IT Strategy Jobs in England

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IT Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 179 225
Rank change year-on-year -101 +46 +25
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 554 1,385 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.13% 1.61% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.89% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 355 835 758
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,500 £42,350
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -16.13% +14.81%
75th Percentile £91,875 £86,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,250 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.46% -16.13% +14.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,314 73,328 84,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.13% 85.41% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,693 53,833 50,206
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
London -58 227 £90,000 +5.88% 315
South East +20 109 £55,000 -10.20% 138
North of England -84 99 £61,206 +11.28% 97
North West -74 52 £54,793 +0.08% 59
South West +69 48 £72,500 +7.41% 45
Midlands -52 48 £63,500 +15.45% 67
Yorkshire -5 38 £65,000 +4.00% 31
West Midlands -41 25 £60,603 +1.01% 37
East Midlands +11 20 £63,500 +28.73% 29
East of England -9 15 £51,500 -23.70% 65
North East +28 9 £33,198 -30.11% 10
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.26%) CMS
4 5 (0.90%) IIS
4 5 (0.90%) Moodle
5 4 (0.72%) SAS
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.54%) SugarCRM
7 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) CICS
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 27 (4.87%) Maya
2 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.36%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.36%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.90%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.72%) Endur
6 3 (0.54%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.36%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.18%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 146 (26.35%) Azure
2 106 (19.13%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (10.47%) AWS
4 56 (10.11%) SaaS
5 43 (7.76%) Power Platform
6 32 (5.78%) GCP
7 28 (5.05%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (3.25%) Entra ID
9 17 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.17%) PaaS
11 11 (1.99%) Boomi
11 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.99%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 10 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.81%) IaaS
13 8 (1.44%) Google Analytics
14 6 (1.08%) Snowflake
15 4 (0.72%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
16 3 (0.54%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.32%) Firewall
2 26 (4.69%) Network Security
3 17 (3.07%) SAN
4 16 (2.89%) Internet
4 16 (2.89%) NAS
5 14 (2.53%) VPN
6 12 (2.17%) DHCP
6 12 (2.17%) DNS
7 10 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.44%) Wireless
9 7 (1.26%) SSL
10 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.90%) WAN
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.54%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.54%) SNMP
11 3 (0.54%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.36%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.14%) Power BI
2 28 (5.05%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.25%) Data Lake
4 17 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (3.07%) Tableau
5 12 (2.17%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.99%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.08%) Data Mining
7 6 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.90%) GIS
9 3 (0.54%) Apache Ignite
9 3 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.54%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.36%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) Git
2 1 (0.18%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 199 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 177 (31.95%) Finance
3 102 (18.41%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (13.36%) Law
5 56 (10.11%) Legal
6 53 (9.57%) Marketing
7 38 (6.86%) Banking
8 37 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (5.96%) Games
10 31 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (4.33%) Retail
13 21 (3.79%) Manufacturing
13 21 (3.79%) Public Sector
14 19 (3.43%) French Language
14 19 (3.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (2.35%) Dutch Language
16 10 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (1.44%) Local Government
18 5 (0.90%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 128 (23.10%) Architect
2 92 (16.61%) Senior
3 73 (13.18%) IT Manager
4 70 (12.64%) Lead
5 55 (9.93%) Head of IT
6 44 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
7 40 (7.22%) Senior Architect
8 29 (5.23%) Enterprise Architect
9 23 (4.15%) IT Architect
10 22 (3.97%) IT Support
11 21 (3.79%) Analyst
11 21 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
12 20 (3.61%) Lead Architect
13 19 (3.43%) Corporate Sales Executive
13 19 (3.43%) Sales Executive
14 18 (3.25%) Consultant
15 16 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (2.89%) IT Engineer
16 15 (2.71%) Project Manager
17 14 (2.53%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.44%) HTML
2 7 (1.26%) .NET
2 7 (1.26%) Android Jetpack
2 7 (1.26%) CSS
2 7 (1.26%) Jetpack Compose
2 7 (1.26%) OAuth
2 7 (1.26%) SwiftUI
2 7 (1.26%) UIKit
3 5 (0.90%) React
4 4 (0.72%) Kafka
4 4 (0.72%) Middleware
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.54%) EDI
5 3 (0.54%) GraphQL
5 3 (0.54%) MACH
6 2 (0.36%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.36%) REST
6 2 (0.36%) Spring
6 2 (0.36%) Spring Batch
6 2 (0.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 54 (9.75%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (4.51%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.33%) Cloud Native
4 20 (3.61%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 14 (2.53%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.62%) Blockchain
8 9 (1.62%) Clustering
9 8 (1.44%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.26%) IoT
11 5 (0.90%) Learning Management System
11 5 (0.90%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Licensing
11 5 (0.90%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.90%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 69 (12.45%) Windows
2 27 (4.87%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.79%) Linux
4 7 (1.26%) Android
4 7 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (48.92%) Technology Strategy
2 192 (34.66%) Roadmaps
3 138 (24.91%) Project Management
4 133 (24.01%) Cybersecurity
5 106 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
6 100 (18.05%) Business Strategy
7 97 (17.51%) Agile
8 95 (17.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 93 (16.79%) Project Delivery
10 80 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 72 (13.00%) ERP
12 71 (12.82%) Risk Management
13 70 (12.64%) Technology Roadmap
14 69 (12.45%) Strategic Roadmap
15 66 (11.91%) Enterprise Architecture
16 63 (11.37%) Analytics
17 61 (11.01%) Computer Science
18 59 (10.65%) Mentoring
18 59 (10.65%) Service Delivery
19 58 (10.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.60%) PowerShell
2 28 (5.05%) SQL
3 14 (2.53%) Java
4 12 (2.17%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.17%) Python
5 7 (1.26%) Kotlin
5 7 (1.26%) R
5 7 (1.26%) Swift
6 6 (1.08%) Bash
7 5 (0.90%) C#
8 4 (0.72%) RPG
8 4 (0.72%) VB
9 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.36%) JCL
10 2 (0.36%) Progress 4GL
11 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (25.99%) Degree
2 19 (3.43%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.71%) PMI Certification
5 14 (2.53%) PMP
6 10 (1.81%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.62%) HND
7 9 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.26%) CISSP
8 7 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.08%) CISA
9 6 (1.08%) CISM
9 6 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.54%) CCSK
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.12%) GDPR
2 23 (4.15%) GxP
3 14 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.99%) NIST
6 9 (1.62%) QA
7 6 (1.08%) PMO
8 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.90%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.90%) SLA
9 4 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.18%) GRC
12 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (8.48%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.53%) Docker
4 13 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.54%) vSphere
6 2 (0.36%) Firmware
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.18%) GPFS
7 1 (0.18%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (2.17%) Kubernetes
1 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.62%) SCCM
3 4 (0.72%) SCOM
3 4 (0.72%) SCOrch
3 4 (0.72%) Terraform
3 4 (0.72%) vCenter Server
4 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.36%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.36%) VxRail
5 2 (0.36%) WSUS
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 195 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.58%) Dell
3 41 (7.40%) Cisco
4 39 (7.04%) VMware
5 34 (6.14%) SAP
6 26 (4.69%) Oracle
7 22 (3.97%) Google
7 22 (3.97%) Salesforce
8 13 (2.35%) Adobe
9 12 (2.17%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.99%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.44%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.26%) Veeam
13 4 (0.72%) Citrix
13 4 (0.72%) Informatica
13 4 (0.72%) OpenLink
13 4 (0.72%) Sage
13 4 (0.72%) Sybase
13 4 (0.72%) Teradata
13 4 (0.72%) TIBCO