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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 199 195
Rank change year-on-year +26 -4 -6
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 233 264 461
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 1.63% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.72% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 129 157 360
10th Percentile £24,570 £51,024 £43,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,809 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £75,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +14.77% -12.87%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £84,964
90th Percentile £127,000 £117,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +11.11% -14.01%

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 13,710 15,305 24,440
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.71% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,709 9,023 20,101
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 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%

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 31 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 10 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.86%) Moodle
2 2 (0.86%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (25.32%) Azure
2 39 (16.74%) AWS
3 22 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.01%) GCP
5 12 (5.15%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.43%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.58%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.58%) SaaS
8 5 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.15%) OCI
9 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.29%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.86%) IaaS
11 2 (0.86%) PaaS
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.43%) Boomi
12 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.30%) Broadband
2 7 (3.00%) LAN
2 7 (3.00%) SD-WAN
2 7 (3.00%) WAN
2 7 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.72%) DNS
3 4 (1.72%) Firewall
3 4 (1.72%) SSL
4 2 (0.86%) Network Security
5 1 (0.43%) BGP
5 1 (0.43%) OSPF
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.43%) VLAN
5 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.58%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Big Data
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 145 (62.23%) Social Skills
2 65 (27.90%) Finance
3 55 (23.61%) Marketing
4 32 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.16%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.44%) Retail
7 21 (9.01%) Games
8 20 (8.58%) Legal
9 18 (7.73%) Telecoms
10 13 (5.58%) Banking
10 13 (5.58%) Law
11 11 (4.72%) Local Government
12 10 (4.29%) Public Sector
13 8 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (2.15%) Police
14 5 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.86%) Agriculture
16 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (24.03%) Architect
2 51 (21.89%) Sales Executive
3 47 (20.17%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 27 (11.59%) Head of IT
5 22 (9.44%) Lead
6 18 (7.73%) Senior
7 17 (7.30%) Enterprise Architect
8 14 (6.01%) Senior Architect
9 13 (5.58%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.72%) IT Director
10 11 (4.72%) Principal Architect
11 10 (4.29%) IT Manager
11 10 (4.29%) Product Owner
11 10 (4.29%) Systems Architect
11 10 (4.29%) Technology Director
12 9 (3.86%) Product Director
13 8 (3.43%) Head of Finance
13 8 (3.43%) Service Manager
14 7 (3.00%) Technical Architect
15 6 (2.58%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.72%) RESTful
2 2 (0.86%) OAuth
2 2 (0.86%) OpenID
2 2 (0.86%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) .NET
3 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
3 1 (0.43%) JDBC
3 1 (0.43%) SOAP
3 1 (0.43%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.01%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.86%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.58%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.15%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.72%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.29%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.86%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.86%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.86%) FMCG
10 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.43%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.15%) Windows
2 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (68.67%) Technology Strategy
2 104 (44.64%) Roadmaps
3 74 (31.76%) Customer Experience
4 63 (27.04%) AI
5 58 (24.89%) Technology Roadmap
6 51 (21.89%) Email Marketing
7 49 (21.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (17.60%) Business Strategy
9 36 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (15.02%) Strategic Thinking
11 34 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (13.73%) Agile
13 31 (13.30%) Line Management
14 30 (12.88%) Software Engineering
15 28 (12.02%) CRM
16 26 (11.16%) Strategic Roadmap
17 25 (10.73%) Enterprise Architecture
17 25 (10.73%) Service Delivery
18 22 (9.44%) Budget Management
19 21 (9.01%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.87%) Java
2 5 (2.15%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) C#
3 1 (0.43%) Groovy
3 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (10.30%) Degree
2 11 (4.72%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.00%) CISSP
5 6 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.15%) CISM
6 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.72%) CEH
7 4 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.29%) PMP
8 3 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.86%) CFA
9 2 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.86%) MBA
10 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.44%) PMO
2 15 (6.44%) GDPR
3 14 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.72%) GRC
5 6 (2.58%) NIST
5 6 (2.58%) SLA
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.72%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.86%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.86%) QA
8 1 (0.43%) Basel III
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.43%) MiFID
8 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.58%) Autotask
1 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (39.06%) Microsoft
2 49 (21.03%) Cisco
3 47 (20.17%) Dell
4 6 (2.58%) Oracle
5 4 (1.72%) Progress
6 3 (1.29%) Google
6 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.29%) Sparx
7 2 (0.86%) FIS
7 2 (0.86%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.86%) Murex
7 2 (0.86%) SAP
8 1 (0.43%) Adobe
8 1 (0.43%) Avaya
8 1 (0.43%) ESRI
8 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.43%) Genesys
8 1 (0.43%) HP
8 1 (0.43%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) Workday