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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 192 183
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 +8
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 215 274 386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.66% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.78% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 121 159 294
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,107 £46,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,809 £52,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,736 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.31% +10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £119,500 £116,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -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 13,199 15,404 19,804
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.42% 93.53% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,377 9,084 15,996
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 9 January 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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Moodle
2 2 (0.93%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (25.58%) Azure
2 39 (18.14%) AWS
3 21 (9.77%) GCP
4 20 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.26%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.26%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.79%) SaaS
8 5 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.33%) OCI
9 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.93%) IaaS
9 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.93%) PaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.47%) Boomi
10 1 (0.47%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.65%) Broadband
2 8 (3.72%) LAN
2 8 (3.72%) SD-WAN
2 8 (3.72%) WAN
3 7 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.86%) DNS
4 4 (1.86%) SSL
5 3 (1.40%) Firewall
6 2 (0.93%) Network Security
7 1 (0.47%) BGP
7 1 (0.47%) MPLS
7 1 (0.47%) OSPF
7 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.47%) VLAN
7 1 (0.47%) VoIP
7 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.79%) Power BI
2 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 134 (62.33%) Social Skills
2 60 (27.91%) Finance
3 53 (24.65%) Marketing
4 34 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.70%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (10.23%) Retail
7 20 (9.30%) Legal
8 14 (6.51%) Games
9 12 (5.58%) Telecoms
10 11 (5.12%) Law
11 10 (4.65%) Banking
11 10 (4.65%) Public Sector
12 9 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (3.72%) Local Government
14 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (2.33%) Police
16 4 (1.86%) Back Office
16 4 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (22.79%) Sales Executive
2 45 (20.93%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 42 (19.53%) Architect
4 26 (12.09%) Head of IT
5 22 (10.23%) Lead
6 17 (7.91%) Senior
7 16 (7.44%) Enterprise Architect
8 13 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 11 (5.12%) Senior Architect
10 10 (4.65%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.65%) Technology Director
11 8 (3.72%) IT Director
11 8 (3.72%) Service Manager
12 7 (3.26%) Principal Architect
12 7 (3.26%) Product Owner
13 6 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (2.79%) Head of Finance
13 6 (2.79%) IT Support
13 6 (2.79%) Product Director
13 6 (2.79%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) RESTful
2 2 (0.93%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.47%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) JDBC
3 1 (0.47%) SOAP
3 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.37%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (4.19%) Distributed Architecture
4 8 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.79%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.86%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.40%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.93%) FMCG
11 1 (0.47%) Derivative
11 1 (0.47%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.47%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.40%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (68.84%) Technology Strategy
2 95 (44.19%) Roadmaps
3 64 (29.77%) Customer Experience
4 58 (26.98%) AI
5 52 (24.19%) Technology Roadmap
6 49 (22.79%) Email Marketing
7 46 (21.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (19.07%) Business Strategy
9 36 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (16.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (13.49%) Strategic Thinking
11 27 (12.56%) Strategic Roadmap
12 26 (12.09%) Enterprise Architecture
13 24 (11.16%) Agile
13 24 (11.16%) Budget Management
14 23 (10.70%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (10.70%) Service Delivery
14 23 (10.70%) Software Engineering
15 22 (10.23%) CRM
16 21 (9.77%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.44%) Java
2 6 (2.79%) SQL
3 1 (0.47%) C#
3 1 (0.47%) Groovy
3 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (10.70%) Degree
2 10 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.33%) CISM
5 5 (2.33%) CISSP
5 5 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.86%) CEH
6 4 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.40%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.40%) PMP
8 2 (0.93%) CFA
8 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.93%) MBA
9 1 (0.47%) ACCA
9 1 (0.47%) CIMA
9 1 (0.47%) CISA
9 1 (0.47%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.23%) PMO
2 16 (7.44%) GDPR
2 16 (7.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.72%) GRC
4 6 (2.79%) NIST
4 6 (2.79%) SLA
5 5 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.33%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.86%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.47%) Basel III
9 1 (0.47%) MiFID
9 1 (0.47%) NCSC
9 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 11 (5.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.79%) Autotask
Vendors
1 89 (41.40%) Microsoft
2 48 (22.33%) Cisco
3 45 (20.93%) Dell
4 6 (2.79%) Oracle
5 5 (2.33%) Progress
6 4 (1.86%) Google
7 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.40%) Sparx
8 2 (0.93%) FIS
8 2 (0.93%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.93%) Murex
8 2 (0.93%) SAP
9 1 (0.47%) Adobe
9 1 (0.47%) Avaya
9 1 (0.47%) Calypso
9 1 (0.47%) ESRI
9 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.47%) Genesys
9 1 (0.47%) HP
9 1 (0.47%) Workday