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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 199 191
Rank change year-on-year +21 -8 +5
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 239 232 484
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.58% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.66% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 132 153 369
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,444 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,875 £56,809 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year - +14.77% -18.31%
75th Percentile £95,250 £97,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £114,500 £115,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -18.75%

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 14,057 13,953 26,346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.59% 95.12% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,126 8,602 21,863
10th Percentile £30,994 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 2 March 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 6 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.84%) Moodle
2 2 (0.84%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.26%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.52%) Azure
2 42 (17.57%) AWS
3 21 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.37%) GCP
5 13 (5.44%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.35%) SaaS
7 7 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.09%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.09%) IaaS
8 5 (2.09%) OCI
8 5 (2.09%) PaaS
9 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.67%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.26%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.26%) Workato
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.42%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.11%) Broadband
2 6 (2.51%) LAN
2 6 (2.51%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.51%) WAN
3 5 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.67%) DNS
4 4 (1.67%) Firewall
4 4 (1.67%) SSL
5 2 (0.84%) Network Security
6 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.51%) Power BI
2 5 (2.09%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Big Data
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Metadata
4 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 142 (59.41%) Social Skills
2 70 (29.29%) Finance
3 54 (22.59%) Marketing
4 31 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.46%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.21%) Legal
6 22 (9.21%) Retail
7 21 (8.79%) Games
8 18 (7.53%) Telecoms
9 14 (5.86%) Banking
10 12 (5.02%) Law
11 7 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.93%) Local Government
12 5 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.09%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.84%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.42%) Billing
16 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (25.52%) Architect
2 48 (20.08%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 48 (20.08%) Sales Executive
3 26 (10.88%) Head of IT
4 22 (9.21%) Lead
5 18 (7.53%) Senior
6 17 (7.11%) Enterprise Architect
7 14 (5.86%) Product Owner
8 13 (5.44%) IT Manager
8 13 (5.44%) Software Engineer
9 12 (5.02%) IT Director
9 12 (5.02%) Senior Architect
10 11 (4.60%) Principal Architect
10 11 (4.60%) Product Director
11 10 (4.18%) Systems Architect
11 10 (4.18%) Technology Director
12 9 (3.77%) Integration Architect
13 8 (3.35%) Head of Finance
13 8 (3.35%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.93%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) RESTful
2 3 (1.26%) REST
3 2 (0.84%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) Middleware
3 2 (0.84%) OAuth
3 2 (0.84%) OpenID
3 2 (0.84%) SOAP
4 1 (0.42%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.42%) ADO
4 1 (0.42%) Celery
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
4 1 (0.42%) JDBC
4 1 (0.42%) Kafka
4 1 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.42%) Ray
4 1 (0.42%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.88%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.77%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.67%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.26%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.84%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.42%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.42%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.51%) Windows
2 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (70.71%) Technology Strategy
2 101 (42.26%) Roadmaps
3 71 (29.71%) Customer Experience
4 64 (26.78%) AI
5 55 (23.01%) Technology Roadmap
6 48 (20.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (20.08%) Email Marketing
7 40 (16.74%) Business Strategy
8 39 (16.32%) Agile
9 34 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (14.23%) Strategic Thinking
10 31 (12.97%) Line Management
10 31 (12.97%) Software Engineering
11 30 (12.55%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (11.72%) CRM
13 24 (10.04%) DevOps
14 22 (9.21%) Enterprise Architecture
14 22 (9.21%) Service Delivery
14 22 (9.21%) Strategic Roadmap
15 21 (8.79%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.28%) Java
2 7 (2.93%) SQL
3 3 (1.26%) Python
4 2 (0.84%) C#
5 1 (0.42%) Groovy
5 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (10.04%) Degree
2 8 (3.35%) CISSP
2 8 (3.35%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.93%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.09%) CISM
6 4 (1.67%) CEH
7 2 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.84%) PMP
7 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.42%) ACCA
8 1 (0.42%) CISA
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.21%) PMO
2 14 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.60%) GRC
4 10 (4.18%) GDPR
5 7 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.93%) NIST
6 6 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (2.09%) SLA
8 4 (1.67%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.26%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.84%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.84%) QA
11 1 (0.42%) Basel III
11 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.42%) MiFID
11 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.09%) Autotask
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.42%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 100 (41.84%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.59%) Cisco
3 52 (21.76%) Dell
4 6 (2.51%) Oracle
5 5 (2.09%) SAP
6 4 (1.67%) Workday
7 3 (1.26%) Sparx
8 2 (0.84%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.84%) Google
9 1 (0.42%) Adobe
9 1 (0.42%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.42%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.42%) HP
9 1 (0.42%) iManage
9 1 (0.42%) Intapp
9 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.42%) Murex
9 1 (0.42%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.42%) SnapLogic