IT/Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 222 264
Rank change year-on-year +35 +42 -11
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 1,563 1,603 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.65% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.72% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 915 828 1,539
10th Percentile £36,900 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,797
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,800 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +48 1,364 £65,000 -14.75% 267
UK excluding London +4 939 £57,500 -11.54% 154
Work from Home +36 743 £65,000 -18.75% 132
London +95 540 £85,000 - 114
North of England +26 264 £55,000 -7.19% 41
South East +5 200 £63,750 -20.31% 33
Midlands +30 182 £55,000 -26.05% 35
West Midlands +59 139 £60,000 -13.04% 23
North West +5 128 £54,500 -9.17% 19
Yorkshire +54 111 £62,500 +5.00% 19
Scotland -54 108 £50,000 -23.08% 11
South West -9 92 £67,500 +29.29% 12
East of England -10 69 £67,500 -11.48% 19
East Midlands -33 41 £49,329 -40.21% 12
North East +7 25 £53,750 +18.78% 3
Northern Ireland +11 14 £37,500 -25.00%
Wales -25 8 £53,750 -54.37% 4
Isle of Man - 1 - - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

IT 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 82 (5.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.92%) Confluence
4 21 (1.34%) CMS
5 20 (1.28%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.70%) Apache
7 9 (0.58%) IIS
8 5 (0.32%) SAS
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.51%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.45%) Revit
6 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (2.50%) Endur
2 16 (1.02%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.38%) thinkFolio
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
6 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.064%) Magento
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.064%) Primavera
9 1 (0.064%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.064%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.064%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 542 (34.68%) Azure
2 252 (16.12%) Entra ID
3 169 (10.81%) AWS
4 153 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (4.22%) Power Platform
6 44 (2.82%) SaaS
7 42 (2.69%) PaaS
8 41 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
9 34 (2.18%) IaaS
10 32 (2.05%) GCP
11 29 (1.86%) GitHub
12 28 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.34%) Serverless
14 20 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (1.22%) OneDrive
16 16 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
17 15 (0.96%) OCI
17 15 (0.96%) PowerApps
18 14 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
19 12 (0.77%) Azure Cognitive Services
Communications & Networking
1 210 (13.44%) 5G
1 210 (13.44%) Broadband
2 96 (6.14%) Firewall
3 62 (3.97%) WAN
4 47 (3.01%) DNS
5 40 (2.56%) LAN
6 39 (2.50%) VPN
7 35 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (2.05%) DHCP
9 29 (1.86%) Network Security
10 26 (1.66%) SAN
11 25 (1.60%) SD-WAN
11 25 (1.60%) VLAN
12 24 (1.54%) Unified Communications
12 24 (1.54%) Wireless
13 15 (0.96%) TCP/IP
14 13 (0.83%) MPLS
15 12 (0.77%) BGP
16 10 (0.64%) Internet
16 10 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.29%) Relational Database
3 43 (2.75%) RDBMS
4 35 (2.24%) Power BI
5 24 (1.54%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.54%) MySQL
6 23 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (1.34%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.22%) Data Mining
9 18 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.09%) Apache Ignite
10 17 (1.09%) Hadoop
11 16 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (0.90%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.51%) CockroachDB
15 7 (0.45%) GIS
15 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (3.77%) JIRA
2 29 (1.86%) Git
3 27 (1.73%) Maven
4 18 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.51%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.45%) GitLab
6 7 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
7 6 (0.38%) RStudio
8 3 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.19%) JUnit
9 2 (0.13%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.13%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.064%) Vagrant
General
1 456 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 382 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 344 (22.01%) Finance
4 320 (20.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (7.36%) Marketing
6 88 (5.63%) Law
7 71 (4.54%) Influencing Skills
8 70 (4.48%) Public Sector
9 67 (4.29%) Retail
10 65 (4.16%) Games
11 63 (4.03%) Banking
12 51 (3.26%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.98%) Legal
15 30 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (1.66%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.34%) Investment Banking
18 18 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
19 17 (1.09%) Publishing
20 16 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 371 (23.74%) Architect
2 281 (17.98%) Senior
3 210 (13.44%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (13.44%) Technical Specialist
4 192 (12.28%) Solutions Architect
5 173 (11.07%) Lead
6 168 (10.75%) IT Manager
7 127 (8.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 127 (8.13%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (8.13%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (8.13%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 93 (5.95%) Head of IT
9 91 (5.82%) Presales Solution Architect
10 82 (5.25%) Developer
11 58 (3.71%) Senior Architect
12 53 (3.39%) Analyst
13 46 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
14 45 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 43 (2.75%) Lead Architect
16 35 (2.24%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (5.12%) .NET
2 51 (3.26%) HTML
3 41 (2.62%) React
4 39 (2.50%) Spring Boot
5 34 (2.18%) Kafka
6 32 (2.05%) Spring
7 29 (1.86%) CSS
8 26 (1.66%) .NET Framework
9 24 (1.54%) Middleware
10 21 (1.34%) EDI
11 20 (1.28%) Node.js
12 17 (1.09%) REST
13 16 (1.02%) XML
14 15 (0.96%) JSON
15 12 (0.77%) .NET Core
16 11 (0.70%) GraphQL
17 10 (0.64%) ASP.NET
17 10 (0.64%) RESTful
18 9 (0.58%) Laravel
19 8 (0.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 210 (13.44%) Social Media
2 97 (6.21%) Management Information System
3 58 (3.71%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 37 (2.37%) Swaptions
6 34 (2.18%) Cloud Native
7 32 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 30 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.60%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.47%) FMCG
12 21 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.09%) IoT
14 16 (1.02%) Cyberattack
15 15 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
15 15 (0.96%) Onboarding
16 13 (0.83%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (0.83%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 273 (17.47%) Linux
2 212 (13.56%) Ubuntu
3 135 (8.64%) Windows
4 64 (4.09%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.90%) Unix
7 13 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.58%) CentOS
9 7 (0.45%) Debian
9 7 (0.45%) SUSE
10 6 (0.38%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.32%) Android
11 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.32%) VMS
11 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 881 (56.37%) Technology Strategy
2 386 (24.70%) Cybersecurity
3 369 (23.61%) Agile
4 342 (21.88%) Roadmaps
5 313 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
6 274 (17.53%) CRM
7 268 (17.15%) Artificial Intelligence
8 206 (13.18%) Project Management
9 195 (12.48%) Business Strategy
10 188 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 181 (11.58%) Mentoring
12 149 (9.53%) Business Case
12 149 (9.53%) ITIL
13 148 (9.47%) Strategic Roadmap
14 145 (9.28%) Coaching
15 141 (9.02%) Analytics
16 132 (8.45%) Project Delivery
17 127 (8.13%) DevOps
18 121 (7.74%) Decision-Making
18 121 (7.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 221 (14.14%) Bash
2 120 (7.68%) SQL
3 87 (5.57%) Java
4 63 (4.03%) JavaScript
5 60 (3.84%) Python
6 58 (3.71%) C#
7 49 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 37 (2.37%) VB
9 33 (2.11%) T-SQL
10 29 (1.86%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.02%) PHP
12 15 (0.96%) Groovy
13 9 (0.58%) R
14 8 (0.51%) C
15 4 (0.26%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.26%) RPG
16 3 (0.19%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.19%) AWK
16 3 (0.19%) sed
17 2 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 286 (18.30%) Degree
2 165 (10.56%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.55%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.18%) Azure Certification
6 32 (2.05%) CISSP
7 28 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.60%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 19 (1.22%) PMP
11 18 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (0.77%) MBA
13 10 (0.64%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.51%) CCNA
14 8 (0.51%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (2.75%) GDPR
3 35 (2.24%) QA
4 30 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.22%) SLA
6 17 (1.09%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.83%) PMO
9 12 (0.77%) NIST
10 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.45%) COBIT
12 6 (0.38%) SOC 1
13 5 (0.32%) NCSC
14 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.19%) CRD IV
15 3 (0.19%) GRC
15 3 (0.19%) HMG Infosec
15 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 298 (19.07%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.22%) Docker
5 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.32%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.26%) pfSense
7 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.13%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.064%) LXC
10 1 (0.064%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 252 (16.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 211 (13.50%) Jamf Pro
3 47 (3.01%) Terraform
4 40 (2.56%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.34%) Ansible
6 12 (0.77%) SCCM
7 11 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.51%) Kiali
9 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.38%) SCOM
11 5 (0.32%) Grafana
11 5 (0.32%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.32%) Puppet
11 5 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (0.26%) SmoothWall
13 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.13%) CASB
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 509 (32.57%) Microsoft
2 210 (13.44%) CyberArk
2 210 (13.44%) Tanium
3 91 (5.82%) Oracle
3 91 (5.82%) VMware
4 66 (4.22%) Cisco
5 37 (2.37%) OpenLink
5 37 (2.37%) Sybase
5 37 (2.37%) TIBCO
6 34 (2.18%) SAP
7 32 (2.05%) Google
8 30 (1.92%) Veeam
9 27 (1.73%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.28%) Meraki
11 17 (1.09%) Fortinet
12 13 (0.83%) Dell
12 13 (0.83%) UiPath
13 12 (0.77%) Blue Prism
13 12 (0.77%) NetApp
14 11 (0.70%) SolarWinds