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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 209 198
Rank change year-on-year +35 -11 -8
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 229 251 457
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.60% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.69% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 128 157 362
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,080 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,414 £56,809 £47,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year - +14.77% -18.31%
75th Percentile £95,250 £95,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £130,750 £115,500 £114,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +6.67% +14.77% -18.31%

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 13,929 14,866 25,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.27% 94.76% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 8,893 21,194
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.09% -7.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 13 February 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 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.87%) Moodle
2 2 (0.87%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
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 ERP
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.33%) Azure
2 38 (16.59%) AWS
3 20 (8.73%) GCP
3 20 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.68%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.49%) SaaS
6 7 (3.06%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.18%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.18%) OCI
8 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.31%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.31%) IaaS
9 3 (1.31%) PaaS
9 3 (1.31%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.44%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.42%) Broadband
2 6 (2.62%) LAN
2 6 (2.62%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.62%) WAN
2 6 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.75%) DNS
3 4 (1.75%) Firewall
3 4 (1.75%) SSL
4 2 (0.87%) Network Security
5 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.06%) Power BI
2 5 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
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
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 140 (61.14%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.82%) Finance
3 50 (21.83%) Marketing
4 31 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.92%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.61%) Retail
7 21 (9.17%) Games
8 19 (8.30%) Legal
9 18 (7.86%) Telecoms
10 15 (6.55%) Banking
11 12 (5.24%) Law
12 7 (3.06%) Local Government
13 5 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (2.18%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.87%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.44%) Agriculture
17 1 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 56 (24.45%) Architect
2 47 (20.52%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 47 (20.52%) Sales Executive
3 27 (11.79%) Head of IT
4 21 (9.17%) Lead
5 16 (6.99%) Enterprise Architect
6 15 (6.55%) Senior
7 13 (5.68%) Product Owner
7 13 (5.68%) Software Engineer
8 12 (5.24%) IT Director
8 12 (5.24%) Senior Architect
9 11 (4.80%) IT Manager
9 11 (4.80%) Principal Architect
9 11 (4.80%) Product Director
10 10 (4.37%) Systems Architect
10 10 (4.37%) Technology Director
11 8 (3.49%) Head of Finance
12 7 (3.06%) Integration Architect
12 7 (3.06%) Service Manager
12 7 (3.06%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) RESTful
2 3 (1.31%) REST
3 2 (0.87%) .NET
3 2 (0.87%) OAuth
3 2 (0.87%) OpenID
3 2 (0.87%) SOAP
4 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.44%) Celery
4 1 (0.44%) CSS
4 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.44%) HTML
4 1 (0.44%) JDBC
4 1 (0.44%) Kafka
4 1 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.44%) Ray
4 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.93%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.18%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (1.75%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.31%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.87%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.18%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (68.56%) Technology Strategy
2 99 (43.23%) Roadmaps
3 70 (30.57%) Customer Experience
4 59 (25.76%) AI
5 55 (24.02%) Technology Roadmap
6 47 (20.52%) Email Marketing
7 45 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (16.59%) Business Strategy
9 34 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (14.41%) Agile
11 32 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (13.97%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (13.54%) Line Management
12 31 (13.54%) Software Engineering
13 26 (11.35%) CRM
14 24 (10.48%) Strategic Roadmap
15 23 (10.04%) Service Delivery
16 21 (9.17%) Customer Engagement
16 21 (9.17%) Enterprise Architecture
16 21 (9.17%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.99%) Java
2 7 (3.06%) SQL
3 3 (1.31%) Python
4 2 (0.87%) C#
5 1 (0.44%) Groovy
5 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (10.48%) Degree
2 9 (3.93%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.49%) CISSP
3 8 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.18%) CISM
6 4 (1.75%) CEH
6 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.31%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.31%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.31%) PMP
8 2 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.87%) CFA
8 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.87%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.44%) ACCA
9 1 (0.44%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.61%) PMO
2 15 (6.55%) GDPR
3 13 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.80%) GRC
5 7 (3.06%) NIST
6 5 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.18%) SLA
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.31%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.87%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.87%) QA
10 1 (0.44%) Basel III
10 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.44%) MiFID
10 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.18%) Autotask
1 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.44%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (39.30%) Microsoft
2 49 (21.40%) Cisco
3 47 (20.52%) Dell
4 6 (2.62%) Oracle
5 3 (1.31%) Progress
5 3 (1.31%) SAP
5 3 (1.31%) Sparx
6 2 (0.87%) FIS
6 2 (0.87%) Freshdesk
6 2 (0.87%) Google
6 2 (0.87%) Murex
6 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.87%) Workday
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe
7 1 (0.44%) Avaya
7 1 (0.44%) ESRI
7 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.44%) Genesys
7 1 (0.44%) HP
7 1 (0.44%) VMware