IT Strategy Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 210 212
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 +15
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 936 993 1,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.31% 1.68% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.76% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 613 474 798
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% +14.81% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the UK excluding London

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England +24 268 £55,000 -7.60% 40
South East +9 198 £62,500 -21.88% 49
Midlands +12 178 £55,000 -26.05% 35
West Midlands +54 135 £60,000 -13.67% 25
North West -12 129 £53,500 -10.83% 13
Yorkshire +59 115 £62,500 +4.58% 24
Scotland -66 108 £50,000 -23.08% 13
South West -19 90 £67,500 +28.57% 15
East of England -7 67 £67,500 -12.90% 11
East Midlands -34 41 £49,329 -38.34% 10
North East +9 24 £47,500 +4.97% 3
Northern Ireland +22 14 £37,500 -25.00%
Wales -17 11 £51,528 -56.26% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 45 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.46%) Confluence
4 19 (2.03%) Apache
5 18 (1.92%) CMS
6 14 (1.50%) SAS
7 12 (1.28%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.85%) IIS
9 4 (0.43%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.32%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.21%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (1.71%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.43%) Sage 200
3 4 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 238 (25.43%) Azure
2 110 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (10.04%) Entra ID
4 79 (8.44%) AWS
5 32 (3.42%) Power Platform
6 22 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (1.82%) SaaS
8 15 (1.60%) OneDrive
9 12 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.28%) IaaS
10 11 (1.18%) GCP
10 11 (1.18%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.07%) PaaS
12 9 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.85%) GitHub
13 8 (0.85%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.75%) Azure Stack
15 6 (0.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 67 (7.16%) 5G
1 67 (7.16%) Broadband
2 49 (5.24%) Firewall
3 25 (2.67%) DNS
3 25 (2.67%) WAN
4 24 (2.56%) VPN
5 22 (2.35%) DHCP
6 21 (2.24%) Network Security
7 17 (1.82%) LAN
8 16 (1.71%) Wireless
9 15 (1.60%) VLAN
10 14 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (1.28%) TCP/IP
12 11 (1.18%) SAN
12 11 (1.18%) VoIP
13 9 (0.96%) Internet
14 8 (0.85%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.85%) Unified Communications
15 6 (0.64%) MPLS
16 4 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 23 (2.46%) MySQL
4 20 (2.14%) Power BI
5 16 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.75%) Ingres
10 6 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.64%) GIS
10 6 (0.64%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.53%) Redis
12 4 (0.43%) Big Data
12 4 (0.43%) DB2
12 4 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 45 (4.81%) JIRA
2 19 (2.03%) Maven
3 11 (1.18%) Git
4 6 (0.64%) RStudio
5 5 (0.53%) Jenkins
General
1 339 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 214 (22.86%) Finance
3 180 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (6.30%) Law
6 58 (6.20%) Public Sector
7 57 (6.09%) Banking
8 54 (5.77%) Marketing
9 50 (5.34%) Retail
10 48 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (4.59%) Manufacturing
12 24 (2.56%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.03%) Investment Banking
15 17 (1.82%) Publishing
16 16 (1.71%) Legal
16 16 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.18%) Local Government
18 10 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.96%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 233 (24.89%) Architect
2 135 (14.42%) Solutions Architect
3 121 (12.93%) IT Manager
4 116 (12.39%) Senior
5 108 (11.54%) Lead
6 70 (7.48%) Presales Solution Architect
7 67 (7.16%) Linux Specialist
7 67 (7.16%) Technical Specialist
8 65 (6.94%) Head of IT
9 51 (5.45%) Analyst
10 38 (4.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 38 (4.06%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 38 (4.06%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 38 (4.06%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 37 (3.95%) Developer
11 37 (3.95%) Senior Architect
12 35 (3.74%) Enterprise Architect
13 33 (3.53%) IT Support
14 31 (3.31%) Lead Architect
15 27 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.09%) .NET
2 29 (3.10%) React
3 22 (2.35%) Spring
3 22 (2.35%) Spring Boot
4 21 (2.24%) CSS
4 21 (2.24%) HTML
5 16 (1.71%) .NET Framework
5 16 (1.71%) EDI
6 11 (1.18%) Middleware
6 11 (1.18%) XML
7 9 (0.96%) .NET Core
8 8 (0.85%) ASP.NET
8 8 (0.85%) Laravel
8 8 (0.85%) Node.js
9 6 (0.64%) HTML5
10 4 (0.43%) JSON
10 4 (0.43%) Kafka
10 4 (0.43%) REST
11 3 (0.32%) RESTful
11 3 (0.32%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.59%) Management Information System
2 67 (7.16%) Social Media
3 36 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.56%) Virtual Team
6 22 (2.35%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (2.14%) FMCG
9 19 (2.03%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.92%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.60%) Distributed Applications
12 12 (1.28%) Credit Risk
13 10 (1.07%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.07%) Educational Technology
13 10 (1.07%) PMI
13 10 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.96%) Replication
15 8 (0.85%) CCTV
15 8 (0.85%) IoT
15 8 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 118 (12.61%) Linux
2 85 (9.08%) Windows
3 69 (7.37%) Ubuntu
4 30 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.71%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.96%) CentOS
8 8 (0.85%) Unix
9 7 (0.75%) Debian
9 7 (0.75%) SUSE
10 6 (0.64%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.43%) VMS
11 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.32%) Android
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (45.51%) Technology Strategy
2 220 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
3 211 (22.54%) Agile
4 195 (20.83%) Roadmaps
5 178 (19.02%) Cybersecurity
6 147 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 124 (13.25%) Project Management
8 116 (12.39%) CRM
9 114 (12.18%) Business Case
10 111 (11.86%) Mentoring
11 110 (11.75%) ITIL
12 109 (11.65%) Coaching
13 105 (11.22%) Business Strategy
14 98 (10.47%) Analytics
14 98 (10.47%) Artificial Intelligence
15 87 (9.29%) Presales
16 86 (9.19%) Thought Leadership
17 83 (8.87%) Contract Negotiation
18 82 (8.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 81 (8.65%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 81 (8.65%) SQL
2 76 (8.12%) Bash
3 43 (4.59%) Python
4 40 (4.27%) JavaScript
5 31 (3.31%) C#
6 30 (3.21%) T-SQL
7 26 (2.78%) Java
8 20 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 18 (1.92%) R
10 15 (1.60%) Groovy
11 12 (1.28%) PHP
12 7 (0.75%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.43%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.43%) RPG
14 3 (0.32%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.32%) AWK
14 3 (0.32%) sed
15 2 (0.21%) C
15 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 199 (21.26%) Degree
2 109 (11.65%) Security Cleared
3 88 (9.40%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.03%) PMI Certification
6 18 (1.92%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 14 (1.50%) PMP
7 14 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
8 13 (1.39%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.18%) CISSP
9 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.85%) MCP
13 7 (0.75%) CCNA
14 6 (0.64%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.53%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (3.31%) QA
3 25 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (2.46%) GDPR
5 20 (2.14%) SLA
6 15 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.28%) CRD IV
7 12 (1.28%) IFRS
7 12 (1.28%) IFRS 9
8 7 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.75%) PMO
9 6 (0.64%) COBIT
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
10 3 (0.32%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.32%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.32%) NIST
10 3 (0.32%) RMADS
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 128 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.67%) Hyper-V
2 25 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.53%) Docker
4 4 (0.43%) pfSense
4 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.32%) vSphere
6 2 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.21%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 89 (9.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 68 (7.26%) Jamf Pro
3 30 (3.21%) Terraform
4 17 (1.82%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.85%) SCCM
6 7 (0.75%) Ansible
7 5 (0.53%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.53%) Grafana
7 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.53%) SCOM
7 5 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.43%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.32%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.21%) CASB
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 266 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.16%) CyberArk
2 67 (7.16%) Tanium
3 61 (6.52%) VMware
4 42 (4.49%) Cisco
5 38 (4.06%) Oracle
6 24 (2.56%) Veeam
7 21 (2.24%) Salesforce
8 19 (2.03%) SAP
9 14 (1.50%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.39%) Dell
11 10 (1.07%) Meraki
12 9 (0.96%) Databricks
12 9 (0.96%) Epicor
12 9 (0.96%) Google
12 9 (0.96%) IFS
12 9 (0.96%) JD Edwards
12 9 (0.96%) WatchGuard
13 8 (0.85%) Sage
14 7 (0.75%) MuleSoft