Business Strategy Job Trends in Kent

Business Strategy
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 66 54
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 +34
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 15 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.95% 0.98% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 1.27% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 4
10th Percentile £106,250 - £69,250
25th Percentile £118,750 £66,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £137,500 £70,000 £81,750
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -14.37% -14.84%
75th Percentile £143,750 £72,500 £96,750
90th Percentile - £81,500 £110,700
South East median annual salary £75,250 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.48% +3.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 572 785 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 74.38% 76.96% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 359 381 371
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £68,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Kent

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Kent region over the 6 months to 6 October 2025. 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
Tunbridge Wells - 11 £137,500 - 2
Maidstone +1 1 - -
Ramsgate - 1 - -
Business Strategy
South East

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure
2 11 (73.33%) AWS
2 11 (73.33%) GCP
2 11 (73.33%) SaaS
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 14 (93.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Back Office
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) .NET Developer
1 11 (73.33%) .NET Software Developer
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
1 11 (73.33%) Engineering Manager
1 11 (73.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (6.67%) Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Customer Insight Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Customer Services Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Development Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Insight Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Senior
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (80.00%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (73.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 11 (73.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (6.67%) Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Data Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.67%) MoSCoW
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.67%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (6.67%) SDLC
5 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (6.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) JavaScript
1 11 (73.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) BT
1 1 (6.67%) Salesforce