IT Strategy Job Trends in Birmingham

IT/Technology Strategy
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 99 84
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 +14
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 9 28 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.52% 1.50% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.62% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 15
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,654
25th Percentile £63,125 £56,250 £52,155
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -5.08%
75th Percentile £97,500 £75,000 £96,250
90th Percentile - - £100,750
West Midlands median annual salary £85,000 £65,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +30.77% -11.86% -1.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

IT Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,382 1,727 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.70% 92.45% 89.83%
Number of salaries quoted 973 809 933
10th Percentile £30,100 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Birmingham

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in Birmingham

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (11.11%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) NAS
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Head of IT
1 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Cloud Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Services Director
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Transformation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) FinOps
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) BCP
2 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
2 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Cost Control
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) IT Governance
2 2 (22.22%) Presales
2 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) GRC
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (11.11%) VMware