IT Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

IT/Technology Strategy
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 128 182
Rank change year-on-year -41 +54 -41
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 25 135 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.58% 1.80% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 2.19% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 20 96 56
10th Percentile £40,025 £39,625 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,438 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,603 £60,000 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -13.67% +12.10%
75th Percentile £83,656 £67,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £101,250 £96,250 £94,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -16.13% +14.81%

All Process and 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 3,935 6,173 6,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.21% 82.47% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,636 4,565 3,157
10th Percentile £28,911 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,525 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the West Midlands

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

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 20 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
Staffordshire +15 10 £55,000 +37.50% 12
Birmingham -31 6 £47,500 -20.83% 15
Shropshire +15 2 £70,000 +76.10%
Solihull +4 1 - - 1
Walsall +3 1 £95,000 +43.94% 2
Warwickshire -19 1 £89,750 +88.95% 3
IT Strategy
England

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) AWS
3 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (12.00%) SaaS
5 2 (8.00%) IaaS
5 2 (8.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) VLAN
1 1 (4.00%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Big Data
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Architect
2 6 (24.00%) Lead
3 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (16.00%) IT Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Technical Architect
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.00%) AWS Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Head of IT
5 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Technical Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Digital Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Digital Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Domain Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Technical Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) MACH
2 2 (8.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) FMCG
1 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (8.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Roadmaps
2 12 (48.00%) Technology Strategy
3 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (24.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 5 (20.00%) Information Security
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.00%) Data Architecture
5 4 (16.00%) ERP
5 4 (16.00%) ITSM
5 4 (16.00%) SDLC
5 4 (16.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (12.00%) Architecture Governance
6 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Performance Measurement
6 3 (12.00%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (8.00%) CISSP
4 1 (4.00%) CISM
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) CRISC
4 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PMP
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Meraki
3 1 (4.00%) Sage
3 1 (4.00%) Ubiquiti