Strategy Manager
UK

The median Strategy Manager salary in the UK is £65,033 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 838 941 1123
Rank change year-on-year +103 +182 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 53 62 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.058% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.063% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 46 55 50
10th Percentile £47,625 £50,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,416 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,033 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% -6.67% +1.69%
75th Percentile £80,313 £89,318 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £101,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,066 £65,956 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% -12.06% +59.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 91,973 98,868 146,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.69% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66,504 61,753 85,740
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Strategy Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Strategy Manager.

Salary trend for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategy Manager over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Strategy Manager in the UK

Strategy Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategy Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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 +127 45 £64,229 -8.24% 14
UK excluding London +26 39 £65,066 -1.35% 3
Work from Home +94 19 £65,066 +8.44% 2
Midlands - 15 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands - 15 £55,000 - 1
London +127 12 £61,250 -12.50% 10
North of England +45 8 £76,174 +0.92%
East of England - 7 £65,000 -
Scotland -64 6 £65,066 -14.82%
Yorkshire +90 5 £65,066 +9.31%
North West +7 3 £87,283 +0.79%
South West -5 2 £87,283 +59.04%
South East - 1 - - 2

Strategy Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Strategy Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 27 (50.94%) Analytics
2 19 (35.85%) Data Strategy
3 16 (30.19%) Change Management
3 16 (30.19%) Finance
4 13 (24.53%) Storytelling
5 12 (22.64%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (22.64%) Project Planning
5 12 (22.64%) Data Science
5 12 (22.64%) Data Engineering
5 12 (22.64%) GCP
6 11 (20.75%) Data Protection
6 11 (20.75%) Roadmaps
6 11 (20.75%) Technology Strategy
7 10 (18.87%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (18.87%) Legal
7 10 (18.87%) Data Governance
8 9 (16.98%) IT Strategy
8 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (16.98%) Agile
9 8 (15.09%) Banking
9 8 (15.09%) Information Management
9 8 (15.09%) Freedom of Information
9 8 (15.09%) Business Analysis
9 8 (15.09%) Taxonomies
9 8 (15.09%) Ontologies
9 8 (15.09%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (15.09%) Data Modelling
9 8 (15.09%) Risk Management
9 8 (15.09%) Master Data Management
9 8 (15.09%) Microservices

Strategy Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.77%) SPSS
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) GCP
2 2 (3.77%) AWS
2 2 (3.77%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.77%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) Tableau
General
1 16 (30.19%) Finance
2 12 (22.64%) Presentation Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Legal
4 8 (15.09%) Banking
5 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Local Government
7 3 (5.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (5.66%) Retail
8 2 (3.77%) Advertising
8 2 (3.77%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.77%) Law
9 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Freedom of Information
1 8 (15.09%) Taxonomies
2 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) Analytics
2 19 (35.85%) Data Strategy
3 16 (30.19%) Change Management
4 13 (24.53%) Storytelling
5 12 (22.64%) Data Engineering
5 12 (22.64%) Data Science
5 12 (22.64%) Project Planning
6 11 (20.75%) Data Protection
6 11 (20.75%) Roadmaps
6 11 (20.75%) Technology Strategy
7 10 (18.87%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (18.87%) Data Governance
8 9 (16.98%) Agile
8 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (16.98%) IT Strategy
9 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (15.09%) Data Modelling
9 8 (15.09%) Master Data Management
9 8 (15.09%) Microservices
9 8 (15.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) R
2 2 (3.77%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) Degree
1 5 (9.43%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.66%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.89%) MBA
3 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) PMO
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) IBM