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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 243 156
Rank change year-on-year +125 -87 +15
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 517 190 516
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.19% 1.18% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 1.27% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 238 132 176
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £50,047
25th Percentile £58,750 £25,203 £60,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,506 £63,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.78% -15.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £111,250 £77,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £130,000 £112,250 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +9.49% -2.84% -6.00%

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 19,307 14,959 20,242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 92.97% 87.30%
Number of salaries quoted 13,920 8,587 13,044
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,625 £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 8 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 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.16%) SAS
3 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.39%) WordPress
5 1 (0.19%) Appian
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.77%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 145 (28.05%) Azure
2 75 (14.51%) AWS
3 56 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (10.83%) Power Platform
4 52 (10.06%) SaaS
5 51 (9.86%) GCP
6 31 (6.00%) Cloud Computing
7 30 (5.80%) Serverless
8 18 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (3.48%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (1.74%) PaaS
11 8 (1.55%) Azure AKS
12 7 (1.35%) Azure Functions
12 7 (1.35%) IaaS
12 7 (1.35%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.77%) Harvey AI
14 4 (0.77%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.38%) LAN
1 33 (6.38%) WAN
2 9 (1.74%) 5G
3 8 (1.55%) Firewall
4 7 (1.35%) Network Security
5 6 (1.16%) Broadband
6 4 (0.77%) 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%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.16%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.77%) MySQL
3 4 (0.77%) Power BI
3 4 (0.77%) 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%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.26%) Snyk
2 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
General
1 227 (43.91%) Social Skills
2 139 (26.89%) Finance
3 112 (21.66%) Law
4 78 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (13.15%) Public Sector
6 67 (12.96%) Legal
7 52 (10.06%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (9.48%) Marketing
9 40 (7.74%) Influencing Skills
10 39 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
11 37 (7.16%) Banking
12 34 (6.58%) Legal Technology
13 17 (3.29%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.71%) Retail
15 12 (2.32%) Local Government
16 10 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.74%) French Language
17 9 (1.74%) Games
18 7 (1.35%) Aviation
19 6 (1.16%) Police
Job Titles
1 143 (27.66%) Architect
2 105 (20.31%) Senior
3 47 (9.09%) Lead
4 46 (8.90%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.51%) Sales Executive
6 39 (7.54%) Senior Manager
7 38 (7.35%) Corporate Sales Executive
8 37 (7.16%) Developer
9 31 (6.00%) Systems Architect
10 30 (5.80%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.42%) Enterprise Architect
11 28 (5.42%) Security Architect
12 26 (5.03%) Senior Architect
13 25 (4.84%) Senior Security Architect
13 25 (4.84%) Testing Manager
14 24 (4.64%) Cloud Architect
14 24 (4.64%) IT Director
15 23 (4.45%) IT Manager
16 22 (4.26%) Cloud Security Architect
16 22 (4.26%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.32%) .NET
2 13 (2.51%) LangChain
2 13 (2.51%) PyTorch
3 12 (2.32%) LangGraph
3 12 (2.32%) scikit-learn
3 12 (2.32%) TensorFlow
4 10 (1.93%) REST
5 9 (1.74%) React
5 9 (1.74%) Terraform
6 8 (1.55%) Node.js
7 7 (1.35%) ARM Templates
8 6 (1.16%) GraphQL
8 6 (1.16%) Streamlit
9 5 (0.97%) Flutter
9 5 (0.97%) React Native
10 4 (0.77%) Kafka
11 3 (0.58%) Blazor
11 3 (0.58%) Django
11 3 (0.58%) XML
12 2 (0.39%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 48 (9.28%) Cloud Native
3 44 (8.51%) Data Centre
4 29 (5.61%) Distributed Architecture
5 28 (5.42%) Virtual Team
6 19 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.74%) Operational Technology
9 9 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.35%) LIMS
12 6 (1.16%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.16%) Clustering
13 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.97%) IoT
13 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.74%) Windows
2 8 (1.55%) Linux
3 5 (0.97%) Android
3 5 (0.97%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (86.27%) Technology Strategy
2 238 (46.03%) Roadmaps
3 165 (31.91%) Enterprise Architecture
4 156 (30.17%) AI
5 141 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 138 (26.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 113 (21.86%) Agile
8 112 (21.66%) Business Strategy
9 102 (19.73%) CI/CD
10 87 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 80 (15.47%) Cybersecurity
11 80 (15.47%) Mentoring
12 77 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
13 76 (14.70%) Technical Leadership
14 72 (13.93%) Project Delivery
14 72 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (13.54%) DevOps
16 68 (13.15%) Technology Roadmap
17 67 (12.96%) Information Security
18 65 (12.57%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.51%) C#
2 65 (12.57%) Python
3 42 (8.12%) JavaScript
4 35 (6.77%) Java
5 31 (6.00%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.22%) SQL
7 26 (5.03%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.55%) Bicep
9 2 (0.39%) ABAP
9 2 (0.39%) C
9 2 (0.39%) C++
9 2 (0.39%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) Bash
10 1 (0.19%) Go
10 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (7.74%) Degree
2 27 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.74%) CISSP
5 8 (1.55%) CISM
5 8 (1.55%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.55%) PMP
6 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.77%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.39%) CCNP
9 2 (0.39%) CEH
9 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.15%) QA
2 65 (12.57%) GRC
3 16 (3.09%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.71%) GDPR
6 10 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.93%) NIST
7 7 (1.35%) GxP
8 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.77%) 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 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.35%) Docker
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.74%) 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 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.12%) Cisco
3 40 (7.74%) Dell
4 24 (4.64%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (4.64%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.26%) Tenable
6 21 (4.06%) SAP
7 6 (1.16%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.16%) VMware
8 5 (0.97%) Google
8 5 (0.97%) HighQ
9 4 (0.77%) EMC
9 4 (0.77%) Legatics
9 4 (0.77%) NetApp
9 4 (0.77%) Veeam
10 3 (0.58%) Databricks
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle
10 3 (0.58%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.39%) Sage
11 2 (0.39%) Workday