IT Strategy Jobs in the South West

IT/Technology Strategy
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 204 178
Rank change year-on-year +69 -26 +38
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 48 89 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.34% 0.96% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.15% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 29 58 35
10th Percentile £34,600 £40,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £51,918
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +30.01% -20.13%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £62,667
90th Percentile £77,750 £92,500 £67,950
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 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 3,345 7,717 6,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.28% 83.38% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 5,560 3,511
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,213
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 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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Bristol +47 23 £47,500 -38.71% 15
Somerset +21 13 £72,500 +11.54% 4
Gloucestershire +58 7 £50,000 +2.04% 12
Wiltshire +25 5 £70,000 +3.70% 5
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 2 (4.17%) ArcGIS
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) Azure
2 5 (10.42%) AWS
3 4 (8.33%) SaaS
4 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.25%) Snowflake
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.17%) GCP
5 2 (4.17%) IaaS
5 2 (4.17%) PaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.08%) Lucidchart
6 1 (2.08%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) Network Security
2 7 (14.58%) SSL
3 4 (8.33%) DHCP
3 4 (8.33%) DNS
4 3 (6.25%) Firewall
5 1 (2.08%) Internet
5 1 (2.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.25%) GIS
1 3 (6.25%) Power BI
2 2 (4.17%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.08%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 24 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (8.33%) Marketing
4 4 (8.33%) Retail
5 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Head of IT
2 9 (18.75%) Development Manager
3 6 (12.50%) Architect
3 6 (12.50%) Lead
4 4 (8.33%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 4 (8.33%) Sales Executive
5 3 (6.25%) Head of Operations
5 3 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Digital Development Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.17%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Systems Manager
7 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
7 1 (2.08%) IT Analyst
7 1 (2.08%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) Android Jetpack
1 7 (14.58%) Jetpack Compose
1 7 (14.58%) OAuth
1 7 (14.58%) SwiftUI
1 7 (14.58%) UIKit
2 3 (6.25%) EDI
3 2 (4.17%) GraphQL
3 2 (4.17%) REST
4 1 (2.08%) .NET
4 1 (2.08%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Virtual Team
2 7 (14.58%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.08%) CCTV
6 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.08%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) Android
1 7 (14.58%) Apple iOS
2 3 (6.25%) Linux
2 3 (6.25%) Windows
2 3 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Technology Strategy
2 19 (39.58%) Roadmaps
3 18 (37.50%) Project Management
4 16 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 15 (31.25%) Budget Management
6 13 (27.08%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (25.00%) ERP
8 9 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
8 9 (18.75%) Software Delivery
8 9 (18.75%) Technical Architecture
9 8 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (14.58%) Android Development
10 7 (14.58%) Business Strategy
10 7 (14.58%) iOS Development
10 7 (14.58%) Mobile Development
10 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (12.50%) Data Governance
11 6 (12.50%) Risk Management
12 5 (10.42%) Asset Management
12 5 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Java
1 7 (14.58%) Kotlin
1 7 (14.58%) Swift
2 5 (10.42%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.17%) Bash
3 2 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) PMI Certification
2 5 (10.42%) PMP
3 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.25%) GDPR
2 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (4.17%) NIST
3 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.17%) SLA
4 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.17%) vSphere
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 12 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) Cisco
2 4 (8.33%) Dell
3 2 (4.17%) Google
3 2 (4.17%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (4.17%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.17%) Splunk
3 2 (4.17%) Veeam
3 2 (4.17%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.08%) IFS