IT Strategy Jobs in the South West

IT/Technology Strategy
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 181 217
Rank change year-on-year -30 +36 -33
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 91 91 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.99% 1.33% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.41% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 59 36 76
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £51,918 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.01% -16.93% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,625 £86,210
90th Percentile £92,500 £70,625 £96,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £79,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -17.72% +17.04% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

IT Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,727 6,447 7,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.81% 94.46% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,531 3,582 5,012
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,270 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the South West

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the South West

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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
Bristol -18 35 £77,500 +49.28% 7
Wiltshire +2 21 £67,500 +14.89%
Gloucestershire -17 12 £55,750 +23.89% 3
Devon -10 10 £50,000 +4.17% 2
Dorset -16 10 £50,500 -12.17%
Somerset +5 2 £65,000 - 1
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (4.40%) ArcGIS
2 3 (3.30%) NServiceBus
2 3 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.20%) Confluence
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.20%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (27.47%) Azure
2 12 (13.19%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.99%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.59%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (6.59%) IaaS
5 5 (5.49%) AWS
5 5 (5.49%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.40%) PaaS
6 4 (4.40%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.20%) GCP
8 2 (2.20%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.20%) OCI
8 2 (2.20%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.40%) Wireless
2 2 (2.20%) Asterisk PBX
2 2 (2.20%) BGP
2 2 (2.20%) BIG-IP
2 2 (2.20%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (2.20%) Firewall
2 2 (2.20%) MPLS
2 2 (2.20%) OSPF
2 2 (2.20%) PBX
2 2 (2.20%) RTP
2 2 (2.20%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.20%) VoIP
2 2 (2.20%) WAN
3 1 (1.10%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.99%) Data Lake
2 7 (7.69%) Power BI
3 4 (4.40%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (4.40%) GIS
4 3 (3.30%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) RStudio
2 3 (3.30%) Git
3 2 (2.20%) JIRA
4 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (41.76%) Social Skills
2 24 (26.37%) Finance
3 10 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (10.99%) Marketing
4 7 (7.69%) Law
5 6 (6.59%) Banking
6 5 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.40%) Military
8 3 (3.30%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (2.20%) Publishing
9 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.10%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (35.16%) Architect
2 30 (32.97%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (17.58%) Lead
4 14 (15.38%) Senior
5 11 (12.09%) Consultant
5 11 (12.09%) Presales Solution Architect
6 10 (10.99%) Business Consultant
6 10 (10.99%) Commercial Consultant
7 6 (6.59%) Data Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Head of IT
7 6 (6.59%) Lead Data Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Security Architect
7 6 (6.59%) Security Solutions Architect
7 6 (6.59%) Technical Leader
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Architect
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.40%) Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) .NET
2 3 (3.30%) ASP.NET
2 3 (3.30%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 3 (3.30%) RESTful
2 3 (3.30%) SOAP
2 3 (3.30%) Spring
2 3 (3.30%) Spring Boot
2 3 (3.30%) WCF
2 3 (3.30%) Web Services
3 1 (1.10%) Jest
3 1 (1.10%) Next.js
3 1 (1.10%) OAuth
3 1 (1.10%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.10%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.99%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.59%) Mobile App
4 5 (5.49%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
6 3 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.20%) Hedge funds
7 2 (2.20%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.10%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.79%) Linux
1 8 (8.79%) Unix
2 7 (7.69%) Windows
3 5 (5.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.20%) CentOS
4 2 (2.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (53.85%) Technology Strategy
2 24 (26.37%) Agile
3 21 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
3 21 (23.08%) Presales
4 20 (21.98%) Analytics
5 17 (18.68%) Business Case
5 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (17.58%) Regulatory Compliance
7 15 (16.48%) Business Strategy
7 15 (16.48%) Decision-Making
7 15 (16.48%) Thought Leadership
8 14 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (15.38%) Culture Change
8 14 (15.38%) Data Analytics
9 13 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 13 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
10 12 (13.19%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (12.09%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (12.09%) Computer Science
11 11 (12.09%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.59%) R
2 4 (4.40%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.30%) C#
3 3 (3.30%) Java
3 3 (3.30%) SQL
3 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.20%) C
5 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (31.87%) Security Cleared
2 28 (30.77%) Degree
3 15 (16.48%) SC Cleared
4 13 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.40%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.30%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.20%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.49%) GDPR
2 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.30%) HMG Infosec
3 3 (3.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (3.30%) JSP 440
3 3 (3.30%) RMADS
4 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Kamailio
2 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.30%) HP Fortify
3 2 (2.20%) CASB
3 2 (2.20%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.89%) Oracle
2 9 (9.89%) Salesforce
3 8 (8.79%) Cisco
4 6 (6.59%) Alteryx
4 6 (6.59%) Databricks
5 4 (4.40%) Dell
5 4 (4.40%) ESRI
5 4 (4.40%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.40%) Meraki
5 4 (4.40%) Sparx
5 4 (4.40%) Veracode
6 3 (3.30%) Splunk
6 3 (3.30%) VMware
7 2 (2.20%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.20%) Dialogic
7 2 (2.20%) F5
7 2 (2.20%) HP
7 2 (2.20%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.20%) Ribbon