IT Strategy Jobs in the North of England

IT/Technology Strategy
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 169 189
Rank change year-on-year -89 +20 -15
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 89 265 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.76% 1.44% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.77% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 68 208 164
10th Percentile £32,055 £35,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £48,306 £43,750 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £59,263
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -7.19% -1.23%
75th Percentile £86,063 £76,580 £84,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £86,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -16.13% +14.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,999 15,011 15,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.29% 81.77% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,481 11,439 7,819
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the North of England

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West -74 45 £54,793 +0.08% 133
Yorkshire -10 36 £80,000 +28.00% 109
North East +30 8 £28,884 -46.26% 40
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.25%) SugarCRM
3 1 (1.12%) CICS
Applications
1 15 (16.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (15.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.12%) Orchard Housing
2 1 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.36%) Power Platform
2 10 (11.24%) Azure
2 10 (11.24%) GCP
3 6 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.62%) AWS
5 2 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.25%) Nutanix
5 2 (2.25%) SaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.12%) GitHub
6 1 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.12%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) Internet
2 3 (3.37%) Network Security
3 2 (2.25%) Firewall
3 2 (2.25%) NAS
3 2 (2.25%) SAN
3 2 (2.25%) Unified Communications
3 2 (2.25%) WAN
3 2 (2.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.11%) Power BI
2 3 (3.37%) Tableau
3 2 (2.25%) EDMS
3 2 (2.25%) Power Query
4 1 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.12%) DB2
4 1 (1.12%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.12%) MySQL
4 1 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) IBM UrbanCode
1 1 (1.12%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (50.56%) Social Skills
2 28 (31.46%) Finance
3 22 (24.72%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.61%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (11.24%) Banking
6 7 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.74%) Marketing
8 5 (5.62%) Law
8 5 (5.62%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.37%) Retail
10 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Advertising
11 1 (1.12%) Agriculture
11 1 (1.12%) Back Office
11 1 (1.12%) Electronics
11 1 (1.12%) Local Government
11 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (24.72%) Architect
2 14 (15.73%) ERP Manager
2 14 (15.73%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (14.61%) ERP Project Manager
3 13 (14.61%) Project Manager
3 13 (14.61%) Senior
4 11 (12.36%) Lead
5 10 (11.24%) IT Manager
6 5 (5.62%) Corporate Sales Executive
6 5 (5.62%) Sales Executive
6 5 (5.62%) Senior Architect
7 4 (4.49%) Head of IT
7 4 (4.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.37%) Analyst
8 3 (3.37%) Head of Technology
8 3 (3.37%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.37%) Service Transition Leader
9 2 (2.25%) Head of Information
9 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.12%) .NET
1 1 (1.12%) Next.js
1 1 (1.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.48%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.37%) Housing Association
3 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.25%) CMDB
3 2 (2.25%) IoT
3 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.25%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.12%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.12%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.12%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.87%) Windows
2 4 (4.49%) Linux
3 1 (1.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (48.31%) Technology Strategy
2 39 (43.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (24.72%) ERP
3 22 (24.72%) Project Management
4 21 (23.60%) Agile
4 21 (23.60%) Roadmaps
5 16 (17.98%) ITIL
5 16 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (16.85%) Budget Management
6 15 (16.85%) DevOps
7 14 (15.73%) Enterprise Architecture
7 14 (15.73%) Technical Leadership
7 14 (15.73%) TOGAF
8 13 (14.61%) Quality Management
9 12 (13.48%) Decision-Making
9 12 (13.48%) Service Management
10 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (11.24%) ITSM
11 10 (11.24%) Microservices
11 10 (11.24%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.24%) SQL
2 7 (7.87%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.62%) Python
4 4 (4.49%) Bash
5 2 (2.25%) Progress 4GL
6 1 (1.12%) C#
6 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) JCL
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Degree
2 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.25%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.12%) MBA
4 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) GDPR
2 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.12%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (11.24%) Docker
2 3 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.12%) KVM
4 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.49%) SCCM
2 4 (4.49%) SCOM
2 4 (4.49%) SCOrch
3 1 (1.12%) CA Service Virtualization
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.62%) Cisco
2 5 (5.62%) Dell
3 3 (3.37%) SAP
4 2 (2.25%) Capita
4 2 (2.25%) IBM
4 2 (2.25%) Progress
4 2 (2.25%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.25%) Sage
4 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.25%) Sun
4 2 (2.25%) VMware
5 1 (1.12%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.12%) CODA
5 1 (1.12%) Concur
5 1 (1.12%) Databricks
5 1 (1.12%) Google
5 1 (1.12%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.12%) Orchard
5 1 (1.12%) Sparx