Strategy Architect Job Trends

Strategy Architect
UK

The median Strategy Architect salary in the UK is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 653 703 761
Rank change year-on-year +50 +58 +248
Permanent jobs requiring a Strategy Architect 5 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.010% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £88,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.21% +26.79% -18.60%
UK excluding London median annual salary £120,000 - -

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 56,939 48,731 63,682
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.28% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 35,361 25,094 49,715
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,663 £29,452
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -5.66%

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
Top 6 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 25 January 2026. 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 +59 4 £120,000 +35.21% 1
East Midlands - 3 £120,000 -
Midlands - 3 £120,000 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £120,000 - 1
Work from Home - 2 £120,000 - 1
London +39 1 £120,000 +33.33%

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 2026, 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) CRM
3 3 (60.00%) Adobe
3 3 (60.00%) Apollo GraphQL
3 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (60.00%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) B2B
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) ERP
3 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven
3 3 (60.00%) GraphQL
3 3 (60.00%) Informatica
3 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) Kafka
3 3 (60.00%) Kong
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) MuleSoft
3 3 (60.00%) Node.js
3 3 (60.00%) React
3 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (60.00%) SAP
3 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) Terraform
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Kong
2 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Apollo GraphQL
1 3 (60.00%) GraphQL
1 3 (60.00%) Kafka
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
1 3 (60.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (60.00%) B2B
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven
2 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
1 3 (60.00%) Informatica
1 3 (60.00%) MuleSoft
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Databricks
3 1 (20.00%) OpenAI