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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 189 228
Rank change year-on-year -108 +39 +40
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 573 1,558 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.53% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.81% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 346 915 840
10th Percentile £41,500 £36,900 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £117,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,250 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.54% +8.33%

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 51,121 85,992 93,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.75% 84.40% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,076 60,364 55,438
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -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 27 May 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 27 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
England -99 520 £70,000 +7.69% 1,426
UK excluding London -70 338 £63,250 +10.00% 1,251
London -65 213 £88,750 +4.41% 354
Work from Home -170 150 £65,000 - 896
South East +8 110 £55,000 -13.73% 365
North of England -91 88 £54,793 -0.38% 276
South West +66 48 £71,250 +5.56% 143
North West -80 45 £54,793 +4.37% 138
Midlands -66 37 £64,750 +15.11% 213
Yorkshire -8 35 £80,000 +28.00% 100
Scotland +39 30 £70,000 +40.00% 83
West Midlands -40 19 £70,000 +16.67% 117
East of England -15 16 £51,500 -23.70% 171
East Midlands +14 15 £63,500 +28.73% 83
North East +33 8 £28,884 -39.19% 40
Northern Ireland +34 6 £130,000 +246.67% 12
Wales +41 4 £63,250 +17.67% 32
Isle of Man +14 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 25 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) CMS
4 5 (0.87%) IIS
4 5 (0.87%) Moodle
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.52%) SAS
5 3 (0.52%) SugarCRM
6 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) CICS
7 1 (0.17%) Confluence
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (4.36%) Maya
2 22 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.05%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.35%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.87%) Maximo
5 4 (0.70%) Endur
5 4 (0.70%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.52%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.35%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.35%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.17%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.17%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.17%) Shopify
8 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.17%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 151 (26.35%) Azure
2 108 (18.85%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (11.34%) AWS
4 51 (8.90%) SaaS
5 47 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 42 (7.33%) GCP
7 27 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (2.97%) Entra ID
9 16 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
10 12 (2.09%) PaaS
11 11 (1.92%) Boomi
11 11 (1.92%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 10 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.75%) IaaS
13 9 (1.57%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.40%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.70%) GitHub
15 4 (0.70%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.28%) Firewall
2 25 (4.36%) Network Security
3 17 (2.97%) NAS
3 17 (2.97%) SAN
4 16 (2.79%) Internet
5 15 (2.62%) VPN
6 14 (2.44%) DNS
6 14 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (2.27%) DHCP
8 8 (1.40%) SSL
9 7 (1.22%) Wireless
10 5 (0.87%) DKIM
10 5 (0.87%) DMARC
10 5 (0.87%) WAN
11 4 (0.70%) IP Telephony
11 4 (0.70%) SNMP
11 4 (0.70%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.70%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (0.52%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.46%) Power BI
2 29 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.14%) Data Lake
4 17 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.44%) Tableau
6 7 (1.22%) Data Mining
7 6 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.87%) GIS
8 5 (0.87%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.87%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.70%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.52%) Apache Ignite
10 3 (0.52%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (0.52%) Jenkins
1 3 (0.52%) JIRA
2 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.17%) Git
3 1 (0.17%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.17%) Spinnaker
3 1 (0.17%) YouTrack
General
1 210 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 192 (33.51%) Finance
3 103 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (12.74%) Law
5 60 (10.47%) Marketing
6 54 (9.42%) Legal
7 39 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (6.63%) Banking
9 31 (5.41%) Games
10 29 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (4.01%) Manufacturing
13 20 (3.49%) Retail
14 18 (3.14%) French Language
14 18 (3.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 17 (2.97%) Public Sector
16 13 (2.27%) Dutch Language
17 8 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.87%) Local Government
19 3 (0.52%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 122 (21.29%) Architect
2 93 (16.23%) Senior
3 87 (15.18%) Lead
4 70 (12.22%) IT Manager
5 53 (9.25%) Head of IT
6 47 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
7 37 (6.46%) Senior Architect
8 28 (4.89%) Enterprise Architect
9 24 (4.19%) Corporate Sales Executive
9 24 (4.19%) Sales Executive
10 23 (4.01%) IT Architect
11 21 (3.66%) Analyst
11 21 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (3.66%) IT Support
12 19 (3.32%) Consultant
13 17 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (2.97%) IT Engineer
14 16 (2.79%) Lead Architect
15 14 (2.44%) ERP Manager
15 14 (2.44%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.40%) HTML
1 8 (1.40%) OAuth
2 7 (1.22%) .NET
2 7 (1.22%) Android Jetpack
2 7 (1.22%) CSS
2 7 (1.22%) Jetpack Compose
2 7 (1.22%) Middleware
2 7 (1.22%) SwiftUI
2 7 (1.22%) UIKit
3 6 (1.05%) Kafka
3 6 (1.05%) React
3 6 (1.05%) Spring
4 5 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.87%) SAPUI5
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.70%) REST
5 4 (0.70%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.52%) EDI
6 3 (0.52%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.08%) Enterprise Software
2 35 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.24%) Cloud Native
4 24 (4.19%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.44%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.57%) Blockchain
9 9 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.40%) Clustering
10 8 (1.40%) IoT
10 8 (1.40%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.22%) Tandem
12 6 (1.05%) Learning Management System
12 6 (1.05%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.05%) Smartphone
13 5 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 67 (11.69%) Windows
2 21 (3.66%) Linux
2 21 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.22%) Android
3 7 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.05%) Unix
5 5 (0.87%) VMS
6 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (52.18%) Technology Strategy
2 212 (37.00%) Roadmaps
3 130 (22.69%) Project Management
4 127 (22.16%) Cybersecurity
5 121 (21.12%) Agile
6 118 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 98 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (16.06%) Business Strategy
9 90 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (15.71%) Risk Management
10 89 (15.53%) Project Delivery
11 79 (13.79%) ERP
12 74 (12.91%) Enterprise Architecture
12 74 (12.91%) Service Management
13 73 (12.74%) Strategic Roadmap
14 63 (10.99%) DevOps
15 62 (10.82%) Analytics
15 62 (10.82%) Technology Roadmap
16 61 (10.65%) Artificial Intelligence
17 60 (10.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.11%) PowerShell
2 30 (5.24%) SQL
3 26 (4.54%) Java
4 17 (2.97%) Python
5 13 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.22%) Kotlin
6 7 (1.22%) R
6 7 (1.22%) Swift
7 5 (0.87%) Bash
8 4 (0.70%) RPG
8 4 (0.70%) VB
9 3 (0.52%) JCL
9 3 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.35%) C#
10 2 (0.35%) Progress 4GL
11 1 (0.17%) C
11 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 141 (24.61%) Degree
2 23 (4.01%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.27%) PMP
6 12 (2.09%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.75%) HND
8 8 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.05%) CISA
11 5 (0.87%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.70%) CISM
12 4 (0.70%) CISSP
13 3 (0.52%) ACCA
13 3 (0.52%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.73%) GDPR
2 23 (4.01%) GxP
3 14 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.75%) NIST
4 10 (1.75%) QA
5 6 (1.05%) PMO
6 5 (0.87%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.52%) SLA
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) DICOM
10 1 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 46 (8.03%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.49%) Docker
4 15 (2.62%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.35%) Firmware
6 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.17%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (3.14%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.22%) SCCM
4 6 (1.05%) Terraform
5 4 (0.70%) SCOM
5 4 (0.70%) SCOrch
6 3 (0.52%) Ansible
6 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.52%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.35%) Puppet
7 2 (0.35%) VxRail
7 2 (0.35%) WSUS
8 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.17%) Nessus
8 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) Salt
Vendors
1 202 (35.25%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.38%) Cisco
3 47 (8.20%) Dell
4 44 (7.68%) VMware
5 36 (6.28%) SAP
6 27 (4.71%) Oracle
7 26 (4.54%) Google
8 21 (3.66%) Salesforce
9 14 (2.44%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.27%) Adobe
11 11 (1.92%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.40%) HubSpot
13 6 (1.05%) Veeam
14 5 (0.87%) Apple
15 4 (0.70%) Citrix
15 4 (0.70%) McAfee
15 4 (0.70%) OpenLink
15 4 (0.70%) Sage
15 4 (0.70%) Sybase
15 4 (0.70%) TIBCO