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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 263 150
Rank change year-on-year +136 -113 +34
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 487 181 556
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 1.09% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 1.18% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 220 132 204
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £46,500
25th Percentile £60,155 £31,599 £60,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £65,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% -12.75% -6.88%
75th Percentile £110,313 £77,500 £94,063
90th Percentile £130,000 £105,750 £116,250
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 18,872 15,371 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,617 8,911 15,260
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
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 £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% - -8.71%

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 18 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 13 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.23%) SAS
3 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.41%) WordPress
4 1 (0.21%) Appian
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.82%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 137 (28.13%) Azure
2 62 (12.73%) AWS
3 55 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (10.88%) Power Platform
5 49 (10.06%) SaaS
6 44 (9.03%) GCP
7 31 (6.37%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (6.16%) Serverless
9 17 (3.49%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.05%) PaaS
13 9 (1.85%) IaaS
14 8 (1.64%) Azure AKS
15 7 (1.44%) Azure Functions
16 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (1.03%) Power Automate
18 4 (0.82%) Harvey AI
18 4 (0.82%) Smartsheet
18 4 (0.82%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.78%) LAN
1 33 (6.78%) WAN
2 9 (1.85%) 5G
3 8 (1.64%) Firewall
4 6 (1.23%) Broadband
5 5 (1.03%) Network Security
6 3 (0.62%) 2G
6 3 (0.62%) 3G
6 3 (0.62%) 4G
6 3 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.62%) TETRA
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.41%) TACACS
7 2 (0.41%) VLAN
7 2 (0.41%) Wireless
8 1 (0.21%) DHCP
8 1 (0.21%) DNS
8 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.23%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.03%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.82%) MySQL
3 4 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.62%) Metadata
4 3 (0.62%) Power BI
4 3 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.21%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.52%) Snyk
2 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
General
1 214 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 133 (27.31%) Finance
3 109 (22.38%) Law
4 72 (14.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (14.37%) Legal
6 60 (12.32%) Public Sector
7 48 (9.86%) Presentation Skills
8 47 (9.65%) Marketing
9 39 (8.01%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
11 33 (6.78%) Legal Technology
12 30 (6.16%) Banking
13 16 (3.29%) Manufacturing
14 15 (3.08%) Retail
15 10 (2.05%) Local Government
15 10 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.44%) Aviation
17 6 (1.23%) French Language
17 6 (1.23%) Games
18 4 (0.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 139 (28.54%) Architect
2 104 (21.36%) Senior
3 42 (8.62%) Sales Executive
4 40 (8.21%) Software Engineer
5 39 (8.01%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.80%) Corporate Sales Executive
6 38 (7.80%) Developer
6 38 (7.80%) Lead
7 31 (6.37%) Systems Architect
8 30 (6.16%) Enterprise Architect
8 30 (6.16%) Senior Developer
9 28 (5.75%) Security Architect
10 25 (5.13%) Senior Architect
10 25 (5.13%) Senior Security Architect
10 25 (5.13%) Testing Manager
11 24 (4.93%) IT Manager
12 23 (4.72%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (4.52%) Cloud Security Architect
13 22 (4.52%) Senior Cloud Architect
14 21 (4.31%) IT Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.83%) .NET
2 10 (2.05%) LangChain
2 10 (2.05%) PyTorch
3 9 (1.85%) LangGraph
3 9 (1.85%) scikit-learn
3 9 (1.85%) TensorFlow
4 8 (1.64%) REST
5 7 (1.44%) ARM Templates
5 7 (1.44%) React
6 6 (1.23%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.23%) Streamlit
7 5 (1.03%) Flutter
7 5 (1.03%) Node.js
7 5 (1.03%) React Native
8 3 (0.62%) Kafka
9 2 (0.41%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.41%) OpenID
9 2 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.41%) XBRL
9 2 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.24%) Product Ownership
2 42 (8.62%) Cloud Native
3 38 (7.80%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.54%) Virtual Team
5 26 (5.34%) Distributed Architecture
6 19 (3.90%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.05%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.64%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.44%) LIMS
10 7 (1.44%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.23%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.23%) Clustering
11 6 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.03%) IoT
12 5 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.44%) Windows
2 5 (1.03%) Android
2 5 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (85.01%) Technology Strategy
2 219 (44.97%) Roadmaps
3 161 (33.06%) Enterprise Architecture
4 141 (28.95%) AI
5 132 (27.10%) Software Engineering
6 128 (26.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (23.61%) Business Strategy
8 113 (23.20%) Agile
9 95 (19.51%) CI/CD
10 78 (16.02%) Mentoring
11 75 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
11 75 (15.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 74 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
13 72 (14.78%) DevOps
14 71 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 69 (14.17%) Information Security
16 68 (13.96%) Project Delivery
17 63 (12.94%) Risk Management
18 61 (12.53%) Strategic Planning
18 61 (12.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 74 (15.20%) C#
2 59 (12.11%) Python
3 40 (8.21%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.57%) Java
5 28 (5.75%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.34%) PowerShell
6 26 (5.34%) SQL
7 8 (1.64%) Bicep
8 2 (0.41%) C
8 2 (0.41%) C++
8 2 (0.41%) PHP
9 1 (0.21%) ABAP
9 1 (0.21%) Bash
9 1 (0.21%) Go
9 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (8.42%) Degree
2 22 (4.52%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.05%) CISSP
5 8 (1.64%) CISM
5 8 (1.64%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.64%) PMP
6 6 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.03%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.41%) CCNP
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.96%) QA
2 61 (12.53%) GRC
3 14 (2.87%) GDPR
3 14 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.05%) NIST
6 9 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.44%) GxP
8 5 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.82%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.41%) SLA
12 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.23%) Docker
4 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.85%) Terraform
2 8 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.62%) Ansible
4 2 (0.41%) Argo
4 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.41%) Puppet
4 2 (0.41%) Salt
4 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 154 (31.62%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.62%) Cisco
3 40 (8.21%) Dell
4 24 (4.93%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (4.93%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.52%) Tenable
6 18 (3.70%) SAP
7 5 (1.03%) Google
7 5 (1.03%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.82%) HighQ
8 4 (0.82%) Legatics
8 4 (0.82%) Workday
9 3 (0.62%) Databricks
9 3 (0.62%) Oracle
9 3 (0.62%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.41%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.41%) Sage
10 2 (0.41%) VMware
11 1 (0.21%) OutSystems
11 1 (0.21%) Sparx