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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 200 180
Rank change year-on-year +24 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 216 274 390
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 1.65% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.77% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 123 159 298
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,107 £46,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,809 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,736 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.31% +10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £93,125 £95,000 £88,438
90th Percentile £124,900 £116,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +6.67% +6.27% -8.93%

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 13,281 15,500 19,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.95% 93.36% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,418 9,178 15,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,620 £46,250
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 £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% - -4.00%

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 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 9 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Moodle
2 2 (0.93%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (25.93%) Azure
2 39 (18.06%) AWS
3 21 (9.72%) GCP
3 21 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.24%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.24%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.78%) SaaS
7 5 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.31%) OCI
8 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.93%) IaaS
8 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.93%) PaaS
8 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Boomi
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.63%) Broadband
2 8 (3.70%) LAN
2 8 (3.70%) SD-WAN
2 8 (3.70%) WAN
3 7 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.31%) DNS
5 4 (1.85%) Firewall
5 4 (1.85%) SSL
6 2 (0.93%) Network Security
7 1 (0.46%) BGP
7 1 (0.46%) DHCP
7 1 (0.46%) MPLS
7 1 (0.46%) OSPF
7 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.46%) VLAN
7 1 (0.46%) VoIP
7 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.24%) Power BI
2 4 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.46%) Big Data
4 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) Metadata
4 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.46%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 133 (61.57%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.31%) Finance
3 53 (24.54%) Marketing
4 35 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (10.19%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (10.19%) Retail
6 20 (9.26%) Legal
7 14 (6.48%) Games
8 13 (6.02%) Telecoms
9 11 (5.09%) Law
10 10 (4.63%) Banking
10 10 (4.63%) Public Sector
11 9 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (3.24%) Local Government
13 6 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.31%) Police
15 4 (1.85%) Back Office
15 4 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (22.69%) Sales Executive
2 45 (20.83%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 42 (19.44%) Architect
4 25 (11.57%) Head of IT
5 22 (10.19%) Lead
6 17 (7.87%) Enterprise Architect
7 16 (7.41%) Senior
8 13 (6.02%) Software Engineer
9 11 (5.09%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.63%) Senior Architect
10 10 (4.63%) Technology Director
11 8 (3.70%) IT Director
11 8 (3.70%) Service Manager
12 7 (3.24%) Principal Architect
12 7 (3.24%) Product Owner
13 6 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (2.78%) IT Engineer
13 6 (2.78%) IT Support
13 6 (2.78%) Product Director
13 6 (2.78%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.85%) RESTful
2 2 (0.93%) REST
3 1 (0.46%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.46%) CSS
3 1 (0.46%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.46%) HTML
3 1 (0.46%) JDBC
3 1 (0.46%) SOAP
3 1 (0.46%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (4.17%) Distributed Architecture
4 8 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.24%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.78%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.31%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.85%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.39%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.93%) FMCG
10 2 (0.93%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.46%) Derivative
11 1 (0.46%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.85%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (68.52%) Technology Strategy
2 95 (43.98%) Roadmaps
3 64 (29.63%) Customer Experience
4 58 (26.85%) AI
5 52 (24.07%) Technology Roadmap
6 49 (22.69%) Email Marketing
7 45 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (19.44%) Business Strategy
9 36 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (13.89%) Strategic Thinking
11 27 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
11 27 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
12 25 (11.57%) Agile
13 24 (11.11%) Budget Management
14 23 (10.65%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (10.65%) Software Engineering
15 22 (10.19%) CRM
15 22 (10.19%) Service Delivery
16 21 (9.72%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.41%) Java
2 6 (2.78%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) C#
3 1 (0.46%) Groovy
3 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (10.19%) Degree
2 10 (4.63%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.31%) CISM
6 5 (2.31%) CISSP
6 5 (2.31%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.85%) CEH
7 4 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.39%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.39%) PMP
9 2 (0.93%) CFA
9 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.93%) MBA
10 1 (0.46%) ACCA
10 1 (0.46%) CIMA
10 1 (0.46%) CISA
10 1 (0.46%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.19%) PMO
2 17 (7.87%) GDPR
3 16 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.24%) GRC
5 6 (2.78%) NIST
5 6 (2.78%) SLA
6 5 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (2.31%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.85%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.39%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.93%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.46%) Basel III
10 1 (0.46%) MiFID
10 1 (0.46%) NCSC
10 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 12 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.78%) Autotask
Vendors
1 90 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 48 (22.22%) Cisco
3 46 (21.30%) Dell
4 6 (2.78%) Oracle
5 5 (2.31%) Progress
6 4 (1.85%) Google
7 3 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.39%) Sparx
8 2 (0.93%) FIS
8 2 (0.93%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.93%) Murex
8 2 (0.93%) SAP
9 1 (0.46%) Adobe
9 1 (0.46%) Avaya
9 1 (0.46%) Calypso
9 1 (0.46%) ESRI
9 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.46%) Genesys
9 1 (0.46%) HP
9 1 (0.46%) Workday