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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 169 176
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +45
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,851 2,183 4,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.79% 2.25% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 2.35% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 943 1,044 1,635
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £41,550
25th Percentile £47,450 £50,469 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,925 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +4.50% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,965 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £115,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,700 £60,000 £56,485
% change year-on-year -2.17% +6.22% -1.77%

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 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 29 May 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 29 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
England +1 1,589 £65,000 -7.14% 606
UK excluding London -1 1,128 £58,700 -2.17% 345
Work from Home +11 668 £58,750 -12.96% 280
London +21 621 £80,000 -5.88% 255
North of England +17 324 £57,500 -4.17% 100
South East +3 239 £57,500 -11.54% 75
South West +52 185 £62,500 +13.64% 42
North West +11 180 £57,500 -4.17% 58
Midlands -62 171 £58,700 +17.40% 70
Scotland -6 136 £49,500 -37.81% 18
Yorkshire +32 111 £62,500 +1.63% 30
West Midlands -53 102 £57,500 +17.95% 43
East Midlands -36 68 £62,500 +6.38% 27
East of England -37 38 £55,000 -29.03% 46
North East +17 33 £55,000 +22.91% 13
Wales -16 21 £43,775 -2.72% 5
Northern Ireland +22 12 £58,800 - 3
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 40 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.00%) Confluence
3 28 (1.51%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.70%) 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
1 113 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (3.35%) 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 (1.13%) 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
1 310 (16.75%) AWS
1 310 (16.75%) Azure
2 134 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
2 134 (7.24%) Power Platform
3 114 (6.16%) GCP
4 94 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 93 (5.02%) SaaS
6 72 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
7 52 (2.81%) PaaS
8 50 (2.70%) IaaS
9 38 (2.05%) Figma
10 32 (1.73%) SurveyMonkey
11 27 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.08%) PowerApps
13 17 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.81%) Entra ID
14 15 (0.81%) Google Analytics
14 15 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 14 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (0.65%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.05%) Firewall
2 24 (1.30%) Network Security
3 21 (1.13%) WAN
4 20 (1.08%) LAN
5 14 (0.76%) MPLS
6 11 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.49%) Internet
7 9 (0.49%) VPN
8 5 (0.27%) DNS
9 4 (0.22%) ADSL
9 4 (0.22%) Broadband
9 4 (0.22%) SAN
9 4 (0.22%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.22%) WLAN
10 3 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
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 (9.94%) Tableau
2 95 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (4.81%) Power BI
4 76 (4.11%) BigQuery
5 72 (3.89%) Looker
6 38 (2.05%) SQL Server
7 36 (1.94%) Data Mining
8 23 (1.24%) Big Data
9 22 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (1.13%) 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%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 145 (7.83%) Git
2 45 (2.43%) 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
1 619 (33.44%) Finance
2 531 (28.69%) Social Skills
3 520 (28.09%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (13.02%) Retail
5 233 (12.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 208 (11.24%) Marketing
7 187 (10.10%) Presentation Skills
8 159 (8.59%) Law
9 151 (8.16%) Public Sector
10 128 (6.92%) Banking
11 106 (5.73%) Legal
12 82 (4.43%) Billing
13 63 (3.40%) Investment Banking
14 56 (3.03%) Police
15 49 (2.65%) Manufacturing
16 45 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
17 39 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
18 32 (1.73%) Social Science
19 24 (1.30%) Telecoms
20 15 (0.81%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 382 (20.64%) Analyst
2 358 (19.34%) Architect
3 342 (18.48%) Senior
4 248 (13.40%) Lead
5 191 (10.32%) Data Analyst
6 157 (8.48%) Senior Analyst
7 143 (7.73%) Solutions Architect
8 108 (5.83%) Business Manager
9 107 (5.78%) Senior Data Analyst
10 103 (5.56%) Data Manager
11 86 (4.65%) Senior Architect
12 85 (4.59%) Project Manager
13 73 (3.94%) Engineering Manager
14 69 (3.73%) Consultant
15 59 (3.19%) Enterprise Architect
16 58 (3.13%) Developer
17 56 (3.03%) Development Manager
18 51 (2.76%) IT Manager
19 49 (2.65%) Business Development Manager
20 45 (2.43%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (4.43%) .NET
2 34 (1.84%) React
3 33 (1.78%) 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
1 141 (7.62%) Product Ownership
2 93 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 86 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 79 (4.27%) Virtual Team
5 57 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.32%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (1.67%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.62%) Public Cloud
9 24 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (1.30%) Security Posture
10 22 (1.19%) Data Structures
11 18 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.86%) Market Risk
13 15 (0.81%) Social Media
14 14 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (0.76%) Blog
14 14 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (0.76%) FMCG
15 13 (0.70%) Driving Licence
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
1 508 (27.44%) Problem-Solving
2 429 (23.18%) Agile
3 344 (18.58%) Project Management
4 341 (18.42%) Roadmaps
5 322 (17.40%) Analytics
6 283 (15.29%) Actionable Insight
7 222 (11.99%) Decision-Making
8 209 (11.29%) Business Development
8 209 (11.29%) Data Analysis
9 208 (11.24%) Visualisation
10 200 (10.80%) Mathematics
11 198 (10.70%) Enterprise Architecture
11 198 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 197 (10.64%) IT Strategy
13 175 (9.45%) DevOps
14 172 (9.29%) Statistics
15 167 (9.02%) Mentoring
16 164 (8.86%) Technology Strategy
17 158 (8.54%) Data Modelling
18 153 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 329 (17.77%) SQL
2 223 (12.05%) Python
3 59 (3.19%) R
4 43 (2.32%) C#
5 33 (1.78%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.67%) 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
1 560 (30.25%) Degree
2 188 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 157 (8.48%) SC Cleared
4 140 (7.56%) DBS Check
5 77 (4.16%) Master's Degree
6 65 (3.51%) 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 28 (1.51%) CISSP
12 24 (1.30%) PMP
13 19 (1.03%) MBA
14 15 (0.81%) APMG
15 14 (0.76%) CISA
16 13 (0.70%) Azure Certification
17 12 (0.65%) CISM
18 10 (0.54%) ACCA
18 10 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (5.73%) QA
2 53 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.05%) GDPR
5 21 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.03%) NIST
7 16 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 15 (0.81%) 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 14001
System Software
1 33 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.70%) Docker
3 11 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.16%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.054%) LXC
8 1 (0.054%) RACF
8 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
1 350 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.29%) Databricks
3 132 (7.13%) Google
4 107 (5.78%) Salesforce
5 82 (4.43%) SAP
6 63 (3.40%) Oracle
7 37 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.84%) Sparx
9 32 (1.73%) Qualtrics
10 19 (1.03%) YouTube
11 17 (0.92%) NetApp
12 16 (0.86%) Adobe
13 15 (0.81%) Alteryx
13 15 (0.81%) BiZZdesign
13 15 (0.81%) CA
14 14 (0.76%) Juniper
14 14 (0.76%) VMware
15 13 (0.70%) IBM
16 12 (0.65%) Cadence
17 11 (0.59%) Splunk