Business Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 94 105
Rank change year-on-year -57 +11 +58
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 99 218 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.37% 3.24% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 3.35% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 54 106 169
10th Percentile £42,892 - £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,600 £45,000 £53,300
Median % change year-on-year +34.67% -15.57% -7.30%
75th Percentile £80,076 £67,200 £70,385
90th Percentile £97,125 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £66,410
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.41% -0.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,005 6,515 6,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.86% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,520 3,307 4,728
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham -6 45 £58,700 +5.29% 12
Staffordshire -4 14 £100,000 +185.71% 3
Warwickshire -10 10 £65,000 -8.45% 10
Worcestershire -13 8 £55,000 -2.65% 5
Solihull +3 6 - -
Wolverhampton +17 3 £86,000 +6.17% 5
Walsall +21 1 £50,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (4.04%) Confluence
2 3 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.02%) SAP MM
2 2 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.02%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.01%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.16%) Azure
2 9 (9.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 8 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (8.08%) PaaS
4 6 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
4 6 (6.06%) IaaS
4 6 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.05%) SaaS
6 3 (3.03%) AWS
7 2 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.01%) GCP
8 1 (1.01%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.02%) Internet
2 1 (1.01%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.01%) WAN
2 1 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) Big Data
1 2 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.02%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.02%) Power BI
1 2 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Git
2 4 (4.04%) JIRA
General
1 30 (30.30%) Finance
2 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.13%) Public Sector
4 12 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (6.06%) Legal
6 6 (6.06%) Retail
7 2 (2.02%) Electronics
7 2 (2.02%) Games
7 2 (2.02%) Marketing
8 1 (1.01%) Back Office
8 1 (1.01%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.01%) Law
8 1 (1.01%) Local Government
8 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (19.19%) Project Manager
2 14 (14.14%) Business Manager
3 13 (13.13%) Analyst
3 13 (13.13%) Architect
3 13 (13.13%) Lead
4 10 (10.10%) IT Manager
5 9 (9.09%) Functional Analyst
5 9 (9.09%) Salesforce Analyst
6 8 (8.08%) Business Change Manager
6 8 (8.08%) Business Change Project Manager
6 8 (8.08%) Business Project Manager
6 8 (8.08%) Change Manager
6 8 (8.08%) Change Project Manager
6 8 (8.08%) Project Change Manager
7 6 (6.06%) Business Systems Manager
7 6 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (6.06%) Enterprise Architect
7 6 (6.06%) Systems Manager
8 5 (5.05%) Service Management Manager
8 5 (5.05%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.06%) ARM Templates
2 4 (4.04%) .NET
3 3 (3.03%) EDI
4 2 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (2.02%) RESTful
5 1 (1.01%) Node.js
5 1 (1.01%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.08%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.07%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.03%) IoT
4 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.01%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.01%) Blog
6 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.01%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.26%) Agile
2 24 (24.24%) Project Management
3 20 (20.20%) Decision-Making
4 19 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (19.19%) CRM
4 19 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (19.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (17.17%) CI/CD
5 17 (17.17%) Roadmaps
6 16 (16.16%) PRINCE2
7 15 (15.15%) Change Management
7 15 (15.15%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture
7 15 (15.15%) Validation
8 14 (14.14%) IT Strategy
9 13 (13.13%) Business Analysis
9 13 (13.13%) DevOps
10 11 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
11 10 (10.10%) Artificial Intelligence
11 10 (10.10%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.06%) Bash
1 6 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.04%) Bicep
3 3 (3.03%) Java
4 2 (2.02%) C#
4 2 (2.02%) Python
4 2 (2.02%) SQL
5 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (19.19%) Degree
2 7 (7.07%) HNC
3 6 (6.06%) APMG
3 6 (6.06%) PMI Certification
3 6 (6.06%) PMP
4 4 (4.04%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.03%) CISM
5 3 (3.03%) CISSP
5 3 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.01%) CIMA
6 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) Accessibility
1 5 (5.05%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.02%) GDPR
2 2 (2.02%) IFRS
2 2 (2.02%) IFRS 17
2 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.02%) PMO
2 2 (2.02%) Solvency II
3 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.01%) NCSC
3 1 (1.01%) NIST
3 1 (1.01%) QA
3 1 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (22.22%) Salesforce
2 15 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.04%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.03%) iManage
4 3 (3.03%) OpenAI
4 3 (3.03%) SAP
5 2 (2.02%) Oracle
6 1 (1.01%) Adobe
6 1 (1.01%) Cisco
6 1 (1.01%) Google
6 1 (1.01%) Meraki