Business Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 91 94
Rank change year-on-year -76 +3 +67
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 101 183 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.23% 3.16% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 3.27% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 52 106 185
10th Percentile £42,275 - £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,497
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.91% -7.51%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,200 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £81,250
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
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,592 5,597 7,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.45% 96.72% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,736 3,135 4,838
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,541 £31,211
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
Birmingham -23 46 £58,700 +9.21% 12
Staffordshire -14 17 £52,500 +50.00% 4
Warwickshire -16 11 £65,000 -29.73% 5
Worcestershire -23 7 - - 1
Solihull -1 6 - - 1
Wolverhampton +17 1 £72,500 -10.49%
Walsall +10 1 £50,000 -48.45%
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Business Strategy
England

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 5 (4.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.98%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.98%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.98%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.99%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.86%) Azure
2 9 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (7.92%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Key Vault
5 6 (5.94%) IaaS
5 6 (5.94%) PaaS
6 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (4.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (3.96%) AWS
7 4 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.96%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.97%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.97%) SaaS
9 1 (0.99%) GCP
9 1 (0.99%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) Firewall
1 2 (1.98%) Internet
1 2 (1.98%) RFID
2 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.99%) WAN
2 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) Power BI
2 4 (3.96%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (3.96%) MySQL
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.98%) Big Data
4 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.98%) Power Query
5 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Git
2 5 (4.95%) JIRA
3 4 (3.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (30.69%) Finance
2 19 (18.81%) Social Skills
3 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.87%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.93%) Legal
7 6 (5.94%) Retail
8 4 (3.96%) Electronics
8 4 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Law
9 3 (2.97%) Marketing
9 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.98%) Games
10 2 (1.98%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.99%) Back Office
11 1 (0.99%) Local Government
11 1 (0.99%) Police
11 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (19.80%) Project Manager
2 15 (14.85%) Business Manager
3 13 (12.87%) Analyst
3 13 (12.87%) Lead
4 12 (11.88%) Architect
5 10 (9.90%) IT Manager
6 8 (7.92%) Business Change Manager
6 8 (7.92%) Business Change Project Manager
6 8 (7.92%) Business Project Manager
6 8 (7.92%) Change Manager
6 8 (7.92%) Change Project Manager
6 8 (7.92%) Project Change Manager
7 7 (6.93%) Business Systems Manager
7 7 (6.93%) Systems Manager
8 6 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Developer
9 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (4.95%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (4.95%) Salesforce Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Service Management Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.94%) ARM Templates
2 4 (3.96%) .NET
2 4 (3.96%) XML
2 4 (3.96%) XSLT
3 3 (2.97%) .NET Framework
3 3 (2.97%) EDI
3 3 (2.97%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.99%) Node.js
5 1 (0.99%) React
5 1 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.94%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.97%) IoT
4 3 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.98%) FMCG
5 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.99%) Blog
6 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (24.75%) Project Management
3 23 (22.77%) Agile
4 22 (21.78%) Decision-Making
5 18 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (16.83%) Change Management
6 17 (16.83%) PRINCE2
7 16 (15.84%) Business Analysis
8 15 (14.85%) CRM
8 15 (14.85%) IT Strategy
9 14 (13.86%) Roadmaps
10 13 (12.87%) Enterprise Architecture
11 12 (11.88%) Budget Management
12 11 (10.89%) Business Case
12 11 (10.89%) CI/CD
12 11 (10.89%) Continuous Integration
12 11 (10.89%) DevOps
12 11 (10.89%) Strategic Thinking
12 11 (10.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.94%) Bash
1 6 (5.94%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.96%) Bicep
2 4 (3.96%) C#
2 4 (3.96%) C++
2 4 (3.96%) VB
3 2 (1.98%) SQL
4 1 (0.99%) Java
4 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (28.71%) Degree
2 7 (6.93%) APMG
2 7 (6.93%) HNC
2 7 (6.93%) PMI Certification
2 7 (6.93%) PMP
3 5 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.96%) CISM
4 4 (3.96%) CISSP
4 4 (3.96%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.98%) CEH
5 2 (1.98%) CISA
5 2 (1.98%) CRISC
5 2 (1.98%) GIAC
5 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.99%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) Accessibility
1 5 (4.95%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.98%) GDPR
3 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.98%) PMO
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.99%) NCSC
4 1 (0.99%) QA
4 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.81%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.94%) Oracle
4 5 (4.95%) SAP
4 5 (4.95%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.99%) Adobe
5 1 (0.99%) Cisco
5 1 (0.99%) Google
5 1 (0.99%) Meraki