Head of Strategy Jobs in London

Head of Strategy
England > London

The median Head of Strategy salary in London 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 380 497 611
Rank change year-on-year +117 +114 +264
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Strategy 10 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.077% 0.017% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.018% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile - £118,125 £112,395
25th Percentile £105,000 £154,688 £123,539
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £121,250 £212,500 £130,806
Median % change year-on-year -42.94% +62.45% +30.81%
75th Percentile £139,688 £237,500 £138,073
90th Percentile £150,750 - -
England median annual salary £121,250 £97,500 £130,806
% change year-on-year +24.36% -25.46% +30.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,667 22,294 32,059
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 94.24% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,272 16,651 23,653
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,470
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Head of Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Strategy in London

Head of Strategy
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of Strategy in London

Head of Strategy
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Strategy in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Strategy in London

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

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 London region featuring Head of Strategy in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (70.00%) Analytics
4 6 (60.00%) TOGAF
5 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (40.00%) Data Architecture
6 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
6 4 (40.00%) Banking
6 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (40.00%) BCP
6 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
6 4 (40.00%) Coaching
6 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
6 4 (40.00%) Cloud Native
6 4 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
6 4 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
6 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
6 4 (40.00%) Data Strategy
7 3 (30.00%) Predictive Analytics
7 3 (30.00%) Use Case
7 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
8 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis

Head of Strategy Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (20.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Analytics
2 6 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 4 (40.00%) BCP
4 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Coaching
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Data Architecture
4 4 (40.00%) Data Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Avaloq
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft