IT Strategy Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT/Technology Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 180 167
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 -20
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 78 84 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.16% 1.37% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.44% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 45 20 63
10th Percentile £35,850 £41,250 £45,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,031 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.90% +9.17% -28.36%
75th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £108,875 £87,250
South East median annual salary £63,750 £85,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +41.67% -25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,730 5,824 6,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.18% 94.67% 92.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,017 3,157 3,932
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
Berkshire +23 35 £85,000 +11.48% 6
Buckinghamshire -27 27 £50,750 +19.41% 3
Oxfordshire +19 16 £47,500 -9.09%
IT Strategy
South East

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) nginx
4 1 (1.28%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.28%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Azure
2 18 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.82%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.69%) WhatsApp
5 5 (6.41%) Datadog
6 4 (5.13%) AWS
6 4 (5.13%) OCI
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.56%) IaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Akamai
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.28%) GitHub
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.38%) Firewall
2 6 (7.69%) VPN
3 3 (3.85%) 5G
3 3 (3.85%) Broadband
3 3 (3.85%) SAN
3 3 (3.85%) WAN
4 2 (2.56%) DNS
5 1 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.28%) LAN
5 1 (1.28%) VLAN
5 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.56%) MySQL
3 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 33 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Retail
4 6 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.41%) Finance
5 5 (6.41%) Games
5 5 (6.41%) Marketing
6 3 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.56%) Legal
8 1 (1.28%) Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (29.49%) Architect
2 15 (19.23%) IT Manager
2 15 (19.23%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (11.54%) Lead
4 8 (10.26%) Presales Solution Architect
5 7 (8.97%) Analyst
5 7 (8.97%) IT Support
5 7 (8.97%) Lead Architect
5 7 (8.97%) Senior
6 6 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Principal Software Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) IT Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Oracle Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) .NET
1 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.28%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.28%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.28%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.41%) Hackathon
1 5 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.13%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.85%) Social Media
4 2 (2.56%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.28%) CCTV
5 1 (1.28%) Clustering
5 1 (1.28%) Genomics
5 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.28%) NHS
5 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.28%) Replication
5 1 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.64%) Windows
2 19 (24.36%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.41%) Linux
4 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.13%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.56%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.28%) Android
7 1 (1.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) Technology Strategy
2 20 (25.64%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (17.95%) Analytics
4 14 (17.95%) Presales
5 13 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 12 (15.38%) Thought Leadership
7 11 (14.10%) Commercial Awareness
7 11 (14.10%) Service Delivery
8 10 (12.82%) Coaching
8 10 (12.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 10 (12.82%) Project Management
9 9 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (10.26%) Business Case
10 8 (10.26%) Change Management
10 8 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (10.26%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.13%) Bash
2 2 (2.56%) SQL
3 1 (1.28%) Korn
3 1 (1.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (24.36%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.67%) Degree
2 13 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) MCP
4 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.56%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.56%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.28%) PaperCut
3 1 (1.28%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.28%) Puppet
3 1 (1.28%) SCCM
3 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) WatchGuard
3 5 (6.41%) Datto
3 5 (6.41%) Sophos
3 5 (6.41%) VMware
4 4 (5.13%) Oracle
5 3 (3.85%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.85%) Tanium
6 2 (2.56%) SAP
6 2 (2.56%) Veeam
7 1 (1.28%) Apple
7 1 (1.28%) Aruba
7 1 (1.28%) Cisco
7 1 (1.28%) Databricks
7 1 (1.28%) Google
7 1 (1.28%) HP
7 1 (1.28%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.28%) Sage