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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 188 165
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 -20
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 67 75 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.97% 1.28% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.35% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 40 18 68
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £48,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,531 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £63,750 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.31% +33.33% -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 5,770 5,576 6,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.84% 94.81% 93.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,900 3,054 3,856
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,829
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
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 26 May 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 26 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
Berkshire +19 32 £85,000 +20.57% 8
Buckinghamshire -36 21 £50,500 +18.82% 2
Oxfordshire +15 14 £44,750 -16.55% 4
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 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Apache
2 1 (1.49%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.87%) Azure
2 14 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (13.43%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.46%) Datadog
5 4 (5.97%) OCI
5 4 (5.97%) WhatsApp
6 2 (2.99%) AWS
6 2 (2.99%) IaaS
7 1 (1.49%) Akamai
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.49%) GitHub
7 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) Firewall
2 5 (7.46%) VPN
3 3 (4.48%) 5G
3 3 (4.48%) Broadband
4 2 (2.99%) DNS
4 2 (2.99%) WAN
5 1 (1.49%) LAN
5 1 (1.49%) SAN
5 1 (1.49%) VLAN
5 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) GIS
2 1 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (8.96%) Retail
4 5 (7.46%) Games
4 5 (7.46%) Marketing
5 4 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Architect
2 15 (22.39%) IT Manager
3 10 (14.93%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (13.43%) Lead
5 7 (10.45%) IT Support
5 7 (10.45%) Lead Architect
6 6 (8.96%) Presales Solution Architect
7 5 (7.46%) Analyst
7 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (7.46%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) Principal Software Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) Senior
7 5 (7.46%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Applications Manager
8 4 (5.97%) IT Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Oracle Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.49%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Hackathon
2 4 (5.97%) Educational Technology
2 4 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.48%) Social Media
4 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.99%) FMCG
4 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.49%) NHS
5 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.88%) Windows
1 16 (23.88%) Windows Server
2 6 (8.96%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.97%) Linux
3 4 (5.97%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.48%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.99%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.79%) Technology Strategy
2 17 (25.37%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (17.91%) Presales
4 12 (17.91%) Roadmaps
4 12 (17.91%) Service Delivery
5 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (14.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 10 (14.93%) Mentoring
5 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (14.93%) Thought Leadership
6 9 (13.43%) Analytics
6 9 (13.43%) Coaching
6 9 (13.43%) Commercial Awareness
6 9 (13.43%) Project Management
7 8 (11.94%) Business Case
7 8 (11.94%) Contract Negotiation
7 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (10.45%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.45%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) Bash
2 1 (1.49%) Korn
2 1 (1.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 13 (19.40%) Degree
3 11 (16.42%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) MCP
5 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (11.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.46%) GDPR
3 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.99%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.99%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.49%) Firmware
3 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 28 (41.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Datto
2 5 (7.46%) Sophos
2 5 (7.46%) WatchGuard
3 4 (5.97%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) CyberArk
4 3 (4.48%) Tanium
5 2 (2.99%) VMware
6 1 (1.49%) Apple
6 1 (1.49%) Google
6 1 (1.49%) SAP
6 1 (1.49%) Veeam