Business Strategy Job Trends in the East of England

Business Strategy
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 95 122
Rank change year-on-year +10 +27 +25
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 76 90 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.82% 2.55% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 2.92% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 13
10th Percentile £42,625 £41,550 £43,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £48,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +3.85% -16.13%
75th Percentile £79,063 £72,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £127,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £73,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% +1.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Business 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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in the East of England

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the East of England

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Suffolk -2 41 £80,000 +18.52% 9
Hertfordshire -6 14 £70,000 +60.92% 21
Cambridgeshire +13 8 £65,000 -7.14% 9
Essex -15 7 £62,500 -10.86% 11
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 -
Bedfordshire - 2 - - 11
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.37%) SaaS
2 9 (11.84%) Azure
3 2 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (1.32%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Broadband
1 2 (2.63%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.32%) DTS
2 1 (1.32%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 22 (28.95%) Marketing
2 19 (25.00%) Finance
3 9 (11.84%) Social Skills
4 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.58%) Games
6 4 (5.26%) Law
6 4 (5.26%) Legal
7 3 (3.95%) Health Technology
7 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (35.53%) Business Manager
2 14 (18.42%) Development Manager
3 12 (15.79%) Business Development Manager
4 10 (13.16%) Lead
5 7 (9.21%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Business Sales Executive
7 4 (5.26%) Compliance Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (5.26%) New Business Sales Executive
7 4 (5.26%) Sales Executive
7 4 (5.26%) Solutions Sales Executive
8 3 (3.95%) Sales Representative
8 3 (3.95%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.95%) Technical Business Analyst
9 2 (2.63%) Developer
9 2 (2.63%) PHP Developer
9 2 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) CSS
1 2 (2.63%) HTML
1 2 (2.63%) Laravel
1 2 (2.63%) React
1 2 (2.63%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 7 (9.21%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (9.21%) Operational Technology
1 7 (9.21%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.89%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.58%) Low-Code
4 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.63%) IoT
5 2 (2.63%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (47.37%) Business Development
2 32 (42.11%) Business Enablement
2 32 (42.11%) Technology Enablement
3 26 (34.21%) Roadmaps
4 25 (32.89%) Customer Service
4 25 (32.89%) Decision-Making
4 25 (32.89%) Sales Enablement
5 24 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (22.37%) Product Roadmap
7 15 (19.74%) Performance Management
7 15 (19.74%) Performance Metrics
7 15 (19.74%) Value Proposition
8 14 (18.42%) ITIL
8 14 (18.42%) Security Operations
8 14 (18.42%) Vulnerability Management
9 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (13.16%) CRM
11 9 (11.84%) Agile
11 9 (11.84%) B2B
11 9 (11.84%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (9.21%) CCNA
1 7 (9.21%) CCNP
1 7 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.42%) NIST
2 11 (14.47%) GDPR
2 11 (14.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (2.63%) PMO
Vendors
1 25 (32.89%) YouTube
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.21%) Salesforce
4 6 (7.89%) Tenable
5 4 (5.26%) BMC
5 4 (5.26%) HubSpot
5 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.32%) Dell
6 1 (1.32%) F5
6 1 (1.32%) Google
6 1 (1.32%) Oracle
6 1 (1.32%) SAP