Business Strategy Jobs

Business Strategy
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 160 178
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 +40
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,850 2,159 4,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.76% 2.28% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 2.39% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 941 1,020 1,630
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,475 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,450 £50,691 £49,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £115,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,700 £60,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -2.17% +6.52% -2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business 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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £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% +9.38%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +1 1,587 £64,250 -8.21% 691
UK excluding London -10 1,132 £58,700 -2.17% 355
Work from Home +5 670 £58,700 -17.90% 274
London +16 615 £80,000 -5.88% 350
North of England +19 327 £58,800 -2.00% 84
South East -4 242 £57,500 -12.55% 88
South West +50 184 £62,500 +13.64% 43
North West -1 180 £57,500 -4.17% 54
Midlands -58 169 £58,700 +11.81% 69
Scotland -10 136 £49,500 -35.20% 20
Yorkshire +21 111 £62,500 +1.63% 22
West Midlands -63 100 £56,250 +12.50% 49
East Midlands -31 68 £62,500 +4.17% 20
East of England -44 39 £55,000 -29.03% 40
North East +11 36 £57,500 +28.49% 9
Wales -16 21 £43,775 -2.72% 4
Northern Ireland +17 12 £58,800 - 16
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Business 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 39 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.00%) Confluence
3 28 (1.51%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.59%) SAS
6 6 (0.32%) Apache
6 6 (0.32%) CMS
6 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 4 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.22%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) Luigi
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.054%) CICS
Applications
1 106 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 2 (0.11%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.054%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.054%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.054%) Revit
Business Applications
1 34 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 34 (1.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 21 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
3 15 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
4 13 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.38%) SAP SD
7 6 (0.32%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.32%) SAP WM
8 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.22%) SAP APO
9 4 (0.22%) SAP IBP
9 4 (0.22%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.16%) Magento
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.16%) Shopify
11 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.11%) SAP R/3
12 1 (0.054%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 309 (16.70%) AWS
2 308 (16.65%) Azure
3 134 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
4 132 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 114 (6.16%) GCP
6 92 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (4.97%) SaaS
7 73 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
8 51 (2.76%) PaaS
9 49 (2.65%) IaaS
10 38 (2.05%) Figma
11 32 (1.73%) SurveyMonkey
12 27 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (1.03%) PowerApps
14 16 (0.86%) Power Automate
15 15 (0.81%) Entra ID
15 15 (0.81%) Google Analytics
15 15 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.05%) Firewall
2 25 (1.35%) Network Security
3 22 (1.19%) WAN
4 20 (1.08%) LAN
5 14 (0.76%) MPLS
6 12 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.49%) Internet
7 9 (0.49%) VPN
8 5 (0.27%) DNS
8 5 (0.27%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.22%) ADSL
9 4 (0.22%) Broadband
9 4 (0.22%) SAN
9 4 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.22%) WLAN
10 3 (0.16%) BGP
10 3 (0.16%) EIGRP
10 3 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.16%) OSPF
10 3 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (9.95%) Tableau
2 95 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (4.86%) Power BI
4 76 (4.11%) BigQuery
5 72 (3.89%) Looker
6 37 (2.00%) SQL Server
7 36 (1.95%) Data Mining
8 23 (1.24%) Big Data
9 22 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.14%) Data Lake
11 20 (1.08%) Hadoop
12 18 (0.97%) Relational Database
13 17 (0.92%) Apache Ignite
14 14 (0.76%) MySQL
15 12 (0.65%) GIS
16 10 (0.54%) Oracle Database
16 10 (0.54%) QlikView
17 9 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.49%) Metadata
18 8 (0.43%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 145 (7.84%) Git
2 46 (2.49%) JIRA
3 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.43%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.11%) MLflow
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.11%) Postman
7 2 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.054%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.054%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 615 (33.24%) Finance
2 530 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 520 (28.11%) Analytical Skills
4 242 (13.08%) Retail
5 233 (12.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 210 (11.35%) Marketing
7 188 (10.16%) Presentation Skills
8 160 (8.65%) Law
9 150 (8.11%) Public Sector
10 120 (6.49%) Banking
11 105 (5.68%) Legal
12 82 (4.43%) Billing
13 56 (3.03%) Police
14 55 (2.97%) Investment Banking
15 49 (2.65%) Manufacturing
16 45 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
17 39 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
18 32 (1.73%) Social Science
19 25 (1.35%) Telecoms
20 16 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 377 (20.38%) Analyst
2 361 (19.51%) Architect
3 342 (18.49%) Senior
4 248 (13.41%) Lead
5 191 (10.32%) Data Analyst
6 157 (8.49%) Senior Analyst
7 142 (7.68%) Solutions Architect
8 111 (6.00%) Business Manager
9 107 (5.78%) Senior Data Analyst
10 103 (5.57%) Data Manager
11 86 (4.65%) Senior Architect
12 85 (4.59%) Project Manager
13 73 (3.95%) Engineering Manager
14 69 (3.73%) Consultant
15 59 (3.19%) Enterprise Architect
16 58 (3.14%) Developer
16 58 (3.14%) Development Manager
17 52 (2.81%) Business Development Manager
18 51 (2.76%) IT Manager
19 45 (2.43%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (4.43%) .NET
2 34 (1.84%) React
3 32 (1.73%) Middleware
4 25 (1.35%) Kafka
5 19 (1.03%) CSS
5 19 (1.03%) HTML
6 17 (0.92%) ARM Templates
7 14 (0.76%) XML
8 13 (0.70%) JSON
9 12 (0.65%) EDI
10 10 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (0.54%) Web Services
11 9 (0.49%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.49%) REST
11 9 (0.49%) RESTful
11 9 (0.49%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.43%) OpenTelemetry
13 7 (0.38%) Pandas
14 6 (0.32%) .NET Core
14 6 (0.32%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.57%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 79 (4.27%) Virtual Team
4 78 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.32%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 31 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 29 (1.57%) Public Cloud
10 23 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (1.24%) Security Posture
11 22 (1.19%) Data Structures
12 18 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.86%) Market Risk
14 15 (0.81%) Social Media
15 14 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.76%) Blog
15 14 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
15 14 (0.76%) FMCG
16 13 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.49%) Windows
2 35 (1.89%) Linux
3 12 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.32%) Unix
5 3 (0.16%) Android
5 3 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.054%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
2 428 (23.14%) Agile
3 344 (18.59%) Project Management
4 340 (18.38%) Roadmaps
5 323 (17.46%) Analytics
6 282 (15.24%) Actionable Insight
7 223 (12.05%) Decision-Making
8 212 (11.46%) Business Development
8 212 (11.46%) Data Analysis
9 208 (11.24%) Visualisation
10 200 (10.81%) Mathematics
11 199 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 198 (10.70%) IT Strategy
13 196 (10.59%) Enterprise Architecture
14 174 (9.41%) DevOps
15 172 (9.30%) Statistics
16 168 (9.08%) Mentoring
17 164 (8.86%) Technology Strategy
18 158 (8.54%) Data Modelling
19 154 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 329 (17.78%) SQL
2 223 (12.05%) Python
3 59 (3.19%) R
4 43 (2.32%) C#
5 33 (1.78%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.68%) Java
7 19 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 17 (0.92%) Bash
8 17 (0.92%) PL/SQL
9 14 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.59%) Bicep
11 10 (0.54%) PHP
11 10 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.43%) VBA
13 6 (0.32%) C
13 6 (0.32%) C++
14 5 (0.27%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.27%) XAML
15 4 (0.22%) RPG
15 4 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 562 (30.38%) Degree
2 188 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 157 (8.49%) SC Cleared
4 140 (7.57%) DBS Check
5 79 (4.27%) Master's Degree
6 64 (3.46%) TOGAF Certification
7 42 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 33 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (1.73%) PhD
10 30 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (1.57%) CISSP
12 24 (1.30%) PMP
13 21 (1.14%) MBA
14 15 (0.81%) APMG
14 15 (0.81%) CISA
15 13 (0.70%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.65%) CISM
17 10 (0.54%) ACCA
17 10 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (5.78%) QA
2 53 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.05%) GDPR
5 21 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 18 (0.97%) NIST
8 16 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 16 (0.86%) PMO
9 11 (0.59%) SLA
10 9 (0.49%) COBIT
10 9 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.43%) GRC
12 7 (0.38%) ISO 9000
13 6 (0.32%) ITGC
14 5 (0.27%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.27%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 33 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.70%) Docker
3 11 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.16%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.054%) LXC
7 1 (0.054%) RACF
7 1 (0.054%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 18 (0.97%) Terraform
2 17 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.43%) Kiali
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.16%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.16%) Puppet
9 1 (0.054%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.054%) MAINVIEW
9 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.054%) SCCM
Vendors
1 340 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.30%) Databricks
3 132 (7.14%) Google
4 106 (5.73%) Salesforce
5 83 (4.49%) SAP
6 63 (3.41%) Oracle
7 37 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.84%) Sparx
9 32 (1.73%) Qualtrics
10 21 (1.14%) YouTube
11 18 (0.97%) NetApp
12 16 (0.86%) Adobe
13 15 (0.81%) Alteryx
13 15 (0.81%) BiZZdesign
13 15 (0.81%) CA
13 15 (0.81%) VMware
14 14 (0.76%) Juniper
15 13 (0.70%) IBM
16 12 (0.65%) Cadence
17 11 (0.59%) Splunk