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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 198 175
Rank change year-on-year +22 -23 +24
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 214 300 383
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.70% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.84% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 133 175 281
10th Percentile £24,570 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £55,744 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +3.33% +3.99%
75th Percentile £88,750 £94,389 £97,163
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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 13,678 16,269 18,914
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.17% 92.44% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,770 9,885 15,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,387
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +1.81% -1.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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% - -1.93%

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 16 December 2025.

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 10 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.87%) Moodle
3 2 (0.93%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (26.17%) Azure
2 35 (16.36%) AWS
3 23 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.41%) GCP
5 16 (7.48%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.01%) SaaS
7 9 (4.21%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.27%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.34%) OCI
10 2 (0.93%) Boomi
10 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.93%) IaaS
10 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.93%) PaaS
10 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.27%) Firewall
2 6 (2.80%) LAN
2 6 (2.80%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.80%) WAN
3 5 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.87%) DNS
5 3 (1.40%) SSL
6 2 (0.93%) Network Security
7 1 (0.47%) BGP
7 1 (0.47%) DHCP
7 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
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 10 (4.67%) Power BI
2 7 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 122 (57.01%) Social Skills
2 56 (26.17%) Marketing
3 55 (25.70%) Finance
4 40 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.81%) Retail
6 20 (9.35%) Legal
7 18 (8.41%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.61%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.14%) Law
10 10 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (4.21%) Banking
12 5 (2.34%) Games
12 5 (2.34%) Police
12 5 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.87%) Back Office
13 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.87%) Local Government
13 4 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (24.30%) Sales Executive
2 48 (22.43%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 32 (14.95%) Architect
4 30 (14.02%) Head of IT
5 20 (9.35%) Lead
6 17 (7.94%) Enterprise Architect
7 15 (7.01%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.07%) Senior
9 11 (5.14%) Software Engineer
9 11 (5.14%) Technology Director
10 9 (4.21%) IT Director
11 8 (3.74%) Senior Architect
12 6 (2.80%) IT Engineer
12 6 (2.80%) IT Support
12 6 (2.80%) Senior Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.80%) Service Manager
13 5 (2.34%) Digital Transformation
13 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
13 5 (2.34%) Head of Digital
13 5 (2.34%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) RESTful
2 3 (1.40%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.47%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) FHIR
3 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) JDBC
3 1 (0.47%) Kafka
3 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.47%) React
3 1 (0.47%) SOAP
3 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.54%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (3.27%) Distributed Architecture
3 7 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.80%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.34%) Learning Management System
6 4 (1.87%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.87%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.40%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.40%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.93%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.27%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (64.95%) Technology Strategy
2 79 (36.92%) Roadmaps
3 62 (28.97%) AI
4 56 (26.17%) Customer Experience
5 52 (24.30%) Email Marketing
6 42 (19.63%) Technology Roadmap
7 38 (17.76%) Business Strategy
7 38 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (13.08%) Enterprise Architecture
10 25 (11.68%) Strategic Roadmap
11 24 (11.21%) Budget Management
11 24 (11.21%) Strategic Thinking
12 23 (10.75%) Project Management
13 22 (10.28%) Collaborative Culture
14 21 (9.81%) Portfolio Management
15 20 (9.35%) Agile
16 18 (8.41%) Mentoring
16 18 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.54%) Java
2 10 (4.67%) SQL
3 2 (0.93%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) C#
4 1 (0.47%) Groovy
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (7.94%) Degree
2 8 (3.74%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (3.27%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.34%) CISM
4 5 (2.34%) CISSP
4 5 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.87%) CEH
5 4 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.87%) PMP
6 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.40%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.93%) CFA
7 2 (0.93%) MBA
8 1 (0.47%) CIMA
8 1 (0.47%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (10.75%) PMO
2 21 (9.81%) GDPR
3 6 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.34%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.34%) NIST
5 4 (1.87%) GRC
5 4 (1.87%) SLA
6 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.93%) QA
8 1 (0.47%) Basel III
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) MiFID
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.87%) Autotask
Vendors
1 94 (43.93%) Microsoft
2 51 (23.83%) Cisco
3 50 (23.36%) Dell
4 7 (3.27%) Oracle
5 5 (2.34%) Progress
6 4 (1.87%) Google
6 4 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.40%) MuleSoft
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%) 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%) TippingPoint