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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 258 248
Rank change year-on-year -111 -10 +93
Permanent jobs citing Thought Leadership 767 1,361 2,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 1.46% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.53% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 413 469 922
10th Percentile £35,000 £56,219 £51,797
25th Percentile £52,500 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £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 9 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 9 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 -102 673 £76,475 -7.30% 338
London -17 365 £75,450 -11.24% 202
UK excluding London -150 354 £80,000 +14.29% 119
Work from Home -114 293 £75,000 -6.25% 168
North of England -119 95 £82,500 +37.50% 36
South East -4 76 £70,000 -10.26% 36
South West -36 65 £80,000 +28.00% 11
North West -112 57 £81,250 +35.42% 23
Midlands -26 54 £65,000 -10.34% 19
West Midlands +4 38 £65,000 -13.33% 10
Yorkshire +14 24 £82,500 +38.59% 11
Scotland -101 24 £99,500 +53.08% 4
Northern Ireland +24 17 - - 4
East Midlands -42 16 £50,000 -25.93% 9
North East -3 14 £57,500 -10.85% 4
East of England -21 13 £55,500 -37.46% 9
Wales +12 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 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.61%) Apache
3 16 (2.09%) Jupyter
3 16 (2.09%) nginx
4 12 (1.56%) 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 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (1.96%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.96%) 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 (1.83%) 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
1 109 (14.21%) Azure
2 95 (12.39%) AWS
3 44 (5.74%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (4.82%) dbt
6 34 (4.43%) GCP
7 33 (4.30%) SaaS
8 19 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
8 19 (2.48%) Serverless
9 18 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 17 (2.22%) Amazon S3
11 16 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (2.09%) MinIO
11 16 (2.09%) OpenShift
11 16 (2.09%) PaaS
12 15 (1.96%) IaaS
13 13 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.26%) 5G
2 23 (3.00%) Broadband
3 16 (2.09%) Firewall
4 7 (0.91%) Wireless
5 5 (0.65%) VPN
6 4 (0.52%) SSL
7 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.26%) DNS
7 2 (0.26%) LTE
7 2 (0.26%) Network Security
7 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.13%) Internet
8 1 (0.13%) LAN
8 1 (0.13%) NGFW
8 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.13%) SAN
8 1 (0.13%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 36 (4.69%) Big Data
3 27 (3.52%) Power BI
4 23 (3.00%) Hadoop
5 22 (2.87%) Tableau
6 20 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.35%) Data Lake
9 16 (2.09%) Presto
9 16 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 14 (1.83%) BigQuery
10 14 (1.83%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.83%) 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%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.65%) Looker
13 4 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 26 (3.39%) JIRA
2 22 (2.87%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 16 (2.09%) Git
4 15 (1.96%) 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%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
General
1 363 (47.33%) Social Skills
2 194 (25.29%) Finance
3 124 (16.17%) Marketing
4 119 (15.51%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (13.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (9.26%) Public Sector
7 54 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
8 49 (6.39%) Local Government
9 48 (6.26%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (4.82%) Law
11 36 (4.69%) Legal
11 36 (4.69%) Manufacturing
12 30 (3.91%) Banking
13 27 (3.52%) Digital Economy
14 26 (3.39%) Back Office
15 24 (3.13%) Retail
16 22 (2.87%) Military
17 20 (2.61%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.83%) Aviation
19 10 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 207 (26.99%) Architect
2 142 (18.51%) Solutions Architect
3 141 (18.38%) Lead
4 138 (17.99%) Senior
5 92 (11.99%) Presales Solution Architect
6 79 (10.30%) Consultant
7 33 (4.30%) Senior Manager
8 30 (3.91%) Senior Consultant
9 26 (3.39%) SAP Consultant
10 25 (3.26%) Services Director
11 24 (3.13%) Lead Architect
12 23 (3.00%) Data Engineer
12 23 (3.00%) Senior Architect
13 17 (2.22%) Analyst
14 16 (2.09%) Big Data Engineer
14 16 (2.09%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (2.09%) Senior SAP Consultant
15 15 (1.96%) Technical Architect
16 14 (1.83%) Data Architect
16 14 (1.83%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.74%) .NET
2 25 (3.26%) HTML
2 25 (3.26%) React
3 20 (2.61%) CSS
4 19 (2.48%) .NET Core
5 16 (2.09%) ActiveMQ
5 16 (2.09%) Apache NiFi
5 16 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
5 16 (2.09%) RabbitMQ
5 16 (2.09%) YAML
6 15 (1.96%) Web Services
7 14 (1.83%) JSON
7 14 (1.83%) 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 52 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 46 (6.00%) Social Media
3 43 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.52%) Blog
6 25 (3.26%) Algorithms
7 24 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (3.00%) Cloud Native
9 21 (2.74%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.22%) Data Structures
10 17 (2.22%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.83%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.56%) IoT
14 10 (1.30%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.30%) CMDB
14 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.17%) Credit Risk
15 9 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (1.04%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.65%) Linux
2 23 (3.00%) Windows
3 6 (0.78%) Android
4 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (21.12%) Presales
3 160 (20.86%) Roadmaps
4 159 (20.73%) Agile
5 155 (20.21%) Analytics
6 140 (18.25%) Business Case
7 124 (16.17%) Actionable Insight
8 123 (16.04%) Mentoring
9 122 (15.91%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 114 (14.86%) IT Strategy
10 114 (14.86%) Technology Strategy
11 110 (14.34%) Data Analytics
12 106 (13.82%) Project Management
13 105 (13.69%) DevOps
14 99 (12.91%) Contract Negotiation
15 92 (11.99%) Commercial Awareness
16 89 (11.60%) Project Delivery
17 85 (11.08%) Business Development
18 81 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
19 74 (9.65%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 97 (12.65%) Python
2 72 (9.39%) SQL
3 50 (6.52%) JavaScript
4 39 (5.08%) C#
5 23 (3.00%) Java
6 21 (2.74%) R
6 21 (2.74%) Shell Script
7 19 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.35%) Go
9 16 (2.09%) Bash
9 16 (2.09%) Bicep
10 12 (1.56%) Scala
11 10 (1.30%) Perl
12 8 (1.04%) C
12 8 (1.04%) VBA
13 7 (0.91%) C++
14 6 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.65%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.52%) RPG
17 3 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 174 (22.69%) Security Cleared
2 164 (21.38%) Degree
3 123 (16.04%) SC Cleared
4 50 (6.52%) Master's Degree
5 31 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.26%) MBA
7 22 (2.87%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.96%) CISSP
10 14 (1.83%) 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%) OSCP
14 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.78%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.00%) Accessibility
2 17 (2.22%) QA
3 14 (1.83%) 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
11 3 (0.39%) NCSC
12 2 (0.26%) GAAP
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 27 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 26 (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 29 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.61%) Terraform
3 18 (2.35%) Ansible
4 17 (2.22%) Functional Safety
5 16 (2.09%) Grafana
5 16 (2.09%) HAProxy
5 16 (2.09%) 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 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.82%) SAP
3 37 (4.82%) Oracle
4 22 (2.87%) Virgin Media
5 21 (2.74%) Adobe
5 21 (2.74%) Databricks
5 21 (2.74%) Google
6 16 (2.09%) 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