Business Strategy Jobs in Manchester

Business Strategy
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 118 112
Rank change year-on-year +18 -6 +72
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 67 108 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.96% 2.07% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 2.40% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 40 71 40
10th Percentile £24,649 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,875 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +4.17% -6.25%
75th Percentile £63,750 £80,000 £70,425
90th Percentile £72,500 £86,250 £100,250
North West median annual salary £57,560 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.17% -5.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,160 4,498 4,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.32% 86.33% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 3,431 2,489
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,773
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Manchester

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Manchester.

Salary trend for Business Strategy in Manchester

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in Manchester

Business Strategy
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Bolton -8 17 £40,000 -46.67% 5
Business Strategy
North West

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.88%) Azure
2 12 (17.91%) AWS
2 12 (17.91%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.48%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.99%) Amazon EMR
4 2 (2.99%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.99%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) MPLS
1 2 (2.99%) VoIP
2 1 (1.49%) BGP
2 1 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (1.49%) EIGRP
2 1 (1.49%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) HSRP
2 1 (1.49%) IPsec
2 1 (1.49%) OSPF
2 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.42%) Power BI
2 4 (5.97%) Tableau
3 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.99%) Big Data
4 2 (2.99%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.49%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.49%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.49%) Metadata
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 34 (50.75%) Finance
2 33 (49.25%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.93%) Legal
4 10 (14.93%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (10.45%) Retail
7 6 (8.96%) Banking
7 6 (8.96%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Marketing
9 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.49%) Electronics
10 1 (1.49%) Law
10 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (17.91%) Senior
2 10 (14.93%) Analyst
2 10 (14.93%) Architect
3 9 (13.43%) Business Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Data Engineer
5 4 (5.97%) Business Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Development Specialist
5 4 (5.97%) Lead
5 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Senior Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Business Development Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Development Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Lead Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Data Science Leader
7 2 (2.99%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) Kafka
2 1 (1.49%) .NET
2 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.49%) EDI
2 1 (1.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Social Media
2 4 (5.97%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.99%) CCTV
5 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.43%) Windows
1 9 (13.43%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.28%) Agile
2 22 (32.84%) Data Analysis
3 15 (22.39%) Coaching
3 15 (22.39%) Mentoring
4 14 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (20.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (19.40%) Change Management
6 12 (17.91%) Analytics
7 11 (16.42%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (16.42%) Roadmaps
7 11 (16.42%) Visualisation
8 10 (14.93%) Customer Experience
8 10 (14.93%) Data Modelling
8 10 (14.93%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (13.43%) ETL
10 8 (11.94%) Data Engineering
10 8 (11.94%) Decision-Making
10 8 (11.94%) Time Management
10 8 (11.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.39%) SQL
2 4 (5.97%) Python
3 2 (2.99%) PHP
4 1 (1.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) DBS Check
2 14 (20.90%) Degree
3 5 (7.46%) PMP
4 4 (5.97%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (4.48%) ACCA
5 3 (4.48%) CCAB
5 3 (4.48%) CIMA
5 3 (4.48%) CIPFA
5 3 (4.48%) ICAEW
6 2 (2.99%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 7 (10.45%) SLA
3 3 (4.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (4.48%) GDPR
3 3 (4.48%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) Informatica
3 3 (4.48%) Cisco
4 1 (1.49%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.49%) Facebook
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle
4 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.49%) VMware