senior Architect
12 23 (2.99%) Data Engineer
13 17 (2.21%) Analyst
14 16 (2.08%) Big Data Engineer
14 16 (2.08%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (2.08%) Enterprise Architect
14 16 (2.08%) Senior SAP Consultant
15 15 (1.95%) Senior Solutions Architect
16 14 (1.82%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.85%) .NET
2 25 (3.25%) HTML
2 25 (3.25%) React
3 20 (2.60%) CSS
4 19 (2.47%) .NET Core
5 16 (2.08%) ActiveMQ
5 16 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
5 16 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
5 16 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
5 16 (2.08%) YAML
6 15 (1.95%) Web Services
7 14 (1.82%) JSON
7 14 (1.82%) XML
8 12 (1.56%) SOAP
9 10 (1.30%) RESTful
10 9 (1.17%) Apache Beam
10 9 (1.17%) Kafka
10 9 (1.17%) Node.js
11 8 (1.04%) LDAP
11 8 (1.04%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
2 46 (5.98%) Social Media
3 43 (5.59%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.51%) Blog
6 25 (3.25%) Algorithms
7 24 (3.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (2.99%) Cloud Native
9 21 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.21%) Data Structures
11 16 (2.08%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.82%) Data Centre
14 12 (1.56%) IoT
15 10 (1.30%) Client/Server
15 10 (1.30%) CMDB
15 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
16 9 (1.17%) Credit Risk
16 9 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.17%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.64%) Linux
2 23 (2.99%) Windows
3 6 (0.78%) Android
4 5 (0.65%) Unix
5 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (21.20%) Agile
2 163 (21.20%) Roadmaps
3 161 (20.94%) Presales
4 156 (20.29%) Analytics
5 141 (18.34%) Business Case
6 124 (16.12%) Actionable Insight
6 124 (16.12%) Mentoring
7 123 (15.99%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 114 (14.82%) IT Strategy
8 114 (14.82%) Technology Strategy
9 110 (14.30%) Data Analytics
10 107 (13.91%) DevOps
11 105 (13.65%) Project Management
12 99 (12.87%) Contract Negotiation
13 92 (11.96%) Commercial Awareness
14 89 (11.57%) Project Delivery
15 86 (11.18%) Business Development
16 83 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
17 80 (10.40%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 98 (12.74%) Python
2 74 (9.62%) SQL
3 50 (6.50%) JavaScript
4 40 (5.20%) C#
5 23 (2.99%) Java
6 21 (2.73%) R
6 21 (2.73%) Shell Script
7 19 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.34%) Go
9 16 (2.08%) Bash
9 16 (2.08%) Bicep
10 12 (1.56%) Scala
11 10 (1.30%) Perl
12 9 (1.17%) VBA
13 8 (1.04%) C
14 7 (0.91%) C++
15 6 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.52%) RPG
17 3 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 173 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 165 (21.46%) Degree
3 123 (15.99%) SC Cleared
4 50 (6.50%) Master's Degree
5 32 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.25%) MBA
7 22 (2.86%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.95%) CISSP
10 14 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.69%) CISM
12 8 (1.04%) CISA
13 7 (0.91%) ACCA
13 7 (0.91%) CREST Certified
14 6 (0.78%) CHECK Team Leader
14 6 (0.78%) CHECK Team Member
14 6 (0.78%) Cyber Scheme
14 6 (0.78%) PhD
14 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.78%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.99%) Accessibility
2 17 (2.21%) QA
3 14 (1.82%) PMO
4 13 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.69%) WCAG
5 11 (1.43%) NIST
6 10 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.17%) COBIT
7 9 (1.17%) GRC
8 8 (1.04%) GDPR
8 8 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.26%) GAAP
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS
12 2 (0.26%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 28 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 26 (3.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.13%) vCloud
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.60%) Terraform
3 18 (2.34%) Ansible
4 17 (2.21%) Functional Safety
5 16 (2.08%) Grafana
5 16 (2.08%) HAProxy
5 16 (2.08%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.52%) HP UCMDB
7 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.13%) Core Impact
8 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.13%) Nagios
8 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (13.52%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.80%) SAP
3 37 (4.81%) Oracle
4 22 (2.86%) Virgin Media
5 21 (2.73%) Adobe
5 21 (2.73%) Databricks
5 21 (2.73%) Google
6 16 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.56%) Teradata
8 11 (1.43%) Pega
9 10 (1.30%) HP
10 9 (1.17%) BMC
10 9 (1.17%) Remedy
11 7 (0.91%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.78%) CA
12 6 (0.78%) Facebook
12 6 (0.78%) UiPath
13 5 (0.65%) Duck Creek
13 5 (0.65%) Guidewire
14 4 (0.52%) Dataiku