IT Strategy Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 74 83
Rank change year-on-year -33 +9 +29
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 29 55 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.15% 2.39% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 2.72% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 35
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,375 £36,622
25th Percentile £57,500 £41,563 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,125 £76,875
90th Percentile - £92,375 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,016 2,023 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.97% 88.07% 88.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 859 1,117
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,662 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,125 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,500
90th Percentile £75,270 £75,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the East Midlands

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +15 12 £60,000 -7.34% 2
Nottinghamshire +4 9 £80,000 +33.33% 4
Lincolnshire -17 5 £40,000 - 1
Leicestershire +9 3 £80,000 +14.29% 1
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 8 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.45%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 12 (41.38%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (27.59%) OneDrive
4 7 (24.14%) AWS
5 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
6 3 (10.34%) Kong
6 3 (10.34%) Snowflake
7 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) LAN
1 4 (13.79%) SD-WAN
1 4 (13.79%) WAN
1 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Power Query
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Retail
3 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Architect
2 11 (37.93%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (17.24%) IT Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Lead
4 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Service Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Services Manager
5 3 (10.34%) CRM Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (10.34%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) Apollo GraphQL
1 3 (10.34%) GraphQL
1 3 (10.34%) Kafka
1 3 (10.34%) Node.js
1 3 (10.34%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.34%) Replication
3 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 17 (58.62%) Technology Strategy
2 11 (37.93%) Roadmaps
3 10 (34.48%) Technology Roadmap
4 8 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (20.69%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
5 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
6 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
6 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
6 5 (17.24%) Network Management
6 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (17.24%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (17.24%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (13.79%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.79%) Microservices
7 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Java
1 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) DBS Check
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) GDPR
2 4 (13.79%) SLA
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (13.79%) Autotask
3 3 (10.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Progress
3 3 (10.34%) Adobe
3 3 (10.34%) Informatica
3 3 (10.34%) MuleSoft
3 3 (10.34%) Salesforce
3 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) VMware