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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 201 193
Rank change year-on-year +22 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 228 254 462
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.61% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.71% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 127 151 365
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £55,470 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -18.24%
75th Percentile £95,500 £96,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £130,000 £116,250 £113,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +6.67% +14.77% -18.31%

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 13,892 14,889 25,667
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.42% 94.66% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,854 8,791 21,222
10th Percentile £30,038 £36,250 £34,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,477
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
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% -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 10 February 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 9 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.88%) Moodle
2 2 (0.88%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (25.00%) Azure
2 37 (16.23%) AWS
3 20 (8.77%) GCP
3 20 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.07%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.07%) SaaS
6 5 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.19%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.19%) OCI
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.32%) ChatGPT
8 3 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.88%) IaaS
9 2 (0.88%) PaaS
10 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.46%) Broadband
2 6 (2.63%) LAN
2 6 (2.63%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.63%) WAN
2 6 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.75%) DNS
3 4 (1.75%) SSL
4 3 (1.32%) Firewall
5 2 (0.88%) Network Security
6 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.07%) Power BI
2 5 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.44%) Big Data
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Metadata
4 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.44%) MySQL
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 140 (61.40%) Social Skills
2 65 (28.51%) Finance
3 51 (22.37%) Marketing
4 32 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.40%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (9.21%) Games
6 21 (9.21%) Retail
7 19 (8.33%) Legal
8 18 (7.89%) Telecoms
9 14 (6.14%) Banking
10 12 (5.26%) Law
11 8 (3.51%) Local Government
12 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.63%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.88%) Back Office
15 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.88%) Police
15 2 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 55 (24.12%) Architect
2 48 (21.05%) Sales Executive
3 47 (20.61%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 27 (11.84%) Head of IT
5 21 (9.21%) Lead
6 16 (7.02%) Enterprise Architect
7 15 (6.58%) Senior
8 13 (5.70%) Software Engineer
9 12 (5.26%) IT Director
9 12 (5.26%) Senior Architect
10 11 (4.82%) IT Manager
10 11 (4.82%) Principal Architect
10 11 (4.82%) Product Owner
11 10 (4.39%) Product Director
11 10 (4.39%) Systems Architect
11 10 (4.39%) Technology Director
12 8 (3.51%) Head of Finance
13 7 (3.07%) Service Manager
13 7 (3.07%) Technical Architect
14 6 (2.63%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) RESTful
2 2 (0.88%) .NET
2 2 (0.88%) OAuth
2 2 (0.88%) OpenID
2 2 (0.88%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.44%) Celery
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
3 1 (0.44%) JDBC
3 1 (0.44%) Kafka
3 1 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.44%) Ray
3 1 (0.44%) SOAP
3 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.65%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.95%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (1.75%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.32%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.88%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.88%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.19%) Windows
2 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (69.30%) Technology Strategy
2 100 (43.86%) Roadmaps
3 71 (31.14%) Customer Experience
4 60 (26.32%) AI
5 56 (24.56%) Technology Roadmap
6 48 (21.05%) Email Marketing
7 45 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (16.67%) Business Strategy
9 34 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (14.47%) Agile
11 32 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (14.04%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (13.60%) Line Management
13 30 (13.16%) Software Engineering
14 26 (11.40%) CRM
15 24 (10.53%) Service Delivery
16 23 (10.09%) Strategic Roadmap
17 22 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
18 21 (9.21%) Customer Engagement
18 21 (9.21%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.02%) Java
2 7 (3.07%) SQL
3 3 (1.32%) Python
4 2 (0.88%) C#
5 1 (0.44%) Groovy
5 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (10.09%) Degree
2 9 (3.95%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.51%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.07%) CISSP
5 6 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.19%) CISM
7 4 (1.75%) CEH
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.32%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.32%) PMP
9 2 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.88%) CFA
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.44%) ACCA
10 1 (0.44%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.65%) PMO
2 14 (6.14%) GDPR
3 13 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.82%) GRC
5 6 (2.63%) NIST
6 5 (2.19%) SLA
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.75%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.88%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.88%) QA
9 1 (0.44%) Basel III
9 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.44%) MiFID
9 1 (0.44%) NCSC
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.19%) Autotask
1 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 49 (21.49%) Cisco
3 47 (20.61%) Dell
4 6 (2.63%) Oracle
5 3 (1.32%) Google
5 3 (1.32%) Progress
5 3 (1.32%) Sparx
6 2 (0.88%) FIS
6 2 (0.88%) Freshdesk
6 2 (0.88%) Murex
6 2 (0.88%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.88%) SAP
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe
7 1 (0.44%) Avaya
7 1 (0.44%) ESRI
7 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.44%) Genesys
7 1 (0.44%) HP
7 1 (0.44%) VMware
7 1 (0.44%) Workday