Business Strategy Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Business Strategy
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 78 99
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 +11
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 33 19 44
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.78% 1.32% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.50% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 24
10th Percentile £54,000 £45,300 £46,250
25th Percentile £66,125 £54,063 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £67,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -1.82% +11.79%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,662 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,000 £95,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £73,000 £67,500 £77,207
% change year-on-year +8.15% -12.57% +25.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,487 1,268 1,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 80.20% 88.36% 91.60%
Number of salaries quoted 872 629 1,426
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,875 £41,250 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,500 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in West Yorkshire

Business Strategy
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Leeds -13 23 £85,000 +18.52% 11
Bradford -9 9 £77,500 +14.81% 3
Business Strategy
Yorkshire

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) HCL Notes
1 2 (6.06%) IIS
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) SAP CO
1 3 (9.09%) SAP FI
1 3 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (9.09%) SAP PS
1 3 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (3.03%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) AWS
2 8 (24.24%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.09%) GCP
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon Cognito
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon S3
5 2 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.06%) Serverless
5 2 (6.06%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (3.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Broadband
1 1 (3.03%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (9.09%) MongoDB
1 3 (9.09%) MySQL
1 3 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (9.09%) SAP HANA
2 2 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Marketing
4 3 (9.09%) Retail
5 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Advertising
6 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Lead
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Consultant
3 5 (15.15%) Developer
3 5 (15.15%) Senior
3 5 (15.15%) Software Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Lead Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Lead Python Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Lead Software Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Principal Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Principal SAP Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS Developer
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Lead Architect
5 2 (6.06%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) RESTful
1 3 (9.09%) SAP Basis
1 3 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (9.09%) SAPUI5
2 2 (6.06%) .NET
2 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (6.06%) OpenAPI
2 2 (6.06%) Swagger
2 2 (6.06%) WCF
3 1 (3.03%) cXML
3 1 (3.03%) EDI
3 1 (3.03%) REST
3 1 (3.03%) SOAP
3 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (9.09%) Marketing Technology
1 3 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 3 (9.09%) Public Cloud
1 3 (9.09%) Replication
1 3 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.06%) Low-Code
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) SUSE
1 3 (9.09%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
1 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Roadmaps
2 13 (39.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (30.30%) Mentoring
3 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (27.27%) Technology Roadmap
5 7 (21.21%) Agile
5 7 (21.21%) Project Delivery
6 6 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (18.18%) IT Strategy
6 6 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (15.15%) AI
7 5 (15.15%) Analytics
7 5 (15.15%) Business Continuity
7 5 (15.15%) Coaching
7 5 (15.15%) Migration
7 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.12%) CRM
8 4 (12.12%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (6.06%) C#
3 2 (6.06%) C++
3 2 (6.06%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.03%) ActionScript
4 1 (3.03%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) ACCA
2 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
2 2 (6.06%) CIMA
2 2 (6.06%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (15.15%) NIST
2 4 (12.12%) QA
3 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (6.06%) GRC
4 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.06%) SOC 2
5 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) SAP
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Ariba
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle
4 3 (9.09%) Concur
5 2 (6.06%) Lotus
5 2 (6.06%) Sparx
6 1 (3.03%) Remedy