IT Strategy Job Trends in the South West

IT/Technology Strategy
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 120 172
Rank change year-on-year -19 +52 -26
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 43 73 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.86% 1.70% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 2.01% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 40 48 44
10th Percentile £40,750 £53,482 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,875 £54,439 £52,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +16.28% +7.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,750 £85,875 £84,056
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,627 3,623 4,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.19% 84.47% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,466 1,852 3,086
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +3.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in the South West

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the South West

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Devon +14 16 £80,000 -
Bristol +9 12 £60,000 +14.29% 10
Gloucestershire +30 9 £90,000 - 3
Dorset -11 2 £95,000 +74.51%
Somerset -12 2 £66,250 -8.62% 3
Wiltshire -22 1 £85,000 +6.25%
Cornwall - 1 £64,350 - 8
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (11.63%) IIS
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Azure
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.30%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.33%) Boomi
4 1 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.33%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (9.30%) DHCP
1 4 (9.30%) DNS
1 4 (9.30%) Firewall
1 4 (9.30%) IPsec
1 4 (9.30%) VLAN
1 4 (9.30%) VoIP
1 4 (9.30%) VPN
1 4 (9.30%) Wireless
2 1 (2.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.65%) Big Data
3 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Marketing
3 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 5 (11.63%) Finance
5 4 (9.30%) Electronics
5 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Architect
2 12 (27.91%) Enterprise Architect
3 8 (18.60%) Consultant
4 7 (16.28%) Principal Consultant
5 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 4 (9.30%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) IT Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) IT Support
5 4 (9.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Security Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Senior
5 4 (9.30%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Clustering
2 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.33%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
2 5 (11.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.30%) Linux
3 4 (9.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Technology Strategy
2 10 (23.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 9 (20.93%) Roadmaps
4 8 (18.60%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (13.95%) Containerisation
5 6 (13.95%) Mentoring
6 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (11.63%) Migration
6 5 (11.63%) Server Management
6 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.30%) Architectural Design
7 4 (9.30%) Coaching
7 4 (9.30%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (9.30%) ITIL
7 4 (9.30%) Programme Management
7 4 (9.30%) Server Building
7 4 (9.30%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.65%) SQL
3 1 (2.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) ACMT
1 4 (9.30%) Degree
1 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
1 4 (9.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Docker
1 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
2 4 (9.30%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.30%) Autotask
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Cisco
2 6 (13.95%) Veeam
3 4 (9.30%) Apple
3 4 (9.30%) Datto
3 4 (9.30%) Oracle
3 4 (9.30%) SAP
3 4 (9.30%) Sophos
3 4 (9.30%) VMware
4 2 (4.65%) Meraki
5 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.33%) SnapLogic