Business Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 164 176
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +47
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,812 2,470 3,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.86% 2.29% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.40% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,238 1,580
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,469 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +0.75% +1.45%
75th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,803
% change year-on-year - +3.80% -3.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,920 103,131 145,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 95.65% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 59,805 60,258 83,543
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,456 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% +2.43% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +9.38%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +2 1,545 £65,000 -5.80% 542
UK excluding London -9 1,113 £60,000 - 332
Work from Home -27 612 £60,394 -10.53% 198
London +26 586 £80,000 -2.44% 220
North of England +29 323 £60,000 - 100
South East -30 233 £57,500 -11.54% 82
Midlands -46 184 £65,000 +32.65% 58
North West +12 179 £60,000 - 61
South West +43 176 £62,500 +13.64% 43
Scotland -8 133 £47,500 -26.92% 14
Yorkshire +43 115 £63,750 +3.66% 32
West Midlands -47 99 £62,500 +31.58% 35
East Midlands -3 85 £66,750 +21.36% 23
North East +7 29 £52,500 +5.00% 8
East of England -23 29 £55,000 -29.03% 41
Wales -19 20 £46,350 +3.00% 5
Northern Ireland +23 12 £58,800 - 6
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 45 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 33 (1.82%) Confluence
4 16 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.61%) SAS
6 7 (0.39%) Apache
7 6 (0.33%) nginx
8 4 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.22%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.22%) CMS
9 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.11%) Luigi
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 179 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 173 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
3 133 (7.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.17%) SPSS
6 2 (0.11%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.055%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.055%) Revit
7 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (1.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 35 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
3 21 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 12 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.39%) SAP SD
7 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.28%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.22%) SAP APO
8 4 (0.22%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.22%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.17%) Magento
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.11%) SAP R/3
10 2 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 323 (17.83%) Azure
2 232 (12.80%) AWS
3 135 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
4 128 (7.06%) Power Platform
5 126 (6.95%) GCP
6 97 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
7 96 (5.30%) SaaS
8 57 (3.15%) PaaS
9 55 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (2.92%) IaaS
11 38 (2.10%) Figma
12 32 (1.77%) SurveyMonkey
13 24 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
14 21 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (0.94%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.83%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.77%) Entra ID
18 13 (0.72%) Google Analytics
19 12 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
19 12 (0.66%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.93%) Firewall
2 24 (1.32%) Network Security
3 20 (1.10%) WAN
4 19 (1.05%) LAN
5 13 (0.72%) MPLS
6 10 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.50%) Internet
8 8 (0.44%) VPN
9 5 (0.28%) DNS
10 4 (0.22%) ADSL
10 4 (0.22%) SAN
10 4 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.22%) WLAN
11 3 (0.17%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.17%) VoIP
12 2 (0.11%) BGP
12 2 (0.11%) EIGRP
12 2 (0.11%) Intranet
12 2 (0.11%) OSPF
12 2 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (5.19%) Tableau
2 92 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (4.36%) Power BI
4 76 (4.19%) BigQuery
5 73 (4.03%) Looker
6 44 (2.43%) Data Mining
7 36 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (1.93%) SQL Server
9 32 (1.77%) Hadoop
10 30 (1.66%) Apache Ignite
10 30 (1.66%) Data Lake
11 19 (1.05%) Big Data
11 19 (1.05%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.55%) MySQL
12 10 (0.55%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.55%) QlikView
13 9 (0.50%) GIS
14 8 (0.44%) CockroachDB
14 8 (0.44%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 58 (3.20%) Git
2 48 (2.65%) JIRA
3 12 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.44%) Jaeger
4 8 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.11%) Maven
6 2 (0.11%) MLflow
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.055%) ERwin
7 1 (0.055%) JUnit
7 1 (0.055%) Postman
7 1 (0.055%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.055%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 613 (33.83%) Finance
2 449 (24.78%) Social Skills
3 427 (23.57%) Analytical Skills
4 209 (11.53%) Marketing
5 208 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 154 (8.50%) Banking
7 150 (8.28%) Public Sector
8 143 (7.89%) Retail
9 133 (7.34%) Law
10 98 (5.41%) Investment Banking
11 95 (5.24%) Legal
12 87 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
13 81 (4.47%) Billing
14 53 (2.92%) Police
15 50 (2.76%) Manufacturing
16 47 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
17 40 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
18 32 (1.77%) Social Science
19 22 (1.21%) Telecoms
20 18 (0.99%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 360 (19.87%) Architect
2 335 (18.49%) Analyst
3 258 (14.24%) Senior
4 236 (13.02%) Lead
5 136 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
6 101 (5.57%) Data Manager
7 95 (5.24%) Business Manager
8 91 (5.02%) Data Analyst
9 87 (4.80%) Strategy Analyst
10 86 (4.75%) Business Strategy Analyst
11 85 (4.69%) Senior Architect
12 79 (4.36%) Project Manager
13 78 (4.30%) Consultant
14 73 (4.03%) Engineering Manager
15 61 (3.37%) Enterprise Architect
16 59 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
17 56 (3.09%) Cloud Architect
18 52 (2.87%) Developer
19 51 (2.81%) Business Analyst
20 49 (2.70%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.47%) .NET
2 38 (2.10%) Kafka
3 36 (1.99%) Middleware
4 28 (1.55%) React
5 15 (0.83%) ARM Templates
6 12 (0.66%) CSS
6 12 (0.66%) EDI
6 12 (0.66%) HTML
6 12 (0.66%) JSON
6 12 (0.66%) RESTful
6 12 (0.66%) XML
7 11 (0.61%) REST
7 11 (0.61%) Spring Boot
8 10 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.50%) SOAP
10 8 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
10 8 (0.44%) Web Services
11 7 (0.39%) Pandas
11 7 (0.39%) Spring
12 6 (0.33%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 163 (9.00%) Self-Motivation
2 135 (7.45%) Product Ownership
3 104 (5.74%) Management Information System
4 69 (3.81%) Virtual Team
5 52 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 41 (2.26%) Cloud Native
8 32 (1.77%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.77%) Public Cloud
9 30 (1.66%) Taxonomies
10 27 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 22 (1.21%) Security Posture
12 17 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (0.88%) Market Risk
14 14 (0.77%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.72%) Blog
15 13 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (0.72%) Driving Licence
15 13 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.54%) Windows
2 37 (2.04%) Linux
3 12 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.33%) Unix
5 3 (0.17%) Android
5 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.17%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (25.11%) Agile
2 414 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
3 355 (19.59%) Roadmaps
4 341 (18.82%) Project Management
5 246 (13.58%) Analytics
6 227 (12.53%) Decision-Making
7 213 (11.75%) IT Strategy
8 203 (11.20%) Enterprise Architecture
9 199 (10.98%) Actionable Insight
9 199 (10.98%) DevOps
10 195 (10.76%) Business Development
11 185 (10.21%) Technology Strategy
12 171 (9.44%) Mentoring
13 148 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 147 (8.11%) Data Modelling
15 144 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 140 (7.73%) Line Management
16 140 (7.73%) Project Delivery
17 133 (7.34%) Business Case
18 132 (7.28%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 228 (12.58%) SQL
2 136 (7.51%) Python
3 58 (3.20%) R
4 41 (2.26%) C#
5 35 (1.93%) Java
6 28 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 17 (0.94%) Bash
9 16 (0.88%) PL/SQL
9 16 (0.88%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.61%) Bicep
10 11 (0.61%) PHP
10 11 (0.61%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.61%) VBA
11 5 (0.28%) C
11 5 (0.28%) Embedded C
11 5 (0.28%) XAML
12 4 (0.22%) RPG
13 3 (0.17%) JCL
13 3 (0.17%) REXX
Qualifications
1 462 (25.50%) Degree
2 195 (10.76%) Security Cleared
3 160 (8.83%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.14%) Master's Degree
5 67 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 50 (2.76%) DBS Check
7 40 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 35 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (1.77%) PhD
10 26 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.38%) CISSP
12 23 (1.27%) PMP
13 19 (1.05%) MBA
14 17 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.77%) APMG
16 12 (0.66%) CISM
17 11 (0.61%) Azure Certification
18 10 (0.55%) ACCA
18 10 (0.55%) CISA
19 9 (0.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (5.79%) QA
2 47 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 35 (1.93%) GDPR
5 17 (0.94%) NIST
5 17 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 16 (0.88%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.55%) PMO
8 10 (0.55%) SLA
9 8 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.39%) GRC
11 6 (0.33%) ISO 9000
12 5 (0.28%) COBIT
12 5 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.28%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 33 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.77%) Docker
3 11 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) RACF
6 3 (0.17%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.055%) LXC
Systems Management
1 19 (1.05%) Terraform
2 18 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.83%) Ansible
4 8 (0.44%) Kiali
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.17%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.17%) MAINVIEW
8 3 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 415 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 142 (7.84%) Google
3 103 (5.68%) Salesforce
4 76 (4.19%) SAP
5 56 (3.09%) Oracle
6 48 (2.65%) Databricks
7 37 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.04%) Sparx
8 32 (1.77%) Qualtrics
9 17 (0.94%) Alteryx
10 15 (0.83%) Adobe
10 15 (0.83%) BiZZdesign
10 15 (0.83%) IBM
11 14 (0.77%) CA
12 13 (0.72%) Juniper
13 12 (0.66%) Splunk
13 12 (0.66%) VMware
13 12 (0.66%) YouTube
14 10 (0.55%) Cisco
14 10 (0.55%) IFS