Digital Strategy Jobs in the South East

Digital Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Digital Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 343 280
Rank change year-on-year +115 -63 +104
Permanent jobs citing Digital Strategy 72 52 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 0.31% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.37% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10 30 20
10th Percentile £53,984 £31,250 £41,771
25th Percentile - £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £53,625 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -2.50% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,337 £96,250 £105,112
England median annual salary £61,206 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Digital 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,656 14,162 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.84% 84.47% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 9,859 7,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Digital Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Strategy in the South East

Digital Strategy
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Strategy in the South East.

Salary trend for Digital Strategy in the South East

Digital Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Strategy in the South East

Digital Strategy
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Thames Valley +87 47 £65,000 +85.71% 5
Berkshire +80 47 £65,000 +4.00% 4
Surrey +64 21 £55,790 -46.87% 6
Kent +34 2 - -
Hampshire +61 1 £60,000 -
West Sussex +36 1 £75,874 +40.12% 1
Digital Strategy
England

Digital Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (2.78%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (2.78%) InDesign
1 2 (2.78%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.56%) Azure
4 3 (4.17%) AWS
4 3 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.17%) GCP
4 3 (4.17%) GitHub
5 2 (2.78%) Figma
6 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) Firewall
1 1 (1.39%) Network Security
1 1 (1.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.33%) Power BI
1 6 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 55 (76.39%) Social Skills
2 43 (59.72%) Law
3 26 (36.11%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (27.78%) Finance
5 18 (25.00%) Marketing
6 10 (13.89%) Advertising
7 6 (8.33%) Publishing
8 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 52 (72.22%) Lead
2 10 (13.89%) Account Manager
2 10 (13.89%) Strategic Account Manager
3 3 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (2.78%) Creative Designer
4 2 (2.78%) Designer
4 2 (2.78%) Digital Designer
4 2 (2.78%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (2.78%) Head of Security
5 1 (1.39%) Consultant
5 1 (1.39%) Digital Transformation
5 1 (1.39%) Digital Transformation Consultant
5 1 (1.39%) Head of Digital
5 1 (1.39%) Head of IT
5 1 (1.39%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (29.17%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (13.89%) Digital Media
2 10 (13.89%) Marketing Technology
2 10 (13.89%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.33%) Social Media
4 2 (2.78%) Animation
4 2 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.78%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Windows
1 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (48.61%) Project Management
2 25 (34.72%) Analytics
3 24 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 24 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 24 (33.33%) Product Management
4 23 (31.94%) Agile
5 21 (29.17%) Data Collection
5 21 (29.17%) Data Management
5 21 (29.17%) Data Modelling
5 21 (29.17%) Decision Quality
5 21 (29.17%) Microservices
5 21 (29.17%) Open Source
5 21 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (27.78%) Data Analysis
6 20 (27.78%) Data Security
6 20 (27.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 20 (27.78%) Process Improvement
6 20 (27.78%) User Experience
7 19 (26.39%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.33%) SQL
2 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (54.17%) Degree
2 19 (26.39%) PMI Certification
2 19 (26.39%) PMP
3 2 (2.78%) CISA
3 2 (2.78%) CISM
3 2 (2.78%) CISSP
3 2 (2.78%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (2.78%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Ansible
1 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.17%) Puppet
1 3 (4.17%) Terraform
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (26.39%) Concur
1 19 (26.39%) SAP
1 19 (26.39%) Workday
2 2 (2.78%) Adobe
3 1 (1.39%) Google
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft