Business Strategy Jobs in the North of England

Business Strategy
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 146 170
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 +61
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 273 322 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.37% 1.84% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.21% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 127 233 150
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,854 £33,950
25th Percentile £46,530 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,836 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% - -0.08%
75th Percentile £63,900 £80,435 £80,000
90th Percentile £79,650 £87,470 £84,056
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year - -5.80% +6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,925 14,586 16,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 95.01% 83.43% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,720 11,195 8,014
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,658 £80,000 £82,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the North of England.

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the North of England

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West -5 215 £57,560 +0.10% 146
Yorkshire +16 48 £65,000 +4.00% 86
North East +23 8 £65,000 +18.18% 24
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 75 (27.47%) Confluence
2 3 (1.10%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.73%) IIS
3 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.73%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (9.16%) Azure
2 20 (7.33%) AWS
3 18 (6.59%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.83%) Boomi
4 5 (1.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 5 (1.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 4 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.10%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.73%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (0.73%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.73%) SaaS
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.37%) GCP
8 1 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.47%) LAN
1 4 (1.47%) WAN
2 2 (0.73%) DHCP
2 2 (0.73%) DNS
2 2 (0.73%) MPLS
2 2 (0.73%) VoIP
2 2 (0.73%) WPA
3 1 (0.37%) BGP
3 1 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.37%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.37%) Firewall
3 1 (0.37%) HSRP
3 1 (0.37%) IPsec
3 1 (0.37%) OSPF
3 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.23%) Power BI
2 6 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.47%) Tableau
5 3 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.73%) Big Data
6 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.37%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.37%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.37%) Metadata
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 74 (27.11%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 99 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 88 (32.23%) Manufacturing
3 68 (24.91%) Finance
4 26 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.33%) Legal
6 18 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (5.49%) Retail
9 13 (4.76%) Marketing
10 11 (4.03%) Banking
11 10 (3.66%) Electronics
12 9 (3.30%) Public Sector
13 7 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.83%) Back Office
15 4 (1.47%) Law
16 3 (1.10%) Local Government
16 3 (1.10%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
18 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 91 (33.33%) Lead
2 83 (30.40%) Architect
3 66 (24.18%) Solutions Architect
4 63 (23.08%) Lead Architect
5 59 (21.61%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 28 (10.26%) Business Manager
7 22 (8.06%) Senior
8 20 (7.33%) Delivery Manager
9 18 (6.59%) Analyst
10 17 (6.23%) Business Relationship Manager
10 17 (6.23%) Relationships Manager
11 15 (5.49%) Capability Manager
11 15 (5.49%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 15 (5.49%) Systems Engineer
12 14 (5.13%) Operations Manager
13 13 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
13 13 (4.76%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
14 11 (4.03%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (3.66%) Business Development Manager
15 10 (3.66%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.20%) EDI
2 2 (0.73%) Kafka
3 1 (0.37%) .NET
3 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) REST
3 1 (0.37%) SOAP
3 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (20.15%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.76%) Social Media
3 10 (3.66%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.83%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.47%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.10%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.73%) CCTV
8 2 (0.73%) IoT
8 2 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.73%) SCADA
8 2 (0.73%) Smart City
8 2 (0.73%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.37%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.03%) Windows
1 11 (4.03%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (44.32%) Agile
2 73 (26.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 68 (24.91%) Enterprise Architecture
4 67 (24.54%) ERP
5 62 (22.71%) Roadmaps
6 58 (21.25%) CAD
6 58 (21.25%) PLM
7 39 (14.29%) Data Analysis
8 38 (13.92%) Project Delivery
9 34 (12.45%) Mentoring
10 33 (12.09%) Business Case
11 29 (10.62%) Project Management
11 29 (10.62%) Risk Management
12 24 (8.79%) Analytics
12 24 (8.79%) Coaching
12 24 (8.79%) Programme Management
12 24 (8.79%) Strategic Thinking
13 23 (8.42%) ITIL
13 23 (8.42%) Time Management
14 20 (7.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.59%) SQL
2 16 (5.86%) Java
3 15 (5.49%) C
4 9 (3.30%) Python
5 2 (0.73%) PHP
6 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 113 (41.39%) BPSS Clearance
2 59 (21.61%) Degree
3 30 (10.99%) HND
4 19 (6.96%) DBS Check
5 12 (4.40%) ACCA
5 12 (4.40%) CCAB
5 12 (4.40%) CIMA
5 12 (4.40%) CIPFA
5 12 (4.40%) ICAEW
6 9 (3.30%) PMP
7 6 (2.20%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.83%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.10%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.37%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.93%) SLA
3 4 (1.47%) GDPR
4 3 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.10%) IEC 61508
4 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.47%) Ansible
1 4 (1.47%) Terraform
2 3 (1.10%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 64 (23.44%) SAP
2 58 (21.25%) Siemens
3 21 (7.69%) Atlassian
4 19 (6.96%) Microsoft
5 9 (3.30%) Cisco
5 9 (3.30%) Informatica
6 5 (1.83%) Dell
6 5 (1.83%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.47%) Aruba
7 4 (1.47%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.47%) Mellanox
7 4 (1.47%) NVIDIA
8 3 (1.10%) Facebook
8 3 (1.10%) Oracle
9 2 (0.73%) YouTube
10 1 (0.37%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.37%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.37%) Sparx
10 1 (0.37%) VMware