Business Strategy Jobs in the North West

Business Strategy
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Business Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Strategy over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 142 178
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 -33
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 182 191 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.87% 2.39% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.50% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 130 57 92
10th Percentile £30,875 £37,500 £40,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,050
Median % change year-on-year - -0.08% +4.43%
75th Percentile £76,821 £80,000 £84,063
90th Percentile £85,092 £96,702 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £66,410
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.41% -0.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Business Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,075 7,639 8,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.17% 95.75% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,151 3,950 5,365
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,396 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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
Manchester -1 109 £62,888 +4.81% 39
Cheshire +12 37 £45,000 -25.00% 14
Merseyside +9 19 £61,250 +37.41% 4
Lancashire -6 13 £79,932 +33.22% 2
Cumbria - 1 £65,000 - 3
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 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (2.20%) Confluence
3 3 (1.65%) CICS
4 2 (1.10%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.85%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.20%) SAP APO
3 4 (2.20%) SAP MM
3 4 (2.20%) SAP PP
3 4 (2.20%) SAP SD
3 4 (2.20%) SAP WM
4 3 (1.65%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.55%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.55%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.55%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.84%) Azure
2 13 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 11 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.85%) SaaS
7 6 (3.30%) AWS
7 6 (3.30%) GCP
7 6 (3.30%) Google Analytics
8 5 (2.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 4 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.20%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (2.20%) IaaS
9 4 (2.20%) PaaS
10 2 (1.10%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.75%) Network Security
2 4 (2.20%) LAN
2 4 (2.20%) WAN
2 4 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.20%) WLAN
3 2 (1.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.75%) Oracle Database
2 5 (2.75%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.65%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.65%) DB2
3 3 (1.65%) Easytrieve
3 3 (1.65%) Tableau
4 2 (1.10%) Power BI
5 1 (0.55%) Power Query
5 1 (0.55%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Git
2 4 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 67 (36.81%) Finance
2 41 (22.53%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (20.88%) Social Skills
4 23 (12.64%) Retail
5 21 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 15 (8.24%) Marketing
7 13 (7.14%) Banking
8 9 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.85%) Aerospace
10 6 (3.30%) Advertising
10 6 (3.30%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.30%) Polish Language
11 5 (2.75%) Military
12 4 (2.20%) Back Office
12 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.20%) Legal
12 4 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.88%) Architect
2 30 (16.48%) Senior
3 23 (12.64%) Analyst
4 22 (12.09%) Lead
5 12 (6.59%) Enterprise Architect
6 11 (6.04%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.95%) Developer
7 9 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.40%) Technical Architect
9 7 (3.85%) NetSuite Developer
10 6 (3.30%) Account Manager
10 6 (3.30%) Business Manager
10 6 (3.30%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.30%) Graduate
10 6 (3.30%) Graduate Account Manager
10 6 (3.30%) Lead Enterprise Architect
10 6 (3.30%) Project Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.30%) Senior Data Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.04%) .NET
2 8 (4.40%) React
3 5 (2.75%) CSS
3 5 (2.75%) HTML
3 5 (2.75%) JSON
4 4 (2.20%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.65%) REST
5 3 (1.65%) XML
6 2 (1.10%) Middleware
7 1 (0.55%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.55%) JDBC
7 1 (0.55%) SOAP
7 1 (0.55%) Spring
7 1 (0.55%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.95%) Virtual Team
3 8 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.75%) Blog
7 4 (2.20%) LIMS
8 3 (1.65%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.65%) PMI
8 3 (1.65%) VSAM
9 2 (1.10%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.10%) Clustering
9 2 (1.10%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.10%) Photography
10 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.55%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.30%) Windows
2 3 (1.65%) zOS
3 2 (1.10%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.73%) Agile
2 40 (21.98%) Roadmaps
3 38 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (18.13%) Decision-Making
4 33 (18.13%) Project Management
5 30 (16.48%) CRM
6 27 (14.84%) IT Strategy
7 23 (12.64%) Analytics
7 23 (12.64%) Artificial Intelligence
7 23 (12.64%) Enterprise Architecture
7 23 (12.64%) Mentoring
8 21 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
8 21 (11.54%) Coaching
8 21 (11.54%) Project Delivery
8 21 (11.54%) Technology Strategy
9 19 (10.44%) Data Science
10 16 (8.79%) DevOps
11 15 (8.24%) Business Development
11 15 (8.24%) Visualisation
12 14 (7.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 34 (18.68%) SQL
2 24 (13.19%) Python
3 8 (4.40%) Bash
3 8 (4.40%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.85%) R
5 6 (3.30%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.75%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.75%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.20%) Bicep
8 3 (1.65%) C#
8 3 (1.65%) COBOL
8 3 (1.65%) JCL
8 3 (1.65%) REXX
9 2 (1.10%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.10%) Julia
Qualifications
1 34 (18.68%) Degree
2 27 (14.84%) Security Cleared
3 25 (13.74%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.59%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.40%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.30%) ACCA
6 6 (3.30%) CISA
7 4 (2.20%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.20%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.65%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.65%) MBA
8 3 (1.65%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.65%) PgMP
9 2 (1.10%) CAPM
9 2 (1.10%) PMP
9 2 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.55%) APMP
10 1 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.40%) QA
2 6 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.30%) SLA
3 4 (2.20%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (1.65%) GRC
4 3 (1.65%) ISO 9000
4 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.65%) ITGC
4 3 (1.65%) NIST
5 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.10%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (2.20%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.65%) RACF
2 3 (1.65%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 5 (2.75%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.20%) Terraform
2 4 (2.20%) ZABBIX
3 3 (1.65%) MAINVIEW
4 1 (0.55%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 38 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.09%) SAP
3 12 (6.59%) Google
4 11 (6.04%) Oracle
5 9 (4.95%) CA
5 9 (4.95%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.85%) Adobe
6 7 (3.85%) MuleSoft
7 6 (3.30%) Apple
8 4 (2.20%) Databricks
8 4 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.20%) Tanium
9 3 (1.65%) BMC
9 3 (1.65%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.65%) IBM
10 2 (1.10%) Coremetrics
10 2 (1.10%) Thales
11 1 (0.55%) Informatica
11 1 (0.55%) Liquidlogic