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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 271 165
Rank change year-on-year +117 -106 +34
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 334 176 681
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.65% 1.14% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.20% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 163 130 336
10th Percentile £24,570 £24,513 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,758 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% +0.59% -18.75%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £155,000 £101,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

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 16,563 14,642 30,856
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.97% 94.49% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,008 8,523 23,828
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 21 June 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 8 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.80%) SAS
3 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.96%) Azure
2 43 (12.87%) AWS
3 32 (9.58%) GCP
4 28 (8.38%) Serverless
5 18 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.39%) SaaS
6 11 (3.29%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.69%) IaaS
7 9 (2.69%) PaaS
7 9 (2.69%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.80%) Azure AKS
9 6 (1.80%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.50%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.50%) Workato
11 4 (1.20%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.20%) Harvey AI
11 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.20%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.29%) Broadband
2 9 (2.69%) 5G
3 6 (1.80%) Firewall
4 3 (0.90%) 2G
4 3 (0.90%) 3G
4 3 (0.90%) 4G
4 3 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.90%) TETRA
4 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.60%) LAN
5 2 (0.60%) Network Security
5 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
1 3 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.60%) Metadata
2 2 (0.60%) Power BI
3 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (6.59%) Snyk
General
1 151 (45.21%) Social Skills
2 89 (26.65%) Finance
3 65 (19.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (15.57%) Marketing
5 36 (10.78%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (9.28%) Banking
6 31 (9.28%) Public Sector
7 26 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (5.99%) Law
9 17 (5.09%) Retail
10 16 (4.79%) Telecoms
11 15 (4.49%) Games
11 15 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (4.19%) Legal
13 8 (2.40%) Local Government
14 5 (1.50%) Aviation
14 5 (1.50%) Legal Technology
15 4 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.60%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 105 (31.44%) Architect
2 49 (14.67%) Senior
3 46 (13.77%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 46 (13.77%) Sales Executive
4 30 (8.98%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.68%) Senior Architect
6 25 (7.49%) IT Director
7 24 (7.19%) Security Architect
8 23 (6.89%) Cloud Architect
8 23 (6.89%) Senior Security Architect
9 22 (6.59%) Cloud Security Architect
9 22 (6.59%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 20 (5.99%) Enterprise Architect
10 20 (5.99%) IT Manager
11 19 (5.69%) Product Owner
12 17 (5.09%) Lead
13 16 (4.79%) Head of IT
13 16 (4.79%) Product Director
14 14 (4.19%) Technical Manager
15 13 (3.89%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.40%) LangChain
1 8 (2.40%) PyTorch
2 7 (2.10%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.10%) scikit-learn
2 7 (2.10%) TensorFlow
3 6 (1.80%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.80%) Streamlit
4 5 (1.50%) .NET
4 5 (1.50%) REST
5 4 (1.20%) OAuth
5 4 (1.20%) OpenID
6 3 (0.90%) Flutter
6 3 (0.90%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.90%) Kafka
6 3 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (0.90%) React Native
7 2 (0.60%) Middleware
7 2 (0.60%) XBRL
7 2 (0.60%) XML
8 1 (0.30%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.67%) Product Ownership
2 34 (10.18%) Data Centre
3 23 (6.89%) Distributed Architecture
4 19 (5.69%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.39%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.80%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.80%) Clustering
7 6 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.20%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.60%) Acoustics
11 2 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.60%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.60%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.10%) Windows
2 3 (0.90%) Android
2 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (75.75%) Technology Strategy
2 151 (45.21%) Roadmaps
3 121 (36.23%) AI
4 74 (22.16%) Customer Experience
5 58 (17.37%) Agile
5 58 (17.37%) Software Engineering
6 57 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (15.57%) Enterprise Architecture
8 46 (13.77%) CI/CD
8 46 (13.77%) Email Marketing
8 46 (13.77%) Technology Roadmap
9 44 (13.17%) Service Delivery
10 41 (12.28%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (11.98%) Community of Practice
12 39 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 35 (10.48%) Line Management
14 35 (10.48%) TOGAF
15 33 (9.88%) Decision-Making
15 33 (9.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.19%) Java
2 21 (6.29%) Python
3 14 (4.19%) SQL
4 6 (1.80%) Bicep
5 4 (1.20%) C#
6 2 (0.60%) C
6 2 (0.60%) C++
7 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (10.48%) Degree
2 16 (4.79%) SC Cleared
2 16 (4.79%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.40%) CISSP
4 7 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (0.90%) CISM
8 3 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.60%) ACCA
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CCNP
9 2 (0.60%) CEH
9 2 (0.60%) CIMA
9 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.98%) GRC
2 9 (2.69%) QA
3 8 (2.40%) GDPR
3 8 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.80%) NIST
6 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.20%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (6.89%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.90%) Docker
4 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.10%) Terraform
2 4 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.90%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.60%) Ansible
4 2 (0.60%) Argo
4 2 (0.60%) Autotask
4 2 (0.60%) Puppet
4 2 (0.60%) Salt
5 1 (0.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 109 (32.63%) Microsoft
2 52 (15.57%) Cisco
2 52 (15.57%) Dell
3 24 (7.19%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (6.59%) Palo Alto
4 22 (6.59%) Tenable
5 6 (1.80%) SAP
6 5 (1.50%) Workday
7 4 (1.20%) HighQ
7 4 (1.20%) Legatics
8 3 (0.90%) Databricks
8 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.60%) Google
9 2 (0.60%) Sage
9 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.60%) VMware
10 1 (0.30%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.30%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle
10 1 (0.30%) Sparx