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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 208 194
Rank change year-on-year +29 -14 -8
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 241 230 473
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 1.58% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.66% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 134 154 361
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,600 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,500 £56,809 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year - +14.77% -19.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £125,800 £114,250 £120,000
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 14,332 13,831 26,413
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.55% 95.24% 92.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,355 8,710 21,901
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -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 6 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 7 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.83%) Moodle
2 2 (0.83%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.24%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.31%) Azure
2 41 (17.01%) AWS
3 21 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.30%) GCP
5 14 (5.81%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.32%) SaaS
7 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.07%) IaaS
8 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.07%) OCI
8 5 (2.07%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.07%) PaaS
9 4 (1.66%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.66%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.24%) Workato
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.05%) Broadband
2 5 (2.07%) LAN
2 5 (2.07%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.07%) WAN
3 4 (1.66%) DNS
3 4 (1.66%) Firewall
3 4 (1.66%) SSL
3 4 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.83%) Network Security
5 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.49%) Power BI
1 6 (2.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.41%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.41%) Metadata
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.41%) MySQL
3 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 140 (58.09%) Social Skills
2 68 (28.22%) Finance
3 54 (22.41%) Marketing
4 32 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.96%) Influencing Skills
6 23 (9.54%) Legal
6 23 (9.54%) Retail
7 21 (8.71%) Games
8 18 (7.47%) Telecoms
9 13 (5.39%) Banking
9 13 (5.39%) Law
10 7 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.90%) Local Government
11 6 (2.49%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.83%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.41%) Billing
16 1 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 64 (26.56%) Architect
2 48 (19.92%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 48 (19.92%) Sales Executive
3 25 (10.37%) Head of IT
4 22 (9.13%) Lead
5 19 (7.88%) Enterprise Architect
6 18 (7.47%) Senior
7 14 (5.81%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.81%) Product Owner
8 13 (5.39%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.98%) IT Director
9 12 (4.98%) Senior Architect
10 11 (4.56%) Principal Architect
10 11 (4.56%) Product Director
11 10 (4.15%) Systems Architect
11 10 (4.15%) Technology Director
12 9 (3.73%) Integration Architect
13 8 (3.32%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.90%) Head of Finance
14 7 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.66%) RESTful
2 3 (1.24%) .NET
2 3 (1.24%) OAuth
2 3 (1.24%) OpenID
2 3 (1.24%) REST
3 2 (0.83%) Middleware
3 2 (0.83%) SOAP
4 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.41%) ADO
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.41%) Celery
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.41%) JDBC
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.41%) Ray
4 1 (0.41%) React
4 1 (0.41%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.79%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.73%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.66%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.24%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.83%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.41%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.90%) Windows
2 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (71.78%) Technology Strategy
2 103 (42.74%) Roadmaps
3 71 (29.46%) Customer Experience
4 65 (26.97%) AI
5 55 (22.82%) Technology Roadmap
6 48 (19.92%) Email Marketing
7 46 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (17.01%) Business Strategy
9 40 (16.60%) Agile
10 33 (13.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (13.69%) Strategic Thinking
11 32 (13.28%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (13.28%) Software Engineering
12 31 (12.86%) Line Management
13 27 (11.20%) CRM
14 24 (9.96%) DevOps
14 24 (9.96%) Enterprise Architecture
15 22 (9.13%) Service Delivery
16 21 (8.71%) Customer Engagement
16 21 (8.71%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.81%) Java
2 7 (2.90%) SQL
3 3 (1.24%) C#
3 3 (1.24%) Python
4 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.41%) Groovy
5 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (9.96%) Degree
2 9 (3.73%) CISSP
3 8 (3.32%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.07%) CISM
7 4 (1.66%) CEH
8 3 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CISA
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.41%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.13%) PMO
2 14 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.56%) GRC
4 10 (4.15%) GDPR
5 7 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.90%) NIST
6 6 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.66%) SLA
7 4 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.83%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.83%) QA
10 1 (0.41%) Basel III
10 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.41%) MiFID
10 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.66%) Autotask
2 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 103 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.41%) Cisco
3 52 (21.58%) Dell
4 6 (2.49%) Oracle
5 5 (2.07%) SAP
6 4 (1.66%) Workday
7 3 (1.24%) Sparx
8 2 (0.83%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.83%) Google
9 1 (0.41%) Avaya
9 1 (0.41%) ESRI
9 1 (0.41%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.41%) Genesys
9 1 (0.41%) iManage
9 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.41%) SnapLogic