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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 189 170
Rank change year-on-year +14 -19 +41
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 215 311 439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.59% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.79% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 137 172 330
10th Percentile £24,570 £46,600 £46,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £55,744 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,800 £79,932 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +6.58% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,614 £95,000 £95,436
90th Percentile £131,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +4.73% -1.33%

All Process and 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 13,910 17,357 20,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.63% 88.77% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,713 10,295 16,664
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,813
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 November 2025.

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 8 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.86%) Moodle
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Adaptiv
2 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.93%) Azure
2 26 (12.09%) AWS
3 22 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.51%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.05%) SaaS
6 11 (5.12%) GCP
7 8 (3.72%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.79%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.33%) OCI
10 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.93%) Boomi
11 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.93%) IaaS
11 2 (0.93%) PaaS
12 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.47%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
12 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.65%) Firewall
2 6 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.33%) LAN
3 5 (2.33%) SD-WAN
3 5 (2.33%) WAN
4 3 (1.40%) DHCP
4 3 (1.40%) DNS
5 2 (0.93%) VoIP
6 1 (0.47%) BGP
6 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.47%) MPLS
6 1 (0.47%) Network Security
6 1 (0.47%) OSPF
6 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.47%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.65%) Power BI
2 7 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 123 (57.21%) Social Skills
2 60 (27.91%) Marketing
3 54 (25.12%) Finance
4 42 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.30%) Retail
6 16 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.44%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (7.44%) Legal
7 14 (6.51%) Banking
8 10 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.79%) Law
9 6 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.33%) Police
11 4 (1.86%) Games
11 4 (1.86%) Local Government
11 4 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Agriculture
12 3 (1.40%) Back Office
12 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (26.51%) Sales Executive
2 53 (24.65%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 34 (15.81%) Head of IT
4 33 (15.35%) Architect
5 23 (10.70%) Lead
6 20 (9.30%) Enterprise Architect
7 12 (5.58%) IT Manager
7 12 (5.58%) Technology Director
8 11 (5.12%) Senior
9 10 (4.65%) IT Director
10 7 (3.26%) Digital Transformation
10 7 (3.26%) Head of Digital
10 7 (3.26%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.26%) Senior Architect
10 7 (3.26%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.79%) Senior Enterprise Architect
11 6 (2.79%) Service Manager
12 5 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.33%) IT Support
12 5 (2.33%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) .NET
1 4 (1.86%) RESTful
2 3 (1.40%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.47%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) EDI
3 1 (0.47%) FHIR
3 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) JDBC
3 1 (0.47%) Kafka
3 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.47%) React
3 1 (0.47%) SOAP
3 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.26%) Learning Management System
4 6 (2.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.33%) Credit Risk
5 5 (2.33%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.86%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.40%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.40%) Market Risk
7 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) FMCG
9 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.12%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (67.44%) Technology Strategy
2 70 (32.56%) Roadmaps
3 63 (29.30%) AI
4 61 (28.37%) Customer Experience
5 57 (26.51%) Email Marketing
6 43 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 37 (17.21%) Business Strategy
7 37 (17.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (13.49%) Enterprise Architecture
9 28 (13.02%) Project Management
10 26 (12.09%) Budget Management
10 26 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (11.16%) Strategic Thinking
12 22 (10.23%) Portfolio Management
12 22 (10.23%) Strategic Roadmap
13 21 (9.77%) Agile
13 21 (9.77%) ITIL
14 20 (9.30%) Analytical Thinking
15 19 (8.84%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.44%) Java
2 9 (4.19%) SQL
3 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.93%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) C#
4 1 (0.47%) Groovy
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (6.51%) Degree
2 11 (5.12%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (4.19%) PMP
5 8 (3.72%) CFA
5 8 (3.72%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.72%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.93%) CISM
9 2 (0.93%) CISSP
9 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.93%) MBA
10 1 (0.47%) CEH
10 1 (0.47%) CIMA
10 1 (0.47%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.23%) PMO
2 20 (9.30%) GDPR
3 19 (8.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.86%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.86%) SLA
6 3 (1.40%) GRC
6 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
8 1 (0.47%) NIST
8 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 16 (7.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.86%) Autotask
3 1 (0.47%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 93 (43.26%) Microsoft
2 57 (26.51%) Cisco
3 56 (26.05%) Dell
4 8 (3.72%) Murex
5 6 (2.79%) Oracle
6 5 (2.33%) FIS
6 5 (2.33%) Progress
7 4 (1.86%) Google
8 3 (1.40%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.93%) HP
9 2 (0.93%) SAP
9 2 (0.93%) TippingPoint
10 1 (0.47%) Avaya
10 1 (0.47%) Calypso
10 1 (0.47%) ESRI
10 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.47%) Genesys
10 1 (0.47%) Sophos
10 1 (0.47%) VMware