Business Strategy Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 179 171
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,131 1,132 1,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.46% 2.03% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 2.12% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 644 493 820
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,050 £37,725
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £60,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +6.52% -2.04%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £70,385
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £84,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,035 53,281 70,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.55% 95.49% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 42,876 28,319 41,331
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +12 327 £58,800 -2.00% 86
South East 0 241 £57,500 -12.88% 77
South West +41 184 £62,500 +11.61% 48
North West +10 180 £57,500 -4.17% 52
Midlands -64 169 £58,700 +11.81% 61
Scotland -11 136 £49,500 -35.20% 16
Yorkshire +20 111 £62,500 +1.63% 25
West Midlands -66 101 £56,250 +12.50% 46
East Midlands -38 67 £62,500 +4.17% 15
East of England -53 39 £55,000 -29.03% 39
North East +7 36 £57,500 +28.49% 10
Wales -17 21 £43,775 -2.72% 5
Northern Ireland +18 12 £58,800 - 16
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 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 32 (2.83%) Confluence
2 31 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.88%) SAS
4 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.44%) Apache
5 5 (0.44%) nginx
6 4 (0.35%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 42 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.088%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.088%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 19 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.62%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.53%) SAP MM
6 6 (0.53%) SAP SD
6 6 (0.53%) SAP WM
7 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.35%) SAP APO
8 4 (0.35%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.27%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.088%) Adobe Campaign
11 1 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.088%) FastStats
11 1 (0.088%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 203 (17.95%) Azure
2 134 (11.85%) AWS
3 122 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
4 88 (7.78%) GCP
5 76 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (6.45%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (3.98%) SaaS
9 32 (2.83%) Figma
9 32 (2.83%) SurveyMonkey
10 19 (1.68%) PaaS
11 18 (1.59%) IaaS
12 17 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (1.06%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.88%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
15 8 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 7 (0.62%) Entra ID
16 7 (0.62%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.41%) Network Security
1 16 (1.41%) WAN
2 15 (1.33%) LAN
3 12 (1.06%) Firewall
4 9 (0.80%) Internet
5 8 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.35%) ADSL
6 4 (0.35%) Broadband
6 4 (0.35%) DNS
6 4 (0.35%) WLAN
7 3 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.27%) VoIP
8 2 (0.18%) DSL
8 2 (0.18%) HTTP
8 2 (0.18%) RFID
8 2 (0.18%) SSL
9 1 (0.088%) Intranet
9 1 (0.088%) NAS
9 1 (0.088%) SAN
9 1 (0.088%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (7.52%) Data Warehouse
2 74 (6.54%) BigQuery
3 72 (6.37%) Looker
4 41 (3.63%) Power BI
5 38 (3.36%) Tableau
6 21 (1.86%) SQL Server
7 15 (1.33%) MySQL
8 13 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.06%) GIS
10 9 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.62%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.62%) QlikView
12 6 (0.53%) Big Data
12 6 (0.53%) Metadata
12 6 (0.53%) Power Query
13 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 39 (3.45%) Git
1 39 (3.45%) JIRA
2 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.18%) MLflow
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.088%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 404 (35.72%) Finance
2 270 (23.87%) Analytical Skills
3 243 (21.49%) Social Skills
4 159 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 145 (12.82%) Marketing
6 124 (10.96%) Law
7 113 (9.99%) Public Sector
8 82 (7.25%) Retail
9 72 (6.37%) Billing
10 64 (5.66%) Legal
11 50 (4.42%) Banking
12 46 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (3.98%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.83%) Social Science
15 28 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (2.48%) Police
16 23 (2.03%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.50%) Investment Banking
18 15 (1.33%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 216 (19.10%) Architect
2 183 (16.18%) Lead
3 142 (12.56%) Analyst
4 132 (11.67%) Senior
5 92 (8.13%) Data Manager
6 81 (7.16%) Solutions Architect
7 78 (6.90%) Business Manager
8 74 (6.54%) Project Manager
9 73 (6.45%) Engineering Manager
10 46 (4.07%) Enterprise Architect
11 44 (3.89%) Consultant
11 44 (3.89%) Data Analyst
12 41 (3.63%) Developer
13 40 (3.54%) Senior Architect
14 39 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
15 35 (3.09%) Development Manager
15 35 (3.09%) IT Manager
16 31 (2.74%) Business Development Manager
17 29 (2.56%) Principal Architect
18 27 (2.39%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.66%) .NET
2 31 (2.74%) React
3 20 (1.77%) CSS
3 20 (1.77%) HTML
4 13 (1.15%) ARM Templates
5 9 (0.80%) EDI
6 8 (0.71%) JSON
6 8 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (0.71%) XML
7 7 (0.62%) .NET Framework
7 7 (0.62%) Pandas
8 6 (0.53%) IDoc
9 5 (0.44%) REST
9 5 (0.44%) Web Services
9 5 (0.44%) WPF
10 4 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (0.35%) CSS3
10 4 (0.35%) HTML5
10 4 (0.35%) jQuery
10 4 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 121 (10.70%) Product Ownership
2 59 (5.22%) Management Information System
3 50 (4.42%) Virtual Team
4 32 (2.83%) Cloud Native
5 28 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.12%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.41%) Market Risk
10 13 (1.15%) FMCG
10 13 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 11 (0.97%) Driving Licence
11 11 (0.97%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (0.88%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.71%) PMI
15 7 (0.62%) Acoustics
15 7 (0.62%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.83%) Windows
2 20 (1.77%) Linux
3 6 (0.53%) Unix
3 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.18%) AIX
5 2 (0.18%) Android
5 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (22.37%) Agile
3 237 (20.95%) Roadmaps
4 236 (20.87%) Project Management
5 153 (13.53%) Actionable Insight
6 143 (12.64%) Analytics
7 138 (12.20%) DevOps
8 131 (11.58%) Business Development
9 130 (11.49%) Enterprise Architecture
10 126 (11.14%) Decision-Making
11 113 (9.99%) ITIL
12 112 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (9.90%) Line Management
13 109 (9.64%) Business Case
14 103 (9.11%) IT Strategy
15 101 (8.93%) Data Modelling
16 95 (8.40%) Service Delivery
17 92 (8.13%) CI/CD
18 90 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
19 89 (7.87%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 117 (10.34%) SQL
2 58 (5.13%) Python
3 41 (3.63%) R
4 29 (2.56%) C#
5 27 (2.39%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.33%) Bash
7 14 (1.24%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.06%) Java
9 11 (0.97%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.80%) PHP
11 8 (0.71%) Bicep
12 7 (0.62%) VBA
13 6 (0.53%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.44%) C
14 5 (0.44%) C++
14 5 (0.44%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.44%) XAML
15 4 (0.35%) RPG
15 4 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 281 (24.85%) Degree
2 149 (13.17%) Security Cleared
3 129 (11.41%) SC Cleared
4 62 (5.48%) Master's Degree
5 42 (3.71%) TOGAF Certification
6 34 (3.01%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.92%) DBS Check
8 32 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.83%) PhD
9 23 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.03%) PMP
10 18 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.41%) MBA
12 14 (1.24%) APMG
13 11 (0.97%) CISA
14 10 (0.88%) CISSP
15 8 (0.71%) HNC
16 7 (0.62%) Azure Certification
17 6 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (8.66%) QA
2 34 (3.01%) Data Quality
3 19 (1.68%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.33%) GDPR
6 11 (0.97%) SLA
7 9 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.71%) PMO
9 7 (0.62%) COBIT
9 7 (0.62%) NIST
10 6 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.53%) ITGC
10 6 (0.53%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.44%) GRC
12 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.35%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
System Software
1 18 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.27%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.088%) Docker
5 1 (0.088%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.88%) Terraform
2 5 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.35%) ZABBIX
4 3 (0.27%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.088%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 223 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.02%) Google
3 56 (4.95%) SAP
4 47 (4.16%) Oracle
5 42 (3.71%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.83%) Qualtrics
7 31 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 29 (2.56%) Sparx
9 27 (2.39%) Databricks
10 11 (0.97%) BiZZdesign
11 10 (0.88%) Adobe
11 10 (0.88%) CA
11 10 (0.88%) JD Edwards
11 10 (0.88%) VMware
12 9 (0.80%) Epicor
12 9 (0.80%) IBM
12 9 (0.80%) IFS
13 7 (0.62%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.62%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.53%) OpenText