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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 239 152
Rank change year-on-year +117 -87 +17
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 525 197 495
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.12% 1.19% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.28% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 244 134 185
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £48,519
25th Percentile £62,500 £24,728 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,013 £63,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.58% -15.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £105,625 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £108,875 £112,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,736 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.11% -5.19% -3.33%

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 20,104 15,435 20,155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.13% 93.44% 87.99%
Number of salaries quoted 14,351 8,541 12,114
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,460 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -0.90% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%

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 26 September 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 16 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.14%) SAS
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
5 2 (0.38%) WordPress
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) Appian
6 1 (0.19%) Confluence
6 1 (0.19%) JBoss
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.76%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.57%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (28.38%) Azure
2 77 (14.67%) AWS
3 58 (11.05%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (10.67%) Power Platform
5 51 (9.71%) SaaS
6 50 (9.52%) GCP
7 31 (5.90%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (5.71%) Serverless
9 19 (3.62%) Entra ID
10 17 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.90%) PaaS
13 9 (1.71%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.52%) IaaS
14 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (1.33%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.33%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (0.76%) Harvey AI
17 4 (0.76%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.29%) LAN
1 33 (6.29%) WAN
2 9 (1.71%) 5G
3 7 (1.33%) Firewall
4 6 (1.14%) Broadband
5 5 (0.95%) Network Security
5 5 (0.95%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.57%) 2G
6 3 (0.57%) 3G
6 3 (0.57%) 4G
6 3 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.57%) TETRA
6 3 (0.57%) VLAN
7 2 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.38%) TACACS
7 2 (0.38%) Wireless
8 1 (0.19%) DHCP
8 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.14%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (0.95%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.95%) Power BI
3 4 (0.76%) MySQL
3 4 (0.76%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.57%) Metadata
4 3 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.19%) Big Data
5 1 (0.19%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.19%) HBase
5 1 (0.19%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.19%) Snyk
2 2 (0.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 235 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 139 (26.48%) Finance
3 113 (21.52%) Law
4 85 (16.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (12.95%) Legal
6 60 (11.43%) Public Sector
7 54 (10.29%) Presentation Skills
8 53 (10.10%) Marketing
9 45 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
11 38 (7.24%) Banking
12 36 (6.86%) Legal Technology
13 18 (3.43%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.67%) Retail
15 12 (2.29%) Local Government
16 10 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.71%) French Language
17 9 (1.71%) Games
18 7 (1.33%) Aviation
19 6 (1.14%) Police
Job Titles
1 153 (29.14%) Architect
2 104 (19.81%) Senior
3 55 (10.48%) Lead
4 50 (9.52%) Sales Executive
5 45 (8.57%) Software Engineer
6 44 (8.38%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 39 (7.43%) Developer
7 39 (7.43%) Senior Manager
8 31 (5.90%) Systems Architect
9 30 (5.71%) Senior Developer
10 29 (5.52%) Security Architect
11 28 (5.33%) Enterprise Architect
11 28 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (5.14%) Lead Architect
12 27 (5.14%) Senior Architect
13 25 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
13 25 (4.76%) Senior Security Architect
13 25 (4.76%) Testing Manager
14 22 (4.19%) Cloud Security Architect
14 22 (4.19%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.38%) .NET
2 14 (2.67%) LangChain
2 14 (2.67%) PyTorch
3 13 (2.48%) LangGraph
3 13 (2.48%) scikit-learn
3 13 (2.48%) TensorFlow
4 12 (2.29%) React
5 11 (2.10%) Node.js
6 10 (1.90%) REST
7 9 (1.71%) Terraform
8 7 (1.33%) ARM Templates
9 6 (1.14%) GraphQL
9 6 (1.14%) Streamlit
10 5 (0.95%) Flutter
10 5 (0.95%) React Native
10 5 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.76%) Kafka
12 3 (0.57%) Blazor
12 3 (0.57%) Django
12 3 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.48%) Cloud Native
1 55 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 49 (9.33%) Data Centre
3 32 (6.10%) Virtual Team
4 27 (5.14%) Distributed Architecture
5 24 (4.57%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.90%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.71%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.33%) LIMS
11 6 (1.14%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.14%) Clustering
11 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.14%) IoT
12 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.10%) Windows
2 10 (1.90%) Linux
3 5 (0.95%) Android
3 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (90.86%) Technology Strategy
2 236 (44.95%) Roadmaps
3 170 (32.38%) AI
4 169 (32.19%) Enterprise Architecture
5 142 (27.05%) Software Engineering
6 141 (26.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 114 (21.71%) Agile
7 114 (21.71%) Business Strategy
8 105 (20.00%) CI/CD
9 103 (19.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 84 (16.00%) Mentoring
11 81 (15.43%) Technical Leadership
12 78 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
13 76 (14.48%) Project Delivery
14 71 (13.52%) Risk Management
15 70 (13.33%) DevOps
16 69 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 68 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
18 66 (12.57%) Information Security
18 66 (12.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 76 (14.48%) C#
2 67 (12.76%) Python
3 45 (8.57%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.48%) TypeScript
5 33 (6.29%) Java
6 27 (5.14%) PowerShell
6 27 (5.14%) SQL
7 8 (1.52%) Bicep
8 5 (0.95%) ABAP
9 2 (0.38%) C
9 2 (0.38%) C++
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) Bash
10 1 (0.19%) Go
10 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (7.05%) Degree
2 36 (6.86%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.90%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.52%) PMP
6 7 (1.33%) CISSP
7 6 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.14%) CISM
8 5 (0.95%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.57%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ACCA
11 2 (0.38%) CIMA
11 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.38%) PhD
12 1 (0.19%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.95%) GRC
1 68 (12.95%) QA
2 17 (3.24%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.29%) GDPR
5 8 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.33%) GxP
6 7 (1.33%) NIST
7 4 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.38%) SLA
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.33%) Docker
3 7 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 10 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.19%) Ansible
3 1 (0.19%) Control-M
Vendors
1 152 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.76%) Cisco
3 44 (8.38%) Dell
4 26 (4.95%) SAP
5 24 (4.57%) CrowdStrike
5 24 (4.57%) Palo Alto
6 22 (4.19%) Tenable
7 13 (2.48%) VMware
8 7 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.14%) Google
10 5 (0.95%) EMC
10 5 (0.95%) HighQ
10 5 (0.95%) NetApp
10 5 (0.95%) Veeam
10 5 (0.95%) YouTube
11 4 (0.76%) Citrix
11 4 (0.76%) Legatics
12 3 (0.57%) Databricks
12 3 (0.57%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle