Business Strategy Job Trends in Lancashire

Business Strategy
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire 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 56 51 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +35
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 5 20 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.44% 2.51% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 2.75% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 6
10th Percentile - £53,253 £54,196
25th Percentile £37,500 £56,590 £73,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,205 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% -22.18% +33.22%
75th Percentile £42,500 £66,067 £84,964
90th Percentile £64,374 £67,140 £89,982
North West median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% -8.15% +9.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 968 727 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.62% 91.22% 77.71%
Number of salaries quoted 282 435 300
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,450 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%
75th Percentile £54,798 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,606 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

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

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in Lancashire

Business Strategy
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Lancashire 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
Preston +7 4 £40,000 -37.40% 7
Blackpool -7 1 £77,647 +34.25%
Business Strategy
North West

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Data Governance
1 4 (80.00%) Data Management
1 4 (80.00%) Data Security
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility