Business Strategy Job Trends in London

Business Strategy
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London 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 57 81 106
Rank change year-on-year +24 +25 +51
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 575 594 533
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.08% 3.83% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 4.05% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 218 174 222
10th Percentile £49,471 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £65,313 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £83,411 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +4.26% -5.88%
75th Percentile £105,938 £97,188 £97,500
90th Percentile £123,750 £113,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £73,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% +1.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in London

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in London

Business Strategy
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the London 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
Central London +33 97 £78,750 -10.00% 23
West London -33 11 £45,000 -30.77% 1
East London -23 7 £48,238 - 2
South London -23 6 - - 9
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (2.09%) Confluence
2 10 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.70%) Appian
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle Coherence
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 59 (10.26%) Maya
2 35 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.87%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.52%) Trello
6 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 23 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (2.78%) SAP IBP
4 9 (1.57%) SAP CO
4 9 (1.57%) SAP FI
4 9 (1.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 9 (1.57%) SAP FS
4 9 (1.57%) SAP FSCM
4 9 (1.57%) SAP IS-U
5 6 (1.04%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.70%) Endur
7 3 (0.52%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.35%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.35%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.17%) Magento
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 100 (17.39%) Azure
2 77 (13.39%) AWS
3 63 (10.96%) Power Platform
4 47 (8.17%) SaaS
5 43 (7.48%) GCP
6 21 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (2.96%) Snowflake
8 16 (2.78%) OCI
9 15 (2.61%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 14 (2.43%) Boomi
11 13 (2.26%) IaaS
11 13 (2.26%) PaaS
12 12 (2.09%) Figma
13 11 (1.91%) Datadog
14 10 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.57%) Adobe Analytics
15 9 (1.57%) dbt
15 9 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
16 8 (1.39%) GitHub
16 8 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.57%) Wireless
2 8 (1.39%) Broadband
3 4 (0.70%) ATM
3 4 (0.70%) Firewall
3 4 (0.70%) VPN
4 3 (0.52%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.52%) VLAN
4 3 (0.52%) WAN
4 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) 5G
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.17%) DHCP
5 1 (0.17%) DNS
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) NGFW
5 1 (0.17%) OSPF
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.09%) Tableau
2 57 (9.91%) Power BI
3 39 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.30%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.13%) SAP BW
6 12 (2.09%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.74%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (1.22%) DTS
10 6 (1.04%) Looker
10 6 (1.04%) Metadata
11 5 (0.87%) MySQL
11 5 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.87%) Power Query
12 4 (0.70%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.70%) Pinecone
12 4 (0.70%) Weaviate
13 3 (0.52%) Mixpanel
13 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.48%) JIRA
2 11 (1.91%) ERwin
3 9 (1.57%) Git
4 8 (1.39%) MLflow
5 7 (1.22%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.87%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.70%) Postman
7 4 (0.70%) Selenium
8 3 (0.52%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.52%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.52%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.52%) Maven
8 3 (0.52%) TestNG
8 3 (0.52%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.52%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.35%) JMeter
9 2 (0.35%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.35%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.17%) GitLab
General
1 292 (50.78%) Finance
2 228 (39.65%) Analytical Skills
3 202 (35.13%) Social Skills
4 174 (30.26%) Law
5 117 (20.35%) Games
6 97 (16.87%) Banking
7 79 (13.74%) Marketing
8 51 (8.87%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (7.13%) Financial Institution
9 41 (7.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (6.96%) Retail
11 36 (6.26%) Legal
12 30 (5.22%) French Language
13 29 (5.04%) Dutch Language
14 22 (3.83%) Telecoms
15 21 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (3.48%) Local Government
17 19 (3.30%) Public Sector
18 13 (2.26%) Publishing
19 11 (1.91%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 162 (28.17%) Senior
2 92 (16.00%) Architect
3 84 (14.61%) Lead
4 80 (13.91%) Analyst
5 50 (8.70%) Senior Manager
6 46 (8.00%) Data Analyst
7 39 (6.78%) IT Architect
8 36 (6.26%) Consultant
9 33 (5.74%) IT Manager
10 32 (5.57%) Lead Architect
11 29 (5.04%) Finance Manager
12 28 (4.87%) Senior Architect
13 26 (4.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 26 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (4.17%) Business Manager
15 23 (4.00%) Development Manager
16 21 (3.65%) Senior Consultant
17 18 (3.13%) IT Consultant
18 17 (2.96%) Business Development Manager
18 17 (2.96%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.00%) .NET
1 23 (4.00%) REST
2 19 (3.30%) React
3 11 (1.91%) GraphQL
4 10 (1.74%) AngularJS
5 9 (1.57%) CSS
5 9 (1.57%) Middleware
6 8 (1.39%) HTML
7 7 (1.22%) Vue
8 6 (1.04%) LangChain
8 6 (1.04%) PyTorch
8 6 (1.04%) TensorFlow
9 5 (0.87%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.87%) Node.js
10 4 (0.70%) Django
10 4 (0.70%) FastAPI
10 4 (0.70%) Hugging Face
10 4 (0.70%) scikit-learn
11 3 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (15.65%) Enterprise Software
2 56 (9.74%) Self-Motivation
3 55 (9.57%) Product Ownership
4 35 (6.09%) Algorithms
5 32 (5.57%) Cloud Native
6 30 (5.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 27 (4.70%) Management Information System
8 24 (4.17%) Data Structures
9 23 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (3.65%) Blockchain
10 21 (3.65%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.61%) Driving Licence
12 14 (2.43%) Mobile App
12 14 (2.43%) NHS
13 11 (1.91%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.91%) Social Media
14 10 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (1.57%) Reinsurance
16 8 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
16 8 (1.39%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.70%) Windows
1 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
2 3 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (37.04%) AI
2 205 (35.65%) Analytics
3 184 (32.00%) Agile
4 176 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
5 170 (29.57%) Roadmaps
6 117 (20.35%) Risk Management
7 115 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 109 (18.96%) Decision-Making
9 104 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
10 103 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 102 (17.74%) Mentoring
11 102 (17.74%) Project Management
12 92 (16.00%) IT Strategy
13 90 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 86 (14.96%) Mathematics
15 84 (14.61%) Thought Leadership
16 79 (13.74%) Coaching
17 71 (12.35%) Business Development
17 71 (12.35%) Data Analysis
17 71 (12.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 117 (20.35%) Python
2 54 (9.39%) SQL
3 42 (7.30%) JavaScript
4 18 (3.13%) TypeScript
5 16 (2.78%) Java
6 9 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.87%) Bash
8 5 (0.87%) Scala
8 5 (0.87%) VBA
9 4 (0.70%) Go
10 2 (0.35%) C#
Qualifications
1 253 (44.00%) Degree
2 60 (10.43%) Master's Degree
3 35 (6.09%) PhD
4 30 (5.22%) Numerate Degree
5 24 (4.17%) ACCA
5 24 (4.17%) CIMA
6 21 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
8 13 (2.26%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.09%) CREST Certified
9 12 (2.09%) OSCP
10 11 (1.91%) MBA
11 9 (1.57%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.57%) CCSAM
11 9 (1.57%) CHECK Team Leader
11 9 (1.57%) CHECK Team Member
12 6 (1.04%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.04%) PMP
13 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.87%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.22%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.35%) QA
3 24 (4.17%) GDPR
4 20 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.43%) Accessibility
6 12 (2.09%) SLA
7 9 (1.57%) IFRS
7 9 (1.57%) IFRS 17
7 9 (1.57%) Solvency II
8 8 (1.39%) NIST
9 5 (0.87%) PMO
10 4 (0.70%) EMIR
11 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (1.22%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 17 (2.96%) Terraform
2 8 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.39%) Nessus
3 5 (0.87%) Ansible
4 4 (0.70%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.52%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.17%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.04%) SAP
3 49 (8.52%) Salesforce
4 44 (7.65%) Oracle
5 34 (5.91%) Alteryx
6 30 (5.22%) Bloomberg
7 29 (5.04%) Adobe
8 24 (4.17%) Databricks
9 22 (3.83%) Dell
9 22 (3.83%) MuleSoft
10 17 (2.96%) Guidewire
11 15 (2.61%) OpenAI
12 13 (2.26%) ServiceNow
13 12 (2.09%) Duck Creek
14 10 (1.74%) Google
15 8 (1.39%) Ariba
16 7 (1.22%) Qualtrics
17 5 (0.87%) VMware
18 4 (0.70%) OpenLink
18 4 (0.70%) Pega