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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 246 157
Rank change year-on-year +122 -89 +26
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 503 182 544
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 1.10% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 1.18% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 229 133 193
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £45,300
25th Percentile £58,750 £25,203 £60,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% -12.41% -9.38%
75th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £109,250 £113,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -8.20%

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 19,083 15,382 21,719
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.10% 92.95% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,785 8,957 14,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 27 August 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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.19%) SAS
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.40%) WordPress
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.80%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 138 (27.44%) Azure
2 68 (13.52%) AWS
3 55 (10.93%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (10.74%) Power Platform
5 51 (10.14%) SaaS
6 47 (9.34%) GCP
7 31 (6.16%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (5.96%) Serverless
9 17 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (3.18%) Entra ID
11 12 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.79%) PaaS
13 8 (1.59%) Azure AKS
14 7 (1.39%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.39%) IaaS
14 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.19%) Power Automate
16 4 (0.80%) Harvey AI
16 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
16 4 (0.80%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.56%) LAN
1 33 (6.56%) WAN
2 9 (1.79%) 5G
3 8 (1.59%) Firewall
4 6 (1.19%) Broadband
4 6 (1.19%) Network Security
5 3 (0.60%) 2G
5 3 (0.60%) 3G
5 3 (0.60%) 4G
5 3 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.60%) TETRA
6 2 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.40%) TACACS
6 2 (0.40%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.40%) VLAN
6 2 (0.40%) Wireless
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.19%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.80%) MySQL
3 4 (0.80%) Power BI
3 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.60%) Metadata
4 3 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.37%) Snyk
2 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
General
1 222 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 132 (26.24%) Finance
3 110 (21.87%) Law
4 79 (15.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (13.52%) Legal
6 66 (13.12%) Public Sector
7 51 (10.14%) Marketing
8 50 (9.94%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (7.95%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
11 34 (6.76%) Legal Technology
12 32 (6.36%) Banking
13 17 (3.38%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.98%) Retail
15 12 (2.39%) Local Government
16 10 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.39%) Aviation
17 7 (1.39%) French Language
17 7 (1.39%) Games
18 6 (1.19%) Police
Job Titles
1 139 (27.63%) Architect
2 105 (20.87%) Senior
3 46 (9.15%) Sales Executive
4 42 (8.35%) Software Engineer
5 41 (8.15%) Lead
6 40 (7.95%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 39 (7.75%) Senior Manager
8 38 (7.55%) Developer
9 31 (6.16%) Systems Architect
10 30 (5.96%) Enterprise Architect
10 30 (5.96%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.57%) Security Architect
12 25 (4.97%) Senior Architect
12 25 (4.97%) Senior Security Architect
12 25 (4.97%) Testing Manager
13 23 (4.57%) IT Manager
14 22 (4.37%) Cloud Architect
14 22 (4.37%) Cloud Security Architect
14 22 (4.37%) IT Director
14 22 (4.37%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.75%) .NET
2 11 (2.19%) LangChain
2 11 (2.19%) PyTorch
3 10 (1.99%) LangGraph
3 10 (1.99%) scikit-learn
3 10 (1.99%) TensorFlow
4 9 (1.79%) React
4 9 (1.79%) Terraform
5 8 (1.59%) REST
6 7 (1.39%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.39%) Node.js
7 6 (1.19%) GraphQL
7 6 (1.19%) Streamlit
8 5 (0.99%) Flutter
8 5 (0.99%) React Native
9 3 (0.60%) Blazor
9 3 (0.60%) Django
9 3 (0.60%) Kafka
10 2 (0.40%) OAuth
10 2 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.34%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.75%) Cloud Native
3 41 (8.15%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.37%) Distributed Architecture
4 27 (5.37%) Virtual Team
5 20 (3.98%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.99%) AI Agents
6 10 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.59%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (1.39%) LIMS
9 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.19%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.19%) Clustering
11 5 (0.99%) IoT
11 5 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.60%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.59%) Windows
2 6 (1.19%) Linux
3 5 (0.99%) Android
3 5 (0.99%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (86.08%) Technology Strategy
2 230 (45.73%) Roadmaps
3 163 (32.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 152 (30.22%) AI
5 137 (27.24%) Software Engineering
6 132 (26.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (22.47%) Business Strategy
8 112 (22.27%) Agile
9 99 (19.68%) CI/CD
10 82 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 81 (16.10%) Mentoring
12 77 (15.31%) Cybersecurity
13 76 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
14 71 (14.12%) Project Delivery
14 71 (14.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (13.92%) DevOps
16 68 (13.52%) Information Security
17 67 (13.32%) Technical Leadership
18 64 (12.72%) Risk Management
19 63 (12.52%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 76 (15.11%) C#
2 62 (12.33%) Python
3 42 (8.35%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.56%) Java
5 30 (5.96%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.37%) SQL
7 26 (5.17%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.59%) Bicep
9 2 (0.40%) ABAP
9 2 (0.40%) C
9 2 (0.40%) C++
9 2 (0.40%) PHP
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Go
10 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (7.75%) Degree
2 25 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.98%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.99%) CISSP
5 8 (1.59%) CISM
5 8 (1.59%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.59%) PMP
6 6 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.40%) CIMA
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.52%) QA
2 64 (12.72%) GRC
3 14 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.78%) GDPR
3 14 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.99%) NIST
5 8 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.39%) GxP
7 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.40%) SLA
10 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (4.57%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.39%) Docker
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.60%) Ansible
3 2 (0.40%) Argo
3 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.40%) Puppet
3 2 (0.40%) Salt
3 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 155 (30.82%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.75%) Cisco
3 42 (8.35%) Dell
4 24 (4.77%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (4.77%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.37%) Tenable
6 19 (3.78%) SAP
7 6 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.99%) Google
8 5 (0.99%) HighQ
9 4 (0.80%) Legatics
9 4 (0.80%) VMware
10 3 (0.60%) Databricks
10 3 (0.60%) Oracle
10 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.40%) EMC
11 2 (0.40%) NetApp
11 2 (0.40%) Sage
11 2 (0.40%) Veeam
11 2 (0.40%) Workday