Business Strategy Job Trends in Yorkshire

Business Strategy
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 94 118
Rank change year-on-year -42 +24 -10
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 62 77 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.84% 2.17% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 2.45% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 36 48 38
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £42,421
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +12.95%
75th Percentile £87,500 £89,063 £80,938
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £98,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% -0.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,905 3,146 4,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.79% 88.84% 79.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,551 1,531 2,524
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,619
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,625 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in Yorkshire

Business Strategy
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
West Yorkshire -22 48 £62,925 -25.97% 31
South Yorkshire -35 7 £91,216 +65.85% 14
East Yorkshire -16 6 £100,000 +53.85%
North Yorkshire -5 1 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.23%) Camtasia
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.61%) SAP CAR
1 1 (1.61%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
1 1 (1.61%) SAP IBP
1 1 (1.61%) SAP Retail
1 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (6.45%) AWS
4 4 (6.45%) SaaS
5 3 (4.84%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.84%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.61%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) NGN
2 2 (3.23%) LAN
2 2 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Power BI
2 4 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 24 (38.71%) Finance
2 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
3 17 (27.42%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (17.74%) Marketing
5 10 (16.13%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (9.68%) Games
6 6 (9.68%) iGaming
6 6 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.06%) Law
8 4 (6.45%) Legal
8 4 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (4.84%) Billing
9 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.61%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Analyst
1 10 (16.13%) Architect
1 10 (16.13%) Lead
2 9 (14.52%) Senior
3 8 (12.90%) Senior Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Business Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Category Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Senior Category Manager
5 5 (8.06%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (8.06%) Development Manager
5 5 (8.06%) Head of Development
5 5 (8.06%) Head of Sales
5 5 (8.06%) Lead Business Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Data Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Lead Architect
7 3 (4.84%) Designer
7 3 (4.84%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.84%) Marketing Manager
7 3 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
1 6 (9.68%) Sports Betting
2 5 (8.06%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.84%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.23%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.61%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.61%) NHS
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
5 1 (1.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) AI
2 17 (27.42%) Mentoring
3 16 (25.81%) Decision-Making
4 14 (22.58%) Analytics
4 14 (22.58%) Business Development
4 14 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 14 (22.58%) Technology Strategy
5 11 (17.74%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (17.74%) CRM
5 11 (17.74%) Process Improvement
6 10 (16.13%) Risk Management
6 10 (16.13%) Roadmaps
6 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (14.52%) Business Analysis
7 9 (14.52%) Coaching
7 9 (14.52%) Marketing Strategy
7 9 (14.52%) Strategic Planning
8 8 (12.90%) IT Strategy
8 8 (12.90%) Technology Roadmap
8 8 (12.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (3.23%) XAML
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) ACCA
2 3 (4.84%) CIMA
3 2 (3.23%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.23%) CBAP
3 2 (3.23%) IIBA
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.23%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.84%) Databricks
3 3 (4.84%) Google
3 3 (4.84%) SAP
3 3 (4.84%) TOWER Software
3 3 (4.84%) Xero
4 2 (3.23%) Apple
4 2 (3.23%) Draytek
5 1 (1.61%) IFS
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle