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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 199 188
Rank change year-on-year +28 -11 +1
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 229 270 454
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.66% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.76% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 128 154 356
10th Percentile £24,570 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,809 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,050 £77,500 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +18.59% -12.87%
75th Percentile £94,063 £98,474 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £118,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +8.70% -12.10%

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 13,571 15,317 24,005
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.79% 94.32% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 9,003 19,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 27 January 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 11 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.87%) Moodle
2 2 (0.87%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.33%) Azure
2 39 (17.03%) AWS
3 22 (9.61%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.17%) GCP
5 12 (5.24%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.93%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.06%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.62%) SaaS
9 5 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.18%) OCI
10 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.31%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.31%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.87%) IaaS
12 2 (0.87%) PaaS
13 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.44%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.44%) Boomi
13 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.42%) Broadband
2 7 (3.06%) LAN
2 7 (3.06%) SD-WAN
2 7 (3.06%) WAN
2 7 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.75%) DNS
3 4 (1.75%) SSL
4 3 (1.31%) Firewall
5 2 (0.87%) Network Security
6 1 (0.44%) BGP
6 1 (0.44%) OSPF
6 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.44%) VLAN
6 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.62%) Power BI
2 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.44%) Big Data
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Metadata
4 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 143 (62.45%) Social Skills
2 64 (27.95%) Finance
3 53 (23.14%) Marketing
4 33 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.35%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.61%) Retail
7 21 (9.17%) Games
8 20 (8.73%) Legal
9 18 (7.86%) Telecoms
10 13 (5.68%) Law
11 12 (5.24%) Banking
12 11 (4.80%) Local Government
13 10 (4.37%) Public Sector
14 8 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (2.18%) Police
17 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
18 3 (1.31%) Back Office
19 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
19 2 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 55 (24.02%) Architect
2 49 (21.40%) Sales Executive
3 45 (19.65%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 26 (11.35%) Head of IT
5 22 (9.61%) Lead
6 17 (7.42%) Enterprise Architect
6 17 (7.42%) Senior
7 13 (5.68%) Senior Architect
7 13 (5.68%) Software Engineer
8 11 (4.80%) Principal Architect
9 10 (4.37%) IT Director
9 10 (4.37%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.37%) Systems Architect
9 10 (4.37%) Technology Director
10 9 (3.93%) Product Owner
11 8 (3.49%) Head of Finance
11 8 (3.49%) Product Director
11 8 (3.49%) Service Manager
12 7 (3.06%) Technical Architect
13 6 (2.62%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) RESTful
2 2 (0.87%) OAuth
2 2 (0.87%) OpenID
2 2 (0.87%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) .NET
3 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
3 1 (0.44%) JDBC
3 1 (0.44%) SOAP
3 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.73%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.93%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (3.06%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.62%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.18%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.75%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.31%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.31%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.87%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.87%) FMCG
11 1 (0.44%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.18%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (68.56%) Technology Strategy
2 106 (46.29%) Roadmaps
3 72 (31.44%) Customer Experience
4 60 (26.20%) AI
5 59 (25.76%) Technology Roadmap
6 49 (21.40%) Email Marketing
7 48 (20.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (18.34%) Business Strategy
9 36 (15.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (14.85%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (14.85%) Strategic Thinking
11 31 (13.54%) Agile
11 31 (13.54%) Line Management
12 30 (13.10%) Software Engineering
13 28 (12.23%) CRM
14 27 (11.79%) Strategic Roadmap
15 26 (11.35%) Service Delivery
16 25 (10.92%) Enterprise Architecture
17 23 (10.04%) Budget Management
18 21 (9.17%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.99%) Java
2 5 (2.18%) SQL
3 1 (0.44%) C#
3 1 (0.44%) Groovy
3 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (10.92%) Degree
2 11 (4.80%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.37%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.06%) CISSP
5 6 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.18%) CISM
6 5 (2.18%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.75%) CEH
7 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.31%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.31%) PMP
8 3 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.87%) CFA
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.87%) MBA
10 1 (0.44%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.61%) PMO
2 16 (6.99%) GDPR
3 15 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.80%) GRC
5 6 (2.62%) NIST
5 6 (2.62%) SLA
6 5 (2.18%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.87%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.44%) Basel III
9 1 (0.44%) MiFID
9 1 (0.44%) NCSC
9 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 11 (4.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.62%) Autotask
3 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (39.30%) Microsoft
2 47 (20.52%) Cisco
3 45 (19.65%) Dell
4 6 (2.62%) Oracle
5 5 (2.18%) Progress
6 4 (1.75%) Google
7 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.31%) Sparx
8 2 (0.87%) FIS
8 2 (0.87%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.87%) Murex
8 2 (0.87%) SAP
9 1 (0.44%) Adobe
9 1 (0.44%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.44%) iManage
9 1 (0.44%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.44%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.44%) SnapLogic