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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 177 169
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +44
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 1,145 1,126 1,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.43% 2.04% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 2.13% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 652 491 824
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,600 £60,000 £55,499
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +8.11% -3.48%
75th Percentile £76,563 £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 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 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
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% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 12 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 12 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 +14 330 £58,150 -3.08% 84
South East -3 251 £57,500 -12.88% 74
North West +3 182 £56,250 -6.25% 49
South West +38 181 £62,500 +11.61% 49
Midlands -82 170 £58,700 +11.81% 67
Scotland -4 136 £49,500 -35.20% 18
Yorkshire +23 111 £62,500 +1.63% 26
West Midlands -65 102 £50,850 +1.70% 49
East Midlands -46 67 £62,500 +4.17% 18
East of England -46 41 £55,000 -29.03% 40
North East +6 37 £57,500 +28.49% 10
Wales -7 22 £45,500 +1.11% 3
Northern Ireland +17 12 £58,800 - 6
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 33 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.79%) Confluence
3 10 (0.87%) SAS
4 8 (0.70%) 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 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 44 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.17%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.087%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (2.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 19 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.61%) SAP MM
4 7 (0.61%) SAP SD
4 7 (0.61%) SAP WM
5 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.44%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.35%) SAP APO
7 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.087%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.087%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 204 (17.82%) Azure
2 136 (11.88%) AWS
3 119 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
4 89 (7.77%) GCP
5 75 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (6.55%) Power Platform
6 60 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
7 44 (3.84%) SaaS
8 32 (2.79%) Figma
8 32 (2.79%) SurveyMonkey
9 18 (1.57%) PaaS
10 17 (1.48%) IaaS
11 16 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (1.05%) PowerApps
13 10 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
13 10 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (0.61%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.61%) Google Analytics
14 7 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.40%) Network Security
1 16 (1.40%) WAN
2 15 (1.31%) LAN
3 12 (1.05%) Firewall
4 9 (0.79%) Internet
5 8 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.35%) ADSL
6 4 (0.35%) Broadband
6 4 (0.35%) DNS
6 4 (0.35%) WLAN
7 3 (0.26%) RFID
7 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.26%) VoIP
8 2 (0.17%) DSL
8 2 (0.17%) HTTP
8 2 (0.17%) Intranet
8 2 (0.17%) SSL
9 1 (0.087%) NAS
9 1 (0.087%) SAN
9 1 (0.087%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (7.51%) Data Warehouse
2 74 (6.46%) BigQuery
3 72 (6.29%) Looker
4 43 (3.76%) Power BI
5 40 (3.49%) Tableau
6 21 (1.83%) SQL Server
7 15 (1.31%) MySQL
8 13 (1.14%) GIS
9 12 (1.05%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (0.61%) Big Data
11 7 (0.61%) Metadata
11 7 (0.61%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.61%) QlikView
12 6 (0.52%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.52%) 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%) DB2
Development Applications
1 40 (3.49%) JIRA
2 39 (3.41%) Git
3 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.17%) MLflow
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.17%) Postman
6 1 (0.087%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 412 (35.98%) Finance
2 273 (23.84%) Analytical Skills
3 253 (22.10%) Social Skills
4 159 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 150 (13.10%) Marketing
6 128 (11.18%) Law
7 114 (9.96%) Public Sector
8 82 (7.16%) Retail
9 72 (6.29%) Billing
10 65 (5.68%) Legal
11 50 (4.37%) Banking
12 49 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
13 44 (3.84%) Manufacturing
14 34 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (2.79%) Social Science
16 29 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
17 28 (2.45%) Police
18 23 (2.01%) Telecoms
19 17 (1.48%) Investment Banking
20 15 (1.31%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 212 (18.52%) Architect
2 183 (15.98%) Lead
3 146 (12.75%) Analyst
4 134 (11.70%) Senior
5 92 (8.03%) Data Manager
6 79 (6.90%) Business Manager
7 77 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
8 74 (6.46%) Project Manager
9 73 (6.38%) Engineering Manager
10 46 (4.02%) Enterprise Architect
11 44 (3.84%) Consultant
11 44 (3.84%) Data Analyst
12 41 (3.58%) Developer
12 41 (3.58%) Senior Architect
13 40 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
14 36 (3.14%) IT Manager
15 35 (3.06%) Development Manager
16 31 (2.71%) Business Development Manager
17 29 (2.53%) Business Analyst
17 29 (2.53%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.24%) .NET
2 30 (2.62%) React
3 21 (1.83%) HTML
4 20 (1.75%) CSS
5 13 (1.14%) ARM Templates
6 9 (0.79%) EDI
6 9 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.70%) JSON
8 7 (0.61%) .NET Framework
8 7 (0.61%) Pandas
8 7 (0.61%) XML
9 6 (0.52%) IDoc
10 5 (0.44%) HTML5
10 5 (0.44%) LAMP
10 5 (0.44%) REST
10 5 (0.44%) WPF
11 4 (0.35%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.35%) jQuery
11 4 (0.35%) Web Services
11 4 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 121 (10.57%) Product Ownership
2 58 (5.07%) Management Information System
3 52 (4.54%) Virtual Team
4 32 (2.79%) Cloud Native
5 28 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.40%) Market Risk
10 15 (1.31%) FMCG
11 13 (1.14%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.05%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.96%) Driving Licence
13 11 (0.96%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.87%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.70%) PMI
17 7 (0.61%) Acoustics
17 7 (0.61%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.79%) Windows
2 20 (1.75%) Linux
3 6 (0.52%) Unix
3 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.26%) Android
4 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) AIX
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
2 256 (22.36%) Agile
3 244 (21.31%) Project Management
4 236 (20.61%) Roadmaps
5 156 (13.62%) Actionable Insight
6 145 (12.66%) Analytics
7 136 (11.88%) DevOps
8 133 (11.62%) Decision-Making
9 131 (11.44%) Business Development
10 125 (10.92%) Enterprise Architecture
11 113 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (9.78%) Line Management
13 109 (9.52%) ITIL
14 107 (9.34%) Business Case
15 103 (9.00%) Data Modelling
15 103 (9.00%) IT Strategy
16 97 (8.47%) Service Delivery
17 93 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
18 91 (7.95%) CI/CD
19 90 (7.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 119 (10.39%) SQL
2 59 (5.15%) Python
3 41 (3.58%) R
4 29 (2.53%) C#
5 27 (2.36%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.31%) Bash
7 14 (1.22%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.05%) PL/SQL
9 11 (0.96%) Java
10 10 (0.87%) PHP
11 8 (0.70%) Bicep
12 7 (0.61%) VBA
13 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.44%) C
14 5 (0.44%) C++
14 5 (0.44%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.44%) XAML
15 4 (0.35%) RPG
15 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 283 (24.72%) Degree
2 146 (12.75%) Security Cleared
3 126 (11.00%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.85%) Master's Degree
5 38 (3.32%) TOGAF Certification
6 35 (3.06%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.88%) DBS Check
8 32 (2.79%) PhD
9 27 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (2.10%) PMP
11 23 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.83%) MBA
13 19 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (1.22%) APMG
15 11 (0.96%) CISA
16 10 (0.87%) CISSP
17 8 (0.70%) HNC
18 7 (0.61%) Azure Certification
18 7 (0.61%) DV Cleared
19 6 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (8.56%) QA
2 35 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 19 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.40%) GDPR
6 11 (0.96%) SLA
7 9 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.70%) PMO
9 7 (0.61%) COBIT
9 7 (0.61%) NIST
9 7 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.52%) ITGC
11 5 (0.44%) GRC
12 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
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 (0.26%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.26%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 18 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.087%) Docker
5 1 (0.087%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.87%) 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 (0.26%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.087%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 222 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.91%) Google
3 57 (4.98%) SAP
4 49 (4.28%) Oracle
5 42 (3.67%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.79%) Qualtrics
7 31 (2.71%) ServiceNow
8 27 (2.36%) Databricks
9 25 (2.18%) Sparx
10 11 (0.96%) BiZZdesign
10 11 (0.96%) CA
11 10 (0.87%) Adobe
11 10 (0.87%) JD Edwards
11 10 (0.87%) VMware
12 9 (0.79%) Epicor
12 9 (0.79%) IBM
12 9 (0.79%) IFS
13 7 (0.61%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.61%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.52%) Apple