Business Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 104 97
Rank change year-on-year -51 -7 +60
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 102 201 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.38% 3.14% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 3.24% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 56 101 177
10th Percentile £42,375 - £38,400
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,100 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.32% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,200 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,232 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.15% -2.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,103 6,204 6,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.82% 96.80% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 3,220 4,736
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +5.10% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,108 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Birmingham -16 45 £58,700 -2.17% 10
Staffordshire -9 19 £56,250 +60.71% 4
Warwickshire -8 11 £65,000 -8.45% 7
Worcestershire -16 8 £55,000 -2.65% 4
Solihull 0 6 - -
Wolverhampton +21 1 £72,500 -10.49%
Walsall +14 1 £50,000 - 1
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (4.90%) Confluence
2 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.96%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.96%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.98%) Magento
3 1 (0.98%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.69%) Azure
2 10 (9.80%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (6.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 6 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
6 6 (5.88%) IaaS
6 6 (5.88%) PaaS
7 4 (3.92%) AWS
7 4 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.92%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.94%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.94%) SaaS
9 1 (0.98%) GCP
9 1 (0.98%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.98%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Firewall
1 2 (1.96%) Internet
2 1 (0.98%) RFID
2 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.98%) WAN
2 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) Power BI
2 5 (4.90%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.92%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.92%) MySQL
4 2 (1.96%) Big Data
4 2 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.98%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Git
2 5 (4.90%) JIRA
3 4 (3.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (28.43%) Finance
2 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.75%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.88%) Legal
6 6 (5.88%) Retail
7 4 (3.92%) Electronics
7 4 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Games
8 2 (1.96%) Law
8 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Back Office
9 1 (0.98%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.98%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.98%) Local Government
9 1 (0.98%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (18.63%) Project Manager
2 15 (14.71%) Business Manager
3 14 (13.73%) Analyst
4 13 (12.75%) Lead
5 11 (10.78%) Architect
6 10 (9.80%) IT Manager
7 8 (7.84%) Business Change Manager
7 8 (7.84%) Business Change Project Manager
7 8 (7.84%) Business Project Manager
7 8 (7.84%) Change Manager
7 8 (7.84%) Change Project Manager
7 8 (7.84%) Project Change Manager
8 7 (6.86%) Business Systems Manager
8 7 (6.86%) Functional Analyst
8 7 (6.86%) Salesforce Analyst
8 7 (6.86%) Systems Manager
9 6 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (4.90%) Compliance Manager
10 5 (4.90%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) .NET
1 6 (5.88%) ARM Templates
2 4 (3.92%) XML
2 4 (3.92%) XSLT
3 3 (2.94%) .NET Framework
3 3 (2.94%) EDI
3 3 (2.94%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.98%) Node.js
5 1 (0.98%) React
5 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.94%) IoT
6 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.98%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.98%) Blog
8 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.98%) FMCG
8 1 (0.98%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.45%) Agile
2 26 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (25.49%) Project Management
3 25 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (20.59%) Decision-Making
5 17 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 17 (16.67%) CRM
5 17 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (15.69%) Change Management
7 14 (13.73%) Enterprise Architecture
7 14 (13.73%) IT Strategy
7 14 (13.73%) Roadmaps
8 13 (12.75%) CI/CD
8 13 (12.75%) Continuous Integration
8 13 (12.75%) Validation
9 12 (11.76%) DevOps
10 11 (10.78%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (10.78%) Budget Management
10 11 (10.78%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) Bash
1 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.92%) Bicep
2 4 (3.92%) C#
2 4 (3.92%) C++
2 4 (3.92%) VB
3 1 (0.98%) Java
3 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.98%) SQL
3 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (25.49%) Degree
2 7 (6.86%) APMG
2 7 (6.86%) HNC
2 7 (6.86%) PMI Certification
2 7 (6.86%) PMP
3 5 (4.90%) CISM
3 5 (4.90%) CISSP
4 4 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.92%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.96%) CEH
6 2 (1.96%) CISA
6 2 (1.96%) CRISC
6 2 (1.96%) GIAC
7 1 (0.98%) CIMA
7 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) Accessibility
1 5 (4.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.96%) GDPR
3 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.96%) PMO
4 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.98%) NCSC
4 1 (0.98%) NIST
4 1 (0.98%) QA
4 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (22.55%) Microsoft
2 21 (20.59%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.88%) Oracle
4 5 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.92%) SAP
6 3 (2.94%) iManage
6 3 (2.94%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.98%) Adobe
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco
7 1 (0.98%) Google
7 1 (0.98%) Meraki