Business Strategy Jobs in the South West

Business Strategy
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 126 133 180
Rank change year-on-year +7 +47 +15
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 53 185 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.49% 1.89% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.32% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 35 103 45
10th Percentile £50,336 £37,250 £41,800
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £50,765
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -3.36%
75th Percentile £78,125 £69,734 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,084 £115,000 £101,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,300 7,971 6,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.04% 81.38% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 5,719 3,481
10th Percentile £27,225 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the South West

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +46 30 £70,000 +12.00% 23
Devon +26 10 £51,729 -20.42% 3
Wiltshire +19 8 £62,500 - 8
Gloucestershire +47 3 £100,000 +56.86% 15
Dorset -4 2 £80,000 +77.78% 7
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 4 (7.55%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) SaaS
3 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.77%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.89%) Boomi
5 1 (1.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) BGP
1 2 (3.77%) Firewall
1 2 (3.77%) Network Security
1 2 (3.77%) OSPF
1 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.77%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) NoSQL
2 4 (7.55%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.89%) Big Data
4 1 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.89%) GIS
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
2 2 (3.77%) Git
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Forms
General
1 28 (52.83%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.96%) Finance
3 13 (24.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.43%) Retail
6 4 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.66%) Banking
7 3 (5.66%) Legal
7 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.77%) Marketing
9 1 (1.89%) Public Speaking
9 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Lead
2 7 (13.21%) Business Development Manager
2 7 (13.21%) Business Manager
2 7 (13.21%) Development Manager
2 7 (13.21%) Senior
3 6 (11.32%) Product Manager
4 5 (9.43%) Analytics Manager
4 5 (9.43%) Architect
5 4 (7.55%) FMCG Manager
5 4 (7.55%) Insight Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Data Scientist
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Product Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) GraphQL
2 2 (3.77%) REST
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.55%) FMCG
2 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.66%) PMI
4 2 (3.77%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.77%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.77%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.77%) SCADA
4 2 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Agile
2 14 (26.42%) Business Development
3 13 (24.53%) Roadmaps
4 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (22.64%) Project Management
4 12 (22.64%) Technology Strategy
5 11 (20.75%) Product Backlog
6 10 (18.87%) Analytics
6 10 (18.87%) Strategic Thinking
7 9 (16.98%) Project Delivery
7 9 (16.98%) Systems Engineering
7 9 (16.98%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (15.09%) Data Management
9 7 (13.21%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (13.21%) IT Strategy
9 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
9 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (11.32%) DevOps
10 6 (11.32%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Degree
2 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) CSPO
3 3 (5.66%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.66%) PMP
4 2 (3.77%) ACCA
4 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.77%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) CITP
5 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.77%) Avaloq
3 2 (3.77%) Databricks
3 2 (3.77%) Facebook
3 2 (3.77%) MuleSoft
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle
3 2 (3.77%) Sage
3 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.77%) UiPath
3 2 (3.77%) YouTube
4 1 (1.89%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.89%) SnapLogic
4 1 (1.89%) Workday