Head of Strategy Jobs in England

Head of Strategy
UK > England

The median Head of Strategy salary in England is £97,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 917 1126
Rank change year-on-year +84 +209 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Strategy 11 30 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.033% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.036% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 19
10th Percentile £80,000 £67,506 £60,000
25th Percentile £81,000 £71,127 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £130,806 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.46% +30.81% +8.11%
75th Percentile £177,500 £138,073 -
90th Percentile £237,500 - £116,250
UK median annual salary £97,500 £130,806 £100,000
% change year-on-year -25.46% +30.81% +8.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of Strategy in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Strategy in England

Head of Strategy
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Strategy in England.

Salary trend for Head of Strategy in England

Head of Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Strategy in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Strategy in England

Head of Strategy
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +121 5 £200,000 +52.90% 8
North of England +45 4 £80,000 -38.84%
North West - 4 £80,000 -
South West -33 2 £100,500 -23.17%
Head of Strategy
UK

Head of Strategy Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Head of Strategy job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Head of Strategy in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Mobile Transformation
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Power BI
3 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
3 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 3 (27.27%) Data Science
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Python
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
3 3 (27.27%) Data Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Tableau
3 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) R
3 3 (27.27%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) REST
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement

Head of Strategy Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (9.09%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
1 3 (27.27%) Tableau
2 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
2 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Games
2 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Mobile Transformation
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Data Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
3 3 (27.27%) Data Science
3 3 (27.27%) Data Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
1 3 (27.27%) R
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Alteryx
1 1 (9.09%) Databricks