IT Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 129 177 143
Rank change year-on-year +48 -34 +34
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 127 98 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.76% 1.46% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.50% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 91 60 126
10th Percentile £38,250 £49,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £53,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £69,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +11.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £82,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,875 £95,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £67,506
% change year-on-year -18.75% +18.51% -3.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,005 6,515 6,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.86% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,520 3,307 4,728
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,550 £80,000
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +21 72 £61,206 -17.71% 8
Staffordshire -9 11 £40,000 -42.86%
Worcestershire -13 8 £33,500 -40.44% 3
Warwickshire +54 7 £47,500 -46.93%
Coventry +36 7 £65,000 -2.99% 1
Shropshire +4 4 £39,750 - 1
Solihull +3 4 £47,500 +65.22%
Wolverhampton +15 2 £24,500 -
Sutton Coldfield -7 1 £61,000 -39.00%
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.72%) Apache
2 6 (4.72%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) NetSuite
1 4 (3.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.35%) Azure
2 21 (16.54%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (10.24%) AWS
4 8 (6.30%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.51%) Azure Stack
6 5 (3.94%) GitHub
6 5 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (3.94%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.36%) GCP
9 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
10 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.79%) SaaS
10 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.02%) Firewall
2 10 (7.87%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (6.30%) DHCP
3 8 (6.30%) DNS
4 7 (5.51%) Network Security
4 7 (5.51%) VLAN
5 6 (4.72%) WAN
6 5 (3.94%) Internet
7 4 (3.15%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (3.15%) iSCSI
7 4 (3.15%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.15%) SNMP
7 4 (3.15%) VPN
8 2 (1.57%) LAN
8 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.79%) SAN
9 1 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (3.94%) MySQL
4 2 (1.57%) Big Data
4 2 (1.57%) Power BI
5 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
General
1 35 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 33 (25.98%) Finance
3 22 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.02%) Retail
5 8 (6.30%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.51%) Spanish Language
7 5 (3.94%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.15%) Legal
9 3 (2.36%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.57%) Games
11 1 (0.79%) Marketing
11 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (18.90%) Architect
2 21 (16.54%) IT Manager
3 14 (11.02%) Head of IT
4 9 (7.09%) Service Manager
5 8 (6.30%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Manager
5 8 (6.30%) Lead
5 8 (6.30%) Service Delivery Manager
5 8 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.51%) Senior
7 6 (4.72%) Engineering Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Enterprise Architect
7 6 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.72%) IT Strategy Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Strategy Manager
8 5 (3.94%) Analyst
8 5 (3.94%) DBA
8 5 (3.94%) Developer
8 5 (3.94%) IT Support
8 5 (3.94%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.39%) .NET
2 7 (5.51%) React
3 6 (4.72%) .NET Framework
3 6 (4.72%) EDI
3 6 (4.72%) XML
4 5 (3.94%) CSS
4 5 (3.94%) HTML
4 5 (3.94%) HTML5
4 5 (3.94%) Laravel
5 4 (3.15%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.79%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.51%) CCTV
3 6 (4.72%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.72%) Replication
4 5 (3.94%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.15%) FMCG
6 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.36%) EPoS
6 3 (2.36%) iPad
6 3 (2.36%) Media Streaming
7 2 (1.57%) IoT
7 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.79%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.60%) Windows
2 15 (11.81%) Linux
3 4 (3.15%) VMS
3 4 (3.15%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.50%) Agile
2 36 (28.35%) Technology Strategy
3 31 (24.41%) Roadmaps
4 25 (19.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (18.90%) ITIL
6 22 (17.32%) Project Management
7 21 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (14.17%) Coaching
9 18 (14.17%) Mentoring
10 17 (13.39%) Decision-Making
10 17 (13.39%) Information Security
11 16 (12.60%) Service Delivery
12 15 (11.81%) Business Continuity
12 15 (11.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (11.02%) Business Strategy
13 14 (11.02%) Waterfall
14 13 (10.24%) Project Delivery
14 13 (10.24%) Security Management
14 13 (10.24%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.60%) SQL
2 8 (6.30%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.51%) C#
4 6 (4.72%) T-SQL
5 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.94%) PHP
5 5 (3.94%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.57%) Python
7 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 30 (23.62%) Degree
2 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
2 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.94%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.94%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (2.36%) CCNA
5 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.36%) CITP
5 3 (2.36%) MCP
5 3 (2.36%) MCSE
5 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.02%) QA
2 5 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.57%) GRC
4 2 (1.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.79%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.79%) NCSC
5 1 (0.79%) PMO
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (12.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.45%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.15%) pfSense
5 2 (1.57%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (8.66%) Terraform
2 6 (4.72%) Ansible
3 3 (2.36%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) Cisco
3 11 (8.66%) VMware
4 7 (5.51%) Sage
5 4 (3.15%) Avaya
5 4 (3.15%) BroadSoft
5 4 (3.15%) Brocade
5 4 (3.15%) Dell
5 4 (3.15%) Dell Compellent
5 4 (3.15%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.15%) QNAP
5 4 (3.15%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (3.15%) Veeam
5 4 (3.15%) WatchGuard
5 4 (3.15%) Zerto
6 3 (2.36%) Databricks
6 3 (2.36%) Google
6 3 (2.36%) Meraki
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.79%) SolarWinds