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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 147 173
Rank change year-on-year -86 +26 +90
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 203 530 506
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 2.26% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.58% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 137 185 367
10th Percentile £24,570 £48,519 £46,625
25th Percentile £25,203 £57,500 £59,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £70,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -8.20% +8.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £95,436
90th Percentile £107,750 £106,500 £114,250
UK median annual salary £68,736 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% -6.67% +7.14%

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 15,185 20,575 23,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 87.78% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,609 12,675 19,261
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +1.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

IT Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Strategy trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Strategy
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing IT Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Strategy over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

IT Strategy salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.43%) Moodle
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Adaptiv
2 3 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.17%) Azure
2 39 (19.21%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (9.85%) AWS
3 20 (9.85%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.40%) SaaS
5 10 (4.93%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.96%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.46%) OCI
8 3 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.99%) GCP
10 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.49%) Boomi
10 1 (0.49%) GitHub
10 1 (0.49%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.49%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.37%) Firewall
2 5 (2.46%) WAN
3 4 (1.97%) DHCP
3 4 (1.97%) DNS
3 4 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.97%) Wireless
4 3 (1.48%) LAN
4 3 (1.48%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.99%) Internet
5 2 (0.99%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.99%) VoIP
6 1 (0.49%) BGP
6 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.49%) MPLS
6 1 (0.49%) OSPF
6 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.39%) Power BI
2 11 (5.42%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.99%) EDMS
3 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.49%) Metadata
4 1 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
General
1 102 (50.25%) Social Skills
2 67 (33.00%) Marketing
3 43 (21.18%) Finance
4 31 (15.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (9.85%) Retail
7 12 (5.91%) Banking
8 11 (5.42%) Legal
9 10 (4.93%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.46%) Police
12 4 (1.97%) Local Government
12 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.97%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.48%) Agriculture
13 3 (1.48%) Back Office
13 3 (1.48%) Electronics
14 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 60 (29.56%) Sales Executive
2 56 (27.59%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 35 (17.24%) Architect
4 32 (15.76%) Head of IT
5 27 (13.30%) Enterprise Architect
6 16 (7.88%) Senior
7 13 (6.40%) Lead
8 12 (5.91%) Head of Digital
8 12 (5.91%) Technology Director
9 10 (4.93%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.94%) Digital Transformation
10 8 (3.94%) Senior Architect
11 7 (3.45%) IT Engineer
12 6 (2.96%) Head of Digital Transformation
12 6 (2.96%) IT Director
12 6 (2.96%) Senior Enterprise Architect
13 5 (2.46%) Infrastructure Architect
13 5 (2.46%) IT Infrastructure Manager
13 5 (2.46%) IT Support Engineer
13 5 (2.46%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.97%) EDI
2 3 (1.48%) .NET
2 3 (1.48%) MACH
3 2 (0.99%) React
3 2 (0.99%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) CSS
4 1 (0.49%) FHIR
4 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.49%) HTML
4 1 (0.49%) Kafka
4 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
1 12 (5.91%) Learning Management System
2 5 (2.46%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.46%) Credit Risk
2 5 (2.46%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (2.46%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.97%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.97%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.97%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.48%) Market Risk
4 3 (1.48%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.99%) FMCG
5 2 (0.99%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Licensing
5 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.37%) Windows
2 3 (1.48%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (66.01%) Technology Strategy
2 66 (32.51%) Customer Experience
3 62 (30.54%) Roadmaps
4 61 (30.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 60 (29.56%) Email Marketing
6 43 (21.18%) Project Management
7 38 (18.72%) Technology Roadmap
8 36 (17.73%) Enterprise Architecture
9 30 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (14.29%) Business Strategy
11 28 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (12.81%) Strategic Thinking
13 23 (11.33%) Data Security
13 23 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (11.33%) Strategic Planning
14 22 (10.84%) Agile
14 22 (10.84%) Budget Management
15 21 (10.34%) Decision-Making
16 19 (9.36%) Strategic Roadmap
17 18 (8.87%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.88%) SQL
2 8 (3.94%) Java
3 4 (1.97%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.97%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.99%) Progress 4GL
4 2 (0.99%) Python
5 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (10.34%) Degree
2 12 (5.91%) PMP
3 11 (5.42%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.93%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (4.43%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.94%) CFA
7 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.45%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.96%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.99%) MBA
12 1 (0.49%) ACCA
12 1 (0.49%) CEH
12 1 (0.49%) CIMA
12 1 (0.49%) CISM
12 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.84%) GDPR
2 15 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (5.42%) PMO
4 3 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.99%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.99%) QA
5 2 (0.99%) SLA
6 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (9.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.48%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.49%) Docker
4 1 (0.49%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (0.49%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.99%) Autotask
3 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.49%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 101 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 63 (31.03%) Cisco
2 63 (31.03%) Dell
3 8 (3.94%) Murex
4 7 (3.45%) Progress
5 6 (2.96%) Oracle
6 5 (2.46%) FIS
7 3 (1.48%) Google
7 3 (1.48%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.99%) Capita
8 2 (0.99%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.99%) SAP
8 2 (0.99%) TippingPoint
8 2 (0.99%) VMware
9 1 (0.49%) Calypso
9 1 (0.49%) Foundry
9 1 (0.49%) HP
9 1 (0.49%) Meraki
9 1 (0.49%) Palantir
9 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow