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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 240 155
Rank change year-on-year +122 -85 +7
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 513 203 524
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 1.25% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.34% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 243 136 183
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £50,047
25th Percentile £58,133 £25,203 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% -14.19% -2.95%
75th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £129,750 £111,250 £107,000
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 19,633 15,114 20,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.88% 93.04% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,127 8,686 12,990
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,250 £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 11 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 17 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.17%) SAS
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.39%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) WordPress
5 1 (0.19%) Appian
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.78%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 146 (28.46%) Azure
2 76 (14.81%) AWS
3 56 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 53 (10.33%) SaaS
5 52 (10.14%) GCP
6 31 (6.04%) Cloud Computing
7 30 (5.85%) Serverless
8 18 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (3.51%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.95%) PaaS
11 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.56%) Azure AKS
12 8 (1.56%) IaaS
13 7 (1.36%) Azure Functions
13 7 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.78%) Harvey AI
15 4 (0.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.43%) LAN
1 33 (6.43%) WAN
2 9 (1.75%) 5G
3 8 (1.56%) Firewall
4 7 (1.36%) Network Security
5 6 (1.17%) Broadband
6 4 (0.78%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.58%) 2G
7 3 (0.58%) 3G
7 3 (0.58%) 4G
7 3 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) DHCP
9 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.97%) 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 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.58%) Metadata
5 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.19%) Big Data
6 1 (0.19%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.29%) Snyk
2 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
General
1 230 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 139 (27.10%) Finance
3 112 (21.83%) Law
4 80 (15.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (13.06%) Legal
6 58 (11.31%) Public Sector
7 52 (10.14%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (9.55%) Marketing
9 42 (8.19%) Influencing Skills
10 39 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
11 38 (7.41%) Banking
12 34 (6.63%) Legal Technology
13 17 (3.31%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.73%) Retail
15 12 (2.34%) Local Government
16 10 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.75%) French Language
17 9 (1.75%) Games
18 7 (1.36%) Aviation
19 6 (1.17%) Police
Job Titles
1 145 (28.27%) Architect
2 103 (20.08%) Senior
3 48 (9.36%) Lead
4 47 (9.16%) Software Engineer
5 46 (8.97%) Sales Executive
6 40 (7.80%) Corporate Sales Executive
7 39 (7.60%) Senior Manager
8 37 (7.21%) Developer
9 31 (6.04%) Systems Architect
10 30 (5.85%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.46%) Enterprise Architect
11 28 (5.46%) Security Architect
12 26 (5.07%) Senior Architect
13 25 (4.87%) Senior Security Architect
13 25 (4.87%) Testing Manager
14 24 (4.68%) Cloud Architect
15 23 (4.48%) IT Director
16 22 (4.29%) Cloud Security Architect
16 22 (4.29%) IT Manager
16 22 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.38%) .NET
2 14 (2.73%) LangChain
2 14 (2.73%) PyTorch
3 13 (2.53%) LangGraph
3 13 (2.53%) scikit-learn
3 13 (2.53%) TensorFlow
4 11 (2.14%) React
5 10 (1.95%) Node.js
5 10 (1.95%) REST
6 9 (1.75%) Terraform
7 7 (1.36%) ARM Templates
8 6 (1.17%) GraphQL
8 6 (1.17%) Streamlit
9 5 (0.97%) Flutter
9 5 (0.97%) React Native
10 4 (0.78%) Kafka
11 3 (0.58%) Blazor
11 3 (0.58%) Django
11 3 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.33%) Product Ownership
2 51 (9.94%) Cloud Native
3 46 (8.97%) Data Centre
4 29 (5.65%) Distributed Architecture
4 29 (5.65%) Virtual Team
5 21 (4.09%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.95%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.75%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.36%) LIMS
11 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.17%) Clustering
11 6 (1.17%) IoT
12 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.75%) Windows
2 8 (1.56%) Linux
3 5 (0.97%) Android
3 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (88.69%) Technology Strategy
2 230 (44.83%) Roadmaps
3 165 (32.16%) Enterprise Architecture
4 161 (31.38%) AI
5 144 (28.07%) Software Engineering
6 139 (27.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (22.03%) Agile
7 113 (22.03%) Business Strategy
8 105 (20.47%) CI/CD
9 89 (17.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 82 (15.98%) Mentoring
11 80 (15.59%) Cybersecurity
12 78 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
12 78 (15.20%) Technical Leadership
13 73 (14.23%) Project Delivery
14 72 (14.04%) DevOps
14 72 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (13.06%) Information Security
16 66 (12.87%) Risk Management
17 65 (12.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.62%) C#
2 66 (12.87%) Python
3 44 (8.58%) JavaScript
4 35 (6.82%) Java
5 33 (6.43%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.26%) SQL
7 26 (5.07%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.56%) Bicep
9 3 (0.58%) ABAP
10 2 (0.39%) C
10 2 (0.39%) C++
10 2 (0.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) Bash
11 1 (0.19%) Go
11 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (7.99%) Degree
2 31 (6.04%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.75%) CISSP
5 8 (1.56%) CISM
5 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.56%) PMP
6 7 (1.36%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.58%) CCNP
10 2 (0.39%) ACCA
10 2 (0.39%) CEH
10 2 (0.39%) CIMA
10 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.26%) QA
2 67 (13.06%) GRC
3 17 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.12%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.73%) GDPR
6 10 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.95%) NIST
7 7 (1.36%) GxP
8 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) SLA
11 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.36%) Docker
4 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 154 (30.02%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.19%) Cisco
3 40 (7.80%) Dell
4 24 (4.68%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (4.68%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.29%) SAP
5 22 (4.29%) Tenable
6 8 (1.56%) VMware
7 6 (1.17%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.97%) Google
8 5 (0.97%) HighQ
9 4 (0.78%) EMC
9 4 (0.78%) Legatics
9 4 (0.78%) NetApp
9 4 (0.78%) Veeam
10 3 (0.58%) Databricks
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle
10 3 (0.58%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.58%) YouTube
11 2 (0.39%) OpenAI