IT Strategy Jobs in the South East

IT/Technology Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 212 217
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 -13
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 111 199 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.15% 1.13% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.35% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 59 97 77
10th Percentile £24,000 £35,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -21.88% +33.33%
75th Percentile £74,375 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £94,700 £118,500 £112,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -16.13% +14.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the South East

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the South East

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the South East

IT 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 IT Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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 +41 43 £61,634 +22.05% 27
Hampshire +87 24 £24,000 -27.20% 19
Berkshire +28 23 £57,500 -32.35% 10
Kent +37 18 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Surrey 0 16 £40,000 -46.67% 2
Buckinghamshire +27 14 £47,500 -5.94% 11
East Sussex +31 6 - - 4
Oxfordshire +30 6 £87,500 +95.53% 11
West Sussex +31 2 £55,000 -57.69% 8
Middlesex -34 2 - - 1
IT Strategy
England

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.90%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.90%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (23.42%) Azure
3 19 (17.12%) SaaS
4 10 (9.01%) AWS
5 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.90%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.90%) GitHub
7 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.90%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.91%) NAS
1 11 (9.91%) SAN
2 5 (4.50%) IP Telephony
2 5 (4.50%) SNMP
3 4 (3.60%) Firewall
4 3 (2.70%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.80%) DHCP
5 2 (1.80%) DNS
5 2 (1.80%) Network Security
5 2 (1.80%) VPN
6 1 (0.90%) LAN
6 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.01%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (7.21%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.90%) DTS
3 1 (0.90%) Metadata
3 1 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
General
1 46 (41.44%) Social Skills
2 37 (33.33%) Legal
3 23 (20.72%) Marketing
4 20 (18.02%) Law
5 19 (17.12%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (9.01%) Finance
8 3 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.90%) Automotive
10 1 (0.90%) Banking
10 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.90%) Military
10 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (27.03%) Senior
2 21 (18.92%) Lead
3 17 (15.32%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 17 (15.32%) Sales Executive
4 16 (14.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 13 (11.71%) Head of IT
6 11 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) Infrastructure Support
6 11 (9.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) IT Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) IT Manager
6 11 (9.91%) IT Support
6 11 (9.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Marketing Executive
7 6 (5.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) Senior Marketing Executive
8 4 (3.60%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.80%) React
2 1 (0.90%) JSON
2 1 (0.90%) Node.js
2 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Clustering
2 5 (4.50%) Blackberry
2 5 (4.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.60%) AS400
3 4 (3.60%) iSeries
3 4 (3.60%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.90%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.90%) Replication
5 1 (0.90%) Tandem
5 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.02%) Windows
2 5 (4.50%) Linux
3 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (62.16%) Technology Strategy
2 39 (35.14%) Project Delivery
3 38 (34.23%) Roadmaps
4 32 (28.83%) Computer Science
5 26 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (22.52%) Project Management
7 24 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (18.92%) Strategic Roadmap
9 19 (17.12%) Customer Experience
10 18 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
10 18 (16.22%) Business Case
10 18 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (15.32%) Email Marketing
12 16 (14.41%) Cloud Security
13 14 (12.61%) High Availability
14 13 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 13 (11.71%) Technology Roadmap
15 12 (10.81%) Strategic Thinking
16 11 (9.91%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.60%) RPG
3 2 (1.80%) Python
4 1 (0.90%) Java
4 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (36.04%) Degree
2 14 (12.61%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.91%) HND
4 8 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.41%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.80%) MCSA
7 2 (1.80%) MCSE
7 2 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.90%) ACCA
8 1 (0.90%) CIMA
8 1 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.80%) SLA
2 1 (0.90%) GDPR
2 1 (0.90%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.80%) Docker
4 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 64 (57.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (27.93%) Cisco
3 23 (20.72%) Dell
4 15 (13.51%) VMware
5 5 (4.50%) McAfee
5 5 (4.50%) Veeam
6 4 (3.60%) SAP
7 3 (2.70%) Meraki
8 1 (0.90%) Aderant
8 1 (0.90%) Canon
8 1 (0.90%) Citrix
8 1 (0.90%) Foundry
8 1 (0.90%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.90%) Palantir
8 1 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.90%) Splunk
8 1 (0.90%) Workday