IT Strategy Job Trends in London

IT/Technology Strategy
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 203 167
Rank change year-on-year +73 -36 +51
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 312 243 361
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.24% 1.57% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 1.66% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 162 133 260
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -5.71%
75th Percentile £105,000 £118,750 £101,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £142,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,196 14,640 16,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.67% 94.56% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,788 8,072 13,608
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in London

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in London

IT Strategy
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London +3 37 £95,000 -1.30% 10
West London +6 8 £62,500 -30.56% 3
East London -8 3 £42,500 -34.62% 3
South London +36 1 - -
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Coherence
3 2 (0.64%) CMS
3 2 (0.64%) Moodle
3 2 (0.64%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.32%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (12.82%) Maya
2 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 18 (5.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.88%) SAP FS
3 8 (2.56%) Endur
4 3 (0.96%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.64%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.64%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 77 (24.68%) AWS
2 68 (21.79%) Azure
3 38 (12.18%) GCP
4 27 (8.65%) Cloud Computing
5 25 (8.01%) Amazon Bedrock
5 25 (8.01%) Vertex AI
6 19 (6.09%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (4.49%) Boomi
8 14 (4.49%) OCI
8 14 (4.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 12 (3.85%) IaaS
9 12 (3.85%) PaaS
10 11 (3.53%) SaaS
11 10 (3.21%) GitHub
12 8 (2.56%) Cloud Functions
12 8 (2.56%) Cloud Run
12 8 (2.56%) Datadog
12 8 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.56%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.28%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.96%) Firewall
2 3 (0.96%) WAN
3 2 (0.64%) Broadband
3 2 (0.64%) LAN
3 2 (0.64%) Network Security
3 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.64%) Wireless
4 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.32%) PSTN
4 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.32%) VoIP
4 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.77%) Power BI
2 15 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.49%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.85%) Tableau
5 8 (2.56%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.32%) Looker
7 1 (0.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.64%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.64%) JMeter
2 2 (0.64%) LoadRunner
2 2 (0.64%) NeoLoad
3 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 132 (42.31%) Finance
2 116 (37.18%) Social Skills
3 110 (35.26%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (23.40%) Law
5 64 (20.51%) Games
6 34 (10.90%) Banking
7 32 (10.26%) French Language
8 29 (9.29%) Dutch Language
9 26 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (7.69%) Retail
11 22 (7.05%) Marketing
12 19 (6.09%) Public Sector
13 14 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (4.17%) Local Government
15 11 (3.53%) Legal
16 9 (2.88%) Billing
16 9 (2.88%) Financial Institution
17 6 (1.92%) Manufacturing
18 5 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (24.36%) Senior
2 69 (22.12%) Architect
3 41 (13.14%) Consultant
4 37 (11.86%) Technology Director
5 35 (11.22%) Lead
6 34 (10.90%) Senior Consultant
7 30 (9.62%) IT Architect
8 25 (8.01%) Gen AI Consultant
8 25 (8.01%) IT Manager
9 24 (7.69%) Senior Architect
10 15 (4.81%) Analyst
11 14 (4.49%) CRM Architect
11 14 (4.49%) Salesforce Architect
11 14 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (4.17%) IT Director
12 13 (4.17%) Lead Architect
13 12 (3.85%) IT Consultant
14 11 (3.53%) Enterprise Architect
14 11 (3.53%) Head of IT
14 11 (3.53%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.01%) LangChain
2 2 (0.64%) REST
2 2 (0.64%) RESTful
2 2 (0.64%) Web Services
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.32%) CSS
3 1 (0.32%) HTML
3 1 (0.32%) JDBC
3 1 (0.32%) JSON
3 1 (0.32%) SOAP
3 1 (0.32%) Spring
3 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.32%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 65 (20.83%) Enterprise Software
2 31 (9.94%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.37%) Product Ownership
5 21 (6.73%) Blockchain
6 17 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (4.81%) NHS
8 10 (3.21%) Credit Risk
9 9 (2.88%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (2.24%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.92%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.60%) FMCG
12 5 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.28%) Spread Betting
13 4 (1.28%) Taxonomies
14 3 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.96%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.88%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.64%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (52.88%) Technology Strategy
2 93 (29.81%) Business Strategy
3 87 (27.88%) Cybersecurity
4 86 (27.56%) Roadmaps
5 85 (27.24%) Agile
6 79 (25.32%) AI
7 61 (19.55%) Risk Management
7 61 (19.55%) Thought Leadership
8 59 (18.91%) Microservices
9 58 (18.59%) Computer Science
9 58 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (14.74%) Project Management
12 45 (14.42%) Project Delivery
12 45 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 44 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (14.10%) Mentoring
14 40 (12.82%) Business Development
14 40 (12.82%) Mathematics
15 39 (12.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.77%) Java
2 13 (4.17%) Python
3 8 (2.56%) Bash
4 6 (1.92%) SQL
5 2 (0.64%) C#
6 1 (0.32%) Groovy
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 106 (33.97%) Degree
2 48 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.49%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 13 (4.17%) PMP
5 10 (3.21%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.24%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.28%) CISSP
8 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.96%) CISA
9 3 (0.96%) CISM
9 3 (0.96%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.64%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.64%) CFA
10 2 (0.64%) GIAC
10 2 (0.64%) MBA
10 2 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.90%) Accessibility
2 20 (6.41%) GDPR
3 10 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (3.21%) PMO
4 9 (2.88%) IFRS
4 9 (2.88%) IFRS 17
4 9 (2.88%) Solvency II
5 8 (2.56%) EMIR
5 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.60%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.60%) NIST
7 4 (1.28%) QA
8 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.96%) GRC
8 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.64%) Basel III
9 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.64%) MiFID
9 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (4.17%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.96%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.56%) Prometheus
2 8 (2.56%) Terraform
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.32%) Ansible
4 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.54%) Oracle
3 35 (11.22%) Google
4 30 (9.62%) SAP
5 24 (7.69%) Salesforce
6 19 (6.09%) MuleSoft
7 14 (4.49%) Adobe
7 14 (4.49%) Dell
8 13 (4.17%) Guidewire
9 12 (3.85%) Duck Creek
10 8 (2.56%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.96%) Zoho
12 2 (0.64%) Databricks
12 2 (0.64%) FIS
12 2 (0.64%) Freshdesk
12 2 (0.64%) iManage
12 2 (0.64%) Intapp
12 2 (0.64%) Murex
13 1 (0.32%) Aderant
13 1 (0.32%) BiZZdesign