Technology Strategy Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Technology Strategy
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 88 81
Rank change year-on-year -25 -7 +60
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 9 10 59
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.50% 0.69% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.79% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 50
10th Percentile £77,500 £66,634 £50,172
25th Percentile £87,500 £80,361 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £94,637 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% +34.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £126,250 £98,474 £84,056
90th Percentile £126,750 £99,084 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £95,000 £84,750 £70,576
% change year-on-year +12.09% +20.08% -10.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,458 1,268 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 80.37% 88.12% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 850 629 1,434
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,500 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Strategy in West Yorkshire

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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 -20 6 £113,750 +23.21% 8
Bradford - 2 - - 1
Wakefield - 1 £95,000 - 1
Technology Strategy
Yorkshire

Technology 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) IaaS
1 2 (22.22%) PaaS
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Head of Technology
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Data Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Data Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
1 1 (11.11%) React
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) AI Agents
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) IT Strategy
2 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (44.44%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (33.33%) AI
4 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Generative AI
4 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Data Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Digital Innovation
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft