Business Strategy Jobs in the North West

Business Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 131 126 144
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 +40
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 203 180 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.59% 1.73% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.14% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 97 125 53
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,100 £37,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.17% -0.08%
75th Percentile £63,900 £77,500 £74,700
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,964 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the North West

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cumbria -9 89 £56,000 -13.85% 3
Manchester +14 61 £48,750 -22.00% 72
Lancashire -37 38 £57,836 -26.25% 50
Cheshire -17 13 £80,000 +77.78% 17
Merseyside +14 2 - - 10
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 74 (36.45%) Confluence
2 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.99%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.82%) Azure
2 15 (7.39%) AWS
3 14 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (1.48%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.48%) GCP
4 3 (1.48%) Snowflake
5 2 (0.99%) Amazon EMR
5 2 (0.99%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.99%) MPLS
1 2 (0.99%) VoIP
2 1 (0.49%) BGP
2 1 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (0.49%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.49%) Firewall
2 1 (0.49%) HSRP
2 1 (0.49%) IPsec
2 1 (0.49%) OSPF
2 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.40%) Power BI
2 3 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.48%) Tableau
3 2 (0.99%) Big Data
3 2 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 73 (35.96%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Git
General
1 88 (43.35%) Manufacturing
2 56 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.27%) Finance
4 15 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.40%) Legal
5 13 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.45%) Retail
8 6 (2.96%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.46%) Banking
10 4 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.48%) Law
11 3 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.99%) Marketing
13 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.49%) Automotive
13 1 (0.49%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 77 (37.93%) Lead
2 72 (35.47%) Architect
3 65 (32.02%) Solutions Architect
4 60 (29.56%) Lead Architect
5 58 (28.57%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 22 (10.84%) Business Manager
7 17 (8.37%) Business Relationship Manager
7 17 (8.37%) Relationships Manager
8 15 (7.39%) Capability Manager
8 15 (7.39%) Delivery Manager
8 15 (7.39%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 15 (7.39%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (6.40%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (6.40%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
9 13 (6.40%) Operations Manager
10 10 (4.93%) Analyst
10 10 (4.93%) Senior
11 9 (4.43%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.94%) Data Engineer
13 5 (2.46%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.46%) RESTful
1 5 (2.46%) Spring
1 5 (2.46%) Spring Boot
2 2 (0.99%) Kafka
3 1 (0.49%) .NET
3 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.49%) EDI
3 1 (0.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 54 (26.60%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.45%) Social Media
4 4 (1.97%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.48%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.99%) CCTV
6 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.46%) Windows
1 5 (2.46%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (50.25%) Agile
2 67 (33.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 62 (30.54%) ERP
4 60 (29.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (28.57%) CAD
5 58 (28.57%) PLM
6 44 (21.67%) Roadmaps
7 34 (16.75%) Data Analysis
8 29 (14.29%) Business Case
9 25 (12.32%) Project Delivery
10 20 (9.85%) Microservices
10 20 (9.85%) Software Engineering
11 19 (9.36%) ITIL
11 19 (9.36%) Programme Management
11 19 (9.36%) Risk Management
12 18 (8.87%) Requirements Management
13 17 (8.37%) Containerisation
13 17 (8.37%) Technology Roadmap
14 16 (7.88%) Coaching
14 16 (7.88%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.34%) Java
2 18 (8.87%) SQL
3 15 (7.39%) C
4 6 (2.96%) Python
5 2 (0.99%) PHP
Qualifications
1 105 (51.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 52 (25.62%) Degree
3 30 (14.78%) HND
4 11 (5.42%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.96%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.96%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.97%) ACCA
6 4 (1.97%) CCAB
6 4 (1.97%) CIMA
6 4 (1.97%) CIPFA
6 4 (1.97%) ICAEW
6 4 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.48%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.48%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.99%) PhD
9 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.49%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.43%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.94%) SLA
3 3 (1.48%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.99%) GDPR
4 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (7.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.48%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.99%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 59 (29.06%) SAP
2 58 (28.57%) Siemens
3 20 (9.85%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.94%) Informatica
5 6 (2.96%) Microsoft
6 3 (1.48%) Cisco
6 3 (1.48%) Google
6 3 (1.48%) Oracle
7 1 (0.49%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.49%) Facebook
7 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.49%) Sparx