Technology Strategy Job Trends

Technology Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 296 274
Rank change year-on-year +85 -22 -22
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 632 502 671
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 0.94% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.04% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 390 279 456
10th Percentile £45,818 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,813 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,250 £130,500 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £68,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +2.94% +4.05% -20.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Technology Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +120 571 £75,000 -6.25% 239
UK excluding London +20 291 £70,000 +2.94% 215
London +110 284 £80,000 -11.11% 74
Work from Home +109 283 £60,000 -23.81% 136
South East +74 102 £55,000 -4.35% 81
North of England -5 63 £80,000 +6.01% 49
Midlands +18 50 £80,000 +10.34% 16
South West +4 31 £70,000 -5.08% 22
North West -2 30 £82,000 +17.14% 20
West Midlands +18 28 £80,000 +4.92% 8
Yorkshire -17 26 £92,500 +9.14% 21
Scotland -45 26 £65,000 -14.75% 13
East Midlands -3 22 £80,000 +23.55% 8
East of England +19 11 £47,500 -34.71% 24
Wales +8 8 £72,000 +10.77% 12
North East +4 7 £70,000 - 9
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 3

Technology Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 20 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.11%) Confluence
4 4 (0.63%) CMS
5 3 (0.47%) Documentum
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.16%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (4.27%) Maya
2 14 (2.22%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.11%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.63%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.47%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.32%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.32%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.16%) Quorum
6 1 (0.16%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 130 (20.57%) Azure
2 91 (14.40%) AWS
3 66 (10.44%) Power Platform
4 50 (7.91%) GCP
5 39 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (4.59%) SaaS
8 27 (4.27%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.69%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.53%) Figma
12 15 (2.37%) Boomi
12 15 (2.37%) Miro
13 14 (2.22%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 12 (1.90%) GitHub
15 11 (1.74%) Datadog
16 10 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (1.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 10 (1.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.32%) Broadband
2 9 (1.42%) Firewall
2 9 (1.42%) VoIP
3 6 (0.95%) LAN
3 6 (0.95%) WAN
4 5 (0.79%) DHCP
4 5 (0.79%) DNS
5 4 (0.63%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.47%) Network Security
6 3 (0.47%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.47%) VSAN
7 2 (0.32%) TETRA
8 1 (0.16%) 5G
8 1 (0.16%) BGP
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) Intranet
8 1 (0.16%) MPLS
8 1 (0.16%) OSPF
8 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.59%) Power BI
2 18 (2.85%) Tableau
3 16 (2.53%) Data Lake
3 16 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.42%) Metadata
6 8 (1.27%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.95%) MySQL
9 5 (0.79%) Big Data
10 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.32%) GIS
12 2 (0.32%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (2.22%) Axure RP
1 14 (2.22%) Balsamiq
2 10 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.42%) JIRA
4 8 (1.27%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.27%) Git
4 8 (1.27%) Selenium
4 8 (1.27%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.47%) GitLab
6 2 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.32%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.32%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.32%) JMeter
6 2 (0.32%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.32%) NeoLoad
General
1 244 (38.61%) Social Skills
2 191 (30.22%) Finance
3 149 (23.58%) Law
4 124 (19.62%) Analytical Skills
5 113 (17.88%) Public Sector
6 106 (16.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 88 (13.92%) Marketing
8 59 (9.34%) Games
9 37 (5.85%) Retail
10 36 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (5.22%) Legal
12 30 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (4.43%) Telecoms
14 27 (4.27%) Banking
15 23 (3.64%) French Language
16 20 (3.16%) Dutch Language
16 20 (3.16%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.90%) Electronics
18 9 (1.42%) Police
19 5 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 181 (28.64%) Architect
2 102 (16.14%) Senior
3 95 (15.03%) Lead
4 54 (8.54%) Enterprise Architect
5 51 (8.07%) Sales Executive
6 47 (7.44%) Corporate Sales Executive
6 47 (7.44%) Developer
7 36 (5.70%) IT Manager
8 32 (5.06%) Lead Architect
9 28 (4.43%) Data Architect
10 27 (4.27%) Senior Architect
10 27 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (4.11%) Consultant
12 22 (3.48%) IT Architect
12 22 (3.48%) Senior Manager
13 20 (3.16%) Technical Architect
14 17 (2.69%) Chief Technology Officer
14 17 (2.69%) CRM Architect
14 17 (2.69%) Senior Developer
15 16 (2.53%) Lead Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.59%) .NET
2 19 (3.01%) REST
3 15 (2.37%) HTML5 Canvas
4 14 (2.22%) React
5 12 (1.90%) Middleware
5 12 (1.90%) SOAP
6 10 (1.58%) .NET Core
6 10 (1.58%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (1.58%) Visualforce
7 9 (1.42%) RESTful
8 8 (1.27%) Django
8 8 (1.27%) FastAPI
8 8 (1.27%) Playwright
9 7 (1.11%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.11%) Entity Framework
10 5 (0.79%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.79%) CSS
10 5 (0.79%) Symfony
10 5 (0.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 5 (0.79%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 52 (8.23%) Enterprise Software
3 40 (6.33%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.22%) Blockchain
7 10 (1.58%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.58%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
9 8 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 7 (1.11%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.95%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.95%) Taxonomies
12 5 (0.79%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.79%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.80%) Windows
2 8 (1.27%) Windows 10
2 8 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.95%) Android
3 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.79%) Linux
5 3 (0.47%) Unix
5 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (67.41%) IT Strategy
2 184 (29.11%) Roadmaps
3 168 (26.58%) Agile
4 155 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 132 (20.89%) AI
6 125 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (18.83%) Business Strategy
8 107 (16.93%) Technology Roadmap
9 104 (16.46%) Customer Experience
9 104 (16.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 90 (14.24%) Analytics
11 88 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
12 83 (13.13%) Community of Practice
13 81 (12.82%) Software Engineering
14 73 (11.55%) Strategic Thinking
15 72 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
16 71 (11.23%) Decision-Making
17 67 (10.60%) ERP
18 65 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
19 63 (9.97%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.44%) Java
2 42 (6.65%) C#
3 41 (6.49%) Python
4 32 (5.06%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.22%) SQL
6 10 (1.58%) Apex Code
6 10 (1.58%) Bash
7 8 (1.27%) Rust
8 6 (0.95%) PHP
8 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.79%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.32%) Bicep
10 2 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.32%) Perl
10 2 (0.32%) R
10 2 (0.32%) VB
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 150 (23.73%) Degree
2 111 (17.56%) Security Cleared
3 100 (15.82%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.42%) CISA
8 9 (1.42%) CISSP
8 9 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.27%) CISM
9 8 (1.27%) CRISC
9 8 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.63%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.06%) Accessibility
1 32 (5.06%) PMO
2 25 (3.96%) QA
3 22 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.85%) GDPR
6 16 (2.53%) WCAG
7 15 (2.37%) Data Quality
8 10 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.63%) GRC
9 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.32%) Basel III
10 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.32%) MiFID
10 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
11 1 (0.16%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 21 (3.32%) Docker
2 17 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.11%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.47%) Firmware
5 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.47%) vSphere
5 3 (0.47%) XenApp
5 3 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.85%) Terraform
3 8 (1.27%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.11%) SCCM
5 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 148 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 65 (10.28%) Dell
3 57 (9.02%) Cisco
4 40 (6.33%) Salesforce
5 37 (5.85%) Oracle
6 33 (5.22%) SAP
7 32 (5.06%) Adobe
7 32 (5.06%) MuleSoft
8 17 (2.69%) Google
9 15 (2.37%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.27%) YouTube
11 7 (1.11%) Sage
12 6 (0.95%) Databricks
12 6 (0.95%) Facebook
12 6 (0.95%) VMware
13 5 (0.79%) Pega
14 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.63%) FactSet
14 4 (0.63%) HP
14 4 (0.63%) Informatica