Strategic Management Jobs

Strategic Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Strategic Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Management over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 843 943
Rank change year-on-year +164 +100 +264
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Management 26 54 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.055% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.064% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 11 41 12
10th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £52,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £52,500 £61,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £65,601 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% +39.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 -
90th Percentile - £80,000 £92,524
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.81% -15.94% +92.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Strategic Management 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,770 84,704 95,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.86% 85.53% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,375 59,701 56,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Strategic Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Strategic Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategic Management.

Salary trend for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategic Management in the UK

Strategic Management
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +120 24 £76,000 +13.43% 27
London +96 19 £90,000 +37.19% 19
Work from Home +132 10 £90,000 +34.33% 16
UK excluding London +156 5 £72,500 +7.81% 16
South East +94 2 £72,500 - 4
North of England +53 2 £77,500 +55.00% 5
North West -1 2 £77,500 +55.00% 3
Midlands +60 1 £70,000 +3.70% 1
West Midlands +50 1 £70,000 +3.70% 1

Strategic Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Entra ID
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 13 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (11.54%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) IT Manager
2 8 (30.77%) Portfolio Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Lead
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Principal Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Associate Director
5 2 (7.69%) Data Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Head of IT
6 1 (3.85%) Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Chief Operating Officer
6 1 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.85%) FMCG Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Head of Development
6 1 (3.85%) Head of FMCG
6 1 (3.85%) Head of IT Development
6 1 (3.85%) Head of Software Development
6 1 (3.85%) Software Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Software Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) EDI
1 1 (3.85%) MACH
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Licensing
2 2 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (53.85%) Technology Strategy
3 13 (50.00%) Project Management
4 10 (38.46%) Actionable Insight
4 10 (38.46%) Business Strategy
5 9 (34.62%) Portfolio Management
5 9 (34.62%) Risk Management
5 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (30.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 8 (30.77%) Cost Control
6 8 (30.77%) Cost Management
6 8 (30.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 8 (30.77%) Decision-Making
6 8 (30.77%) Demand Management
6 8 (30.77%) FinOps
6 8 (30.77%) Performance Measurement
6 8 (30.77%) Resource Allocation
7 7 (26.92%) IT Strategy
7 7 (26.92%) Service Delivery
8 6 (23.08%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 2 (7.69%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.85%) ACCA
3 1 (3.85%) CIPFA
3 1 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Good Clinical Practice
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Citrix