Business Strategy Jobs in the Thames Valley

Business Strategy
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 132 141
Rank change year-on-year +53 +9 -12
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 116 114 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.42% 1.70% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 2.00% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13 60 52
10th Percentile £48,000 £36,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £42,500 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,769 £56,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.44% -15.15% +20.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £73,963
90th Percentile £94,000 £75,000 £91,125
South East median annual salary £65,250 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.48% -11.54% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,188 5,701 5,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.90% 84.81% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 3,924 3,074
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,625 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the Thames Valley

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the Thames Valley

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the Thames Valley

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Berkshire +82 107 £85,000 +47.83% 44
Oxfordshire -6 8 £65,500 +31.00% 23
Buckinghamshire +16 1 £65,769 -2.57% 17
Business Strategy
South East

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 27 (23.28%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) WordPress
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.72%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.86%) Notion
2 1 (0.86%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.72%) Azure
2 29 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 27 (23.28%) Power Automate
3 27 (23.28%) PowerApps
4 21 (18.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 4 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.72%) Canva
8 1 (0.86%) AWS
8 1 (0.86%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.86%) Firebase
8 1 (0.86%) GCP
8 1 (0.86%) GitHub
8 1 (0.86%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.45%) LAN
1 4 (3.45%) WAN
2 2 (1.72%) Broadband
2 2 (1.72%) Mobile Broadband
3 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (24.14%) Power BI
2 26 (22.41%) Big Data
2 26 (22.41%) Data Lake
2 26 (22.41%) Tableau
3 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.86%) DTS
3 1 (0.86%) Looker
3 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
General
1 90 (77.59%) Law
2 40 (34.48%) Finance
2 40 (34.48%) Marketing
3 32 (27.59%) Social Skills
4 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.72%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.72%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.86%) Aviation
7 1 (0.86%) Legal
7 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (35.34%) Lead
2 21 (18.10%) Architect
2 21 (18.10%) Enterprise Architect
2 21 (18.10%) Salesforce Architect
3 17 (14.66%) Product Manager
4 16 (13.79%) Data Analytics Director
5 11 (9.48%) Senior
6 6 (5.17%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.31%) Programme Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Business Development Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Development Manager
9 2 (1.72%) Data Engineer
9 2 (1.72%) Digital Marketing Manager
9 2 (1.72%) IT Manager
9 2 (1.72%) Marketing Manager
9 2 (1.72%) Security Manager
9 2 (1.72%) Transformation Manager
9 2 (1.72%) Transformation Programme Manager
10 1 (0.86%) Digital Transformation
10 1 (0.86%) Head of Digital Transformation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (18.10%) Lightning Web Components
1 21 (18.10%) Middleware
1 21 (18.10%) REST
1 21 (18.10%) SOAP
2 2 (1.72%) CSS
2 2 (1.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.86%) .NET
3 1 (0.86%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.86%) CSS3
3 1 (0.86%) HTML5
3 1 (0.86%) Jest
3 1 (0.86%) PySpark
3 1 (0.86%) React
3 1 (0.86%) React Native
3 1 (0.86%) Redux
3 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.45%) FMCG
2 21 (18.10%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (15.52%) Product Ownership
4 17 (14.66%) PMI
5 4 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.72%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.72%) Blog
6 2 (1.72%) SCADA
6 2 (1.72%) Social Media
7 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.86%) Tandem
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.86%) Android
1 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (45.69%) Analytics
2 52 (44.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (44.83%) Data Governance
3 48 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (40.52%) Computer Science
4 47 (40.52%) Data Management
5 43 (37.07%) Service Management
6 40 (34.48%) Agile
6 40 (34.48%) Data Analytics
7 39 (33.62%) DevOps
8 38 (32.76%) Business Intelligence
9 36 (31.03%) Data Integration
9 36 (31.03%) Data Science
10 30 (25.86%) Data Analysis
11 29 (25.00%) Mentoring
12 28 (24.14%) Artificial Intelligence
12 28 (24.14%) Decision-Making
13 27 (23.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 27 (23.28%) Machine Learning
13 27 (23.28%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.10%) Apex Code
2 6 (5.17%) Python
3 3 (2.59%) SQL
4 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.86%) C#
5 1 (0.86%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.86%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 75 (64.66%) Degree
2 22 (18.97%) Master's Degree
3 21 (18.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (14.66%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.86%) HND
5 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (40.52%) Data Quality
2 16 (13.79%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.72%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.86%) GDPR
4 1 (0.86%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) Ansible
1 4 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 26 (22.41%) ServiceNow
3 21 (18.10%) Salesforce
3 21 (18.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 4 (3.45%) Aruba
4 4 (3.45%) Cisco
4 4 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.45%) Mellanox
4 4 (3.45%) NVIDIA
4 4 (3.45%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.72%) Adobe
6 1 (0.86%) Apple
6 1 (0.86%) Databricks
6 1 (0.86%) Google
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle