IT Strategy Jobs in the North West

IT/Technology Strategy
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 156 168
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 -9
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 135 159 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.39% 2.01% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.10% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 95 75 102
10th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £32,097
25th Percentile £40,675 £47,500 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,915 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.25% -2.00%
75th Percentile £74,782 £89,375 £91,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £96,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +18.52% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,077 7,562 8,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.16% 95.75% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,149 3,918 5,375
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,200 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the North West

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the North West

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the North West

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Manchester +2 75 £62,500 -7.41% 16
Cheshire 0 28 £55,000 -18.16% 2
Merseyside +14 20 £43,750 +10.51% 1
Lancashire -8 11 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Cumbria -13 1 £70,875 -
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.48%) SAS
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.93%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Magento
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.52%) Azure
2 16 (11.85%) AWS
3 13 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.44%) GCP
5 4 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.96%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.48%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.48%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.48%) PaaS
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon ELB
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.74%) SaaS
8 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.22%) LAN
1 3 (2.22%) VoIP
1 3 (2.22%) WAN
2 2 (1.48%) DHCP
2 2 (1.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.22%) MySQL
2 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.48%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.48%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.48%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.48%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
General
1 55 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.67%) Finance
3 13 (9.63%) Influencing Skills
4 12 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.19%) Banking
6 6 (4.44%) Local Government
6 6 (4.44%) Retail
7 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.48%) Legal
8 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (34.07%) Architect
2 24 (17.78%) Solutions Architect
3 22 (16.30%) IT Manager
4 19 (14.07%) Presales Solution Architect
5 17 (12.59%) Lead
6 16 (11.85%) Analyst
7 12 (8.89%) Enterprise Architect
8 10 (7.41%) Head of IT
9 8 (5.93%) Developer
9 8 (5.93%) Senior
10 7 (5.19%) IT Support
10 7 (5.19%) IT Support Manager
10 7 (5.19%) NetSuite Developer
10 7 (5.19%) Support Manager
10 7 (5.19%) Support Team Leader
10 7 (5.19%) Team Leader
11 6 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.44%) Lead Architect
11 6 (4.44%) Lead Enterprise Architect
11 6 (4.44%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.11%) .NET
2 8 (5.93%) Node.js
3 5 (3.70%) React
4 1 (0.74%) EDI
4 1 (0.74%) Flutter
4 1 (0.74%) MACH
4 1 (0.74%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.93%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (5.93%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.22%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.48%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.48%) EPoS
4 2 (1.48%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.48%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.74%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.74%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.74%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.41%) Linux
2 9 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (48.15%) Technology Strategy
2 34 (25.19%) Roadmaps
3 32 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (21.48%) Business Case
5 27 (20.00%) Analytics
5 27 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 25 (18.52%) Coaching
7 23 (17.04%) Agile
8 20 (14.81%) ITIL
8 20 (14.81%) Mentoring
8 20 (14.81%) Presales
9 19 (14.07%) Commercial Awareness
9 19 (14.07%) Contract Negotiation
9 19 (14.07%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 19 (14.07%) Thought Leadership
10 18 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
10 18 (13.33%) Data Analytics
11 17 (12.59%) Decision-Making
11 17 (12.59%) Project Management
12 15 (11.11%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.19%) Python
2 3 (2.22%) C#
2 3 (2.22%) SQL
3 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.74%) Bash
4 1 (0.74%) Go
Qualifications
1 26 (19.26%) SC Cleared
1 26 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 19 (14.07%) Degree
3 6 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (1.48%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.48%) CEH
4 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.48%) CISM
4 2 (1.48%) CISSP
4 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.48%) OSCP
4 2 (1.48%) SAS Certification
5 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.74%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) SLA
2 5 (3.70%) QA
3 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.48%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (5.93%) Active Directory
1 8 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Ansible
1 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.41%) VMware
3 9 (6.67%) Veeam
4 7 (5.19%) MuleSoft
4 7 (5.19%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.44%) Oracle
6 2 (1.48%) Cisco
6 2 (1.48%) Databricks
7 1 (0.74%) Dell
7 1 (0.74%) Meraki
7 1 (0.74%) NetApp
7 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.74%) Sage
7 1 (0.74%) SAP
7 1 (0.74%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.74%) Sun