Business Strategy Job Trends in England

Business Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in 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 91 109 144
Rank change year-on-year +18 +35 +29
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,220 1,261 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.31% 2.62% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.88% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 511 461 544
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,988
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,439 £56,661
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% +1.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £102,500 £110,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in England

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in England

Business Strategy
Job Locations in 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 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
London +24 575 £80,500 -3.49% 95
South East +96 245 £67,500 - 181
North of England -37 148 £70,000 +10.87% 114
Midlands -9 97 £75,000 +13.21% 80
North West -24 85 £65,000 +4.84% 45
East of England +10 76 £68,250 +1.11% 83
West Midlands +10 56 £75,000 +7.14% 31
South West -18 56 £55,000 - 63
Yorkshire +9 54 £73,000 +8.15% 55
East Midlands -30 41 £74,600 +75.53% 49
North East -10 8 £27,500 -53.73% 16
Business Strategy
UK

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (2.70%) Confluence
2 17 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.33%) Appian
6 4 (0.33%) Camunda
6 4 (0.33%) CMS
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 59 (4.84%) Maya
2 55 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.41%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.25%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.082%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 90 (7.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 66 (5.41%) SAP MDG
3 38 (3.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 35 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 20 (1.64%) SAP CO
6 16 (1.31%) SAP IBP
7 13 (1.07%) SAP FI
7 13 (1.07%) SAP FI/CO
8 10 (0.82%) NetSuite
9 9 (0.74%) SAP FS
9 9 (0.74%) SAP FSCM
9 9 (0.74%) SAP IS-U
10 7 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
11 5 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
12 4 (0.33%) Endur
12 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
13 3 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
13 3 (0.25%) SAP CX
13 3 (0.25%) SAP PS
13 3 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 197 (16.15%) Azure
2 144 (11.80%) AWS
3 118 (9.67%) SaaS
4 110 (9.02%) Power Platform
5 78 (6.39%) GCP
6 25 (2.05%) Figma
7 23 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (1.80%) Snowflake
9 21 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.64%) Adobe Analytics
11 17 (1.39%) OCI
12 16 (1.31%) IaaS
12 16 (1.31%) PaaS
13 15 (1.23%) Boomi
13 15 (1.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 14 (1.15%) GitHub
14 14 (1.15%) Serverless
15 13 (1.07%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.48%) Broadband
2 10 (0.82%) DHCP
2 10 (0.82%) DNS
2 10 (0.82%) Wireless
3 9 (0.74%) Ethernet
3 9 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (0.66%) Firewall
5 7 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (0.41%) VPN
7 4 (0.33%) ATM
7 4 (0.33%) VLAN
8 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.25%) WAN
9 2 (0.16%) BGP
9 2 (0.16%) OSPF
9 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.082%) LTE
10 1 (0.082%) Modbus
10 1 (0.082%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (7.46%) Power BI
2 68 (5.57%) Tableau
3 48 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.30%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.56%) SAP BW
6 18 (1.48%) Metadata
6 18 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.31%) MySQL
8 13 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.90%) DTS
9 11 (0.90%) Looker
9 11 (0.90%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
11 6 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.41%) Power Query
12 5 (0.41%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.33%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 53 (4.34%) JIRA
2 15 (1.23%) Git
3 11 (0.90%) ERwin
4 8 (0.66%) MLflow
5 7 (0.57%) Burp Suite
5 7 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.49%) GitLab
7 5 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.41%) Metasploit
7 5 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.33%) Postman
8 4 (0.33%) Selenium
9 3 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.25%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.25%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.25%) Maven
9 3 (0.25%) TestNG
9 3 (0.25%) Vite
9 3 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 476 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 467 (38.28%) Finance
3 407 (33.36%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (16.64%) Law
5 153 (12.54%) Marketing
6 135 (11.07%) Games
7 120 (9.84%) Banking
8 83 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
9 78 (6.39%) Retail
10 57 (4.67%) Legal
11 53 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 50 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (3.77%) Public Sector
14 43 (3.52%) Manufacturing
15 41 (3.36%) Financial Institution
16 39 (3.20%) Local Government
16 39 (3.20%) Telecoms
17 34 (2.79%) French Language
18 29 (2.38%) Dutch Language
19 25 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 269 (22.05%) Lead
2 239 (19.59%) Senior
3 194 (15.90%) Architect
4 114 (9.34%) Analyst
5 75 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
6 70 (5.74%) Developer
7 68 (5.57%) Senior Manager
8 65 (5.33%) Business Manager
9 59 (4.84%) Data Analyst
9 59 (4.84%) Lead Architect
10 53 (4.34%) Development Manager
11 52 (4.26%) Consultant
12 44 (3.61%) Software Developer
13 43 (3.52%) Business Development Manager
14 40 (3.28%) IT Manager
15 39 (3.20%) Finance Manager
15 39 (3.20%) IT Architect
16 36 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
17 35 (2.87%) Engineering Manager
18 33 (2.70%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (4.34%) .NET
2 31 (2.54%) REST
3 23 (1.89%) React
4 15 (1.23%) CSS
5 14 (1.15%) HTML
5 14 (1.15%) Middleware
6 13 (1.07%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.82%) AngularJS
7 10 (0.82%) RESTful
7 10 (0.82%) Vue
8 9 (0.74%) PyTorch
8 9 (0.74%) TensorFlow
9 8 (0.66%) Node.js
10 7 (0.57%) EDI
10 7 (0.57%) SAP CO-PA
11 6 (0.49%) LangChain
12 5 (0.41%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.41%) Laravel
13 4 (0.33%) Django
13 4 (0.33%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 100 (8.20%) Enterprise Software
2 78 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
3 70 (5.74%) Cyber Threat
4 68 (5.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 66 (5.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 65 (5.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 65 (5.33%) Operational Technology
7 64 (5.25%) Product Ownership
8 50 (4.10%) Management Information System
9 41 (3.36%) Cloud Native
10 37 (3.03%) Algorithms
11 36 (2.95%) Data Centre
11 36 (2.95%) Onboarding
12 33 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (2.13%) Data Structures
14 25 (2.05%) Social Media
15 23 (1.89%) Driving Licence
16 21 (1.72%) Blockchain
17 20 (1.64%) Mobile App
18 18 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.48%) Windows
2 16 (1.31%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.74%) Linux
4 3 (0.25%) SUSE
4 3 (0.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.082%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (29.75%) Roadmaps
2 309 (25.33%) Agile
3 303 (24.84%) Analytics
4 293 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
5 282 (23.11%) Risk Management
6 279 (22.87%) AI
7 256 (20.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 245 (20.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 223 (18.28%) Project Management
10 220 (18.03%) Mentoring
11 213 (17.46%) Decision-Making
12 177 (14.51%) Coaching
13 164 (13.44%) Business Intelligence
14 156 (12.79%) Business Development
15 148 (12.13%) ERP
15 148 (12.13%) IT Strategy
16 146 (11.97%) Cybersecurity
17 135 (11.07%) CRM
18 134 (10.98%) Technology Roadmap
19 115 (9.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 146 (11.97%) Python
2 100 (8.20%) SQL
3 67 (5.49%) JavaScript
4 39 (3.20%) TypeScript
5 21 (1.72%) Java
6 15 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.74%) Bash
8 9 (0.74%) C#
9 7 (0.57%) VBA
10 6 (0.49%) PHP
11 5 (0.41%) Scala
12 4 (0.33%) ABAP
12 4 (0.33%) Go
13 2 (0.16%) Bicep
13 2 (0.16%) C++
13 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.16%) R
13 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.082%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 344 (28.20%) Degree
2 84 (6.89%) Master's Degree
3 36 (2.95%) ACCA
3 36 (2.95%) CIMA
4 35 (2.87%) PhD
5 30 (2.46%) Numerate Degree
6 26 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.80%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 17 (1.39%) MBA
10 15 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.07%) SC Cleared
13 12 (0.98%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.98%) CREST Certified
13 12 (0.98%) OSCP
14 10 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.74%) CCSAM
15 9 (0.74%) CHECK Team Leader
15 9 (0.74%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (6.56%) NIST
3 69 (5.66%) Data Quality
4 65 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 47 (3.85%) GDPR
6 38 (3.11%) QA
7 29 (2.38%) Accessibility
8 28 (2.30%) SLA
9 27 (2.21%) PMO
10 13 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.82%) IFRS
12 9 (0.74%) IFRS 17
12 9 (0.74%) Solvency II
13 7 (0.57%) GRC
14 6 (0.49%) ISO 14001
15 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.41%) GLBA
15 5 (0.41%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.33%) EMIR
17 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (1.56%) Docker
2 17 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.082%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 22 (1.80%) Terraform
2 11 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.66%) Nessus
4 5 (0.41%) Ansible
5 4 (0.33%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.25%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.082%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.082%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (13.03%) SAP
2 129 (10.57%) Microsoft
3 70 (5.74%) Salesforce
4 55 (4.51%) Oracle
5 43 (3.52%) Adobe
6 40 (3.28%) Ariba
7 37 (3.03%) OpenText
8 34 (2.79%) Alteryx
9 33 (2.70%) Databricks
9 33 (2.70%) Dell
10 30 (2.46%) Bloomberg
11 25 (2.05%) YouTube
12 24 (1.97%) ServiceNow
13 23 (1.89%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.72%) Google
15 20 (1.64%) HubSpot
16 18 (1.48%) Qualtrics
17 17 (1.39%) Guidewire
18 15 (1.23%) OpenAI
19 12 (0.98%) Duck Creek