Business Strategy Jobs in the Midlands

Business Strategy
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 168 106
Rank change year-on-year -11 -62 +16
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 82 169 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.19% 1.31% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.64% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 60 82 134
10th Percentile £24,196 £31,863 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,063 £45,000 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £58,700 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +14.54% -7.66%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,438 £67,200
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,329 10,318 8,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.22% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 7,406 4,404
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands +12 51 £67,500 +20.00% 76
East Midlands +6 30 £63,500 +1.60% 48
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (3.66%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.22%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.44%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.44%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.22%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.22%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.32%) AWS
3 4 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (3.66%) Amazon S3
4 3 (3.66%) Amazon SageMaker
4 3 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (3.66%) Azure
4 3 (3.66%) GitHub
4 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.66%) Serverless
5 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) MPLS
2 2 (2.44%) Internet
2 2 (2.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Tableau
2 3 (3.66%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (3.66%) Parquet
2 3 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.66%) Power BI
2 3 (3.66%) Spark SQL
3 1 (1.22%) Big Data
3 1 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Git
1 3 (3.66%) GitLab
General
1 22 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.61%) Finance
3 12 (14.63%) Marketing
3 12 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.20%) Retail
5 9 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (6.10%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.10%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.88%) Law
8 4 (4.88%) Legal
9 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.22%) Banking
10 1 (1.22%) Local Government
10 1 (1.22%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Architect
2 19 (23.17%) Enterprise Architect
3 8 (9.76%) Operations Manager
4 7 (8.54%) Analyst
5 6 (7.32%) Marketing Manager
6 5 (6.10%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (4.88%) Development Specialist
7 4 (4.88%) HR Analyst
7 4 (4.88%) SAP Analyst
7 4 (4.88%) SAP HR Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) Consultant
8 3 (3.66%) Data Manager
8 3 (3.66%) ICT Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) ICT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) SAP Consultant
9 2 (2.44%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.44%) SAP CO Consultant
9 2 (2.44%) SAP FI Consultant
9 2 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) ARM Templates
1 3 (3.66%) PySpark
1 3 (3.66%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (7.32%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.66%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (3.66%) SCADA
4 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.44%) CCTV
4 2 (2.44%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.44%) TM Forum
4 2 (2.44%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.22%) Media Streaming
5 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.15%) Roadmaps
2 21 (25.61%) Analytics
2 21 (25.61%) Enterprise Architecture
3 18 (21.95%) Technology Roadmap
4 17 (20.73%) Data Modelling
5 16 (19.51%) Data Architecture
5 16 (19.51%) Decision-Making
6 15 (18.29%) IT Strategy
6 15 (18.29%) Technology Strategy
7 13 (15.85%) Agile
8 12 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (12.20%) Software Engineering
11 9 (10.98%) Artificial Intelligence
11 9 (10.98%) B2B
11 9 (10.98%) CRM
11 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
11 9 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (10.98%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) Python
1 6 (7.32%) SQL
2 3 (3.66%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (15.85%) Degree
2 9 (10.98%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.88%) GISP
4 3 (3.66%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (3.66%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.66%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (3.66%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.44%) HNC
5 2 (2.44%) HND
6 1 (1.22%) ACCA
6 1 (1.22%) CIMA
6 1 (1.22%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.20%) GDPR
2 6 (7.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 4 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (4.88%) SLA
4 3 (3.66%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.22%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Terraform
2 2 (2.44%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 8 (9.76%) SAP
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.66%) Databricks
3 3 (3.66%) Facebook
3 3 (3.66%) YouTube
4 2 (2.44%) Cisco
4 2 (2.44%) VMware
5 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.22%) Siemens