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.
Strategy & Consulting pay by level · Strategy Consulting
| Level | Saudi · SAR/mo |
|---|---|
| Consultant / Senior Consultant | SAR 26,000 – 56,000 |
| Manager / Engagement Manager | SAR 53,000 – 113,000 |
| Principal / Associate Director | SAR 82,000 – 183,000 |
Monthly total fixed pay, from the Standard-tier floor to the Exceptional-tier ceiling.
Median pay by seniority: Strategy & Consulting, Saudi Arabia
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
| Level | Standard | Strong | Exceptional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal / Associate Director | |||
| Manager / Engagement Manager | |||
| Consultant / Senior Consultant |
In-house Strategy & Operations
| Level | Standard | Strong | Exceptional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy / BizOps Manager |
The calibrated ranges are part of Tenure Pro. Unlock the full base range, floor to median to top, for every rung across Standard, Strong, and Exceptional, in UAE and Saudi.
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
Browse all 11 strategy & consulting profiles, including firm-tier and city-specific variants
- Associate Partner / Principal · MBB · Riyadh
- Consultant · Boutique Strategy · Riyadh
- Consultant (Post-MBA) · MBB · Riyadh
- Engagement Manager · MBB · Riyadh
- Implementation Manager · Big 4 · Riyadh
- Manager · Big 4 · Riyadh
- Manager · Boutique Strategy · Riyadh
- Principal (Boutique Strategy) · Boutique Strategy · Riyadh
- Principal / Director · Big 4 · Riyadh
- Principal / Director · Boutique Strategy · Riyadh
- Senior Consultant · Big 4 · Riyadh
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