Business Strategy Jobs

Business Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 158 164
Rank change year-on-year +61 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,669 1,853 2,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.06% 1.87% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.26% 2.18% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 499 936 1,144
10th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £56,000 £47,500 £50,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £67,713
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -7.70% +4.17%
75th Percentile £94,375 £83,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £99,375 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £58,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.29% -2.00% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,147 84,812 96,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.75% 85.58% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 26,984 59,843 56,946
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the UK

Business Strategy
Top 18 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 10 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
England +69 1,522 £65,000 - 1,679
UK excluding London +24 800 £62,500 +6.29% 926
London +75 766 £90,000 +12.50% 974
Work from Home -11 314 £72,500 +20.83% 882
North of England +15 293 £57,836 -3.61% 219
North West +14 235 £57,836 -1.56% 134
South East +39 166 £65,250 +13.48% 337
East of England +128 139 £50,500 -8.18% 87
Midlands -20 84 £63,500 +7.63% 124
Scotland +63 57 £70,000 +47.37% 71
West Midlands +10 53 £72,500 +23.51% 73
South West 0 53 £62,500 - 82
Yorkshire +3 48 £65,000 +4.00% 68
East Midlands -5 30 £56,750 -9.20% 48
North East +30 8 £65,000 +18.18% 18
Wales +24 5 £75,000 +71.33% 15
Northern Ireland +28 3 - - 17
Isle of Man +15 1 £50,000 -

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 85 (5.09%) Confluence
2 46 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.72%) OpenEdge
5 11 (0.66%) IIS
6 5 (0.30%) CMS
7 3 (0.18%) nginx
7 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.12%) WordPress
9 1 (0.060%) Apache
9 1 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.060%) Moodle
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.060%) Solana
9 1 (0.060%) Totara
Applications
1 414 (24.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 36 (2.16%) Maya
3 33 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.30%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) SPSS
9 1 (0.060%) Notion
9 1 (0.060%) SPSS Modeler
9 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (1.26%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 9 (0.54%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.12%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.12%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.060%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 173 (10.37%) Azure
2 120 (7.19%) Power Platform
3 85 (5.09%) AWS
4 72 (4.31%) SaaS
5 40 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (1.86%) Power Automate
8 29 (1.74%) PowerApps
9 25 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (1.38%) GCP
11 21 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (1.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 18 (1.08%) Boomi
13 16 (0.96%) GitHub
13 16 (0.96%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 13 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (0.78%) Entra ID
14 13 (0.78%) Snowflake
15 10 (0.60%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.26%) WPA
2 14 (0.84%) Firewall
2 14 (0.84%) LAN
3 13 (0.78%) WAN
4 11 (0.66%) DNS
4 11 (0.66%) Network Security
5 10 (0.60%) VoIP
6 9 (0.54%) DHCP
7 8 (0.48%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.36%) MPLS
8 6 (0.36%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.30%) BGP
9 5 (0.30%) Broadband
9 5 (0.30%) OSPF
9 5 (0.30%) VPN
10 4 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.24%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.18%) EIGRP
11 3 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (5.93%) Power BI
2 89 (5.33%) Tableau
3 51 (3.06%) Data Lake
4 36 (2.16%) Big Data
5 33 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (1.86%) Metadata
7 24 (1.44%) NoSQL
7 24 (1.44%) SQL Server
8 12 (0.72%) SAP BW
9 10 (0.60%) Data Vault
10 9 (0.54%) IBM InfoSphere
11 8 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
12 7 (0.42%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.36%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 90 (5.39%) JIRA
2 8 (0.48%) Git
3 5 (0.30%) GitLab
4 4 (0.24%) Bazaar
5 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.060%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.060%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.060%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.060%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.060%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.060%) Visual Studio
General
1 905 (54.22%) Social Skills
2 873 (52.31%) Finance
3 606 (36.31%) Analytical Skills
4 475 (28.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 462 (27.68%) Banking
6 418 (25.04%) French Language
7 407 (24.39%) Financial Institution
8 406 (24.33%) German Language
9 235 (14.08%) Law
10 225 (13.48%) Marketing
11 130 (7.79%) Manufacturing
12 75 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
13 70 (4.19%) Legal
14 64 (3.83%) Games
15 60 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
16 57 (3.42%) Electronics
17 56 (3.36%) Retail
18 47 (2.82%) Public Sector
19 37 (2.22%) Advertising
20 31 (1.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 480 (28.76%) Analyst
2 405 (24.27%) Credit Analyst
2 405 (24.27%) Research Analyst
3 274 (16.42%) Lead
4 268 (16.06%) Architect
5 163 (9.77%) Senior
6 151 (9.05%) Business Manager
7 130 (7.79%) Solutions Architect
8 119 (7.13%) Development Manager
9 113 (6.77%) Business Development Manager
10 96 (5.75%) Lead Architect
11 72 (4.31%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 69 (4.13%) Enterprise Architect
13 45 (2.70%) Senior Architect
14 39 (2.34%) Product Manager
15 37 (2.22%) IT Architect
15 37 (2.22%) IT Manager
16 33 (1.98%) Senior Manager
17 32 (1.92%) Salesforce Architect
18 29 (1.74%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.92%) Middleware
2 28 (1.68%) Lightning Web Components
3 27 (1.62%) REST
4 22 (1.32%) SOAP
5 18 (1.08%) .NET
6 13 (0.78%) Kafka
7 12 (0.72%) EDI
7 12 (0.72%) React
8 10 (0.60%) PySpark
9 9 (0.54%) RESTful
10 6 (0.36%) CSS
10 6 (0.36%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.36%) HTML
11 4 (0.24%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.18%) ARM Templates
12 3 (0.18%) HTML5
12 3 (0.18%) LEMP Stack
12 3 (0.18%) XGBoost
13 2 (0.12%) SAP Fiori
13 2 (0.12%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 405 (24.27%) Credit Risk
2 404 (24.21%) Fixed Income
3 99 (5.93%) Management Information System
4 81 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
5 70 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
6 59 (3.54%) Product Ownership
7 38 (2.28%) FMCG
8 34 (2.04%) Social Media
9 31 (1.86%) Algorithms
9 31 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 30 (1.80%) PMI
11 23 (1.38%) Cloud Native
12 16 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 16 (0.96%) Onboarding
13 15 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (0.84%) SCADA
15 13 (0.78%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
16 11 (0.66%) Blockchain
16 11 (0.66%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.88%) Windows
2 30 (1.80%) Windows Vista
3 14 (0.84%) Linux
4 7 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.30%) Android
5 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Unix
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (35.17%) Decision-Making
2 546 (32.71%) Risk Management
3 436 (26.12%) Asset Management
4 430 (25.76%) Portfolio Management
5 415 (24.87%) Risk Assessment
6 412 (24.69%) Financial Modelling
7 405 (24.27%) Credit Risk Analysis
8 366 (21.93%) Agile
9 325 (19.47%) Roadmaps
10 276 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 254 (15.22%) Analytics
12 228 (13.66%) Project Management
13 208 (12.46%) Business Development
14 202 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
15 197 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 179 (10.72%) Mentoring
17 151 (9.05%) Artificial Intelligence
18 131 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
18 131 (7.85%) Enterprise Architecture
19 128 (7.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 87 (5.21%) SQL
2 86 (5.15%) Python
3 43 (2.58%) Java
4 25 (1.50%) JavaScript
5 23 (1.38%) Apex Code
5 23 (1.38%) C
5 23 (1.38%) C#
6 12 (0.72%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.42%) PHP
8 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.24%) R
8 4 (0.24%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.18%) C++
9 3 (0.18%) Scala
10 1 (0.060%) Bicep
10 1 (0.060%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.060%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.060%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 771 (46.20%) Degree
2 469 (28.10%) Master's Degree
3 406 (24.33%) CFA
4 125 (7.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (3.00%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.58%) PMI Certification
8 41 (2.46%) HND
9 36 (2.16%) Security Cleared
10 33 (1.98%) PMP
11 24 (1.44%) ACCA
12 21 (1.26%) CIMA
13 19 (1.14%) CCAB
13 19 (1.14%) CIPFA
13 19 (1.14%) ICAEW
14 18 (1.08%) SC Cleared
15 13 (0.78%) PhD
16 10 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
17 9 (0.54%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.05%) Data Quality
2 42 (2.52%) GDPR
3 33 (1.98%) Accessibility
4 21 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 21 (1.26%) SLA
5 19 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 14 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.84%) QA
7 13 (0.78%) PMO
8 7 (0.42%) NIST
9 6 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.18%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.12%) GRC
12 2 (0.12%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.12%) ITGC
13 1 (0.060%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.060%) COBIT
13 1 (0.060%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.24%) Docker
6 3 (0.18%) Samba
7 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (1.80%) Terraform
2 14 (0.84%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (0.78%) Ansible
4 10 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (0.60%) SCCM
5 4 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (0.18%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.12%) SCOM
7 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.060%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.060%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.060%) Kiali
8 1 (0.060%) Nessus
Vendors
1 406 (24.33%) Bloomberg
2 207 (12.40%) Microsoft
3 110 (6.59%) SAP
4 73 (4.37%) YouTube
5 62 (3.71%) ServiceNow
6 60 (3.59%) Salesforce
7 58 (3.48%) Siemens
8 43 (2.58%) Oracle
9 34 (2.04%) Cisco
10 28 (1.68%) Informatica
11 27 (1.62%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.32%) Atlassian
12 22 (1.32%) Citrix
12 22 (1.32%) Databricks
12 22 (1.32%) Dell
13 21 (1.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 16 (0.96%) Google
15 14 (0.84%) MuleSoft
16 13 (0.78%) Adobe
17 12 (0.72%) Facebook