Systems Thinking Jobs

Systems Thinking
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 727 1020
Rank change year-on-year -45 +293 -137
Permanent jobs citing Systems Thinking 133 219 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.23% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.24% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 63 126 139
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £52,268 £57,791 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,294 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.27% +23.53% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £117,189 £77,515
90th Percentile £100,000 £150,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,322 £65,351 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.35% +0.54% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Systems 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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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%

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Thinking over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London -19 107 £55,322 -15.35% 23
England -27 83 £60,000 -25.27% 31
Scotland -52 50 £70,576 -27.88% 2
London +13 26 £97,500 +5.78% 9
Work from Home -44 23 £60,000 -25.27% 21
South West -24 21 £55,000 -15.84% 3
South East +3 20 £60,000 +26.32% 9
East of England -2 8 £55,322 - 6
North of England +23 6 £25,000 -58.00% 3
North West -15 6 £25,000 -45.70% 3
Midlands -18 2 £70,000 +18.14%
West Midlands -18 1 £70,000 +18.14%
East Midlands - 1 - -

Systems 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 18 (13.53%) Confluence
2 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (22.56%) UserZoom
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (23.31%) Figma
2 30 (22.56%) SurveyMonkey
3 14 (10.53%) Azure
4 8 (6.02%) AWS
5 6 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.50%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.26%) Network Security
2 5 (3.76%) Firewall
3 2 (1.50%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.76%) Big Data
2 2 (1.50%) Tableau
3 1 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 30 (22.56%) Jenkins
2 18 (13.53%) JIRA
3 2 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 69 (51.88%) Finance
2 53 (39.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 53 (39.85%) Social Skills
3 49 (36.84%) Law
4 47 (35.34%) Marketing
5 26 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (8.27%) Banking
7 9 (6.77%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (6.02%) Aerospace
9 7 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.76%) Retail
11 3 (2.26%) Advertising
11 3 (2.26%) Military
12 2 (1.50%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.50%) Legal
12 2 (1.50%) Local Government
12 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (23.31%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (22.56%) User Experience Researcher
3 25 (18.80%) Architect
3 25 (18.80%) Senior
4 20 (15.04%) Lead
5 16 (12.03%) Agile Coach
6 15 (11.28%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 12 (9.02%) Systems Architect
8 8 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 5 (3.76%) Insight Manager
10 5 (3.76%) Principal Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (3.01%) Junior
11 4 (3.01%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 3 (2.26%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.76%) Kafka
1 5 (3.76%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.04%) Product Ownership
2 19 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.77%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (6.02%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.76%) Blockchain
5 5 (3.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (3.76%) Robotics
6 4 (3.01%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.50%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.75%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.75%) PMI
8 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.76%) Windows
2 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) HPUX
3 1 (0.75%) Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.75%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (49.62%) Agile
2 55 (41.35%) Mentoring
3 54 (40.60%) DevOps
4 44 (33.08%) Roadmaps
5 37 (27.82%) Service Design
6 36 (27.07%) SDLC
7 33 (24.81%) Continuous Integration
8 32 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (24.06%) User Experience
8 32 (24.06%) UX Research
9 31 (23.31%) Actionable Insight
9 31 (23.31%) Analytics
9 31 (23.31%) Data Analytics
9 31 (23.31%) Design Thinking
9 31 (23.31%) Strategic Thinking
9 31 (23.31%) Systems Engineering
9 31 (23.31%) User Research
10 30 (22.56%) Data Visualisation
10 30 (22.56%) Storytelling
10 30 (22.56%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.02%) Java
2 6 (4.51%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.01%) Python
4 3 (2.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (58.65%) Degree
2 32 (24.06%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.03%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (5.26%) HNC
5 7 (5.26%) HND
6 5 (3.76%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.76%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.76%) CISSP
6 5 (3.76%) SANS
7 4 (3.01%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.26%) PhD
9 2 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.50%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (22.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (3.76%) HIPAA
2 5 (3.76%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.50%) ECSS
3 2 (1.50%) SEPA
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (3.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.02%) Ansible
3 6 (4.51%) Terraform
4 2 (1.50%) CASB
4 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (22.56%) Qualtrics
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.01%) Thales
4 1 (0.75%) HP
4 1 (0.75%) IBM
4 1 (0.75%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.75%) Sun
4 1 (0.75%) Unisys