Business Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Strategy
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 96 93
Rank change year-on-year -71 -3 +67
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 101 182 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.18% 3.15% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 3.26% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 53 106 186
10th Percentile £42,300 - £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,500 £42,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,249
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.50% -11.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £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 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,846 5,590 7,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.31% 96.68% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,781 3,138 4,850
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,951 £38,750
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 £80,000
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 11 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 11 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 -20 45 £58,100 +8.09% 13
Staffordshire -20 18 £52,500 +50.00% 4
Warwickshire -20 11 £65,000 -29.73% 7
Worcestershire -24 7 - - 1
Solihull +1 6 - - 2
Wolverhampton +14 1 £72,500 -10.49%
Walsall +9 1 £50,000 -43.50%
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 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (2.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.97%) SAP WM
3 2 (1.98%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.98%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.99%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.85%) Azure
2 9 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.92%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Key Vault
5 6 (5.94%) IaaS
5 6 (5.94%) PaaS
6 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.96%) AWS
7 4 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.96%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
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 3 (2.97%) RFID
2 2 (1.98%) Firewall
2 2 (1.98%) Internet
3 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.99%) WAN
3 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 20 (19.80%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.87%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (7.92%) Legal
7 6 (5.94%) Retail
8 4 (3.96%) Electronics
8 4 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Law
9 3 (2.97%) Marketing
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
4 12 (11.88%) Architect
4 12 (11.88%) Lead
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%) Compliance Manager
9 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (4.95%) IT Services Manager
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%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.97%) FMCG
5 3 (2.97%) IoT
5 3 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.99%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.99%) Blog
7 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (29.70%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (25.74%) Project Management
3 25 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (22.77%) Decision-Making
5 22 (21.78%) Agile
6 18 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (16.83%) Change Management
7 17 (16.83%) PRINCE2
8 16 (15.84%) Business Analysis
9 15 (14.85%) IT Strategy
9 15 (14.85%) Roadmaps
10 14 (13.86%) CRM
11 13 (12.87%) Budget Management
11 13 (12.87%) Enterprise Architecture
12 11 (10.89%) Business Case
12 11 (10.89%) DevOps
12 11 (10.89%) Information Security
12 11 (10.89%) Service Delivery
12 11 (10.89%) Strategic Thinking
13 10 (9.90%) 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
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 4 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.97%) GDPR
3 3 (2.97%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.99%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.99%) NCSC
5 1 (0.99%) QA
5 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (24.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.82%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.94%) Oracle
3 6 (5.94%) 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