IT Strategy Job Trends in West Yorkshire

IT/Technology Strategy
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 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 91 81 63
Rank change year-on-year -10 -18 +29
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 27 25 82
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.50% 1.66% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.90% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 70
10th Percentile £62,893 £46,250 £50,155
25th Percentile £70,000 £54,713 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,218 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% +7.99% +8.58%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £126,250 £94,292 £85,125
Yorkshire median annual salary £79,481 £64,353 £70,288
% change year-on-year +23.51% -8.44% +8.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,490 1,314 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 82.55% 87.31% 93.32%
Number of salaries quoted 872 661 1,364
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,264 £53,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year +6.16% -4.40% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,750 £84,964 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in West Yorkshire

IT Strategy
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -17 22 £90,000 +33.89% 12
Bradford - 2 - -
Halifax +12 1 £60,000 -36.60%
Wakefield - 1 £95,000 -
IT Strategy
Yorkshire

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) IaaS
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) PaaS
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
3 2 (7.41%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (3.70%) Boomi
4 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.70%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Legal
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Law
6 1 (3.70%) Games
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Architect
2 9 (33.33%) Lead
3 7 (25.93%) IT Manager
4 6 (22.22%) Lead Architect
5 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (11.11%) Lead Security Architect
6 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Head of Technology
7 2 (7.41%) SAP Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Senior
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Technical Leader
8 1 (3.70%) Data Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Integration Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Lead Java Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Technical Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) AI Agents
1 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 16 (59.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (48.15%) Roadmaps
3 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 9 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
7 8 (29.63%) ITSM
7 8 (29.63%) Problem Management
8 7 (25.93%) Data Protection
8 7 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (25.93%) High Availability
8 7 (25.93%) ITIL
8 7 (25.93%) Performance Monitoring
8 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
8 7 (25.93%) Service Management
8 7 (25.93%) Tech Ops
9 6 (22.22%) Business Strategy
9 6 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (11.11%) CISSP
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (11.11%) GDPR
2 3 (11.11%) NCSC
3 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.70%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Sparx
3 1 (3.70%) Dell
3 1 (3.70%) MuleSoft