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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 239 155
Rank change year-on-year +118 -84 +15
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 512 190 515
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.18% 1.18% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 1.27% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 235 133 175
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £46,900
25th Percentile £58,133 £25,203 £61,026
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% -15.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £112,000 £112,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.49% -2.14% -6.67%

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 19,241 14,993 20,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.86% 92.96% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,875 8,634 13,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -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 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 5 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 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.17%) SAS
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.39%) WordPress
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.78%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 143 (27.93%) Azure
2 73 (14.26%) AWS
3 55 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (10.74%) Power Platform
4 52 (10.16%) SaaS
5 49 (9.57%) GCP
6 31 (6.05%) Cloud Computing
7 30 (5.86%) Serverless
8 18 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (3.32%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.76%) PaaS
12 8 (1.56%) Azure AKS
12 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (1.37%) Azure Functions
13 7 (1.37%) IaaS
13 7 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.78%) Harvey AI
15 4 (0.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.45%) LAN
1 33 (6.45%) WAN
2 9 (1.76%) 5G
3 8 (1.56%) Firewall
4 7 (1.37%) Network Security
5 6 (1.17%) Broadband
6 4 (0.78%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.59%) 2G
7 3 (0.59%) 3G
7 3 (0.59%) 4G
7 3 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.59%) TETRA
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.39%) TACACS
8 2 (0.39%) VLAN
8 2 (0.39%) Wireless
9 1 (0.20%) DHCP
9 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.78%) MySQL
3 4 (0.78%) Power BI
3 4 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.59%) Metadata
5 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.30%) Snyk
2 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
General
1 226 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 137 (26.76%) Finance
3 112 (21.88%) Law
4 78 (15.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (13.09%) Legal
5 67 (13.09%) Public Sector
6 51 (9.96%) Presentation Skills
7 49 (9.57%) Marketing
8 39 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (7.62%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (6.84%) Banking
10 34 (6.64%) Legal Technology
11 17 (3.32%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.73%) Retail
13 12 (2.34%) Local Government
14 10 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.76%) French Language
15 9 (1.76%) Games
16 7 (1.37%) Aviation
17 6 (1.17%) Police
Job Titles
1 141 (27.54%) Architect
2 105 (20.51%) Senior
3 45 (8.79%) Lead
4 44 (8.59%) Sales Executive
4 44 (8.59%) Software Engineer
5 39 (7.62%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.42%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 37 (7.23%) Developer
8 31 (6.05%) Systems Architect
9 30 (5.86%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.47%) Enterprise Architect
10 28 (5.47%) Security Architect
11 26 (5.08%) Senior Architect
12 25 (4.88%) Senior Security Architect
12 25 (4.88%) Testing Manager
13 24 (4.69%) Cloud Architect
14 23 (4.49%) IT Director
14 23 (4.49%) IT Manager
15 22 (4.30%) Cloud Security Architect
15 22 (4.30%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.40%) .NET
2 12 (2.34%) LangChain
2 12 (2.34%) PyTorch
3 11 (2.15%) LangGraph
3 11 (2.15%) scikit-learn
3 11 (2.15%) TensorFlow
4 10 (1.95%) REST
5 9 (1.76%) React
5 9 (1.76%) Terraform
6 8 (1.56%) Node.js
7 7 (1.37%) ARM Templates
8 6 (1.17%) GraphQL
8 6 (1.17%) Streamlit
9 5 (0.98%) Flutter
9 5 (0.98%) React Native
10 4 (0.78%) Kafka
11 3 (0.59%) Blazor
11 3 (0.59%) Django
11 3 (0.59%) XML
12 2 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.57%) Product Ownership
2 47 (9.18%) Cloud Native
3 44 (8.59%) Data Centre
4 28 (5.47%) Distributed Architecture
4 28 (5.47%) Virtual Team
5 19 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.95%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.76%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.76%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.37%) LIMS
11 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.17%) Clustering
12 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.98%) IoT
12 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.76%) Windows
2 8 (1.56%) Linux
3 5 (0.98%) Android
3 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (86.13%) Technology Strategy
2 234 (45.70%) Roadmaps
3 165 (32.23%) Enterprise Architecture
4 154 (30.08%) AI
5 139 (27.15%) Software Engineering
6 136 (26.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (22.07%) Agile
8 112 (21.88%) Business Strategy
9 101 (19.73%) CI/CD
10 85 (16.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 80 (15.63%) Mentoring
12 79 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
13 77 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
14 73 (14.26%) Technical Leadership
15 72 (14.06%) Project Delivery
15 72 (14.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 70 (13.67%) DevOps
17 67 (13.09%) Information Security
17 67 (13.09%) Technology Roadmap
18 65 (12.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.65%) C#
2 64 (12.50%) Python
3 42 (8.20%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.64%) Java
5 31 (6.05%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.27%) SQL
7 26 (5.08%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.56%) Bicep
9 2 (0.39%) ABAP
9 2 (0.39%) C
9 2 (0.39%) C++
9 2 (0.39%) PHP
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Go
10 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (7.81%) Degree
2 26 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.76%) CISSP
5 8 (1.56%) CISM
5 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.56%) PMP
6 5 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.39%) CCNP
9 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.28%) QA
2 65 (12.70%) GRC
3 16 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.73%) GDPR
6 10 (1.95%) NIST
7 9 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.37%) GxP
9 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.39%) SLA
12 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.37%) Docker
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.59%) Ansible
3 2 (0.39%) Argo
3 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.39%) Puppet
3 2 (0.39%) Salt
4 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 153 (29.88%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.20%) Cisco
3 40 (7.81%) Dell
4 24 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (4.69%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.30%) Tenable
6 21 (4.10%) SAP
7 6 (1.17%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.17%) VMware
8 5 (0.98%) Google
8 5 (0.98%) HighQ
9 4 (0.78%) EMC
9 4 (0.78%) Legatics
9 4 (0.78%) NetApp
9 4 (0.78%) Veeam
10 3 (0.59%) Databricks
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle
10 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.39%) Sage
11 2 (0.39%) Workday