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 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 665 805
Rank change year-on-year -1 +140 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Strategy Architect 5 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -12.50%
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 64,106 42,650 74,151
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.47% 91.24% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 40,466 23,050 57,474
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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
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 1 March 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 +28 4 £120,000 +33.33% 2
East Midlands - 3 £120,000 -
Midlands - 3 £120,000 -
UK excluding London - 3 £120,000 - 1
London +23 1 - - 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 March 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe
2 3 (60.00%) Apollo GraphQL
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
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%) GraphQL
2 3 (60.00%) Informatica
2 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Kafka
2 3 (60.00%) Kong
2 3 (60.00%) MuleSoft
2 3 (60.00%) Node.js
2 3 (60.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Terraform
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Agile

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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Kong
2 3 (60.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 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
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
1 4 (80.00%) Microservices
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%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) OpenAI