Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Technology Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 208 258 364
Rank change year-on-year +50 +106 +30
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 906 1,787 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.70% 1.44% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.50% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 457 935 771
10th Percentile £53,250 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £64,622 £66,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,632 £88,462 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.98% +10.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £95,436 £106,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,750 £120,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,576 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.78% +14.29% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technology 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,261 118,879 121,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.08% 95.74% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,398 72,456 81,203
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technology Strategy in the UK

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

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 5 December 2023. 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 +32 730 £80,000 -11.11% 306
Work from Home +96 538 £80,000 -11.11% 94
UK excluding London +16 517 £70,576 -11.78% 137
London +70 327 £85,000 -10.53% 190
North of England +81 175 £67,500 -12.90% 42
Yorkshire +64 93 £70,576 +0.82% 12
Scotland +37 85 £70,576 -20.22% 6
North West +95 79 £66,054 -23.72% 25
South East -27 72 £80,000 -8.57% 35
Midlands +66 63 £79,875 +10.17% 18
South West +28 57 £79,632 +22.51% 8
East Midlands +22 37 £82,250 +11.53% 4
West Midlands +79 26 £76,375 +5.34% 13
Wales +19 25 £51,528 -17.56% 9
Northern Ireland +59 24 £85,000 - 10
East of England +41 16 £85,000 +18.06% 14
North East +32 3 £51,250 -1.91% 5

Technology 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 31 (3.42%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.55%) Apache
3 14 (1.55%) SAS
4 7 (0.77%) Confluence
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Drupal
5 2 (0.22%) JBoss
6 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.11%) nginx
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.66%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.66%) Revit
4 4 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 22 (2.43%) Endur
2 8 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.22%) HFM
5 2 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
5 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.22%) thinkFolio
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Epicor Tropos
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 264 (29.14%) Azure
2 180 (19.87%) AWS
3 144 (15.89%) GCP
4 108 (11.92%) SaaS
5 107 (11.81%) PaaS
6 86 (9.49%) IaaS
7 44 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (3.97%) Power Platform
9 21 (2.32%) Serverless
10 18 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.99%) Entra ID
11 15 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (1.32%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (1.21%) Amazon EMR
14 11 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (0.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.55%) Firewall
2 9 (0.99%) DHCP
2 9 (0.99%) DNS
3 7 (0.77%) Network Security
4 5 (0.55%) SAN
4 5 (0.55%) VPN
5 4 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (0.44%) Internet
5 4 (0.44%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.44%) SMTP
5 4 (0.44%) SNMP
5 4 (0.44%) SSH
5 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.33%) ATM
6 3 (0.33%) WAN
6 3 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.22%) LAN
7 2 (0.22%) MPLS
7 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (10.38%) Data Lake
2 88 (9.71%) NoSQL
3 87 (9.60%) Data Warehouse
4 63 (6.95%) SQL Server
5 38 (4.19%) Relational Database
6 24 (2.65%) RDBMS
7 18 (1.99%) Data Mining
7 18 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
7 18 (1.99%) Hadoop
8 17 (1.88%) Apache Ignite
9 14 (1.55%) Power BI
10 11 (1.21%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.10%) Metadata
12 8 (0.88%) DB2
13 7 (0.77%) Big Data
14 6 (0.66%) OLTP
15 5 (0.55%) OLAP
15 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
16 4 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 35 (3.86%) Git
2 23 (2.54%) JIRA
3 17 (1.88%) Maven
4 16 (1.77%) JUnit
5 13 (1.43%) Cucumber
5 13 (1.43%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (1.21%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.10%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.66%) ERwin
9 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.11%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.11%) MSI
9 1 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 410 (45.25%) Social Skills
2 326 (35.98%) Finance
3 177 (19.54%) Banking
4 101 (11.15%) Retail
5 86 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 78 (8.61%) Marketing
7 39 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (3.31%) Games
9 26 (2.87%) Legal
9 26 (2.87%) Public Sector
10 24 (2.65%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.55%) Back Office
12 14 (1.55%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.55%) Publishing
13 10 (1.10%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.99%) Law
15 8 (0.88%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 516 (56.95%) Architect
2 318 (35.10%) Solutions Architect
3 240 (26.49%) Presales Solution Architect
4 106 (11.70%) Enterprise Architect
5 97 (10.71%) Senior
6 59 (6.51%) Developer
7 52 (5.74%) Lead
8 41 (4.53%) Analyst
8 41 (4.53%) Commercial Architect
9 35 (3.86%) Technical Architect
10 27 (2.98%) Cloud Architect
11 26 (2.87%) Data Architect
11 26 (2.87%) Security Architect
12 24 (2.65%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.65%) Enterprise Technical Architect
13 23 (2.54%) IT Architect
14 22 (2.43%) Senior Architect
15 21 (2.32%) Business Analyst
15 21 (2.32%) Chief Technology Officer
16 20 (2.21%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (10.49%) OpenID
2 68 (7.51%) Kafka
3 51 (5.63%) .NET
3 51 (5.63%) REST
4 46 (5.08%) React
5 44 (4.86%) Web Services
6 42 (4.64%) JWT
7 33 (3.64%) Spring
8 26 (2.87%) ASP.NET
9 22 (2.43%) .NET Core
10 20 (2.21%) Node.js
11 18 (1.99%) Middleware
11 18 (1.99%) OAuth
12 14 (1.55%) .NET Framework
13 11 (1.21%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (1.10%) CSS
14 10 (1.10%) EDI
15 8 (0.88%) RESTful
16 7 (0.77%) HTML
17 6 (0.66%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.93%) Blockchain
2 77 (8.50%) Mainframe
3 67 (7.40%) Public Cloud
4 53 (5.85%) Cloud Native
5 43 (4.75%) Product Ownership
6 27 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.54%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.43%) Swaptions
9 21 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.55%) Credit Risk
13 11 (1.21%) Private Cloud
14 10 (1.10%) Culture of Ownership
15 9 (0.99%) IoT
16 8 (0.88%) Augmented Reality
16 8 (0.88%) e-Learning
16 8 (0.88%) Onboarding
16 8 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
17 6 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 82 (9.05%) Unix
2 54 (5.96%) Windows
3 13 (1.43%) Linux
4 9 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.66%) Android
5 6 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.11%) HPUX
8 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 739 (81.57%) IT Strategy
2 367 (40.51%) Analytics
3 345 (38.08%) Agile
4 336 (37.09%) Thought Leadership
5 334 (36.87%) Problem-Solving
6 319 (35.21%) Roadmaps
7 274 (30.24%) Business Case
8 268 (29.58%) Actionable Insight
9 263 (29.03%) Data Analytics
10 256 (28.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 251 (27.70%) Contract Negotiation
12 245 (27.04%) Presales
13 243 (26.82%) Commercial Awareness
14 151 (16.67%) Microservices
15 150 (16.56%) Strategic Roadmap
16 149 (16.45%) Enterprise Architecture
17 148 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
18 118 (13.02%) Artificial Intelligence
19 115 (12.69%) Business Strategy
20 104 (11.48%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 101 (11.15%) Java
2 76 (8.39%) C#
3 64 (7.06%) Python
4 42 (4.64%) SQL
5 31 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.43%) VB
7 14 (1.55%) R
8 13 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.32%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.99%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.88%) VB.NET
12 6 (0.66%) Ruby
13 5 (0.55%) Go
14 3 (0.33%) C++
15 2 (0.22%) Bash
16 1 (0.11%) COBOL
16 1 (0.11%) PHP
16 1 (0.11%) VBA
16 1 (0.11%) XAML
Qualifications
1 286 (31.57%) Security Cleared
2 280 (30.91%) SC Cleared
3 114 (12.58%) Degree
4 21 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.88%) CISMP
6 14 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (0.77%) CISSP
9 6 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.66%) OCP
9 6 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.66%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.55%) CSPO
10 5 (0.55%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.44%) MBA
11 4 (0.44%) PMP
12 3 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.53%) QA
2 17 (1.88%) GRC
3 14 (1.55%) CRD IV
3 14 (1.55%) GDPR
3 14 (1.55%) IFRS
3 14 (1.55%) IFRS 9
4 13 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.55%) COBIT
6 5 (0.55%) NIST
7 4 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.22%) PMO
9 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 1
System Software
1 28 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.66%) Docker
4 4 (0.44%) DFS Replication
4 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.33%) IAG
6 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (1.55%) Ansible
3 14 (1.55%) Terraform
4 5 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.55%) Puppet
5 4 (0.44%) CASB
5 4 (0.44%) NetBackup
5 4 (0.44%) SysTrack
5 4 (0.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 2 (0.22%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.11%) Argo
7 1 (0.11%) Demisto
7 1 (0.11%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 121 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.64%) Oracle
3 30 (3.31%) Google
4 22 (2.43%) OpenLink
4 22 (2.43%) Sybase
4 22 (2.43%) TIBCO
5 16 (1.77%) Atlassian
5 16 (1.77%) VMware
6 14 (1.55%) SAP
7 12 (1.32%) Cisco
8 10 (1.10%) Citrix
9 8 (0.88%) Blue Prism
10 7 (0.77%) Adobe
10 7 (0.77%) Aruba
10 7 (0.77%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.77%) UiPath
11 6 (0.66%) Autodesk
11 6 (0.66%) Databricks
11 6 (0.66%) Nexthink
11 6 (0.66%) Splunk