IT Strategy Jobs in England

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 235 260
Rank change year-on-year +50 +25 -3
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 1,361 1,360 2,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.55% 1.56% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.64% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 828 728 1,326
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £67,503
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +14.81% -3.57%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

IT 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,286 83,164 132,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.41% 95.59% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 54,336 49,441 73,222
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,452 £33,384
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London +93 540 £85,000 - 159
North of England +26 266 £55,000 -7.60% 43
South East -4 199 £63,750 -20.31% 89
Midlands +22 182 £56,250 -24.37% 35
West Midlands +51 139 £60,000 -13.04% 22
North West -1 128 £52,500 -12.50% 22
Yorkshire +55 114 £62,500 +5.00% 18
South West -13 90 £67,500 +28.57% 14
East of England +6 67 £67,500 -12.90% 23
East Midlands -32 41 £49,329 -40.21% 13
North East +6 24 £47,500 +4.97% 3
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 80 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.62%) CMS
4 13 (0.96%) Apache
5 7 (0.51%) Confluence
5 7 (0.51%) IIS
5 7 (0.51%) SAS
6 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.29%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.29%) WordPress
7 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.66%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.59%) Revit
6 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.79%) Endur
2 16 (1.18%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.44%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.073%) Magento
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.073%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.073%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.073%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 527 (38.72%) Azure
2 249 (18.30%) Entra ID
3 143 (10.51%) Microsoft 365
4 140 (10.29%) AWS
5 63 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.23%) SaaS
7 37 (2.72%) PaaS
8 32 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
8 32 (2.35%) IaaS
9 30 (2.20%) GCP
10 24 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (1.69%) GitHub
12 21 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.32%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.10%) Serverless
15 14 (1.03%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (0.81%) WhatsApp
18 10 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
18 10 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 210 (15.43%) 5G
1 210 (15.43%) Broadband
2 86 (6.32%) Firewall
3 56 (4.11%) WAN
4 47 (3.45%) DNS
5 36 (2.65%) VPN
6 34 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (2.35%) DHCP
7 32 (2.35%) LAN
8 26 (1.91%) SAN
9 25 (1.84%) Network Security
9 25 (1.84%) VLAN
10 24 (1.76%) Unified Communications
11 23 (1.69%) SD-WAN
12 19 (1.40%) Wireless
13 15 (1.10%) TCP/IP
14 12 (0.88%) BGP
14 12 (0.88%) MPLS
15 10 (0.73%) VoIP
16 8 (0.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 51 (3.75%) Relational Database
3 42 (3.09%) RDBMS
4 35 (2.57%) Power BI
5 25 (1.84%) Data Lake
6 23 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 17 (1.25%) Apache Ignite
9 17 (1.25%) Hadoop
9 17 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.81%) MySQL
14 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.59%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.51%) GIS
16 7 (0.51%) Ingres
17 6 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (1.98%) Git
2 24 (1.76%) JIRA
3 11 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.59%) Maven
5 7 (0.51%) GitLab
5 7 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
6 6 (0.44%) RStudio
7 5 (0.37%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.15%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.073%) Vagrant
General
1 379 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 359 (26.38%) Analytical Skills
3 271 (19.91%) Finance
3 271 (19.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 82 (6.02%) Marketing
5 71 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
6 65 (4.78%) Games
6 65 (4.78%) Public Sector
7 56 (4.11%) Retail
8 45 (3.31%) Law
9 38 (2.79%) Banking
10 36 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.20%) Legal
13 28 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.18%) Advertising
16 13 (0.96%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.96%) Local Government
16 13 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 319 (23.44%) Architect
2 269 (19.76%) Senior
3 210 (15.43%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (15.43%) Technical Specialist
4 150 (11.02%) Solutions Architect
5 135 (9.92%) IT Manager
6 130 (9.55%) Lead
7 127 (9.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 127 (9.33%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (9.33%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (9.33%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 84 (6.17%) Head of IT
9 68 (5.00%) Developer
10 58 (4.26%) Senior Architect
11 53 (3.89%) Analyst
12 51 (3.75%) Presales Solution Architect
13 46 (3.38%) Enterprise Architect
14 40 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (2.87%) Lead Architect
16 33 (2.42%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (5.73%) .NET
2 47 (3.45%) HTML
3 27 (1.98%) Kafka
4 25 (1.84%) CSS
4 25 (1.84%) React
5 23 (1.69%) .NET Framework
6 21 (1.54%) EDI
7 17 (1.25%) Middleware
8 16 (1.18%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.03%) Node.js
10 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
10 12 (0.88%) Spring
11 10 (0.73%) REST
12 9 (0.66%) ASP.NET
12 9 (0.66%) Laravel
13 8 (0.59%) HTML5
13 8 (0.59%) JSON
13 8 (0.59%) RESTful
13 8 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
13 8 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.43%) Social Media
2 80 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 39 (2.87%) Data Centre
4 36 (2.65%) Swaptions
5 31 (2.28%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 26 (1.91%) Mobile App
7 26 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 23 (1.69%) FMCG
10 21 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.18%) Cyberattack
12 15 (1.10%) IoT
12 15 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
13 13 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (0.88%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.81%) Onboarding
16 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
16 10 (0.73%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 268 (19.69%) Linux
2 212 (15.58%) Ubuntu
3 129 (9.48%) Windows
4 63 (4.63%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.03%) Unix
7 12 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.66%) CentOS
9 7 (0.51%) Debian
9 7 (0.51%) SUSE
10 6 (0.44%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.37%) VMS
11 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.29%) Android
12 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (56.21%) Technology Strategy
2 346 (25.42%) Cybersecurity
3 312 (22.92%) Roadmaps
4 290 (21.31%) Agile
5 270 (19.84%) CRM
6 264 (19.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 207 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
8 184 (13.52%) Project Management
9 170 (12.49%) Business Strategy
10 155 (11.39%) Mentoring
11 138 (10.14%) Strategic Roadmap
12 136 (9.99%) ITIL
13 128 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 117 (8.60%) Coaching
14 117 (8.60%) Project Delivery
15 108 (7.94%) Analytics
16 105 (7.71%) Business Case
17 96 (7.05%) Computer Science
18 95 (6.98%) DevOps
19 94 (6.91%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 221 (16.24%) Bash
2 91 (6.69%) SQL
3 63 (4.63%) Java
4 53 (3.89%) C#
5 46 (3.38%) PowerShell
6 45 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 44 (3.23%) Python
8 36 (2.65%) VB
9 22 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.18%) PHP
11 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.81%) R
13 4 (0.29%) RPG
14 3 (0.22%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.22%) AWK
14 3 (0.22%) sed
15 2 (0.15%) C
15 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 238 (17.49%) Degree
2 119 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 72 (5.29%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.35%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.20%) CISSP
7 28 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 19 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 17 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.88%) PMP
12 11 (0.81%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.59%) MCP
15 7 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 6 (0.44%) CCNA
16 6 (0.44%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (3.16%) GDPR
3 28 (2.06%) QA
4 25 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.40%) SLA
6 17 (1.25%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.88%) PMO
9 11 (0.81%) NIST
10 6 (0.44%) COBIT
10 6 (0.44%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.37%) CRD IV
11 5 (0.37%) IFRS
11 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.37%) NCSC
12 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.22%) HMG Infosec
13 3 (0.22%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 294 (21.60%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (2.35%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.88%) Docker
5 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.37%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.29%) pfSense
7 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.073%) LXC
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 249 (18.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 211 (15.50%) Jamf Pro
3 32 (2.35%) Kubernetes
4 30 (2.20%) Terraform
5 18 (1.32%) Ansible
6 11 (0.81%) FortiGate
6 11 (0.81%) SCCM
7 7 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.44%) SCOM
9 5 (0.37%) Grafana
9 5 (0.37%) Kiali
9 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.37%) Puppet
9 5 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 4 (0.29%) SmoothWall
11 3 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.15%) CASB
13 1 (0.073%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 495 (36.37%) Microsoft
2 210 (15.43%) CyberArk
2 210 (15.43%) Tanium
3 86 (6.32%) VMware
4 77 (5.66%) Oracle
5 64 (4.70%) Cisco
6 36 (2.65%) OpenLink
6 36 (2.65%) Sybase
6 36 (2.65%) TIBCO
7 34 (2.50%) SAP
8 32 (2.35%) Google
9 30 (2.20%) Veeam
10 26 (1.91%) Salesforce
11 18 (1.32%) Meraki
12 15 (1.10%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.96%) Dell
14 12 (0.88%) Adobe
14 12 (0.88%) NetApp
15 11 (0.81%) Citrix
15 11 (0.81%) Databricks