Strategy Architect Job Trends

Strategy Architect
UK

The median Strategy Architect salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 754 727
Rank change year-on-year +92 -27 +408
Permanent jobs requiring a Strategy Architect 6 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.009% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.009% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 9
10th Percentile - £87,875 £82,750
25th Percentile - £90,313 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £96,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% +13.24% -27.01%
75th Percentile £106,250 £102,813 -
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,625 £106,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £105,000 -
% change year-on-year -38.10% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,140 66,020 53,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.78% 95.38% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,034 37,745 41,040
10th Percentile £28,207 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,500 £43,067
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -5.83% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -

Strategy Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Strategy Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Strategy Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Strategy Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Strategy Architect job vacancies in the UK

Strategy Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategy Architect over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Strategy Architect in the UK

Strategy Architect
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategy Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 22 October 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 +90 6 £65,000 -32.47%
UK excluding London +70 5 £65,000 -38.10%
East Midlands - 4 £65,000 -
Midlands - 4 £65,000 -
Work from Home +66 2 £120,000 -
London +48 1 £120,000 -
South East - 1 £120,000 -

Strategy Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Strategy Architect 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 Strategy Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) TOGAF
2 5 (83.33%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (66.67%) Azure Stack
3 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
3 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
3 4 (66.67%) Data Management
3 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (66.67%) Extreme Networks
3 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (66.67%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Anomaly Detection
5 1 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Data Governance

Strategy Architect 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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Stack
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (16.67%) PaaS
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (83.33%) TOGAF
3 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
3 4 (66.67%) Data Management
3 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Anomaly Detection
5 1 (16.67%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Fintech
5 1 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
5 1 (16.67%) Microservices
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Extreme Networks
2 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) Databricks