Technology Strategy Job Trends in the North of England

Technology Strategy
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 207 178
Rank change year-on-year +12 -29 +28
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 61 70 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.58% 0.74% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.82% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 39 34 85
10th Percentile £40,800 £40,749 £46,272
25th Percentile £63,125 £57,875 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,718 £66,757
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +14.92% -16.55%
75th Percentile £109,375 £89,313 £84,056
90th Percentile £126,250 £97,056 -
England median annual salary £74,600 £80,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -6.75% +0.46% -11.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Technology 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 8,666 8,497 6,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.37% 89.75% 90.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,589 3,870 5,287
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,667 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.59% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,100 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in the North of England

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Technology Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Technology Strategy in the North of England

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West +11 29 £80,000 +6.67% 42
Yorkshire +7 27 £85,000 +3.03% 45
North East +8 5 £75,000 - 8
Technology Strategy
England

Technology Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 1 (1.64%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.95%) Azure
2 11 (18.03%) Power Platform
3 6 (9.84%) AWS
3 6 (9.84%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (4.92%) SaaS
5 2 (3.28%) Azure AKS
5 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.28%) GCP
5 2 (3.28%) IaaS
5 2 (3.28%) PaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Boomi
6 1 (1.64%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) VoIP
2 1 (1.64%) Broadband
2 1 (1.64%) IPsec
2 1 (1.64%) Junos
2 1 (1.64%) LAN
2 1 (1.64%) MPLS
2 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.64%) VPN
2 1 (1.64%) WAN
2 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Power BI
2 5 (8.20%) Tableau
3 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.64%) Big Data
General
1 17 (27.87%) Finance
2 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
3 13 (21.31%) Public Sector
4 10 (16.39%) Law
5 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (11.48%) Marketing
7 5 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (4.92%) Legal
10 2 (3.28%) Games
11 1 (1.64%) Banking
11 1 (1.64%) Local Government
11 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Lead
2 12 (19.67%) Architect
3 5 (8.20%) Chief Technology Officer
3 5 (8.20%) Consultant
3 5 (8.20%) Lead Architect
3 5 (8.20%) Senior
4 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (4.92%) Data Architect
5 3 (4.92%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (4.92%) Head of IT
5 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (4.92%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (4.92%) IT Manager
5 3 (4.92%) Sales Executive
5 3 (4.92%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (4.92%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (4.92%) Software Manager
6 2 (3.28%) Corporate Sales Executive
6 2 (3.28%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) .NET
2 2 (3.28%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.28%) React
2 2 (3.28%) RESTful
2 2 (3.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.92%) AI Agents
2 3 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.28%) IoT
4 1 (1.64%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) SCADA
4 1 (1.64%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Linux
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (60.66%) IT Strategy
2 19 (31.15%) Analytics
3 18 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (27.87%) Roadmaps
5 13 (21.31%) AI
6 11 (18.03%) Agile
6 11 (18.03%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
8 9 (14.75%) Software Engineering
8 9 (14.75%) Technology Roadmap
9 8 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (13.11%) CI/CD
10 7 (11.48%) CRM
10 7 (11.48%) Project Management
11 6 (9.84%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (9.84%) ERP
11 6 (9.84%) Strategic Roadmap
11 6 (9.84%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) C#
2 4 (6.56%) Python
3 2 (3.28%) Bash
3 2 (3.28%) Bicep
3 2 (3.28%) Java
3 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) R
4 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.56%) Degree
1 4 (6.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.64%) CCNA
4 1 (1.64%) CCNP
4 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) HNC
4 1 (1.64%) HND
4 1 (1.64%) JNCIA
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.64%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.28%) Terraform
2 1 (1.64%) Grafana
2 1 (1.64%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.56%) HubSpot
3 3 (4.92%) Cisco
3 3 (4.92%) Dell
4 1 (1.64%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.64%) Databricks
4 1 (1.64%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.64%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (1.64%) Juniper
4 1 (1.64%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle
4 1 (1.64%) Pega
4 1 (1.64%) SAP
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow