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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 254 246
Rank change year-on-year -103 -8 +77
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 797 1,449 2,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 1.46% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.53% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 447 521 930
10th Percentile £35,600 £56,219 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,700 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,632 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,064 £101,250 £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% - +12.00%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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% +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 18 May 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 18 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 -78 701 £80,000 -5.88% 391
London +5 380 £79,632 -6.32% 241
UK excluding London -115 368 £80,000 +14.29% 174
Work from Home -106 302 £75,000 -6.25% 187
North of England -73 109 £85,000 +41.67% 41
South East -10 73 £70,000 -17.65% 66
South West -33 70 £80,000 +28.00% 18
North West -92 65 £95,128 +46.35% 22
Midlands -9 51 £66,000 -5.04% 24
West Midlands +23 35 £82,500 +12.24% 17
Yorkshire +45 33 £82,500 +38.59% 14
Scotland -101 25 £95,128 +58.55% 5
Northern Ireland +30 17 - - 7
East Midlands -19 16 £50,000 -25.93% 7
East of England -7 14 £55,500 -37.46% 13
North East +3 11 £77,500 +20.16% 7
Wales +8 10 £55,000 -47.62% 3

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 33 (4.14%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.63%) Apache
3 17 (2.13%) Jupyter
3 17 (2.13%) nginx
4 14 (1.76%) Confluence
5 9 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.13%) CMS
6 6 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.75%) SAS
7 5 (0.63%) Appian
8 4 (0.50%) WordPress
9 3 (0.38%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.38%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.88%) Adobe XD
4 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.88%) SPSS
6 6 (0.75%) Simulink
7 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.38%) Stata
10 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.25%) Sketch
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.13%) InDesign
11 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.76%) SAP SCM
3 11 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.75%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.63%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.50%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.50%) SAP Travel Management
8 3 (0.38%) SAP CRM
8 3 (0.38%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.38%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.38%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.38%) 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
1 126 (15.81%) Azure
2 114 (14.30%) AWS
3 50 (6.27%) GCP
4 49 (6.15%) SaaS
5 46 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 43 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.64%) dbt
8 30 (3.76%) PaaS
9 29 (3.64%) IaaS
10 19 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 19 (2.38%) Serverless
11 18 (2.26%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 17 (2.13%) MinIO
12 17 (2.13%) OpenShift
13 16 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.14%) 5G
2 23 (2.89%) Broadband
3 16 (2.01%) Firewall
4 7 (0.88%) Wireless
5 6 (0.75%) VPN
6 5 (0.63%) SSL
7 4 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.25%) DNS
8 2 (0.25%) LTE
8 2 (0.25%) 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 40 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 37 (4.64%) Big Data
3 33 (4.14%) Data Lake
3 33 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (3.64%) NoSQL
4 29 (3.64%) Power BI
5 24 (3.01%) Hadoop
6 23 (2.89%) Tableau
7 20 (2.51%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.13%) Presto
9 16 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 14 (1.76%) BigQuery
10 14 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.88%) MySQL
12 6 (0.75%) Flink
12 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.63%) Data Mining
13 5 (0.63%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.63%) Looker
Development Applications
1 25 (3.14%) JIRA
2 24 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.51%) Git
4 17 (2.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 15 (1.88%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.63%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.00%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.63%) GitLab
9 5 (0.63%) Selenium
10 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.50%) JMeter
10 4 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.38%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.25%) JUnit
12 2 (0.25%) Mockito
13 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
General
1 366 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 218 (27.35%) Finance
3 124 (15.56%) Marketing
4 122 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (13.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (8.53%) Public Sector
7 55 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (6.27%) Banking
9 49 (6.15%) Local Government
10 47 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (4.77%) Legal
12 36 (4.52%) Law
13 31 (3.89%) Manufacturing
14 29 (3.64%) Back Office
15 27 (3.39%) Digital Economy
15 27 (3.39%) Retail
16 22 (2.76%) Military
17 20 (2.51%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.76%) Aviation
19 11 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 233 (29.23%) Architect
2 153 (19.20%) Solutions Architect
3 145 (18.19%) Senior
4 144 (18.07%) Lead
5 92 (11.54%) Presales Solution Architect
6 83 (10.41%) Consultant
7 40 (5.02%) Enterprise Architect
8 33 (4.14%) Senior Consultant
9 30 (3.76%) SAP Consultant
9 30 (3.76%) Senior Manager
10 26 (3.26%) Lead Architect
10 26 (3.26%) Senior Architect
11 25 (3.14%) Services Director
12 24 (3.01%) Data Engineer
13 18 (2.26%) Senior SAP Consultant
14 17 (2.13%) Analyst
14 17 (2.13%) Big Data Engineer
14 17 (2.13%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (2.13%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.01%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.77%) .NET
2 29 (3.64%) HTML
3 25 (3.14%) React
4 24 (3.01%) CSS
5 19 (2.38%) .NET Core
6 17 (2.13%) ActiveMQ
6 17 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
6 17 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
6 17 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
6 17 (2.13%) Web Services
6 17 (2.13%) YAML
7 15 (1.88%) JSON
7 15 (1.88%) OpenID
8 14 (1.76%) SOAP
9 13 (1.63%) RESTful
9 13 (1.63%) XML
10 11 (1.38%) Kafka
11 9 (1.13%) Apache Beam
11 9 (1.13%) LDAP
11 9 (1.13%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.65%) Self-Motivation
2 46 (5.77%) Social Media
3 43 (5.40%) Management Information System
4 33 (4.14%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.14%) Algorithms
5 25 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (3.01%) Blog
7 23 (2.89%) Cloud Native
8 20 (2.51%) Mainframe
9 19 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.01%) Blockchain
10 16 (2.01%) Data Structures
10 16 (2.01%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.76%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.63%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.51%) IoT
13 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.38%) CMDB
15 10 (1.25%) Client/Server
16 9 (1.13%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.64%) Linux
2 23 (2.89%) Windows
3 16 (2.01%) Unix
4 6 (0.75%) Android
5 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (28.48%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (23.71%) Roadmaps
3 187 (23.46%) Agile
4 161 (20.20%) Presales
5 158 (19.82%) Analytics
6 143 (17.94%) Business Case
7 125 (15.68%) Mentoring
8 124 (15.56%) Actionable Insight
8 124 (15.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 116 (14.55%) IT Strategy
9 116 (14.55%) Technology Strategy
10 112 (14.05%) Data Analytics
10 112 (14.05%) DevOps
11 107 (13.43%) Project Management
12 99 (12.42%) Contract Negotiation
13 95 (11.92%) Artificial Intelligence
14 93 (11.67%) Project Delivery
15 92 (11.54%) Commercial Awareness
16 88 (11.04%) Business Development
17 79 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 101 (12.67%) Python
2 73 (9.16%) SQL
3 53 (6.65%) JavaScript
4 41 (5.14%) C#
5 25 (3.14%) Java
6 22 (2.76%) Shell Script
7 21 (2.63%) R
7 21 (2.63%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.38%) Go
9 17 (2.13%) Bash
10 16 (2.01%) Bicep
11 13 (1.63%) Scala
12 11 (1.38%) Perl
13 10 (1.25%) VBA
14 8 (1.00%) C
15 7 (0.88%) C++
15 7 (0.88%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.75%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.50%) RPG
18 3 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 174 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 169 (21.20%) Degree
3 124 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 50 (6.27%) Master's Degree
5 33 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.14%) MBA
7 23 (2.89%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.26%) CISSP
9 16 (2.01%) CISM
10 15 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.00%) CISA
13 7 (0.88%) ACCA
13 7 (0.88%) CREST Certified
14 6 (0.75%) CHECK Team Leader
14 6 (0.75%) CHECK Team Member
14 6 (0.75%) Cyber Scheme
14 6 (0.75%) OSCP
14 6 (0.75%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.75%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.89%) Accessibility
2 19 (2.38%) QA
3 13 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.63%) WCAG
4 11 (1.38%) NIST
4 11 (1.38%) PMO
5 10 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.13%) COBIT
6 9 (1.13%) GRC
7 8 (1.00%) GDPR
7 8 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.25%) GAAP
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS
12 1 (0.13%) GxP
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 29 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.39%) 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 32 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.63%) Terraform
3 19 (2.38%) Ansible
4 17 (2.13%) Functional Safety
4 17 (2.13%) Grafana
4 17 (2.13%) HAProxy
4 17 (2.13%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.63%) HP UCMDB
6 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.13%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Nagios
7 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 63 (7.90%) SAP
3 39 (4.89%) Oracle
4 24 (3.01%) Adobe
5 22 (2.76%) Databricks
5 22 (2.76%) Google
5 22 (2.76%) Virgin Media
6 19 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.51%) HP
7 12 (1.51%) Teradata
8 11 (1.38%) BMC
8 11 (1.38%) Pega
8 11 (1.38%) Remedy
9 7 (0.88%) Alteryx
9 7 (0.88%) Facebook
10 6 (0.75%) CA
10 6 (0.75%) UiPath
11 5 (0.63%) Duck Creek
11 5 (0.63%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.50%) Dataiku