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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 211 211
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -10
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 108 203 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.13% 1.20% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.43% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 63 98 78
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,567 £46,125 £56,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -23.44% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £93,450 £118,250 £112,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -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 8,818 14,215 13,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.86% 84.35% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,316 9,870 7,861
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,188 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -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%

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 17 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 17 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 +32 42 £57,500 +13.86% 21
Berkshire +25 24 £57,500 -32.35% 8
Kent +40 23 £55,000 +4.76% 1
Hampshire +78 20 £37,285 +13.10% 17
Surrey -3 14 £40,000 -46.67% 6
Buckinghamshire +24 13 £55,384 +9.67% 7
East Sussex - 6 - - 5
Oxfordshire +32 5 £87,500 +108.33% 10
West Sussex +31 3 £55,000 -53.68% 2
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 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) SAP Business One
1 2 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.93%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 33 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (28.70%) Azure
3 23 (21.30%) SaaS
4 10 (9.26%) AWS
5 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.93%) GitHub
8 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.33%) NAS
1 9 (8.33%) SAN
2 6 (5.56%) Firewall
3 4 (3.70%) VPN
4 3 (2.78%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (2.78%) DHCP
4 3 (2.78%) DNS
4 3 (2.78%) IP Telephony
4 3 (2.78%) Network Security
4 3 (2.78%) SNMP
5 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.93%) LAN
6 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.93%) DTS
General
1 42 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 41 (37.96%) Legal
3 21 (19.44%) Law
4 19 (17.59%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (16.67%) Marketing
6 13 (12.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (10.19%) Finance
8 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.93%) Automotive
10 1 (0.93%) Banking
10 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.93%) Military
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.93%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 31 (28.70%) Senior
2 20 (18.52%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (17.59%) Lead
4 15 (13.89%) Head of IT
5 12 (11.11%) Corporate Sales Executive
5 12 (11.11%) Sales Executive
6 11 (10.19%) IT Manager
7 9 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) IT Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) IT Support
7 9 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) Support Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (5.56%) Marketing Executive
9 6 (5.56%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 6 (5.56%) Senior Marketing Executive
10 3 (2.78%) IT Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.41%) Clustering
2 6 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.70%) AS400
3 4 (3.70%) iSeries
3 4 (3.70%) Mainframe
3 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.78%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.85%) Replication
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.93%) Tandem
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.52%) Windows
2 6 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.78%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (60.19%) Technology Strategy
2 44 (40.74%) Project Delivery
3 36 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 30 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 27 (25.00%) Project Management
6 26 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (19.44%) Strategic Roadmap
8 20 (18.52%) Cloud Security
9 19 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (16.67%) Business Case
11 14 (12.96%) Customer Experience
11 14 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (12.04%) High Availability
12 13 (12.04%) Strategic Thinking
13 12 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
13 12 (11.11%) Email Marketing
13 12 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
14 11 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 9 (8.33%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.70%) RPG
3 1 (0.93%) Python
3 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (35.19%) Degree
2 10 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.33%) HND
4 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.85%) MCSA
7 2 (1.85%) MCSE
8 1 (0.93%) ACCA
8 1 (0.93%) CIMA
8 1 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.85%) GDPR
1 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.85%) SLA
2 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.93%) NIST
2 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 18 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 63 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (25.00%) Cisco
3 18 (16.67%) Dell
4 13 (12.04%) VMware
5 5 (4.63%) SAP
6 3 (2.78%) McAfee
6 3 (2.78%) Meraki
6 3 (2.78%) Veeam
7 1 (0.93%) Aderant
7 1 (0.93%) Canon
7 1 (0.93%) Citrix
7 1 (0.93%) Foundry
7 1 (0.93%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.93%) Palantir
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.93%) Workday