IT Strategy Job Trends in the Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 138 134
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +18
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 70 112 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.90% 1.68% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.87% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 55 68 77
10th Percentile £43,250 £37,500 £40,950
25th Percentile £61,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £64,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.55% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £99,500 £91,500 £100,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,373 5,992 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.74% 89.69% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,650 3,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
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 Midlands

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the Midlands

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
West Midlands +15 42 £85,000 +30.77% 9
East Midlands -33 28 £77,300 +28.83% 10
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.43%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (35.71%) Azure
2 14 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (12.86%) AWS
4 7 (10.00%) OneDrive
5 5 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.71%) SaaS
7 3 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.29%) Kong
7 3 (4.29%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.43%) GCP
8 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) LAN
1 4 (5.71%) SD-WAN
1 4 (5.71%) WAN
1 4 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.43%) NAS
2 1 (1.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.43%) Power Query
General
1 33 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.14%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (27.14%) Public Sector
3 15 (21.43%) Finance
4 5 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.14%) Retail
5 3 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Marketing
6 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.43%) Electronics
7 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.43%) Law
7 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (48.57%) Architect
2 17 (24.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 10 (14.29%) Lead
4 8 (11.43%) IT Manager
4 8 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) IT Support
5 5 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Digital Transformation Director
6 4 (5.71%) Head of IT
6 4 (5.71%) IT Director
6 4 (5.71%) Lead Architect
6 4 (5.71%) Service Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Technical Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Technical Services Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Transformation Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) Apollo GraphQL
1 3 (4.29%) GraphQL
1 3 (4.29%) Kafka
1 3 (4.29%) Node.js
1 3 (4.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.86%) Replication
5 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.43%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.14%) Technology Strategy
2 28 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 24 (34.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 22 (31.43%) Technology Roadmap
5 20 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
5 20 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 13 (18.57%) Business Strategy
8 13 (18.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (17.14%) Project Delivery
9 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (15.71%) CRM
10 11 (15.71%) ERP
11 10 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (14.29%) TOGAF
12 9 (12.86%) Analytics
12 9 (12.86%) Decision-Making
13 8 (11.43%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) SQL
2 3 (4.29%) Java
3 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Degree
2 11 (15.71%) SC Cleared
2 11 (15.71%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.43%) APMG
5 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) GDPR
1 8 (11.43%) PMO
2 4 (5.71%) SLA
3 3 (4.29%) QA
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.86%) GRC
4 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.71%) Autotask
3 3 (4.29%) Terraform
4 1 (1.43%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.14%) Progress
3 4 (5.71%) SAP
4 3 (4.29%) Adobe
4 3 (4.29%) Informatica
4 3 (4.29%) MuleSoft
4 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.29%) VMware
5 2 (2.86%) Cisco
5 2 (2.86%) IFS
6 1 (1.43%) Google
6 1 (1.43%) Splunk
6 1 (1.43%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (1.43%) Varonis