Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Technology Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 291 329
Rank change year-on-year +47 +38 +35
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 1,158 1,236 1,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 1.22% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.27% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 499 630 881
10th Percentile £47,490 £54,416 £44,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.74% +7.98%
75th Percentile £96,250 £107,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,205 £130,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,650 £79,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year -24.49% +19.70% +5.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technology 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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +49 979 £70,000 -19.17% 188
Work from Home +63 641 £65,000 -23.53% 81
UK excluding London -21 579 £59,650 -24.49% 92
London +113 514 £90,000 -4.26% 107
South East +12 138 £61,500 -29.71% 20
North of England -16 137 £60,125 -26.23% 30
Scotland -59 103 £95,000 +24.37% 9
Midlands +26 90 £60,000 -19.33% 12
North West -15 77 £57,500 -36.11% 22
South West -29 69 £57,500 -3.40% 12
West Midlands +40 66 £60,000 -19.33% 7
Yorkshire +30 47 £60,249 -24.69% 7
East Midlands -23 20 £50,000 -35.48% 5
East of England +13 18 £55,000 -26.67% 5
North East +4 13 £70,000 -21.13% 1
Wales -3 12 £51,528 -56.26%
Northern Ireland +30 11 - - 2
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Technology 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 52 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 30 (2.59%) Confluence
4 18 (1.55%) SAS
5 17 (1.47%) Apache
6 9 (0.78%) CMS
6 9 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.35%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.35%) WordPress
8 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.17%) JBoss
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.086%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.086%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (0.95%) AutoCAD
2 10 (0.86%) Revit
3 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.17%) Sketch
6 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 33 (2.85%) Endur
2 11 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.60%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.60%) thinkFolio
4 5 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.35%) HFM
5 4 (0.35%) Hyperion Planning
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.17%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.086%) Primavera
7 1 (0.086%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 397 (34.28%) Azure
2 232 (20.03%) Entra ID
3 137 (11.83%) AWS
4 54 (4.66%) GCP
5 40 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (3.02%) SaaS
7 28 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
8 24 (2.07%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.73%) Serverless
10 17 (1.47%) GitHub
11 16 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (1.38%) PaaS
12 15 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.12%) IaaS
14 10 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 10 (0.86%) OCI
15 9 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 7 (0.60%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 210 (18.13%) 5G
1 210 (18.13%) Broadband
2 29 (2.50%) Firewall
3 14 (1.21%) WAN
4 12 (1.04%) MPLS
4 12 (1.04%) Unified Communications
5 11 (0.95%) SAN
6 10 (0.86%) LAN
6 10 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.69%) DNS
7 8 (0.69%) Network Security
7 8 (0.69%) VPN
8 7 (0.60%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.52%) DHCP
10 5 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.35%) BGP
11 4 (0.35%) HSRP
11 4 (0.35%) OSPF
12 3 (0.26%) Internet
12 3 (0.26%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 60 (5.18%) Relational Database
3 34 (2.94%) RDBMS
4 25 (2.16%) Data Mining
4 25 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (2.16%) Hadoop
5 23 (1.99%) Apache Ignite
5 23 (1.99%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.81%) MySQL
7 20 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.30%) DynamoDB
8 15 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (1.30%) Power BI
9 11 (0.95%) Big Data
10 10 (0.86%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.69%) CockroachDB
12 7 (0.60%) Ingres
13 6 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
13 6 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 50 (4.32%) JIRA
2 28 (2.42%) Git
3 23 (1.99%) Maven
4 14 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.69%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.26%) Appium
6 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.26%) JMeter
6 3 (0.26%) JUnit
6 3 (0.26%) Selenium
7 2 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
General
1 335 (28.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 328 (28.32%) Analytical Skills
3 320 (27.63%) Social Skills
4 284 (24.53%) Finance
5 132 (11.40%) Marketing
6 90 (7.77%) Law
7 77 (6.65%) Banking
8 61 (5.27%) Games
9 50 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (4.15%) Retail
11 45 (3.89%) Public Sector
12 41 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (2.94%) Legal
14 21 (1.81%) Advertising
15 20 (1.73%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.30%) Publishing
17 14 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.86%) Front Office
18 10 (0.86%) Telecoms
19 9 (0.78%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 298 (25.73%) Architect
2 262 (22.63%) Senior
3 210 (18.13%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (18.13%) Technical Specialist
4 166 (14.34%) Solutions Architect
5 127 (10.97%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 127 (10.97%) Senior Linux Specialist
5 127 (10.97%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 127 (10.97%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
6 115 (9.93%) Presales Solution Architect
7 111 (9.59%) Lead
8 60 (5.18%) Developer
9 41 (3.54%) Analyst
10 39 (3.37%) Enterprise Architect
10 39 (3.37%) Senior Architect
10 39 (3.37%) Senior Manager
10 39 (3.37%) Software Engineer
11 36 (3.11%) IT Manager
12 33 (2.85%) Lead Architect
13 29 (2.50%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.54%) React
2 39 (3.37%) .NET
3 36 (3.11%) Kafka
4 31 (2.68%) Spring Boot
5 30 (2.59%) HTML
6 24 (2.07%) Node.js
6 24 (2.07%) Spring
7 19 (1.64%) EDI
7 19 (1.64%) GraphQL
8 15 (1.30%) Middleware
9 13 (1.12%) CSS
10 10 (0.86%) Unreal Engine
10 10 (0.86%) V-Ray
11 9 (0.78%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (0.52%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.52%) HTML5
14 5 (0.43%) .NET Core
14 5 (0.43%) Apache Camel
14 5 (0.43%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 210 (18.13%) Social Media
2 59 (5.09%) Cloud Native
3 58 (5.01%) Product Ownership
4 44 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.85%) Swaptions
6 28 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (2.07%) Data Centre
8 18 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.30%) Credit Risk
10 15 (1.30%) Distributed Applications
10 15 (1.30%) Taxonomies
11 14 (1.21%) Cyberattack
11 14 (1.21%) e-Learning
11 14 (1.21%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (1.12%) IoT
12 13 (1.12%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.95%) Mobile App
14 10 (0.86%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 235 (20.29%) Linux
2 212 (18.31%) Ubuntu
3 40 (3.45%) Windows
4 20 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.78%) CentOS
6 8 (0.69%) Unix
7 7 (0.60%) Debian
7 7 (0.60%) SUSE
8 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 917 (79.19%) IT Strategy
2 341 (29.45%) Agile
3 313 (27.03%) Artificial Intelligence
4 310 (26.77%) Cybersecurity
5 280 (24.18%) Roadmaps
6 262 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
7 240 (20.73%) CRM
8 192 (16.58%) Analytics
9 175 (15.11%) Business Case
10 174 (15.03%) Business Strategy
11 153 (13.21%) Mentoring
12 140 (12.09%) Thought Leadership
13 137 (11.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 132 (11.40%) Presales
15 128 (11.05%) Data Analytics
16 125 (10.79%) Contract Negotiation
17 116 (10.02%) Commercial Awareness
18 105 (9.07%) Strategic Roadmap
19 103 (8.89%) Actionable Insight
20 101 (8.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 218 (18.83%) Bash
2 87 (7.51%) Java
3 74 (6.39%) Python
4 68 (5.87%) SQL
5 45 (3.89%) JavaScript
6 43 (3.71%) C#
7 37 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 33 (2.85%) VB
9 21 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.30%) Groovy
11 15 (1.30%) R
12 8 (0.69%) C
13 5 (0.43%) PHP
14 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.26%) AWK
14 3 (0.26%) C++
14 3 (0.26%) sed
15 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 200 (17.27%) Degree
2 160 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 124 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.99%) CISSP
6 19 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.86%) CISM
8 10 (0.86%) DBS Check
8 10 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
9 8 (0.69%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.69%) Postgraduate
10 7 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.60%) MBA
11 6 (0.52%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.52%) OCP
12 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.43%) RIBA
12 5 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.81%) GDPR
1 21 (1.81%) QA
2 19 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (1.30%) CRD IV
3 15 (1.30%) IFRS
3 15 (1.30%) IFRS 9
4 14 (1.21%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.12%) NIST
6 12 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.86%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.52%) GRC
8 6 (0.52%) SOC 1
9 5 (0.43%) COBIT
9 5 (0.43%) SLA
10 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.26%) HMG Infosec
11 3 (0.26%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.26%) PMO
11 3 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 228 (19.69%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.38%) Docker
3 12 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.52%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.26%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 219 (18.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (18.13%) Jamf Pro
3 42 (3.63%) Terraform
4 38 (3.28%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.30%) Ansible
6 8 (0.69%) Kiali
7 6 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.52%) NetBackup
7 6 (0.52%) Puppet
7 6 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 4 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.26%) SCCM
10 1 (0.086%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.086%) Grafana
10 1 (0.086%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 336 (29.02%) Microsoft
2 210 (18.13%) CyberArk
2 210 (18.13%) Tanium
3 62 (5.35%) Oracle
4 33 (2.85%) OpenLink
4 33 (2.85%) Sybase
4 33 (2.85%) TIBCO
5 31 (2.68%) Google
6 22 (1.90%) VMware
7 21 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.55%) Adobe
9 15 (1.30%) Cisco
10 13 (1.12%) Citrix
10 13 (1.12%) Splunk
11 11 (0.95%) Juniper
11 11 (0.95%) Veeam
12 10 (0.86%) Autodesk
13 8 (0.69%) AppDynamics
13 8 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.60%) Meraki