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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 217 182
Rank change year-on-year +62 -35 +12
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 276 183 537
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 1.42% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.50% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 150 134 327
10th Percentile £24,570 £48,514 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,688 £56,982 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £84,964
90th Percentile £155,000 £115,125 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -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 14,197 12,222 28,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.45% 94.81% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,911 8,883 23,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 April 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 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.72%) Moodle
3 2 (0.72%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (22.10%) Azure
2 44 (15.94%) AWS
3 26 (9.42%) GCP
4 22 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.62%) SaaS
7 6 (2.17%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.17%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.17%) Serverless
8 5 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.81%) ChatGPT
8 5 (1.81%) IaaS
8 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.81%) PaaS
9 4 (1.45%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.09%) Workato
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.72%) Prefect
12 1 (0.36%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.16%) Broadband
2 6 (2.17%) Firewall
3 4 (1.45%) DNS
3 4 (1.45%) LAN
3 4 (1.45%) Network Security
3 4 (1.45%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.45%) SSL
3 4 (1.45%) WAN
4 3 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.45%) Power BI
3 2 (0.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.36%) Big Data
4 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.36%) MySQL
4 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Snyk
General
1 144 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 70 (25.36%) Finance
3 50 (18.12%) Marketing
4 28 (10.14%) Influencing Skills
5 26 (9.42%) Public Sector
6 24 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (7.61%) Games
9 20 (7.25%) Banking
10 18 (6.52%) Law
11 16 (5.80%) Legal
11 16 (5.80%) Telecoms
12 10 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.90%) Retail
14 7 (2.54%) Local Government
15 4 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.45%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.36%) Police
16 1 (0.36%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 74 (26.81%) Architect
2 42 (15.22%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 42 (15.22%) Sales Executive
3 24 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 22 (7.97%) Lead
5 21 (7.61%) Head of IT
5 21 (7.61%) Senior
6 20 (7.25%) IT Director
7 18 (6.52%) Product Owner
7 18 (6.52%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.80%) Product Director
9 15 (5.43%) Enterprise Architect
9 15 (5.43%) Technical Manager
10 13 (4.71%) Senior Architect
11 12 (4.35%) Account Manager
11 12 (4.35%) Technical Account Manager
12 11 (3.99%) Principal Architect
13 10 (3.62%) Systems Architect
13 10 (3.62%) Technical Architect
14 9 (3.26%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.45%) OAuth
1 4 (1.45%) OpenID
1 4 (1.45%) RESTful
2 3 (1.09%) .NET
2 3 (1.09%) Kafka
2 3 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.72%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.36%) ADO
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.36%) Celery
4 1 (0.36%) LangChain
4 1 (0.36%) LlamaIndex
4 1 (0.36%) Ray
4 1 (0.36%) React
4 1 (0.36%) REST
4 1 (0.36%) SOAP
4 1 (0.36%) XBRL
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.96%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.07%) Distributed Architecture
3 13 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.99%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.62%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.81%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.45%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.09%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.09%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.72%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.36%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.26%) Windows
2 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (68.12%) Technology Strategy
2 120 (43.48%) Roadmaps
3 75 (27.17%) AI
4 61 (22.10%) Customer Experience
5 54 (19.57%) Technology Roadmap
6 48 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (15.22%) Email Marketing
7 42 (15.22%) Service Delivery
8 41 (14.86%) Software Engineering
9 38 (13.77%) Agile
10 36 (13.04%) Business Strategy
11 34 (12.32%) Line Management
12 33 (11.96%) Strategic Thinking
13 31 (11.23%) Enterprise Architecture
14 26 (9.42%) CRM
14 26 (9.42%) DevOps
14 26 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
15 24 (8.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.52%) Java
2 5 (1.81%) SQL
3 3 (1.09%) C#
3 3 (1.09%) Python
4 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (10.87%) Degree
2 13 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.35%) CISSP
3 12 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.54%) CISM
5 6 (2.17%) CEH
5 6 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.72%) CCNP
9 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CISA
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.52%) GRC
2 17 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.07%) GDPR
4 12 (4.35%) PMO
5 11 (3.99%) NIST
6 9 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.45%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.09%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (1.09%) SLA
10 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.72%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.72%) QA
11 1 (0.36%) Basel III
11 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (2.17%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.09%) Autotask
3 2 (0.72%) Ansible
3 2 (0.72%) Argo
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.72%) Puppet
3 2 (0.72%) Salt
4 1 (0.36%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 105 (38.04%) Microsoft
2 50 (18.12%) Cisco
3 48 (17.39%) Dell
4 7 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (2.54%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.17%) Tenable
6 4 (1.45%) SAP
6 4 (1.45%) Workday
7 3 (1.09%) Google
7 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.09%) Sparx
8 2 (0.72%) Databricks
8 2 (0.72%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle
8 2 (0.72%) Sage
8 2 (0.72%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.36%) Adobe
9 1 (0.36%) Avaya
9 1 (0.36%) Genesys
9 1 (0.36%) HP