Business Strategy Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 225 171
Rank change year-on-year +43 -54 +31
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 834 598 1,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.42% 1.59% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.68% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 387 343 849
10th Percentile £40,859 £35,500 £39,624
25th Percentile £48,500 £46,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +0.84% +0.42%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £97,500 £94,200
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,077 35,635 68,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.99% 94.92% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,631 23,576 40,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
North of England +64 262 £60,000 -5.51% 156
South West +77 153 £65,000 +21.45% 28
South East -7 145 £67,500 +3.85% 86
North West +58 142 £57,836 -12.21% 126
Midlands -33 136 £50,000 -16.67% 111
West Midlands -30 80 £52,500 -14.29% 47
Yorkshire +6 78 £67,500 +13.40% 22
East of England -14 64 £68,750 +32.21% 42
Scotland -6 62 £67,500 -11.63% 145
East Midlands -27 55 £45,000 -25.00% 64
North East +17 42 £55,000 -46.34% 8
Wales +8 12 £67,500 +98.53% 5
Northern Ireland +23 1 - - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Business Strategy
UK

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 22 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.04%) Confluence
3 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.44%) SAS
5 4 (0.48%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
Applications
1 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.96%) Simulink
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.24%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Revit
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.80%) SAP ERP
2 12 (1.44%) SAP SD
3 9 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (1.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.72%) SAP WM
5 4 (0.48%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.24%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.24%) Magento
7 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.24%) TIBCO iProcess
7 2 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.12%) FastStats
8 1 (0.12%) Maximo
8 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 166 (19.90%) Azure
2 99 (11.87%) AWS
3 87 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (6.71%) GCP
5 49 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 42 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (2.76%) SaaS
9 19 (2.28%) PaaS
10 18 (2.16%) IaaS
11 17 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (1.92%) Nutanix
13 15 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.80%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.68%) Power Automate
15 10 (1.20%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.08%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.92%) LAN
1 16 (1.92%) WAN
2 12 (1.44%) DNS
2 12 (1.44%) Internet
2 12 (1.44%) Wireless
3 8 (0.96%) Ethernet
3 8 (0.96%) RS-422
4 7 (0.84%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.72%) Firewall
5 6 (0.72%) Network Security
6 5 (0.60%) RFID
6 5 (0.60%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.48%) Broadband
7 4 (0.48%) DHCP
7 4 (0.48%) MPLS
7 4 (0.48%) VoIP
8 3 (0.36%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.36%) VPLS
8 3 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
2 45 (5.40%) BigQuery
2 45 (5.40%) Looker
3 39 (4.68%) Tableau
4 33 (3.96%) Power BI
5 19 (2.28%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.20%) Power Query
7 9 (1.08%) GIS
7 9 (1.08%) MySQL
8 7 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.84%) Data Mining
8 7 (0.84%) QlikView
9 6 (0.72%) Big Data
10 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.48%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.36%) Metadata
12 3 (0.36%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (3.72%) JIRA
2 29 (3.48%) Git
3 8 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.24%) Postman
5 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.12%) LSMW
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 296 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 287 (34.41%) Finance
3 236 (28.30%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (11.39%) Law
5 87 (10.43%) Marketing
6 82 (9.83%) Legal
7 75 (8.99%) Retail
8 70 (8.39%) Public Sector
9 64 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 53 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (6.00%) Manufacturing
12 45 (5.40%) Billing
13 33 (3.96%) Telecoms
14 23 (2.76%) Banking
15 20 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (2.04%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (1.80%) General Ledger
19 12 (1.44%) Automotive
20 10 (1.20%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 163 (19.54%) Architect
2 122 (14.63%) Senior
3 94 (11.27%) Business Manager
4 92 (11.03%) Analyst
5 78 (9.35%) Lead
6 65 (7.79%) Business Architect
7 56 (6.71%) Data Manager
8 47 (5.64%) Business Development Manager
8 47 (5.64%) Development Manager
8 47 (5.64%) IT Manager
9 45 (5.40%) Engineering Manager
10 37 (4.44%) Project Manager
11 34 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (3.96%) Developer
13 31 (3.72%) Data Analyst
14 30 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
15 22 (2.64%) Senior Architect
16 21 (2.52%) Consultant
16 21 (2.52%) Enterprise Architect
16 21 (2.52%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.28%) .NET
2 19 (2.28%) CSS
2 19 (2.28%) HTML
3 18 (2.16%) Middleware
4 15 (1.80%) ARM Templates
4 15 (1.80%) Web Services
5 13 (1.56%) REST
6 11 (1.32%) React
7 10 (1.20%) XML
8 9 (1.08%) RESTful
8 9 (1.08%) XSLT
9 7 (0.84%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.84%) Pandas
10 6 (0.72%) Entity Framework
10 6 (0.72%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.60%) EDI
11 5 (0.60%) JSON
11 5 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (0.48%) IDoc
13 2 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.07%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.68%) Management Information System
3 16 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.44%) Clustering
7 11 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.32%) FMCG
8 10 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 10 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.08%) IoT
10 8 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (0.96%) Onboarding
11 7 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.84%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.72%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.64%) Windows
2 13 (1.56%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.20%) VMS
4 7 (0.84%) Linux
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (26.86%) Agile
2 219 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (18.35%) Project Management
4 141 (16.91%) Roadmaps
5 130 (15.59%) DevOps
6 118 (14.15%) Analytics
7 98 (11.75%) Strategic Thinking
8 94 (11.27%) Decision-Making
9 91 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 83 (9.95%) Data Modelling
11 74 (8.87%) ITIL
12 72 (8.63%) Business Case
12 72 (8.63%) Data Analysis
13 68 (8.15%) Line Management
14 67 (8.03%) Change Management
15 66 (7.91%) ETL
15 66 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 65 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
17 64 (7.67%) Business Development
17 64 (7.67%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 88 (10.55%) SQL
2 44 (5.28%) Python
3 30 (3.60%) C#
4 21 (2.52%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.92%) PL/SQL
5 16 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.44%) C++
7 11 (1.32%) PHP
8 9 (1.08%) Java
8 9 (1.08%) VB
9 8 (0.96%) R
10 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.36%) C
12 2 (0.24%) VB6
13 1 (0.12%) Bicep
13 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 190 (22.78%) Degree
2 51 (6.12%) Master's Degree
3 38 (4.56%) Security Cleared
4 32 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.12%) PMI Certification
6 24 (2.88%) PMP
7 23 (2.76%) MBA
8 22 (2.64%) SC Cleared
9 19 (2.28%) DBS Check
10 18 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
13 12 (1.44%) CISSP
14 10 (1.20%) ACCA
14 10 (1.20%) CIMA
15 9 (1.08%) APMG
16 8 (0.96%) CFA
17 7 (0.84%) Azure Certification
17 7 (0.84%) PhD
18 6 (0.72%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.63%) QA
2 34 (4.08%) SLA
3 23 (2.76%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.44%) GDPR
5 12 (1.44%) ISO 22301
6 11 (1.32%) NIST
6 11 (1.32%) PMO
7 8 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.60%) NCSC
9 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.48%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.48%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.36%) COBIT
11 3 (0.36%) COSO
11 3 (0.36%) GRC
11 3 (0.36%) ITGC
12 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 20 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.36%) Docker
6 2 (0.24%) LXC
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (1.44%) Ansible
2 8 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
2 8 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.48%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (0.36%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.91%) Google
3 45 (5.40%) SAP
4 35 (4.20%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.60%) Oracle
6 19 (2.28%) Databricks
7 16 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.92%) VMware
8 13 (1.56%) CA
9 9 (1.08%) Sparx
9 9 (1.08%) YouTube
10 8 (0.96%) Cisco
10 8 (0.96%) Computacenter
10 8 (0.96%) SYSPRO
11 7 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.84%) IBM
11 7 (0.84%) Qualtrics
12 4 (0.48%) Apple
12 4 (0.48%) OpenText
12 4 (0.48%) Siemens