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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 238 168
Rank change year-on-year +109 -70 -7
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 514 197 448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.06% 1.18% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 1.25% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 244 133 179
10th Percentile £26,250 - £50,047
25th Percentile £62,500 £24,570 £59,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,013 £64,350 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.89% -16.97% +2.65%
75th Percentile £104,063 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,868 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.90% -8.18% -

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 20,082 15,724 19,287
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.68% 93.80% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,329 8,388 11,437
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 6 October 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 16 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.17%) SAS
3 5 (0.97%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) WordPress
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.19%) Appian
5 1 (0.19%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) JBoss
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.97%) SAP PSCD
3 4 (0.78%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.39%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 146 (28.40%) Azure
2 75 (14.59%) AWS
3 58 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (10.89%) Power Platform
5 51 (9.92%) SaaS
6 48 (9.34%) GCP
7 31 (6.03%) Cloud Computing
8 27 (5.25%) Serverless
9 19 (3.70%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.95%) PaaS
13 9 (1.75%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.56%) IaaS
14 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (1.36%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.36%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (0.78%) Harvey AI
17 4 (0.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.42%) LAN
1 33 (6.42%) WAN
2 9 (1.75%) 5G
3 8 (1.56%) Firewall
4 6 (1.17%) Broadband
5 5 (0.97%) Network Security
5 5 (0.97%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.78%) VLAN
7 3 (0.58%) 2G
7 3 (0.58%) 3G
7 3 (0.58%) 4G
7 3 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.58%) TETRA
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.39%) TACACS
8 2 (0.39%) VPN
8 2 (0.39%) Wireless
9 1 (0.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.97%) Power BI
3 4 (0.78%) MySQL
3 4 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.58%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.39%) Metadata
6 1 (0.19%) Big Data
6 1 (0.19%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.19%) HBase
6 1 (0.19%) Redis
6 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (3.70%) Snyk
2 2 (0.39%) JIRA
3 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 224 (43.58%) Social Skills
2 133 (25.88%) Finance
3 110 (21.40%) Law
4 79 (15.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (12.84%) Legal
6 59 (11.48%) Public Sector
7 52 (10.12%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (9.53%) Marketing
9 44 (8.56%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
11 37 (7.20%) Banking
12 36 (7.00%) Legal Technology
13 19 (3.70%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.72%) Retail
15 12 (2.33%) Local Government
16 10 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.75%) French Language
17 9 (1.75%) Games
18 7 (1.36%) Aerospace
18 7 (1.36%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 148 (28.79%) Architect
2 101 (19.65%) Senior
3 56 (10.89%) Lead
4 46 (8.95%) Sales Executive
5 44 (8.56%) Software Engineer
6 41 (7.98%) Developer
7 40 (7.78%) Corporate Sales Executive
8 39 (7.59%) Senior Manager
9 31 (6.03%) Systems Architect
10 30 (5.84%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.45%) Enterprise Architect
11 28 (5.45%) Lead Architect
11 28 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
12 26 (5.06%) Security Architect
13 25 (4.86%) Testing Manager
14 24 (4.67%) Senior Architect
15 22 (4.28%) Cloud Architect
15 22 (4.28%) Senior Security Architect
16 19 (3.70%) Cloud Security Architect
16 19 (3.70%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.75%) .NET
2 15 (2.92%) PyTorch
3 14 (2.72%) LangChain
3 14 (2.72%) LangGraph
3 14 (2.72%) scikit-learn
3 14 (2.72%) TensorFlow
4 12 (2.33%) React
5 11 (2.14%) Node.js
6 10 (1.95%) REST
7 9 (1.75%) Terraform
8 7 (1.36%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.36%) SAP Fiori
9 6 (1.17%) GraphQL
9 6 (1.17%) Streamlit
10 5 (0.97%) Flutter
10 5 (0.97%) React Native
11 4 (0.78%) Blazor
11 4 (0.78%) Django
11 4 (0.78%) Kafka
12 2 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.70%) Cloud Native
1 55 (10.70%) Product Ownership
2 45 (8.75%) Data Centre
3 33 (6.42%) Virtual Team
4 25 (4.86%) Distributed Architecture
5 24 (4.67%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.95%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.56%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.36%) LIMS
10 7 (1.36%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.17%) Clustering
11 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.17%) IoT
12 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.14%) Linux
1 11 (2.14%) Windows
2 5 (0.97%) Android
2 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (91.44%) Technology Strategy
2 231 (44.94%) Roadmaps
3 164 (31.91%) AI
4 163 (31.71%) Enterprise Architecture
5 145 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 139 (27.04%) Software Engineering
7 113 (21.98%) Agile
8 112 (21.79%) Business Strategy
9 107 (20.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 103 (20.04%) CI/CD
11 83 (16.15%) Technical Leadership
12 82 (15.95%) Mentoring
13 77 (14.98%) Project Delivery
14 76 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
15 72 (14.01%) Risk Management
16 70 (13.62%) DevOps
17 67 (13.04%) Microservices
18 66 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
18 66 (12.84%) Information Security
19 65 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 77 (14.98%) C#
2 69 (13.42%) Python
3 45 (8.75%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.61%) TypeScript
5 31 (6.03%) Java
6 27 (5.25%) PowerShell
6 27 (5.25%) SQL
7 8 (1.56%) Bicep
8 7 (1.36%) ABAP
9 2 (0.39%) C
9 2 (0.39%) C++
9 2 (0.39%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) Bash
10 1 (0.19%) Go
10 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (7.20%) Security Cleared
2 35 (6.81%) Degree
3 32 (6.23%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.14%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.56%) CISSP
5 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.56%) PMP
6 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.17%) CISM
7 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.97%) SAP Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.39%) ACCA
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.39%) PhD
10 1 (0.19%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.23%) QA
2 65 (12.65%) GRC
3 15 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.95%) GDPR
5 8 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.36%) GxP
7 6 (1.17%) NIST
8 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.39%) SLA
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.56%) Docker
5 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 10 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.19%) Ansible
3 1 (0.19%) Control-M
Vendors
1 145 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.17%) Cisco
3 40 (7.78%) Dell
4 29 (5.64%) SAP
5 21 (4.09%) CrowdStrike
5 21 (4.09%) Palo Alto
6 19 (3.70%) Tenable
7 15 (2.92%) VMware
8 7 (1.36%) YouTube
9 5 (0.97%) Citrix
9 5 (0.97%) EMC
9 5 (0.97%) Google
9 5 (0.97%) HighQ
9 5 (0.97%) NetApp
9 5 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.97%) Veeam
10 4 (0.78%) Legatics
11 3 (0.58%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.39%) Databricks
12 2 (0.39%) Workday