IT Strategy Jobs

IT/Technology Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 214 171
Rank change year-on-year -54 -43 +96
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 651 1,287 1,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 1.31% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.59% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 381 746 858
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £56,919
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -16.13% +14.81%
75th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £56,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.62% -19.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,360 81,092 79,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.67% 82.43% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 28,612 54,662 51,305
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,733 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,702 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 20 July 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
England -63 596 £68,500 +5.38% 488
UK excluding London -32 381 £62,500 +10.62% 282
London -27 253 £85,000 -4.23% 241
Work from Home -150 176 £66,000 -2.22% 199
South East +30 152 £56,250 -6.25% 63
North of England -54 78 £62,500 +13.64% 73
South West +52 51 £70,000 - 21
Midlands -32 39 £63,500 +15.45% 45
North West -42 38 £62,500 +25.00% 49
Yorkshire -6 29 £65,000 +6.12% 18
Scotland +37 27 £62,500 +30.89% 26
East of England -22 21 £51,500 -23.70% 45
West Midlands -37 21 £65,000 +13.04% 29
East Midlands +34 16 £63,500 +27.00% 16
North East +30 11 £24,570 -48.27% 7
Northern Ireland +42 9 £130,000 +246.67% 6
Wales +24 5 £55,357 +5.95% 6
Isle of Man +12 1 £34,500 -

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.38%) Moodle
4 7 (1.08%) IIS
5 3 (0.46%) CMS
5 3 (0.46%) WordPress
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.15%) Drupal
7 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.23%) Maya
3 4 (0.61%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.61%) Sketch
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.92%) SAP WM
5 5 (0.77%) Maximo
6 4 (0.61%) Adaptiv
6 4 (0.61%) Endur
7 3 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.46%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.31%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.31%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.31%) Magento
8 2 (0.31%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.31%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.15%) Shopify
9 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 164 (25.19%) Azure
2 121 (18.59%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (11.06%) AWS
4 64 (9.83%) Power Platform
5 51 (7.83%) SaaS
6 45 (6.91%) GCP
7 23 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (3.07%) Entra ID
9 18 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.61%) PaaS
11 15 (2.30%) IaaS
12 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (1.84%) Boomi
14 11 (1.69%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 9 (1.38%) Snowflake
16 8 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
17 5 (0.77%) PowerApps
18 4 (0.61%) Figma
18 4 (0.61%) Matillion
18 4 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.53%) Firewall
2 33 (5.07%) Network Security
3 24 (3.69%) VPN
4 23 (3.53%) DNS
5 19 (2.92%) DHCP
6 18 (2.76%) SAN
7 16 (2.46%) NAS
8 15 (2.30%) Wireless
9 13 (2.00%) WAN
10 11 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (1.38%) LAN
12 8 (1.23%) SSL
13 7 (1.08%) Internet
14 6 (0.92%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.77%) DKIM
15 5 (0.77%) IP Telephony
15 5 (0.77%) IPsec
15 5 (0.77%) SNMP
15 5 (0.77%) VLAN
15 5 (0.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.91%) Power BI
2 42 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 25 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (3.69%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.69%) Tableau
6 7 (1.08%) Data Mining
6 7 (1.08%) SAP Data Services
7 6 (0.92%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.77%) GIS
8 5 (0.77%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.77%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.31%) Apache Ignite
11 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 7 (1.08%) ER Studio
1 7 (1.08%) JIRA
2 6 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 5 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.61%) Spinnaker
4 4 (0.61%) YouTrack
5 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Jaeger
General
1 268 (41.17%) Social Skills
2 201 (30.88%) Finance
3 99 (15.21%) Law
4 95 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (12.44%) Marketing
6 78 (11.98%) Influencing Skills
7 67 (10.29%) Legal
8 52 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (4.30%) Banking
9 28 (4.30%) Games
10 27 (4.15%) Retail
11 24 (3.69%) Manufacturing
12 22 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 22 (3.38%) Public Sector
13 19 (2.92%) French Language
14 14 (2.15%) Dutch Language
14 14 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (2.00%) Billing
16 7 (1.08%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 130 (19.97%) Senior
2 129 (19.82%) Architect
3 117 (17.97%) Lead
4 82 (12.60%) IT Manager
5 57 (8.76%) Head of IT
6 45 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
7 40 (6.14%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 40 (6.14%) Sales Executive
7 40 (6.14%) Senior Architect
8 31 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
9 27 (4.15%) Delivery Manager
10 26 (3.99%) IT Support
11 25 (3.84%) IT Engineer
12 23 (3.53%) IT Architect
13 22 (3.38%) Analyst
14 19 (2.92%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.61%) Consultant
16 16 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (2.46%) Infrastructure Manager
16 16 (2.46%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.23%) OAuth
2 7 (1.08%) .NET
2 7 (1.08%) Android Jetpack
2 7 (1.08%) Jetpack Compose
2 7 (1.08%) React
2 7 (1.08%) SwiftUI
2 7 (1.08%) UIKit
3 6 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.77%) Middleware
4 5 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.77%) SAPUI5
5 4 (0.61%) Django
5 4 (0.61%) EDI
5 4 (0.61%) Flask
5 4 (0.61%) Spring
5 4 (0.61%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.46%) Kafka
6 3 (0.46%) MACH
7 2 (0.31%) FHIR
7 2 (0.31%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.68%) Enterprise Software
2 39 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 38 (5.84%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.99%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (2.15%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.00%) Learning Management System
8 12 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.84%) Tandem
8 12 (1.84%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.54%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.38%) Clustering
10 9 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.08%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.92%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.92%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 76 (11.67%) Windows
2 28 (4.30%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.23%) Linux
4 9 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.08%) Android
6 5 (0.77%) Unix
6 5 (0.77%) VMS
7 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.31%) AIX
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (54.99%) Technology Strategy
2 260 (39.94%) Roadmaps
3 158 (24.27%) Project Management
4 149 (22.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 138 (21.20%) Agile
6 129 (19.82%) Cybersecurity
7 127 (19.51%) Project Delivery
8 109 (16.74%) Strategic Roadmap
9 96 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 93 (14.29%) Business Strategy
11 89 (13.67%) Computer Science
12 84 (12.90%) ERP
12 84 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
13 81 (12.44%) Enterprise Architecture
13 81 (12.44%) Risk Management
14 79 (12.14%) Service Management
15 78 (11.98%) Technology Roadmap
16 77 (11.83%) Customer Experience
17 75 (11.52%) Artificial Intelligence
18 72 (11.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.68%) PowerShell
2 29 (4.45%) SQL
3 27 (4.15%) Java
4 18 (2.76%) Python
5 10 (1.54%) R
6 7 (1.08%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.08%) Kotlin
6 7 (1.08%) Swift
7 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.61%) RPG
8 4 (0.61%) VB
9 3 (0.46%) Bash
10 2 (0.31%) C#
10 2 (0.31%) Progress 4GL
11 1 (0.15%) C
Qualifications
1 158 (24.27%) Degree
2 30 (4.61%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.84%) PMI Certification
3 25 (3.84%) PMP
4 19 (2.92%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.46%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (1.69%) HND
10 10 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.38%) CISA
12 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.08%) CFA
14 6 (0.92%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.92%) CISM
15 5 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.77%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.06%) GDPR
2 28 (4.30%) GxP
3 23 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.84%) QA
6 11 (1.69%) NIST
7 9 (1.38%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.92%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.92%) PMO
9 4 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.46%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) HL7
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.31%) SLA
12 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.15%) DICOM
12 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 59 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.76%) Hyper-V
4 17 (2.61%) Docker
5 6 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.31%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.38%) Terraform
4 6 (0.92%) Ansible
5 5 (0.77%) Puppet
5 5 (0.77%) SCCM
5 5 (0.77%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.61%) Salt
7 3 (0.46%) Autotask
8 2 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.31%) SCOM
8 2 (0.31%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.31%) VxRail
8 2 (0.31%) WSUS
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.15%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) QRadar
Vendors
1 223 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.60%) Cisco
3 66 (10.14%) Dell
4 52 (7.99%) VMware
5 50 (7.68%) SAP
6 36 (5.53%) Oracle
7 29 (4.45%) Salesforce
8 28 (4.30%) Google
9 21 (3.23%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.30%) Adobe
11 14 (2.15%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.54%) Guidewire
12 10 (1.54%) Veeam
13 8 (1.23%) Apple
14 7 (1.08%) Murex
15 5 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 5 (0.77%) McAfee
15 5 (0.77%) Sophos
16 4 (0.61%) Foundry
16 4 (0.61%) Splunk