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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 262 151
Rank change year-on-year +135 -111 +26
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 501 181 548
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 1.09% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 1.17% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 227 132 194
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £45,450
25th Percentile £58,133 £25,203 £60,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £64,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.51% -11.38% -9.38%
75th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £105,750 £112,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -9.68%

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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 24 August 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 15 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.20%) SAS
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.40%) WordPress
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.80%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 138 (27.54%) Azure
2 67 (13.37%) AWS
3 55 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (10.78%) Power Platform
5 51 (10.18%) SaaS
6 47 (9.38%) GCP
7 31 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (5.99%) Serverless
9 17 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (3.19%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.00%) PaaS
13 8 (1.60%) Azure AKS
13 8 (1.60%) IaaS
14 7 (1.40%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
16 4 (0.80%) Harvey AI
16 4 (0.80%) Smartsheet
17 3 (0.60%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.59%) LAN
1 33 (6.59%) WAN
2 9 (1.80%) 5G
3 8 (1.60%) Firewall
4 6 (1.20%) Broadband
4 6 (1.20%) Network Security
5 3 (0.60%) 2G
5 3 (0.60%) 3G
5 3 (0.60%) 4G
5 3 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.60%) TETRA
6 2 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.40%) TACACS
6 2 (0.40%) VLAN
6 2 (0.40%) Wireless
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.20%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.00%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.80%) MySQL
3 4 (0.80%) Power BI
3 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.60%) Metadata
4 3 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.39%) Snyk
2 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
General
1 222 (44.31%) Social Skills
2 133 (26.55%) Finance
3 110 (21.96%) Law
4 79 (15.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (13.97%) Legal
6 65 (12.97%) Public Sector
7 52 (10.38%) Marketing
8 49 (9.78%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (7.98%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
11 34 (6.79%) Legal Technology
12 32 (6.39%) Banking
13 17 (3.39%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.99%) Retail
15 12 (2.40%) Local Government
16 10 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.40%) Aviation
17 7 (1.40%) French Language
17 7 (1.40%) Games
18 6 (1.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 140 (27.94%) Architect
2 105 (20.96%) Senior
3 47 (9.38%) Sales Executive
4 42 (8.38%) Software Engineer
5 41 (8.18%) Corporate Sales Executive
6 40 (7.98%) Lead
7 39 (7.78%) Senior Manager
8 38 (7.58%) Developer
9 31 (6.19%) Enterprise Architect
9 31 (6.19%) Systems Architect
10 30 (5.99%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.59%) Security Architect
12 25 (4.99%) Senior Architect
12 25 (4.99%) Senior Security Architect
12 25 (4.99%) Testing Manager
13 23 (4.59%) Cloud Architect
14 22 (4.39%) Cloud Security Architect
14 22 (4.39%) IT Manager
14 22 (4.39%) Senior Cloud Architect
15 21 (4.19%) IT Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.58%) .NET
2 11 (2.20%) LangChain
2 11 (2.20%) PyTorch
3 10 (2.00%) LangGraph
3 10 (2.00%) scikit-learn
3 10 (2.00%) TensorFlow
4 9 (1.80%) Terraform
5 8 (1.60%) React
5 8 (1.60%) REST
6 7 (1.40%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.20%) GraphQL
7 6 (1.20%) Node.js
7 6 (1.20%) Streamlit
8 5 (1.00%) Flutter
8 5 (1.00%) React Native
9 3 (0.60%) Kafka
10 2 (0.40%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.40%) OpenID
10 2 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.78%) Cloud Native
3 39 (7.78%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.39%) Distributed Architecture
4 27 (5.39%) Virtual Team
5 20 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.00%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (1.40%) LIMS
9 7 (1.40%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.20%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.20%) Clustering
11 5 (1.00%) IoT
11 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.40%) Windows
2 5 (1.00%) Android
2 5 (1.00%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (85.63%) Technology Strategy
2 226 (45.11%) Roadmaps
3 162 (32.34%) Enterprise Architecture
4 151 (30.14%) AI
5 136 (27.15%) Software Engineering
6 130 (25.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (22.95%) Business Strategy
8 114 (22.75%) Agile
9 97 (19.36%) CI/CD
10 80 (15.97%) Mentoring
10 80 (15.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (15.37%) Cybersecurity
12 76 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
13 72 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 71 (14.17%) DevOps
15 69 (13.77%) Information Security
15 69 (13.77%) Project Delivery
16 65 (12.97%) Technical Leadership
17 64 (12.77%) Risk Management
18 62 (12.38%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.97%) C#
2 61 (12.18%) Python
3 41 (8.18%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.59%) Java
5 29 (5.79%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.39%) SQL
7 26 (5.19%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.60%) Bicep
9 2 (0.40%) ABAP
9 2 (0.40%) C
9 2 (0.40%) C++
9 2 (0.40%) PHP
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Go
10 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (8.18%) Degree
2 23 (4.59%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.59%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.00%) CISSP
5 8 (1.60%) CISM
5 8 (1.60%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.60%) PMP
6 6 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.00%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.40%) ACCA
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.57%) QA
2 63 (12.57%) GRC
3 14 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.79%) GDPR
4 13 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.00%) NIST
6 7 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.40%) GxP
7 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) SLA
10 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.20%) Docker
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.60%) Ansible
3 2 (0.40%) Argo
3 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.40%) Puppet
3 2 (0.40%) Salt
3 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 155 (30.94%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.98%) Cisco
3 43 (8.58%) Dell
4 24 (4.79%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (4.79%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.39%) Tenable
6 20 (3.99%) SAP
7 6 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.00%) Google
8 5 (1.00%) HighQ
9 4 (0.80%) Legatics
10 3 (0.60%) Databricks
10 3 (0.60%) Oracle
10 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.60%) Workday
11 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.40%) Sage
11 2 (0.40%) VMware
11 2 (0.40%) YouTube
12 1 (0.20%) Sparx