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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 184 172
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +29
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 211 294 370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 1.71% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.83% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 129 172 273
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,013 £46,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,543 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £97,163
90th Percentile £115,900 £116,125 £120,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +6.67% +6.27% -5.90%

All Process and 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 16,022 18,664
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.79% 92.92% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 8,676 9,671 15,007
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £78,839 £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% - -3.23%

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 23 December 2025.

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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Moodle
3 2 (0.95%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.95%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (26.07%) Azure
2 37 (17.54%) AWS
3 20 (9.48%) GCP
3 20 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.16%) SaaS
6 7 (3.32%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.32%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.37%) OCI
8 2 (0.95%) Boomi
8 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.95%) IaaS
8 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.95%) PaaS
8 2 (0.95%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.84%) LAN
1 6 (2.84%) SD-WAN
1 6 (2.84%) WAN
2 5 (2.37%) DNS
2 5 (2.37%) Firewall
2 5 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.90%) SSL
4 2 (0.95%) Broadband
4 2 (0.95%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) BGP
5 1 (0.47%) DHCP
5 1 (0.47%) MPLS
5 1 (0.47%) OSPF
5 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) VoIP
5 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.27%) Power BI
2 5 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 121 (57.35%) Social Skills
2 57 (27.01%) Finance
3 56 (26.54%) Marketing
4 37 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.95%) Retail
6 20 (9.48%) Legal
7 18 (8.53%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (5.21%) Law
8 11 (5.21%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (4.27%) Banking
11 6 (2.84%) Games
12 5 (2.37%) Local Government
12 5 (2.37%) Police
12 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.90%) Back Office
13 4 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.42%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (24.17%) Sales Executive
2 47 (22.27%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 34 (16.11%) Architect
4 27 (12.80%) Head of IT
5 20 (9.48%) Lead
6 18 (8.53%) Enterprise Architect
7 13 (6.16%) IT Manager
7 13 (6.16%) Senior
8 12 (5.69%) Software Engineer
9 11 (5.21%) Technology Director
10 8 (3.79%) IT Director
10 8 (3.79%) Senior Architect
11 6 (2.84%) IT Engineer
11 6 (2.84%) IT Support
11 6 (2.84%) Senior Enterprise Architect
11 6 (2.84%) Service Manager
11 6 (2.84%) Technical Architect
12 5 (2.37%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
12 5 (2.37%) Product Owner
12 5 (2.37%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) RESTful
2 3 (1.42%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.47%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) FHIR
3 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) JDBC
3 1 (0.47%) Kafka
3 1 (0.47%) React
3 1 (0.47%) SOAP
3 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.11%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (3.79%) Distributed Architecture
4 7 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.84%) Cyber Security Posture
5 6 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.90%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.90%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.42%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.95%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.95%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.95%) FMCG
10 1 (0.47%) Derivative
10 1 (0.47%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.37%) Windows
2 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (67.30%) Technology Strategy
2 84 (39.81%) Roadmaps
3 61 (28.91%) AI
4 58 (27.49%) Customer Experience
5 51 (24.17%) Email Marketing
6 43 (20.38%) Technology Roadmap
7 39 (18.48%) Business Strategy
7 39 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (13.27%) Enterprise Architecture
11 27 (12.80%) Strategic Roadmap
12 23 (10.90%) Budget Management
13 22 (10.43%) Collaborative Culture
13 22 (10.43%) Project Management
13 22 (10.43%) Strategic Thinking
14 21 (9.95%) Portfolio Management
15 20 (9.48%) Agile
16 18 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (8.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.11%) Java
2 8 (3.79%) SQL
3 2 (0.95%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) C#
4 1 (0.47%) Groovy
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (9.00%) Degree
2 8 (3.79%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (3.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.37%) CISM
4 5 (2.37%) CISSP
4 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.37%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.90%) CEH
5 4 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.90%) PMP
6 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.42%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.95%) CFA
7 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.95%) MBA
8 1 (0.47%) ACCA
8 1 (0.47%) CIMA
8 1 (0.47%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.90%) PMO
2 21 (9.95%) GDPR
2 21 (9.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (2.84%) NIST
4 5 (2.37%) GRC
4 5 (2.37%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.90%) SLA
5 4 (1.90%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.95%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.95%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.95%) QA
8 1 (0.47%) Basel III
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) MiFID
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.90%) Autotask
Vendors
1 91 (43.13%) Microsoft
2 50 (23.70%) Cisco
3 49 (23.22%) Dell
4 6 (2.84%) Oracle
5 5 (2.37%) Progress
6 4 (1.90%) Google
7 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.42%) Sparx
8 2 (0.95%) FIS
8 2 (0.95%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.95%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.95%) Murex
8 2 (0.95%) SAP
9 1 (0.47%) Adobe
9 1 (0.47%) Avaya
9 1 (0.47%) Calypso
9 1 (0.47%) ESRI
9 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.47%) Genesys
9 1 (0.47%) HP