Digital Strategy Job Trends in the East of England

Digital Strategy
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Digital Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 179 140
Rank change year-on-year +25 -39 +78
Permanent jobs citing Digital Strategy 5 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.12% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.16% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - - £54,863
25th Percentile £42,780 £61,250 £58,407
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £62,500 £64,313
Median % change year-on-year -31.06% -2.82% +26.10%
75th Percentile £43,389 £92,943 £67,907
90th Percentile - £109,177 £70,063
England median annual salary £43,085 £63,277 £61,000
% change year-on-year -31.91% +3.73% +10.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Digital 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Digital Strategy job vacancy trend in the East of England

Digital Strategy
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Strategy

Digital Strategy
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Strategy within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hertfordshire +11 4 £43,085 -31.06% 2
Essex - 1 - - 3
Digital Strategy
England

Digital Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (80.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) NEC Housing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (80.00%) MS Access
1 4 (80.00%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Toad
General
1 5 (100.00%) Local Government
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Applications Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Applications Support
1 4 (80.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Applications Support
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Digital
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Product Management
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (20.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) NEC
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) SAP