Business Strategy Jobs in the Midlands

Business Strategy
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 108 122
Rank change year-on-year -59 +14 +67
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 171 269 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.39% 2.98% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 3.09% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 85 133 232
10th Percentile £31,863 - £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £50,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.40% -9.91% -3.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,200 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,485 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -2.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,003 8,710 10,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.03% 96.52% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,265 4,418 6,898
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the Midlands

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
West Midlands -51 102 £57,500 +17.95% 38
East Midlands -12 68 £62,500 +8.70% 29
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 6 (3.51%) Confluence
2 2 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.17%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.17%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.17%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.58%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 33 (19.30%) AWS
2 25 (14.62%) Azure
3 17 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (7.60%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.26%) GCP
5 9 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
7 6 (3.51%) IaaS
7 6 (3.51%) PaaS
7 6 (3.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 5 (2.92%) SaaS
9 4 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.34%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.75%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.58%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.58%) OCI
11 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.34%) Broadband
2 3 (1.75%) WAN
3 2 (1.17%) Firewall
3 2 (1.17%) Internet
3 2 (1.17%) LAN
3 2 (1.17%) RFID
3 2 (1.17%) SAN
4 1 (0.58%) NAS
4 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.87%) Tableau
2 10 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.68%) BigQuery
3 8 (4.68%) Looker
4 6 (3.51%) Power BI
5 4 (2.34%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (2.34%) MySQL
5 4 (2.34%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.17%) Big Data
7 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.58%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (15.79%) Git
2 6 (3.51%) JIRA
3 4 (2.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 53 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.49%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (21.64%) Finance
4 27 (15.79%) Retail
5 26 (15.20%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (9.94%) Public Sector
7 14 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.68%) Billing
9 6 (3.51%) Legal
9 6 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.34%) Electronics
11 4 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.34%) Marketing
11 4 (2.34%) Police
12 3 (1.75%) Automotive
12 3 (1.75%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (1.17%) Games
13 2 (1.17%) Law
14 1 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (22.22%) Analyst
2 26 (15.20%) Lead
3 24 (14.04%) Project Manager
4 23 (13.45%) Data Analyst
5 18 (10.53%) Architect
5 18 (10.53%) Senior
6 15 (8.77%) Business Manager
6 15 (8.77%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (8.77%) Senior Data Analyst
7 10 (5.85%) IT Manager
7 10 (5.85%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.68%) Business Change Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Business Change Project Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Business Project Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Change Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Change Project Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Data Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Engineering Manager
8 8 (4.68%) Project Change Manager
9 7 (4.09%) Functional Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.51%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.92%) .NET
3 4 (2.34%) XML
3 4 (2.34%) XSLT
4 3 (1.75%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.75%) EDI
4 3 (1.75%) Entity Framework
5 2 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.58%) Node.js
6 1 (0.58%) React
6 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.43%) Management Information System
1 11 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.51%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.34%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.75%) IoT
7 2 (1.17%) FMCG
7 2 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.17%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.58%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.58%) Blog
8 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.58%) Windows
1 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
1 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (37.43%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (24.56%) Agile
3 41 (23.98%) Project Management
4 36 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 32 (18.71%) Actionable Insight
5 32 (18.71%) Analytics
6 26 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (14.62%) Statistics
8 24 (14.04%) Data Analysis
8 24 (14.04%) Decision-Making
9 23 (13.45%) Mathematics
9 23 (13.45%) Visualisation
10 22 (12.87%) Business Analysis
10 22 (12.87%) Change Management
11 21 (12.28%) Customer Intelligence
11 21 (12.28%) Data Pipeline
11 21 (12.28%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (12.28%) Storytelling
12 20 (11.70%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.87%) SQL
2 21 (12.28%) Python
3 6 (3.51%) Bash
3 6 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.34%) Bicep
4 4 (2.34%) C#
4 4 (2.34%) C++
4 4 (2.34%) VB
5 1 (0.58%) Java
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (32.75%) Degree
2 25 (14.62%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.09%) APMG
3 7 (4.09%) HNC
3 7 (4.09%) PMI Certification
3 7 (4.09%) PMP
3 7 (4.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.34%) CISM
4 4 (2.34%) CISSP
4 4 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.17%) CEH
6 2 (1.17%) CISA
6 2 (1.17%) CRISC
6 2 (1.17%) GIAC
6 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.58%) CIMA
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.26%) QA
2 6 (3.51%) PMO
3 5 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.17%) GDPR
5 2 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.58%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.28%) Databricks
2 21 (12.28%) Salesforce
3 11 (6.43%) Google
4 6 (3.51%) Oracle
4 6 (3.51%) SAP
5 5 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.17%) iManage
6 2 (1.17%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.58%) Adobe
7 1 (0.58%) Agilent
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco
7 1 (0.58%) HP
7 1 (0.58%) Meraki