Head of Strategy Jobs in England

Head of Strategy
UK > England

The median Head of Strategy salary in England is £121,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 819 897
Rank change year-on-year +141 +78 +230
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Strategy 12 10 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.012% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.012% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 16
10th Percentile - £80,000 £67,506
25th Percentile £105,000 £80,500 £70,222
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £121,250 £97,500 £130,806
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% -25.46% +30.81%
75th Percentile £139,688 £195,688 £138,073
90th Percentile £150,750 £237,500 -
UK median annual salary £121,250 £97,500 £130,806
% change year-on-year +24.36% -25.46% +30.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 45,023 81,588 81,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 94.56% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,443 60,779 51,494
10th Percentile £29,913 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 May 2025. 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 +117 10 £121,250 -42.94% 6
South West +111 2 - - 1
Head of Strategy
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 8 (66.67%) TOGAF
4 7 (58.33%) Analytics
4 7 (58.33%) Roadmaps
5 6 (50.00%) Business Strategy
5 6 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 6 (50.00%) Data Strategy
5 6 (50.00%) Data Architecture
5 6 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (41.67%) Use Case
7 4 (33.33%) Avaloq
7 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (33.33%) BCP
7 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
7 4 (33.33%) Data Management
7 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity
7 4 (33.33%) Agile
7 4 (33.33%) Banking
7 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (33.33%) Product Backlog
7 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
7 4 (33.33%) Coaching
7 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (33.33%) Data Analytics

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 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (16.67%) Data Lake
2 2 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 4 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 7 (58.33%) Analytics
2 7 (58.33%) Roadmaps
3 6 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 6 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 6 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 6 (50.00%) Data Strategy
4 5 (41.67%) Use Case
5 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) ArchiMate
5 4 (33.33%) BCP
5 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity
5 4 (33.33%) Data Analytics
5 4 (33.33%) Data Management
5 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (33.33%) Product Backlog
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Avaloq
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft