IT Strategy Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT/Technology Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 180 163
Rank change year-on-year +14 -17 -22
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 75 80 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.11% 1.31% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.38% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 42 19 64
10th Percentile £35,775 £41,250 £46,125
25th Percentile £38,438 £53,313 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £91,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £86,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,748 5,795 6,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.18% 94.69% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,995 3,149 3,922
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the Thames Valley

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 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
Berkshire +25 35 £85,000 +13.33% 6
Buckinghamshire -25 25 £50,500 +18.82% 4
Oxfordshire +15 15 £47,500 -9.09% 1
IT Strategy
South East

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.67%) nginx
4 1 (1.33%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.00%) Azure
2 16 (21.33%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.67%) Datadog
4 5 (6.67%) WhatsApp
5 4 (5.33%) OCI
6 3 (4.00%) AWS
7 2 (2.67%) IaaS
8 1 (1.33%) Akamai
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.33%) GitHub
8 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.67%) Firewall
2 5 (6.67%) VPN
3 3 (4.00%) 5G
3 3 (4.00%) Broadband
3 3 (4.00%) SAN
3 3 (4.00%) WAN
4 2 (2.67%) DNS
5 1 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.33%) LAN
5 1 (1.33%) VLAN
5 1 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) GIS
2 1 (1.33%) MySQL
2 1 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 33 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (9.33%) Retail
4 6 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.67%) Finance
5 5 (6.67%) Games
5 5 (6.67%) Marketing
6 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.33%) Banking
7 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Legal
7 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (28.00%) Architect
2 15 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 14 (18.67%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (12.00%) Lead
5 8 (10.67%) Presales Solution Architect
6 7 (9.33%) Analyst
6 7 (9.33%) IT Support
6 7 (9.33%) Lead Architect
7 6 (8.00%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (8.00%) Senior
8 5 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
8 5 (6.67%) Principal Software Engineer
8 5 (6.67%) Software Engineer
9 4 (5.33%) Applications Manager
9 4 (5.33%) IT Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) Oracle Architect
9 4 (5.33%) Oracle Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.33%) Support Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) .NET
1 1 (1.33%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.33%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Hackathon
1 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.33%) Educational Technology
3 3 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.00%) Social Media
4 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.33%) CCTV
5 1 (1.33%) FMCG
5 1 (1.33%) NHS
5 1 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (24.00%) Windows
2 17 (22.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.67%) Linux
4 5 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.33%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.67%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.33%) Android
7 1 (1.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (41.33%) Technology Strategy
2 20 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (18.67%) Presales
5 13 (17.33%) Analytics
6 12 (16.00%) Roadmaps
6 12 (16.00%) Service Delivery
6 12 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (16.00%) Thought Leadership
7 11 (14.67%) Commercial Awareness
7 11 (14.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 11 (14.67%) Mentoring
8 10 (13.33%) Coaching
8 10 (13.33%) Project Management
9 9 (12.00%) Business Case
9 9 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (12.00%) Contract Negotiation
9 9 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (10.67%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (9.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.33%) Bash
2 1 (1.33%) Korn
2 1 (1.33%) PHP
2 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.33%) Degree
2 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.67%) MCP
4 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.67%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.67%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.67%) QA
4 1 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (14.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.33%) PaperCut
3 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (37.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.00%) WatchGuard
3 5 (6.67%) Datto
3 5 (6.67%) Sophos
4 4 (5.33%) Oracle
4 4 (5.33%) VMware
5 3 (4.00%) CyberArk
5 3 (4.00%) Tanium
6 2 (2.67%) Veeam
7 1 (1.33%) Apple
7 1 (1.33%) Aruba
7 1 (1.33%) Cisco
7 1 (1.33%) Google
7 1 (1.33%) HP
7 1 (1.33%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.33%) Sage
7 1 (1.33%) SAP