Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Technology Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 303 327
Rank change year-on-year +54 +24 +36
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 1,132 1,164 2,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 1.17% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.22% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 492 596 895
10th Percentile £46,370 £54,416 £43,523
25th Percentile £52,500 £66,110 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.74% +9.84%
75th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £121,023 £126,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £66,750
% change year-on-year -25.00% +19.85% +6.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technology Strategy 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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technology Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technology Strategy.

Salary trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +60 967 £70,000 -17.65% 202
Work from Home +54 617 £65,000 -23.53% 83
UK excluding London -10 556 £60,000 -25.00% 100
London +110 514 £90,000 -4.26% 114
South East +10 134 £61,500 -29.71% 38
North of England -5 133 £60,249 -26.07% 22
Scotland -68 97 £95,000 +24.37% 6
Midlands +21 89 £60,000 -20.00% 16
North West -11 77 £57,500 -37.84% 15
West Midlands +48 67 £60,000 -19.33% 10
South West -21 66 £57,500 -8.00% 12
Yorkshire +34 43 £61,375 -23.28% 6
East of England +12 18 £55,000 -26.67% 3
East Midlands -29 18 £50,000 -41.18% 6
North East +8 13 £70,000 -21.13% 1
Northern Ireland +30 9 - - 1
Wales -6 9 £51,528 -56.26% 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Technology Strategy
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 57 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (3.00%) Apache Spark
3 30 (2.65%) Confluence
4 15 (1.33%) SAS
5 14 (1.24%) Apache
6 9 (0.80%) CMS
6 9 (0.80%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.35%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.35%) WordPress
8 3 (0.27%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.088%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.088%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (0.80%) AutoCAD
2 8 (0.71%) Revit
3 5 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.18%) Sketch
6 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 39 (3.45%) Endur
2 11 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.53%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.53%) thinkFolio
4 5 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.35%) HFM
5 4 (0.35%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.088%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.088%) Primavera
7 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 393 (34.72%) Azure
2 232 (20.49%) Entra ID
3 134 (11.84%) AWS
4 49 (4.33%) GCP
5 40 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (3.27%) SaaS
7 28 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
8 24 (2.12%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.77%) Serverless
10 18 (1.59%) GitHub
11 16 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.41%) PaaS
12 13 (1.15%) IaaS
13 10 (0.88%) OCI
14 9 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 8 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 7 (0.62%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 210 (18.55%) 5G
1 210 (18.55%) Broadband
2 28 (2.47%) Firewall
3 15 (1.33%) WAN
4 12 (1.06%) MPLS
4 12 (1.06%) Unified Communications
5 11 (0.97%) LAN
5 11 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.88%) SAN
7 8 (0.71%) Network Security
7 8 (0.71%) VPN
8 7 (0.62%) DNS
8 7 (0.62%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.44%) DHCP
11 4 (0.35%) BGP
11 4 (0.35%) HSRP
11 4 (0.35%) OSPF
12 3 (0.27%) Internet
12 3 (0.27%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 65 (5.74%) Relational Database
3 40 (3.53%) RDBMS
4 23 (2.03%) Data Mining
5 22 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (1.94%) Hadoop
5 22 (1.94%) MySQL
6 21 (1.86%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.77%) Apache Ignite
8 15 (1.33%) DynamoDB
8 15 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (1.33%) Power BI
9 11 (0.97%) Big Data
9 11 (0.97%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.71%) CockroachDB
11 7 (0.62%) Ingres
12 6 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
12 6 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.44%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 50 (4.42%) JIRA
2 29 (2.56%) Git
3 23 (2.03%) Maven
4 14 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.71%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.27%) Appium
6 3 (0.27%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.27%) JMeter
6 3 (0.27%) JUnit
6 3 (0.27%) Selenium
7 2 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.088%) Bitbucket
General
1 333 (29.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 325 (28.71%) Analytical Skills
3 293 (25.88%) Social Skills
4 275 (24.29%) Finance
5 138 (12.19%) Marketing
6 92 (8.13%) Law
7 73 (6.45%) Banking
8 65 (5.74%) Games
9 49 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.98%) Public Sector
11 44 (3.89%) Retail
12 37 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.83%) Legal
14 20 (1.77%) Advertising
14 20 (1.77%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.33%) Publishing
16 14 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.88%) Front Office
17 10 (0.88%) Telecoms
18 9 (0.80%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 273 (24.12%) Architect
2 261 (23.06%) Senior
3 210 (18.55%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (18.55%) Technical Specialist
4 141 (12.46%) Solutions Architect
5 127 (11.22%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 127 (11.22%) Senior Linux Specialist
5 127 (11.22%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 127 (11.22%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
6 112 (9.89%) Lead
7 91 (8.04%) Presales Solution Architect
8 60 (5.30%) Developer
9 43 (3.80%) Senior Manager
10 40 (3.53%) Software Engineer
11 38 (3.36%) Enterprise Architect
12 37 (3.27%) Analyst
12 37 (3.27%) Senior Architect
13 35 (3.09%) IT Manager
14 33 (2.92%) Lead Architect
15 29 (2.56%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.71%) React
2 39 (3.45%) .NET
3 33 (2.92%) Kafka
4 31 (2.74%) HTML
4 31 (2.74%) Spring Boot
5 24 (2.12%) Spring
6 23 (2.03%) Node.js
7 19 (1.68%) GraphQL
8 18 (1.59%) EDI
9 15 (1.33%) Middleware
10 14 (1.24%) CSS
11 10 (0.88%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
12 8 (0.71%) Unreal Engine
12 8 (0.71%) V-Ray
13 7 (0.62%) HTML5
14 6 (0.53%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.53%) Laravel
14 6 (0.53%) RESTful
15 5 (0.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 210 (18.55%) Social Media
2 59 (5.21%) Cloud Native
3 57 (5.04%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.98%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.45%) Swaptions
6 27 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (2.21%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.77%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.33%) Distributed Applications
10 15 (1.33%) Taxonomies
11 14 (1.24%) Cyberattack
11 14 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (1.15%) IoT
12 13 (1.15%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.06%) Credit Risk
13 12 (1.06%) e-Learning
14 11 (0.97%) Mobile App
15 10 (0.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 237 (20.94%) Linux
2 213 (18.82%) Ubuntu
3 37 (3.27%) Windows
4 19 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.80%) CentOS
6 7 (0.62%) Debian
6 7 (0.62%) SUSE
6 7 (0.62%) Unix
7 1 (0.088%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 893 (78.89%) IT Strategy
2 333 (29.42%) Agile
3 314 (27.74%) Artificial Intelligence
4 308 (27.21%) Cybersecurity
5 287 (25.35%) Roadmaps
6 240 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
7 239 (21.11%) CRM
8 169 (14.93%) Business Strategy
9 166 (14.66%) Analytics
10 156 (13.78%) Mentoring
11 150 (13.25%) Business Case
12 116 (10.25%) Thought Leadership
13 115 (10.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 112 (9.89%) Strategic Roadmap
15 108 (9.54%) Presales
16 104 (9.19%) Data Analytics
17 102 (9.01%) Contract Negotiation
18 100 (8.83%) DevOps
18 100 (8.83%) Software Engineering
19 98 (8.66%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 218 (19.26%) Bash
2 91 (8.04%) Java
3 72 (6.36%) Python
4 68 (6.01%) SQL
5 45 (3.98%) JavaScript
6 43 (3.80%) C#
7 39 (3.45%) VB
8 38 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.86%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.33%) Groovy
12 12 (1.06%) R
13 8 (0.71%) C
14 6 (0.53%) PHP
15 3 (0.27%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.27%) AWK
15 3 (0.27%) C++
15 3 (0.27%) sed
16 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 194 (17.14%) Degree
2 135 (11.93%) Security Cleared
3 99 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.94%) CISSP
6 20 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.59%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.88%) CISM
8 10 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 10 (0.88%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
9 8 (0.71%) Postgraduate
10 7 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.62%) MBA
11 6 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.53%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.53%) RIBA
12 5 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.35%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.68%) GDPR
1 19 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (1.68%) QA
2 16 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.15%) NIST
4 12 (1.06%) CRD IV
4 12 (1.06%) IFRS
4 12 (1.06%) IFRS 9
5 11 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.53%) GRC
7 6 (0.53%) SLA
7 6 (0.53%) SOC 1
8 5 (0.44%) COBIT
9 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.27%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.27%) PMO
10 3 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 227 (20.05%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.41%) Docker
3 12 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.44%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.27%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 219 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (18.55%) Jamf Pro
3 43 (3.80%) Terraform
4 38 (3.36%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.33%) Ansible
6 8 (0.71%) Kiali
7 5 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.44%) NetBackup
7 5 (0.44%) Puppet
7 5 (0.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 4 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.27%) SCCM
10 1 (0.088%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.088%) Grafana
10 1 (0.088%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.088%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 332 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 210 (18.55%) CyberArk
2 210 (18.55%) Tanium
3 66 (5.83%) Oracle
4 39 (3.45%) OpenLink
4 39 (3.45%) Sybase
4 39 (3.45%) TIBCO
5 28 (2.47%) Google
6 22 (1.94%) VMware
7 21 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.41%) Adobe
8 16 (1.41%) Cisco
9 13 (1.15%) Splunk
10 12 (1.06%) Citrix
11 11 (0.97%) Juniper
11 11 (0.97%) Veeam
12 8 (0.71%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.71%) Autodesk
12 8 (0.71%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.62%) SAP