Technology Strategy Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technology Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 167 189
Rank change year-on-year +29 +22 +10
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 33 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.82% 0.35% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.38% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 6
10th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £49,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £52,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -29.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,813 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £107,500 £80,625
South East median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -6.52% -25.81% -14.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Technology 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,227 3,123 3,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.49% 91.69% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,748 1,396 2,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £76,009 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technology Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Strategy in the Thames Valley

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Buckinghamshire - 28 £60,000 - 8
Berkshire -1 4 £55,000 -52.17% 10
Oxfordshire +9 1 £55,000 - 1
Technology Strategy
South East

Technology Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) GCP
3 6 (18.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 6 (18.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 4 (12.12%) Figma
4 4 (12.12%) Miro
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Broadband
2 1 (3.03%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Cypress.io
1 4 (12.12%) Selenium
1 4 (12.12%) WebDriver
2 3 (9.09%) Axure RP
2 3 (9.09%) Balsamiq
3 1 (3.03%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 26 (78.79%) Public Sector
2 23 (69.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (66.67%) Law
4 20 (60.61%) Social Skills
5 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (21.21%) Finance
6 6 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (9.09%) Telecoms
8 2 (6.06%) Electronics
8 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
8 2 (6.06%) Marketing
9 1 (3.03%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
2 6 (18.18%) Salesforce Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Architect
3 4 (12.12%) Designer
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Developer in Test
4 3 (9.09%) Service Designer
4 3 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Digital Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.03%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) .NET
2 6 (18.18%) Lightning Web Components
2 6 (18.18%) Middleware
2 6 (18.18%) REST
2 6 (18.18%) SOAP
2 6 (18.18%) Visualforce
3 4 (12.12%) Playwright
4 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (3.03%) Entity Framework
4 1 (3.03%) Hibernate
4 1 (3.03%) RESTful
4 1 (3.03%) Spring
4 1 (3.03%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Agile
2 22 (66.67%) Community of Practice
3 15 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (33.33%) Service Design
5 9 (27.27%) User Research
6 7 (21.21%) CI/CD
6 7 (21.21%) DevOps
6 7 (21.21%) IT Strategy
6 7 (21.21%) Prototyping
6 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (21.21%) User Experience
7 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
7 6 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
8 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
8 5 (15.15%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (15.15%) Scrum
8 5 (15.15%) Usability Testing
8 5 (15.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) Java
2 6 (18.18%) Apex Code
2 6 (18.18%) C#
2 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 6 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 23 (69.70%) Degree
3 22 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.03%) City & Guilds
5 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 6 (18.18%) QA
3 4 (12.12%) WCAG
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) MuleSoft
1 6 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.09%) Adobe
4 2 (6.06%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) Citrix
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle