IT Strategy Jobs in England

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 234 255
Rank change year-on-year +47 +21 -4
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 1,365 1,425 2,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.58% 1.61% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.68% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 828 756 1,327
10th Percentile £36,500 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +14.81% -3.57%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% +14.81% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

IT 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,567 84,580 131,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.06% 95.60% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53,896 50,324 73,626
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in England

IT Strategy
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
London +88 546 £82,500 -2.94% 143
North of England +24 268 £55,000 -7.60% 40
South East +9 198 £62,500 -21.88% 49
Midlands +12 178 £55,000 -26.05% 35
West Midlands +54 135 £60,000 -13.67% 25
North West -12 129 £53,500 -10.83% 13
Yorkshire +59 115 £62,500 +4.58% 24
South West -19 90 £67,500 +28.57% 15
East of England -7 67 £67,500 -12.90% 11
East Midlands -34 41 £49,329 -38.34% 10
North East +9 24 £47,500 +4.97% 3
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 82 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.61%) CMS
5 16 (1.17%) Apache
6 10 (0.73%) SAS
7 7 (0.51%) Confluence
7 7 (0.51%) IIS
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.29%) WordPress
9 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.66%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.59%) Revit
7 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 40 (2.93%) Endur
2 16 (1.17%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.44%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.073%) Magento
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 530 (38.83%) Azure
2 250 (18.32%) Entra ID
3 145 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
4 143 (10.48%) AWS
5 64 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 42 (3.08%) SaaS
7 35 (2.56%) PaaS
8 34 (2.49%) GCP
9 32 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
10 30 (2.20%) IaaS
11 24 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.61%) GitHub
13 18 (1.32%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.10%) Serverless
15 14 (1.03%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.95%) WhatsApp
17 10 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
17 10 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 210 (15.38%) 5G
1 210 (15.38%) Broadband
2 84 (6.15%) Firewall
3 54 (3.96%) WAN
4 49 (3.59%) DNS
5 36 (2.64%) VPN
6 34 (2.49%) DHCP
7 33 (2.42%) LAN
7 33 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (1.98%) SAN
9 26 (1.90%) VLAN
10 25 (1.83%) Network Security
11 22 (1.61%) Unified Communications
12 20 (1.47%) SD-WAN
13 19 (1.39%) Wireless
14 16 (1.17%) TCP/IP
15 12 (0.88%) MPLS
16 11 (0.81%) VoIP
17 10 (0.73%) BGP
18 8 (0.59%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 53 (3.88%) Relational Database
3 44 (3.22%) RDBMS
4 36 (2.64%) Power BI
5 27 (1.98%) Data Lake
6 26 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
7 22 (1.61%) Data Mining
8 20 (1.47%) Apache Ignite
8 20 (1.47%) Hadoop
8 20 (1.47%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.73%) MySQL
14 8 (0.59%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.51%) GIS
15 7 (0.51%) Ingres
16 6 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (1.98%) Git
2 24 (1.76%) JIRA
3 11 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.59%) Maven
5 7 (0.51%) GitLab
5 7 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
6 6 (0.44%) RStudio
7 5 (0.37%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 2 (0.15%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.15%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.073%) Vagrant
General
1 383 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 369 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 274 (20.07%) Finance
4 271 (19.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 83 (6.08%) Marketing
6 72 (5.27%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (4.98%) Games
8 65 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 58 (4.25%) Retail
10 45 (3.30%) Law
11 40 (2.93%) Banking
12 39 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.42%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.34%) Legal
15 28 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.10%) Advertising
18 14 (1.03%) Financial Institution
19 13 (0.95%) Local Government
19 13 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 323 (23.66%) Architect
2 274 (20.07%) Senior
3 210 (15.38%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (15.38%) Technical Specialist
4 152 (11.14%) Solutions Architect
5 135 (9.89%) IT Manager
6 130 (9.52%) Lead
7 127 (9.30%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 127 (9.30%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (9.30%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (9.30%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 85 (6.23%) Head of IT
9 67 (4.91%) Developer
10 60 (4.40%) Senior Architect
11 56 (4.10%) Analyst
12 51 (3.74%) Presales Solution Architect
13 44 (3.22%) Enterprise Architect
14 41 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (2.86%) Lead Architect
16 35 (2.56%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (5.79%) .NET
2 46 (3.37%) HTML
3 30 (2.20%) Kafka
4 25 (1.83%) React
5 24 (1.76%) CSS
6 23 (1.68%) .NET Framework
7 21 (1.54%) EDI
8 17 (1.25%) Middleware
9 16 (1.17%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.03%) Node.js
11 12 (0.88%) .NET Core
11 12 (0.88%) Spring
12 10 (0.73%) REST
13 9 (0.66%) ASP.NET
14 8 (0.59%) JSON
14 8 (0.59%) Laravel
14 8 (0.59%) RESTful
14 8 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
14 8 (0.59%) V-Ray
14 8 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.38%) Social Media
2 79 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 39 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.78%) Swaptions
5 31 (2.27%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.05%) Public Cloud
7 27 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.68%) FMCG
9 23 (1.68%) Virtual Team
10 22 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.17%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.17%) Cyberattack
12 15 (1.10%) IoT
12 15 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
13 13 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (0.88%) Onboarding
14 12 (0.88%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.73%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 267 (19.56%) Linux
2 212 (15.53%) Ubuntu
3 132 (9.67%) Windows
4 64 (4.69%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.68%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.03%) Unix
7 11 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.66%) CentOS
9 7 (0.51%) Debian
9 7 (0.51%) SUSE
10 6 (0.44%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.37%) VMS
11 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.22%) Android
14 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (56.56%) Technology Strategy
2 347 (25.42%) Cybersecurity
3 315 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 294 (21.54%) Agile
5 269 (19.71%) CRM
6 265 (19.41%) Artificial Intelligence
7 208 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
8 188 (13.77%) Project Management
9 173 (12.67%) Business Strategy
10 157 (11.50%) Mentoring
11 143 (10.48%) Strategic Roadmap
12 136 (9.96%) ITIL
13 127 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 119 (8.72%) Coaching
15 118 (8.64%) Project Delivery
16 111 (8.13%) Analytics
17 103 (7.55%) Business Case
18 97 (7.11%) Computer Science
19 95 (6.96%) DevOps
20 93 (6.81%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 221 (16.19%) Bash
2 91 (6.67%) SQL
3 66 (4.84%) Java
4 53 (3.88%) C#
5 47 (3.44%) Python
6 46 (3.37%) PowerShell
7 44 (3.22%) JavaScript
8 38 (2.78%) VB
9 21 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.10%) PHP
11 14 (1.03%) R
11 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.29%) RPG
13 3 (0.22%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.22%) AWK
13 3 (0.22%) sed
14 2 (0.15%) C
14 2 (0.15%) Korn
14 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 244 (17.88%) Degree
2 118 (8.64%) Security Cleared
3 72 (5.27%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.20%) CISSP
7 28 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.39%) DBS Check
8 19 (1.39%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 17 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (0.95%) PMP
11 12 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (0.81%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.59%) MCP
15 7 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 6 (0.44%) RIBA
17 5 (0.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (3.15%) GDPR
3 28 (2.05%) QA
4 24 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.39%) SLA
6 18 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.88%) PMO
9 11 (0.81%) NIST
10 8 (0.59%) CRD IV
10 8 (0.59%) IFRS
10 8 (0.59%) IFRS 9
11 6 (0.44%) COBIT
11 6 (0.44%) SOC 1
12 5 (0.37%) NCSC
13 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.22%) HMG Infosec
14 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.22%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 297 (21.76%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.88%) Docker
5 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.37%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.29%) pfSense
7 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.15%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.073%) LXC
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 248 (18.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 211 (15.46%) Jamf Pro
3 33 (2.42%) Kubernetes
4 29 (2.12%) Terraform
5 18 (1.32%) Ansible
6 12 (0.88%) SCCM
7 9 (0.66%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.44%) SCOM
10 5 (0.37%) Grafana
10 5 (0.37%) Kiali
10 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
10 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.37%) Puppet
10 5 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 4 (0.29%) SmoothWall
12 3 (0.22%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.15%) CASB
14 1 (0.073%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 496 (36.34%) Microsoft
2 210 (15.38%) CyberArk
2 210 (15.38%) Tanium
3 88 (6.45%) VMware
4 80 (5.86%) Oracle
5 62 (4.54%) Cisco
6 38 (2.78%) OpenLink
6 38 (2.78%) Sybase
6 38 (2.78%) TIBCO
7 35 (2.56%) Google
8 33 (2.42%) SAP
9 30 (2.20%) Veeam
10 26 (1.90%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.25%) Meraki
12 15 (1.10%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.03%) Dell
14 12 (0.88%) Adobe
14 12 (0.88%) NetApp
15 11 (0.81%) Citrix
15 11 (0.81%) SolarWinds