Hybrid/Remote IT Strategy Job Trends

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 220 202
Rank change year-on-year +32 -18 -9
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 225 220 468
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 1.57% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.64% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 129 148 354
10th Percentile £24,570 £50,220 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,809 £49,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £96,000 £97,743 £84,964
90th Percentile £126,250 £115,375 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -18.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

IT Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,111 13,408 27,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.24% 95.41% 92.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,199 8,890 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Strategy and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Strategy job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IT Strategy
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

IT Strategy salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.89%) Moodle
2 2 (0.89%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.89%) Azure
2 38 (16.89%) AWS
3 21 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.89%) GCP
5 14 (6.22%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.56%) SaaS
7 6 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.22%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.22%) IaaS
8 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.22%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.22%) PaaS
9 4 (1.78%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.78%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.33%) Workato
11 2 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.56%) Broadband
2 5 (2.22%) LAN
2 5 (2.22%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.22%) WAN
3 4 (1.78%) DNS
3 4 (1.78%) Firewall
3 4 (1.78%) SSL
3 4 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.89%) Network Security
5 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.67%) Power BI
1 6 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.89%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.44%) Big Data
3 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.44%) Metadata
3 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 134 (59.56%) Social Skills
2 58 (25.78%) Finance
3 52 (23.11%) Marketing
4 25 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (9.33%) Games
7 18 (8.00%) Telecoms
8 13 (5.78%) Banking
8 13 (5.78%) Law
8 13 (5.78%) Legal
8 13 (5.78%) Retail
9 9 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.11%) Local Government
10 7 (3.11%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.89%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (27.11%) Architect
2 45 (20.00%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 45 (20.00%) Sales Executive
3 25 (11.11%) Head of IT
4 22 (9.78%) Lead
5 15 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
5 15 (6.67%) Senior
6 14 (6.22%) IT Manager
7 13 (5.78%) Product Owner
7 13 (5.78%) Software Engineer
8 12 (5.33%) IT Director
9 11 (4.89%) Principal Architect
9 11 (4.89%) Product Director
10 10 (4.44%) Systems Architect
11 9 (4.00%) Integration Architect
12 8 (3.56%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.56%) Technical Architect
13 7 (3.11%) Head of Finance
13 7 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.67%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.78%) RESTful
2 3 (1.33%) .NET
2 3 (1.33%) OAuth
2 3 (1.33%) OpenID
2 3 (1.33%) REST
3 2 (0.89%) Middleware
3 2 (0.89%) SOAP
4 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.44%) ADO
4 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.44%) Celery
4 1 (0.44%) CSS
4 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.44%) HTML
4 1 (0.44%) JDBC
4 1 (0.44%) Kafka
4 1 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.44%) Ray
4 1 (0.44%) React
4 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.78%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.00%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (3.11%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.78%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.78%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.33%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.89%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.89%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.11%) Windows
2 2 (0.89%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (71.56%) Technology Strategy
2 94 (41.78%) Roadmaps
3 68 (30.22%) Customer Experience
4 63 (28.00%) AI
5 46 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (20.00%) Email Marketing
6 45 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 40 (17.78%) Business Strategy
8 39 (17.33%) Agile
9 33 (14.67%) Strategic Thinking
10 32 (14.22%) Software Engineering
11 31 (13.78%) Line Management
12 28 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (12.00%) CRM
14 23 (10.22%) DevOps
15 22 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (9.33%) Customer Engagement
16 21 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
16 21 (9.33%) Strategic Roadmap
17 20 (8.89%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.22%) Java
2 7 (3.11%) SQL
3 3 (1.33%) C#
3 3 (1.33%) Python
4 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) Groovy
5 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (11.11%) Degree
2 9 (4.00%) CISSP
2 9 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.56%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.22%) CISM
6 4 (1.78%) CEH
7 3 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.89%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.44%) CISA
9 1 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.44%) PCI QSA
9 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (5.33%) PMO
3 11 (4.89%) GRC
4 10 (4.44%) GDPR
5 7 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (3.11%) NIST
6 6 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.78%) SLA
7 4 (1.78%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.33%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.89%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.89%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.89%) QA
10 1 (0.44%) Basel III
10 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.44%) MiFID
10 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.78%) Autotask
2 3 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.44%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 97 (43.11%) Microsoft
2 52 (23.11%) Cisco
3 50 (22.22%) Dell
4 5 (2.22%) SAP
5 4 (1.78%) Workday
6 3 (1.33%) Sparx
7 2 (0.89%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.89%) Google
7 2 (0.89%) Oracle
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) Avaya
8 1 (0.44%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.44%) Genesys
8 1 (0.44%) iManage
8 1 (0.44%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.44%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.44%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.44%) VMware