IT Strategy Job Trends in Lancashire

IT/Technology Strategy
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 60 50
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 +14
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 3 18 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.36% 1.65% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 2.05% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 1
10th Percentile £61,347 £51,250 -
25th Percentile £61,868 - £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,237 £55,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.98% +124.49% -55.45%
75th Percentile £64,105 £62,000 £24,750
90th Percentile £64,326 £63,110 -
North West median annual salary £67,000 £55,000 £66,757
% change year-on-year +21.82% -17.61% +4.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 679 878 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 82.40% 80.55% 91.37%
Number of salaries quoted 300 499 277
10th Percentile £24,625 £33,700 £24,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% +16.71%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,023 £73,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Lancashire

IT Strategy
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Lancaster +2 1 £62,000 +1.13%
IT Strategy
North West

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Head of Digital
1 2 (66.67%) Head of IT
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Energy Management
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft