IT Strategy Jobs

IT/Technology Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 225 275
Rank change year-on-year +39 +50 -26
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 1,555 1,584 2,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.69% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.77% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 894 823 1,544
10th Percentile £36,500 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,110 £51,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £89,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,800 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88,299 89,649 163,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.45% 95.47% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,362 54,142 83,553
10th Percentile £29,290 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.10%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in the UK

IT Strategy
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 4 June 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
England +41 1,359 £65,000 -16.13% 254
UK excluding London -19 928 £57,500 -11.54% 144
Work from Home +26 747 £65,000 -18.75% 138
London +94 544 £83,750 -1.47% 106
North of England +14 262 £55,000 -4.35% 33
South East -4 195 £60,000 -25.00% 30
Midlands +9 181 £55,000 -26.67% 36
West Midlands +47 140 £60,000 -14.29% 26
North West -4 131 £54,750 -8.75% 15
Scotland -55 107 £48,000 -26.15% 7
Yorkshire +40 106 £62,500 +8.70% 15
South West -14 93 £67,500 +32.46% 21
East of England -17 67 £67,500 -11.48% 15
East Midlands -49 39 £49,329 -41.97% 10
North East 0 25 £53,750 +22.16% 3
Northern Ireland +14 14 £37,500 -25.00%
Wales -21 8 £53,750 -44.24% 3
Isle of Man - 1 - - 2

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 83 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.93%) Confluence
4 20 (1.29%) CMS
5 18 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.58%) Apache
6 9 (0.58%) IIS
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.26%) WordPress
8 3 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.39%) Revit
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (2.51%) Endur
2 16 (1.03%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.32%) thinkFolio
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payroll
7 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.064%) Magento
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.064%) Primavera
10 1 (0.064%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.064%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.064%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 546 (35.11%) Azure
2 252 (16.21%) Entra ID
3 166 (10.68%) AWS
4 154 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (4.24%) Power Platform
6 45 (2.89%) SaaS
7 43 (2.77%) PaaS
8 41 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
9 35 (2.25%) IaaS
10 32 (2.06%) GCP
11 30 (1.93%) GitHub
12 29 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.35%) Serverless
15 19 (1.22%) OneDrive
16 16 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
17 15 (0.96%) OCI
17 15 (0.96%) PowerApps
18 14 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
19 12 (0.77%) Azure Cognitive Services
Communications & Networking
1 210 (13.50%) 5G
1 210 (13.50%) Broadband
2 96 (6.17%) Firewall
3 64 (4.12%) WAN
4 47 (3.02%) DNS
5 41 (2.64%) LAN
6 39 (2.51%) VPN
7 36 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (2.06%) DHCP
9 29 (1.86%) Network Security
10 27 (1.74%) SD-WAN
11 26 (1.67%) SAN
12 24 (1.54%) Unified Communications
12 24 (1.54%) VLAN
12 24 (1.54%) Wireless
13 16 (1.03%) TCP/IP
14 13 (0.84%) BGP
14 13 (0.84%) MPLS
15 10 (0.64%) Internet
15 10 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (6.37%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.24%) Relational Database
3 43 (2.77%) RDBMS
4 35 (2.25%) Power BI
5 25 (1.61%) Data Lake
6 24 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (1.54%) MySQL
7 22 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.22%) Data Mining
10 18 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.09%) Apache Ignite
11 17 (1.09%) Hadoop
12 16 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (0.90%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
15 8 (0.51%) CockroachDB
16 7 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.45%) GIS
16 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 59 (3.79%) JIRA
2 30 (1.93%) Git
3 25 (1.61%) Maven
4 16 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.51%) Jaeger
5 8 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.45%) GitLab
6 7 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
7 6 (0.39%) RStudio
8 3 (0.19%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.19%) JUnit
9 2 (0.13%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.13%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.064%) Vagrant
General
1 451 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 378 (24.31%) Analytical Skills
3 335 (21.54%) Finance
4 322 (20.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (7.40%) Marketing
6 87 (5.59%) Law
7 69 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
7 69 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 67 (4.31%) Retail
9 63 (4.05%) Games
10 59 (3.79%) Banking
11 47 (3.02%) Manufacturing
12 33 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.93%) Legal
15 26 (1.67%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.35%) Investment Banking
17 18 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
18 17 (1.09%) Publishing
19 16 (1.03%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 375 (24.12%) Architect
2 278 (17.88%) Senior
3 210 (13.50%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (13.50%) Technical Specialist
4 194 (12.48%) Solutions Architect
5 176 (11.32%) Lead
6 165 (10.61%) IT Manager
7 127 (8.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 127 (8.17%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (8.17%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (8.17%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 91 (5.85%) Presales Solution Architect
9 90 (5.79%) Head of IT
10 82 (5.27%) Developer
11 58 (3.73%) Senior Architect
12 52 (3.34%) Analyst
13 47 (3.02%) Enterprise Architect
14 46 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 42 (2.70%) Lead Architect
16 35 (2.25%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (5.21%) .NET
2 52 (3.34%) HTML
3 42 (2.70%) React
4 37 (2.38%) Spring Boot
5 32 (2.06%) Kafka
6 30 (1.93%) CSS
6 30 (1.93%) Spring
7 26 (1.67%) .NET Framework
8 24 (1.54%) Middleware
9 21 (1.35%) EDI
10 20 (1.29%) Node.js
11 16 (1.03%) REST
12 15 (0.96%) XML
13 14 (0.90%) JSON
14 12 (0.77%) .NET Core
15 11 (0.71%) ASP.NET
15 11 (0.71%) GraphQL
15 11 (0.71%) RESTful
16 10 (0.64%) Laravel
17 9 (0.58%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 210 (13.50%) Social Media
2 96 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 58 (3.73%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.64%) Data Centre
5 37 (2.38%) Swaptions
6 34 (2.19%) Cloud Native
7 32 (2.06%) Virtual Team
8 29 (1.86%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.54%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.35%) FMCG
13 17 (1.09%) IoT
14 16 (1.03%) Cyberattack
15 15 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
15 15 (0.96%) Onboarding
16 13 (0.84%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (0.84%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 274 (17.62%) Linux
2 212 (13.63%) Ubuntu
3 133 (8.55%) Windows
4 64 (4.12%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 15 (0.96%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.90%) Unix
8 9 (0.58%) CentOS
9 7 (0.45%) Android
9 7 (0.45%) Debian
9 7 (0.45%) SUSE
10 6 (0.39%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.32%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.32%) VMS
11 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (56.72%) Technology Strategy
2 384 (24.69%) Cybersecurity
3 362 (23.28%) Agile
4 341 (21.93%) Roadmaps
5 311 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 273 (17.56%) CRM
7 268 (17.23%) Artificial Intelligence
8 199 (12.80%) Project Management
9 198 (12.73%) Business Strategy
10 185 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 178 (11.45%) Mentoring
12 150 (9.65%) Strategic Roadmap
13 148 (9.52%) Business Case
13 148 (9.52%) ITIL
14 144 (9.26%) Coaching
15 139 (8.94%) Analytics
16 130 (8.36%) Project Delivery
17 128 (8.23%) DevOps
18 123 (7.91%) Decision-Making
19 121 (7.78%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 221 (14.21%) Bash
2 119 (7.65%) SQL
3 85 (5.47%) Java
4 64 (4.12%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.73%) C#
5 58 (3.73%) Python
6 50 (3.22%) PowerShell
7 37 (2.38%) VB
8 33 (2.12%) T-SQL
9 30 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 17 (1.09%) PHP
11 15 (0.96%) Groovy
12 8 (0.51%) C
13 7 (0.45%) R
14 4 (0.26%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.26%) RPG
15 3 (0.19%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.19%) AWK
15 3 (0.19%) sed
16 2 (0.13%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 281 (18.07%) Degree
2 165 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.12%) Azure Certification
6 32 (2.06%) CISSP
7 28 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 24 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 21 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (1.22%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.22%) PMP
12 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.71%) MBA
15 10 (0.64%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.51%) CCNA
16 8 (0.51%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (2.70%) GDPR
3 34 (2.19%) QA
4 32 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.29%) SLA
6 17 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 15 (0.96%) PMO
8 12 (0.77%) NIST
9 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.45%) COBIT
11 5 (0.32%) NCSC
11 5 (0.32%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.19%) GRC
13 3 (0.19%) HMG Infosec
13 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 298 (19.16%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (2.12%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.09%) Docker
5 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.32%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.26%) pfSense
7 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.13%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.064%) LXC
10 1 (0.064%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.064%) XenApp
10 1 (0.064%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 254 (16.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 211 (13.57%) Jamf Pro
3 48 (3.09%) Terraform
4 38 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 21 (1.35%) Ansible
6 12 (0.77%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.71%) SCCM
8 8 (0.51%) Kiali
9 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.39%) SCOM
11 5 (0.32%) Grafana
11 5 (0.32%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.32%) Puppet
11 5 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (0.26%) SmoothWall
13 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.13%) CASB
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 509 (32.73%) Microsoft
2 210 (13.50%) CyberArk
2 210 (13.50%) Tanium
3 90 (5.79%) Oracle
4 88 (5.66%) VMware
5 65 (4.18%) Cisco
6 37 (2.38%) OpenLink
6 37 (2.38%) Sybase
6 37 (2.38%) TIBCO
7 35 (2.25%) SAP
8 32 (2.06%) Veeam
9 31 (1.99%) Google
10 27 (1.74%) Salesforce
11 21 (1.35%) Meraki
12 17 (1.09%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.90%) Dell
14 13 (0.84%) UiPath
15 12 (0.77%) Blue Prism
15 12 (0.77%) Citrix
15 12 (0.77%) NetApp