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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 46 124
Rank change year-on-year -34 +78 +25
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 533 760 579
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.78% 5.89% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 6.13% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 271 163 242
10th Percentile £60,484 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £65,779 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.57% +9.38% -2.44%
75th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £130,000 £114,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -5.80%

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 16,021 12,406 21,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.50% 96.10% 91.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,467 7,550 16,119
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,084
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 +36 140 £80,000 -13.51% 50
West London -39 25 £45,000 -8.16% 12
South London -35 16 £97,500 +5.41% 3
East London -36 2 £52,500 -58.00% 7
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 10 (1.88%) Confluence
2 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.94%) CMS
4 4 (0.75%) Appian
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.56%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (2.63%) Maya
2 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.25%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.56%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.38%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.38%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.38%) Shopify
7 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.19%) Endur
7 1 (0.19%) Magento
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (13.70%) Azure
2 51 (9.57%) SaaS
3 41 (7.69%) AWS
4 39 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 16 (3.00%) GCP
6 11 (2.06%) IaaS
6 11 (2.06%) PaaS
7 10 (1.88%) OCI
8 9 (1.69%) GitHub
9 8 (1.50%) Datadog
9 8 (1.50%) Snowflake
9 8 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.31%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.13%) Asana
11 6 (1.13%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (0.94%) dbt
12 5 (0.94%) Figma
13 4 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.38%) Wireless
2 17 (3.19%) Firewall
3 15 (2.81%) Network Security
4 11 (2.06%) SD-WAN
4 11 (2.06%) WAN
5 8 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (1.31%) Broadband
7 5 (0.94%) VPN
7 5 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.75%) ATM
8 4 (0.75%) DNS
8 4 (0.75%) Internet
9 3 (0.56%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.38%) DHCP
10 2 (0.38%) LAN
10 2 (0.38%) MPLS
10 2 (0.38%) VoIP
11 1 (0.19%) 3GPP
11 1 (0.19%) BGP
11 1 (0.19%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.94%) Power BI
2 29 (5.44%) Tableau
3 23 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.00%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.88%) DTS
6 7 (1.31%) Data Vault
7 6 (1.13%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.94%) Metadata
9 4 (0.75%) MySQL
9 4 (0.75%) Pinecone
9 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.75%) Weaviate
10 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.38%) Big Data
11 2 (0.38%) Power Query
11 2 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (2.44%) JIRA
2 9 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.69%) Metasploit
3 6 (1.13%) MLflow
4 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Postman
5 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 268 (50.28%) Finance
2 160 (30.02%) Social Skills
3 138 (25.89%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (12.20%) Banking
5 63 (11.82%) Legal
6 56 (10.51%) Marketing
7 49 (9.19%) Law
8 36 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (6.75%) Retail
9 33 (6.19%) Games
10 27 (5.07%) Financial Institution
10 27 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (3.56%) Public Sector
13 16 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.81%) Publishing
15 13 (2.44%) Telecoms
16 12 (2.25%) Back Office
17 8 (1.50%) Advertising
17 8 (1.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 150 (28.14%) Senior
2 76 (14.26%) Architect
3 63 (11.82%) Analyst
4 50 (9.38%) Senior Manager
5 39 (7.32%) Lead
6 35 (6.57%) Consultant
7 30 (5.63%) Data Analyst
7 30 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
8 28 (5.25%) Account Executive
9 24 (4.50%) Business Development Executive
9 24 (4.50%) Business Sales Executive
9 24 (4.50%) Sales Account Executive
9 24 (4.50%) Sales Executive
9 24 (4.50%) Senior Account Executive
9 24 (4.50%) Senior Sales Executive
10 23 (4.32%) Finance Manager
10 23 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (3.94%) Development Manager
12 20 (3.75%) Data Architect
13 18 (3.38%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.44%) .NET
2 8 (1.50%) React
3 7 (1.31%) LangChain
4 5 (0.94%) PyTorch
4 5 (0.94%) REST
4 5 (0.94%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.75%) Blazor
5 4 (0.75%) Django
5 4 (0.75%) FastAPI
5 4 (0.75%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.75%) Node.js
5 4 (0.75%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.56%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.56%) CSS
6 3 (0.56%) HTML
6 3 (0.56%) Middleware
6 3 (0.56%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.38%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.38%) EDI
7 2 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 31 (5.82%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (5.44%) Security Posture
4 28 (5.25%) Mobile App
5 25 (4.69%) Data Centre
6 23 (4.32%) Cloud Native
6 23 (4.32%) Cyber Defence
7 18 (3.38%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (2.06%) Blog
9 11 (2.06%) Data Structures
9 11 (2.06%) FMCG
9 11 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.06%) Social Media
10 8 (1.50%) Blockchain
11 7 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.31%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.56%) Windows
1 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.19%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (27.20%) Roadmaps
2 138 (25.89%) Agile
3 136 (25.52%) AI
4 110 (20.64%) Business Development
5 107 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (18.39%) Analytics
7 97 (18.20%) Mentoring
8 96 (18.01%) Decision-Making
9 85 (15.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (13.70%) Coaching
11 71 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 70 (13.13%) Risk Management
13 69 (12.95%) Business Intelligence
14 58 (10.88%) Creative Thinking
15 57 (10.69%) Thought Leadership
16 48 (9.01%) IT Strategy
17 46 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
18 45 (8.44%) Business Transformation
19 42 (7.88%) Machine Learning
19 42 (7.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.95%) Python
2 39 (7.32%) SQL
3 21 (3.94%) Java
4 14 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 10 (1.88%) Bash
6 7 (1.31%) C#
7 6 (1.13%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.94%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.75%) Go
9 4 (0.75%) VBA
10 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 134 (25.14%) Degree
2 35 (6.57%) ACCA
3 34 (6.38%) CIMA
4 28 (5.25%) CREST Certified
4 28 (5.25%) OSCP
5 23 (4.32%) Security Cleared
6 18 (3.38%) CCSAM
6 18 (3.38%) CHECK Team Leader
6 18 (3.38%) CHECK Team Member
6 18 (3.38%) Numerate Degree
7 15 (2.81%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.44%) CISSP
8 13 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.25%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.25%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.88%) CEH
10 10 (1.88%) CISM
11 8 (1.50%) CRISC
12 7 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.31%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.75%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.75%) NIST
4 15 (2.81%) QA
5 9 (1.69%) GDPR
6 8 (1.50%) PMO
7 7 (1.31%) Government Security Classifications
7 7 (1.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (1.31%) JSP 440
8 6 (1.13%) IFRS
8 6 (1.13%) SLA
9 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.75%) ITGC
10 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.56%) GAAP
11 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.38%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 5 (0.94%) Active Directory
1 5 (0.94%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) NLBS
3 1 (0.19%) Postfix
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.44%) Terraform
2 9 (1.69%) Nessus
3 8 (1.50%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.13%) Ansible
5 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.38%) DatAdvantage
6 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (7.32%) SAP
2 37 (6.94%) Dell
3 36 (6.75%) Microsoft
4 27 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 26 (4.88%) Oracle
6 18 (3.38%) Alteryx
6 18 (3.38%) Bloomberg
7 15 (2.81%) Databricks
8 12 (2.25%) Google
9 11 (2.06%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.88%) Workday
11 8 (1.50%) Ariba
11 8 (1.50%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.13%) Cisco
13 5 (0.94%) Guidewire
13 5 (0.94%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.94%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.75%) Blue Prism
14 4 (0.75%) LexisNexis
14 4 (0.75%) VocaLink