IT Strategy Job Trends in the West Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 142 129
Rank change year-on-year +3 -13 +18
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 41 57 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.78% 1.31% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.45% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 32 42 41
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £71,975 £50,625 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £80,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £99,875 £90,000 £104,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,343 3,932 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.57% 90.66% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,243 1,772 2,527
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Solihull +9 12 £87,500 -2.78% 2
Birmingham +7 9 £90,000 +38.46% 3
Coventry +3 5 £80,000 -11.11% 1
Staffordshire -14 5 - - 1
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Wolverhampton -3 1 £65,000 - 1
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.76%) SaaS
3 3 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) NAS
1 1 (2.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (43.90%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (43.90%) Public Sector
3 13 (31.71%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Electronics
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Architect
2 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Architect
2 6 (14.63%) IT Manager
2 6 (14.63%) Lead
3 4 (9.76%) Digital Transformation Director
3 4 (9.76%) IT Director
3 4 (9.76%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Transformation Director
4 3 (7.32%) Head of IT
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (2.44%) Digital Transformation Consultant
6 1 (2.44%) Lead Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Lead Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Services Director
6 1 (2.44%) Transformation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (9.76%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Technology Strategy
2 16 (39.02%) Roadmaps
3 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (34.15%) Enterprise Architecture
5 13 (31.71%) Analytical Thinking
6 11 (26.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (26.83%) Technology Roadmap
7 10 (24.39%) Business Strategy
8 9 (21.95%) Analytics
8 9 (21.95%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
10 7 (17.07%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 7 (17.07%) ERP
10 7 (17.07%) Information Management
10 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
10 7 (17.07%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (17.07%) TOGAF
11 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Degree
2 11 (26.83%) SC Cleared
2 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) APMG
4 1 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) GDPR
2 3 (7.32%) QA
3 2 (4.88%) GRC
4 1 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Cisco
2 2 (4.88%) IFS
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Splunk
3 1 (2.44%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (2.44%) Varonis
3 1 (2.44%) VMware