Senior Strategy Manager Job Trends

Senior Strategy Manager
UK

The median Senior Strategy Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 710 661
Rank change year-on-year +88 -49 +363
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Strategy Manager 22 6 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.011% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.012% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £71,300 £52,413
25th Percentile £67,500 £77,750 £53,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £92,000 £76,400
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +20.42% -11.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 £102,750 £105,000
90th Percentile - £107,100 £128,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -35.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Strategy Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Strategy Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Strategy Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Strategy Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Strategy Manager job vacancies in the UK

Senior Strategy Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Strategy Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 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
England +84 22 £70,000 -23.91% 2
UK excluding London - 12 £70,000 - 2
London +63 10 - - 1
East Midlands - 5 - -
Midlands - 5 - -
South East - 4 £70,000 - 1
North of England - 3 - -
North West - 3 - -

Senior Strategy Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Senior Strategy Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 18 (81.82%) Analytics
2 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (45.45%) Agile
3 10 (45.45%) Business Strategy
3 10 (45.45%) Co-Creation
3 10 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (45.45%) Design Thinking
3 10 (45.45%) Matrix Organization
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) Storytelling
3 10 (45.45%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (40.91%) Accessibility
4 9 (40.91%) Adobe
4 9 (40.91%) Adobe Analytics
4 9 (40.91%) Coaching
4 9 (40.91%) Competitor Analysis
4 9 (40.91%) Confluence
4 9 (40.91%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 9 (40.91%) Customer Experience
4 9 (40.91%) Customer Journey Map
4 9 (40.91%) Customer-Centricity
4 9 (40.91%) Digital Banking
4 9 (40.91%) Figma
4 9 (40.91%) JIRA
4 9 (40.91%) Journey Map
4 9 (40.91%) Prototyping
4 9 (40.91%) Qualtrics
4 9 (40.91%) User Experience
4 9 (40.91%) UX Design
4 9 (40.91%) Visualisation

Senior Strategy Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (40.91%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Adobe Analytics
1 9 (40.91%) Figma
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Marketing
2 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Automotive
2 9 (40.91%) Banking
2 9 (40.91%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Games
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) AI Agents
1 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Analytics
2 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (45.45%) Agile
3 10 (45.45%) Business Strategy
3 10 (45.45%) Co-Creation
3 10 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (45.45%) Design Thinking
3 10 (45.45%) Matrix Organization
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) Storytelling
3 10 (45.45%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (40.91%) Coaching
4 9 (40.91%) Competitor Analysis
4 9 (40.91%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 9 (40.91%) Customer Experience
4 9 (40.91%) Customer-Centricity
4 9 (40.91%) User Experience
4 9 (40.91%) UX Design
4 9 (40.91%) Visualisation
4 9 (40.91%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Adobe
1 9 (40.91%) Qualtrics