Business Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 97 96
Rank change year-on-year -37 -1 +74
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 97 140 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.39% 2.76% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.88% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 56 91 203
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,000 £43,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,850 £56,500 £53,860
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.90% -13.13%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £70,385
90th Percentile £73,750 £97,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,925 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% -3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,546 4,862 8,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 79.27% 95.78% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 3,025 5,324
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -7 45 £56,500 +5.12% 6
Staffordshire -11 19 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Warwickshire -13 8 £65,000 -31.58% 1
Solihull +7 6 - - 1
Worcestershire -22 4 - -
Shropshire 0 2 £40,000 - 1
Dudley - 2 £32,500 -
Wolverhampton +5 1 £72,500 -10.49%
Walsall 0 1 £50,000 -48.45%
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 (5.15%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (5.15%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (6.19%) SAP WM
2 3 (3.09%) SAP MM
2 3 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.06%) SAP BPC
3 2 (2.06%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.03%) Magento
4 1 (1.03%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.03%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.46%) Azure
2 13 (13.40%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.37%) Power Platform
4 7 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (7.22%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (4.12%) AWS
6 4 (4.12%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.12%) IaaS
6 4 (4.12%) PaaS
6 4 (4.12%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.09%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.03%) GCP
8 1 (1.03%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.03%) OCI
8 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.15%) RFID
2 2 (2.06%) Firewall
2 2 (2.06%) Internet
3 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.03%) WAN
3 1 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.31%) Power BI
2 4 (4.12%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (4.12%) MySQL
3 3 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.06%) Big Data
4 2 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.06%) Power Query
4 2 (2.06%) Tableau
5 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) JIRA
2 4 (4.12%) Git
2 4 (4.12%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.03%) LSMW
General
1 26 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.77%) Finance
3 20 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (10.31%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.28%) Legal
6 7 (7.22%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.15%) Retail
8 4 (4.12%) Electronics
9 3 (3.09%) Law
9 3 (3.09%) Marketing
10 2 (2.06%) Games
10 2 (2.06%) General Ledger
10 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Back Office
11 1 (1.03%) Local Government
11 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.03%) Police
11 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (17.53%) Business Manager
2 15 (15.46%) Analyst
3 14 (14.43%) Project Manager
4 12 (12.37%) Lead
5 11 (11.34%) Business Analyst
6 10 (10.31%) IT Manager
7 9 (9.28%) Architect
8 8 (8.25%) Business Change Manager
8 8 (8.25%) Business Change Project Manager
8 8 (8.25%) Business Project Manager
8 8 (8.25%) Change Manager
8 8 (8.25%) Change Project Manager
8 8 (8.25%) Developer
8 8 (8.25%) Project Change Manager
9 7 (7.22%) Business Systems Manager
9 7 (7.22%) Systems Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Compliance Manager
10 5 (5.15%) IT Services Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Service Management Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) .NET
1 4 (4.12%) ARM Templates
1 4 (4.12%) XML
1 4 (4.12%) XSLT
2 3 (3.09%) .NET Framework
2 3 (3.09%) EDI
2 3 (3.09%) Entity Framework
3 2 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.22%) FMCG
3 4 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.09%) IoT
5 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.06%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.03%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.03%) Blog
6 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (22.68%) Project Management
3 21 (21.65%) Change Management
4 20 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (19.59%) Decision-Making
5 19 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (18.56%) Agile
6 18 (18.56%) Business Analysis
7 16 (16.49%) PRINCE2
8 14 (14.43%) Roadmaps
9 12 (12.37%) Business Case
9 12 (12.37%) CRM
10 11 (11.34%) Analytics
10 11 (11.34%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (11.34%) IT Strategy
10 11 (11.34%) Service Delivery
11 10 (10.31%) Configuration Management
11 10 (10.31%) Information Security
11 10 (10.31%) ITSM
11 10 (10.31%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.15%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.12%) Bash
2 4 (4.12%) Bicep
2 4 (4.12%) C#
2 4 (4.12%) C++
2 4 (4.12%) VB
3 2 (2.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (23.71%) Degree
2 7 (7.22%) APMG
2 7 (7.22%) PMI Certification
2 7 (7.22%) PMP
3 5 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.12%) CISM
4 4 (4.12%) CISSP
4 4 (4.12%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.12%) HNC
5 2 (2.06%) ACCA
5 2 (2.06%) CEH
5 2 (2.06%) CIMA
5 2 (2.06%) CISA
5 2 (2.06%) CRISC
5 2 (2.06%) GIAC
5 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) Accessibility
1 5 (5.15%) Data Quality
1 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.12%) GDPR
2 4 (4.12%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.03%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.03%) NCSC
4 1 (1.03%) PMO
4 1 (1.03%) QA
4 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.12%) Terraform
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.43%) Salesforce
3 11 (11.34%) SAP
4 6 (6.19%) Oracle
5 5 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.03%) Adobe
6 1 (1.03%) Cisco
6 1 (1.03%) Google
6 1 (1.03%) Meraki