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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 270 159
Rank change year-on-year +115 -111 +35
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 338 182 665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.17% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.24% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 167 135 320
10th Percentile £24,570 £24,570 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,237 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +2.31% -21.21%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £155,000 £101,250 £115,125
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -15.45%

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 16,750 14,693 30,457
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.39% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12,187 8,560 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,969 £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 £78,750 £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 24 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 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.78%) SAS
3 3 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) 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 72 (21.30%) Azure
2 42 (12.43%) AWS
3 31 (9.17%) GCP
4 29 (8.58%) Serverless
5 19 (5.62%) SaaS
6 18 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (3.55%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.96%) IaaS
8 10 (2.96%) PaaS
8 10 (2.96%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.07%) Azure AKS
9 7 (2.07%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.48%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.48%) Workato
11 4 (1.18%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.18%) Harvey AI
11 4 (1.18%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.18%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.21%) Broadband
2 9 (2.66%) 5G
3 6 (1.78%) Firewall
4 3 (0.89%) 2G
4 3 (0.89%) 3G
4 3 (0.89%) 4G
4 3 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.89%) TETRA
4 3 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.59%) LAN
5 2 (0.59%) Network Security
5 2 (0.59%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.89%) NoSQL
1 3 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.59%) Metadata
2 2 (0.59%) 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 (6.51%) Snyk
General
1 151 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 89 (26.33%) Finance
3 65 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (15.09%) Marketing
5 37 (10.95%) Influencing Skills
6 33 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 31 (9.17%) Banking
8 26 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (5.92%) Law
10 17 (5.03%) Retail
11 16 (4.73%) Telecoms
12 15 (4.44%) Games
12 15 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (4.14%) Legal
14 8 (2.37%) Local Government
15 6 (1.78%) Aviation
16 5 (1.48%) Legal Technology
17 4 (1.18%) Manufacturing
18 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
18 2 (0.59%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 109 (32.25%) Architect
2 51 (15.09%) Senior
3 45 (13.31%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 45 (13.31%) Sales Executive
4 31 (9.17%) Senior Architect
5 29 (8.58%) Software Engineer
6 26 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 25 (7.40%) IT Director
7 25 (7.40%) Senior Security Architect
8 23 (6.80%) Cloud Architect
9 22 (6.51%) Cloud Security Architect
9 22 (6.51%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 21 (6.21%) Enterprise Architect
11 20 (5.92%) IT Manager
12 19 (5.62%) Product Owner
13 18 (5.33%) Lead
14 16 (4.73%) Head of IT
14 16 (4.73%) Product Director
15 14 (4.14%) Technical Manager
16 13 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.37%) LangChain
1 8 (2.37%) PyTorch
2 7 (2.07%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.07%) LangGraph
2 7 (2.07%) scikit-learn
2 7 (2.07%) TensorFlow
3 6 (1.78%) .NET
3 6 (1.78%) Streamlit
4 5 (1.48%) REST
5 4 (1.18%) OAuth
5 4 (1.18%) OpenID
6 3 (0.89%) Flutter
6 3 (0.89%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.89%) Kafka
6 3 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (0.89%) React Native
7 2 (0.59%) Middleware
7 2 (0.59%) XBRL
7 2 (0.59%) XML
8 1 (0.30%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.20%) Product Ownership
2 34 (10.06%) Data Centre
3 22 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 22 (6.51%) Distributed Architecture
4 18 (5.33%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.78%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.78%) Clustering
8 6 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.89%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.89%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.59%) Acoustics
12 2 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.59%) Housing Association
12 2 (0.59%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.07%) Windows
2 3 (0.89%) Android
2 3 (0.89%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (75.44%) Technology Strategy
2 155 (45.86%) Roadmaps
3 121 (35.80%) AI
4 73 (21.60%) Customer Experience
5 61 (18.05%) Agile
6 58 (17.16%) Software Engineering
7 57 (16.86%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (15.98%) Enterprise Architecture
9 50 (14.79%) CI/CD
10 46 (13.61%) Technology Roadmap
11 45 (13.31%) Email Marketing
12 44 (13.02%) Service Delivery
13 40 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (11.83%) Technical Leadership
14 39 (11.54%) Community of Practice
14 39 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 37 (10.95%) TOGAF
16 36 (10.65%) Decision-Making
17 35 (10.36%) DevOps
17 35 (10.36%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.80%) Java
2 21 (6.21%) Python
3 15 (4.44%) SQL
4 7 (2.07%) Bicep
5 5 (1.48%) C#
6 2 (0.59%) C
6 2 (0.59%) C++
6 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (10.65%) Degree
2 16 (4.73%) SC Cleared
2 16 (4.73%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.37%) CISSP
4 7 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.89%) CISM
7 3 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.59%) ACCA
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.59%) CCNP
8 2 (0.59%) CEH
8 2 (0.59%) CIMA
8 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.88%) GRC
2 11 (3.25%) QA
3 8 (2.37%) GDPR
3 8 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.78%) NIST
6 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.18%) SLA
7 2 (0.59%) 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 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.48%) Docker
4 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.37%) Terraform
2 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.59%) Ansible
4 2 (0.59%) Argo
4 2 (0.59%) Autotask
4 2 (0.59%) Puppet
4 2 (0.59%) Salt
5 1 (0.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 111 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 51 (15.09%) Cisco
2 51 (15.09%) Dell
3 24 (7.10%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (6.51%) Palo Alto
4 22 (6.51%) Tenable
5 6 (1.78%) SAP
6 5 (1.48%) Workday
7 4 (1.18%) HighQ
7 4 (1.18%) Legatics
8 3 (0.89%) Databricks
8 3 (0.89%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.59%) Google
9 2 (0.59%) Oracle
9 2 (0.59%) Sage
9 2 (0.59%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.59%) VMware
10 1 (0.30%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.30%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.30%) Sparx