Strategy Manager Jobs

Strategy Manager
UK

The median Strategy Manager salary in the UK is £69,018 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 843 920
Rank change year-on-year +154 +77 +233
Permanent jobs requiring a Strategy Manager 16 54 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.055% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.058% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 4 47 47
10th Percentile - £47,650 £49,000
25th Percentile £67,201 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,018 £65,066 £60,047
Median % change year-on-year +6.07% +8.36% -19.94%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,125 £80,627
90th Percentile £72,000 £90,822 £92,551
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,018 £65,066 £60,047
% change year-on-year +6.07% +8.36% -19.94%

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 49,982 93,747 91,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.66% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 26,989 67,111 57,934
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £74,014 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

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
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 Manager 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 +118 16 £69,018 +6.18% 91
London +102 12 £70,000 +14.29% 78
Work from Home +120 5 £69,018 +6.07% 30
UK excluding London +144 4 £69,018 +6.07% 24
Yorkshire +64 4 £69,018 +6.07% 5
North of England +53 4 £69,018 -20.93% 9

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 14 (87.50%) Analytics
2 10 (62.50%) Line Management
3 8 (50.00%) Storytelling
4 7 (43.75%) Strategic Thinking
4 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
4 7 (43.75%) Project Management
4 7 (43.75%) Retail
4 7 (43.75%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (43.75%) Marketing
5 6 (37.50%) Google
5 6 (37.50%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) Banking
6 4 (25.00%) SEO
6 4 (25.00%) BBC
6 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (25.00%) B2B
6 4 (25.00%) JD Edwards
6 4 (25.00%) Pay per click
6 4 (25.00%) QA
6 4 (25.00%) Google Analytics
6 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 4 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (25.00%) Social Commerce
6 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (25.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
6 4 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (25.00%) Hackathon

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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (12.50%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 2 (12.50%) MailChimp
General
1 7 (43.75%) Marketing
1 7 (43.75%) Retail
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 2 (12.50%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) BBC
1 4 (25.00%) Hackathon
2 2 (12.50%) Photography
2 2 (12.50%) Social Media
3 1 (6.25%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Analytics
2 10 (62.50%) Line Management
3 8 (50.00%) Storytelling
4 7 (43.75%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
4 7 (43.75%) Project Management
4 7 (43.75%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (25.00%) B2B
5 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
5 4 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) Pay per click
5 4 (25.00%) SEO
5 4 (25.00%) Social Commerce
5 4 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Google
2 4 (25.00%) JD Edwards
3 2 (12.50%) Snapchat
3 2 (12.50%) TikTok
3 2 (12.50%) YouTube