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Tenure Pay Index, Strategy & Consulting

Strategy & Consulting pay in the Gulf, every number with a paper trail.

Verified compensation across strategy & consulting in the Gulf. Built from primary sources, refreshed every quarter.

56 verified sourcesRefreshed last month

Calibrated pay

What Strategy & Consulting pays, from the market floor to the top.

The calibrated base range for every level, from floor to mid to top, split three ways by employer calibre: Standard, Strong, and Exceptional. It shows where pay sits, not a rating of any person. Base salary only.

Strategy Consulting

Strategy & Consulting Strategy Consulting calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Partner / Director10 verified sources
Principal / Associate Director6 verified sources
Senior Manager / Project Leader4 verified sources
Manager / Engagement Manager13 verified sources
Consultant / Senior Consultant10 verified sources
Analyst / Business Analyst13 verified sources

In-house Strategy & Operations

Strategy & Consulting In-house Strategy & Operations calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Chief of Staff / Chief Strategy Officer12 verified sources
Director of Strategy / Head of BizOps3 verified sources
Senior Strategy / BizOps Manager3 verified sources
Strategy / BizOps Manager3 verified sources
Strategy / BizOps Analyst3 verified sources

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Monthly base salary. Calibrated from Tenure’s verified pay data, refreshed quarterly. Bonus and allowances are not included.

Market movement · Strategy & Consulting

How pay in this sector moved into the latest edition

Comparable series means the same role in the same independent survey edition, year to year. Reprinted, unchanged tables count as series but never as movement. A market shows a figure only where its own measured series support one. The figures below compare the latest edition against the previous comparable one. The history chart covers the earlier years behind the bands.

  • UAE

    Across 6 comparable survey series into 2026, 6 moved. Typical move: +4.5%.

    History: 2023 to 2025 across 18 observed points from independent survey editions.

  • Saudi Arabia

    Across 10 comparable survey series (2024 to 2026), 10 moved. Typical move: +1.4%.

The year-by-year history chart is a Pro feature: UAE median pay 2023 to 2025, one dot per year, from the same editions behind the Pay Index. Unlock with Tenure Pro

Year-by-year strategy & consulting salary trends

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