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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 219 193
Rank change year-on-year +45 -26 -1
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 249 202 503
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.50% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.58% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 145 131 334
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,134 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,000 £60,200 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £84,964
90th Percentile £129,000 £120,000 £113,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -18.75%

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 14,479 12,794 28,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.74% 95.11% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 8,840 23,088
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,805
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 March 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 7 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.80%) Moodle
2 2 (0.80%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.20%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.09%) Azure
2 39 (15.66%) AWS
3 21 (8.43%) GCP
3 21 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.02%) SaaS
6 6 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.01%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.01%) IaaS
7 5 (2.01%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.01%) PaaS
8 4 (1.61%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.20%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.20%) Workato
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.40%) Boomi
11 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.40%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.83%) Broadband
2 6 (2.41%) Firewall
3 5 (2.01%) LAN
3 5 (2.01%) SD-WAN
3 5 (2.01%) WAN
4 4 (1.61%) DNS
4 4 (1.61%) Network Security
4 4 (1.61%) SSL
4 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.61%) Power BI
3 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.40%) MySQL
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 134 (53.82%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.10%) Finance
3 50 (20.08%) Marketing
4 25 (10.04%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (8.84%) Public Sector
7 21 (8.43%) Games
8 18 (7.23%) Telecoms
9 15 (6.02%) Banking
10 14 (5.62%) Legal
11 13 (5.22%) Law
12 11 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (4.02%) Retail
14 7 (2.81%) Local Government
14 7 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.61%) Social Housing
16 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.40%) Billing
17 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 62 (24.90%) Architect
2 42 (16.87%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 42 (16.87%) Sales Executive
3 24 (9.64%) IT Manager
4 22 (8.84%) Lead
5 21 (8.43%) Head of IT
6 16 (6.43%) Technical Manager
7 15 (6.02%) IT Director
7 15 (6.02%) Product Owner
7 15 (6.02%) Senior
8 14 (5.62%) Enterprise Architect
8 14 (5.62%) Software Engineer
9 13 (5.22%) Account Manager
9 13 (5.22%) Product Director
10 12 (4.82%) Technical Account Manager
11 11 (4.42%) Principal Architect
12 10 (4.02%) Systems Architect
13 9 (3.61%) Integration Architect
13 9 (3.61%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.61%) RESTful
2 3 (1.20%) .NET
2 3 (1.20%) OAuth
2 3 (1.20%) OpenID
2 3 (1.20%) REST
3 2 (0.80%) Kafka
3 2 (0.80%) Middleware
3 2 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.80%) SOAP
4 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.40%) ADO
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.40%) Celery
4 1 (0.40%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.40%) JDBC
4 1 (0.40%) Ray
4 1 (0.40%) React
4 1 (0.40%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.02%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (2.81%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.61%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.61%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.20%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.20%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.80%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.81%) Windows
2 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 106 (42.57%) Roadmaps
3 62 (24.90%) AI
4 61 (24.50%) Customer Experience
5 54 (21.69%) Technology Roadmap
6 50 (20.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (16.87%) Email Marketing
8 40 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (15.66%) Agile
9 39 (15.66%) Service Delivery
10 35 (14.06%) Business Strategy
10 35 (14.06%) Software Engineering
11 34 (13.65%) Strategic Thinking
12 31 (12.45%) Line Management
13 27 (10.84%) CRM
13 27 (10.84%) DevOps
14 23 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (8.84%) Collaborative Culture
15 22 (8.84%) Service Management
16 21 (8.43%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.02%) Java
2 6 (2.41%) SQL
3 3 (1.20%) C#
3 3 (1.20%) Python
4 1 (0.40%) Groovy
4 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (10.84%) Degree
2 11 (4.42%) CISSP
3 10 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.61%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.81%) CISM
6 6 (2.41%) CEH
7 5 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.80%) CCNP
9 2 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CISA
10 1 (0.40%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.82%) GRC
2 12 (4.82%) PMO
3 11 (4.42%) GDPR
4 10 (4.02%) NIST
5 9 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.61%) SLA
7 4 (1.61%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.20%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.80%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.80%) QA
10 1 (0.40%) Basel III
10 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.40%) MiFID
10 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.61%) Autotask
2 3 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) Argo
4 1 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.40%) Puppet
4 1 (0.40%) Salt
4 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 102 (40.96%) Microsoft
2 50 (20.08%) Cisco
3 48 (19.28%) Dell
4 4 (1.61%) SAP
4 4 (1.61%) Workday
5 3 (1.20%) Sparx
6 2 (0.80%) Freshdesk
6 2 (0.80%) Google
7 1 (0.40%) Adobe
7 1 (0.40%) Avaya
7 1 (0.40%) Databricks
7 1 (0.40%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.40%) Genesys
7 1 (0.40%) HP
7 1 (0.40%) iManage
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle
7 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.40%) VMware