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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 203 202
Rank change year-on-year +32 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 243 230 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.58% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.66% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 135 154 357
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,600 £42,500
25th Percentile £59,000 £56,809 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year - +14.77% -20.79%
75th Percentile £95,500 £96,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £114,250 £119,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -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 14,292 13,831 26,233
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.29% 92.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,323 8,657 21,745
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,547
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,549 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 5 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 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.82%) Moodle
2 2 (0.82%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.23%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.51%) Azure
2 42 (17.28%) AWS
3 22 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.23%) GCP
5 14 (5.76%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.29%) SaaS
7 7 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.06%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.06%) IaaS
8 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.06%) OCI
8 5 (2.06%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.06%) PaaS
9 4 (1.65%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.65%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.23%) Workato
11 2 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.00%) Broadband
2 6 (2.47%) LAN
2 6 (2.47%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.47%) WAN
3 5 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.65%) DNS
4 4 (1.65%) Firewall
4 4 (1.65%) SSL
5 2 (0.82%) Network Security
6 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.47%) Power BI
1 6 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.41%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.41%) Metadata
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.41%) MySQL
3 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 141 (58.02%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.40%) Finance
3 54 (22.22%) Marketing
4 32 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.88%) Influencing Skills
6 23 (9.47%) Legal
6 23 (9.47%) Retail
7 21 (8.64%) Games
8 18 (7.41%) Telecoms
9 14 (5.76%) Banking
10 13 (5.35%) Law
11 7 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.88%) Local Government
12 6 (2.47%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.82%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.41%) Billing
17 1 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (26.34%) Architect
2 48 (19.75%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 48 (19.75%) Sales Executive
3 26 (10.70%) Head of IT
4 22 (9.05%) Lead
5 19 (7.82%) Enterprise Architect
6 18 (7.41%) Senior
7 14 (5.76%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.76%) Product Owner
8 13 (5.35%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) IT Director
9 12 (4.94%) Senior Architect
10 11 (4.53%) Principal Architect
10 11 (4.53%) Product Director
11 10 (4.12%) Systems Architect
11 10 (4.12%) Technology Director
12 9 (3.70%) Integration Architect
13 8 (3.29%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.88%) Service Manager
14 7 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) RESTful
2 3 (1.23%) .NET
2 3 (1.23%) OAuth
2 3 (1.23%) OpenID
2 3 (1.23%) REST
3 2 (0.82%) Middleware
3 2 (0.82%) SOAP
4 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.41%) ADO
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.41%) Celery
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.41%) HTML
4 1 (0.41%) JDBC
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.41%) React
4 1 (0.41%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.70%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.35%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.65%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.23%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.82%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.82%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.88%) Windows
2 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (71.60%) Technology Strategy
2 104 (42.80%) Roadmaps
3 71 (29.22%) Customer Experience
4 65 (26.75%) AI
5 55 (22.63%) Technology Roadmap
6 48 (19.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (19.75%) Email Marketing
7 41 (16.87%) Business Strategy
8 40 (16.46%) Agile
9 34 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (13.99%) Strategic Thinking
10 32 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (13.17%) Software Engineering
11 31 (12.76%) Line Management
12 28 (11.52%) CRM
13 24 (9.88%) DevOps
13 24 (9.88%) Enterprise Architecture
14 23 (9.47%) Service Delivery
15 22 (9.05%) Strategic Roadmap
16 21 (8.64%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.17%) Java
2 7 (2.88%) SQL
3 3 (1.23%) C#
3 3 (1.23%) Python
4 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.41%) Groovy
5 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (9.88%) Degree
2 9 (3.70%) CISSP
3 8 (3.29%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.06%) CISM
7 4 (1.65%) CEH
8 3 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.82%) PMP
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CFA
10 1 (0.41%) CISA
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.41%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.05%) PMO
2 14 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.53%) GRC
4 10 (4.12%) GDPR
5 7 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.88%) NIST
6 6 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (2.06%) SLA
8 4 (1.65%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.23%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.82%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.82%) QA
11 1 (0.41%) Basel III
11 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.41%) MiFID
11 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (3.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.06%) Autotask
2 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 104 (42.80%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.22%) Cisco
3 52 (21.40%) Dell
4 6 (2.47%) Oracle
5 5 (2.06%) SAP
6 4 (1.65%) Workday
7 3 (1.23%) Sparx
8 2 (0.82%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.82%) Google
9 1 (0.41%) Adobe
9 1 (0.41%) Avaya
9 1 (0.41%) Databricks
9 1 (0.41%) ESRI
9 1 (0.41%) FIS
9 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.41%) Genesys
9 1 (0.41%) HP
9 1 (0.41%) Murex
9 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.41%) VMware