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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 252 144
Rank change year-on-year +122 -108 +38
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 486 181 557
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 1.09% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 1.17% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 216 132 205
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,570 £46,500
25th Percentile £59,688 £31,599 £60,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £110,313 £77,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £105,750 £116,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -9.68%

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 18,803 15,435 21,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.40% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,575 8,949 15,283
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 17 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 12 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.23%) SAS
3 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.41%) WordPress
4 1 (0.21%) Appian
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.82%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 133 (27.37%) Azure
2 64 (13.17%) AWS
3 53 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (10.70%) Power Platform
5 49 (10.08%) SaaS
6 43 (8.85%) GCP
7 31 (6.38%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (6.17%) Serverless
9 17 (3.50%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.06%) PaaS
13 9 (1.85%) IaaS
14 8 (1.65%) Azure AKS
15 7 (1.44%) Azure Functions
16 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (1.03%) Power Automate
17 4 (0.82%) Harvey AI
17 4 (0.82%) Smartsheet
17 4 (0.82%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.58%) LAN
1 32 (6.58%) WAN
2 9 (1.85%) 5G
3 6 (1.23%) Broadband
3 6 (1.23%) Firewall
4 4 (0.82%) Network Security
5 3 (0.62%) 2G
5 3 (0.62%) 3G
5 3 (0.62%) 4G
5 3 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.62%) TETRA
6 1 (0.21%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) TACACS
6 1 (0.21%) VLAN
6 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.23%) MongoDB
1 6 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.03%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.82%) MySQL
3 4 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.62%) Metadata
4 3 (0.62%) Power BI
4 3 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.21%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.53%) Snyk
2 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
General
1 212 (43.62%) Social Skills
2 131 (26.95%) Finance
3 109 (22.43%) Law
4 75 (15.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (14.40%) Legal
6 58 (11.93%) Public Sector
7 51 (10.49%) Marketing
8 48 (9.88%) Presentation Skills
9 39 (8.02%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
11 33 (6.79%) Legal Technology
12 30 (6.17%) Banking
13 16 (3.29%) Manufacturing
14 15 (3.09%) Retail
15 10 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.85%) Local Government
17 7 (1.44%) Aviation
18 6 (1.23%) French Language
18 6 (1.23%) Games
19 4 (0.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 137 (28.19%) Architect
2 106 (21.81%) Senior
3 42 (8.64%) Sales Executive
4 40 (8.23%) Software Engineer
5 39 (8.02%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.82%) Corporate Sales Executive
6 38 (7.82%) Developer
7 36 (7.41%) Lead
8 31 (6.38%) Systems Architect
9 30 (6.17%) Enterprise Architect
9 30 (6.17%) Senior Developer
10 28 (5.76%) Security Architect
11 25 (5.14%) Senior Architect
11 25 (5.14%) Senior Security Architect
11 25 (5.14%) Testing Manager
12 24 (4.94%) IT Manager
13 23 (4.73%) Cloud Architect
14 22 (4.53%) Cloud Security Architect
14 22 (4.53%) Senior Cloud Architect
15 21 (4.32%) IT Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.64%) .NET
2 10 (2.06%) LangChain
2 10 (2.06%) PyTorch
3 9 (1.85%) LangGraph
3 9 (1.85%) scikit-learn
3 9 (1.85%) TensorFlow
4 8 (1.65%) REST
5 7 (1.44%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.23%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.23%) React
6 6 (1.23%) Streamlit
7 5 (1.03%) Flutter
7 5 (1.03%) Node.js
7 5 (1.03%) React Native
8 3 (0.62%) Kafka
9 2 (0.41%) Middleware
9 2 (0.41%) OpenID
9 2 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.41%) XBRL
9 2 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 41 (8.44%) Cloud Native
3 37 (7.61%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 26 (5.35%) Distributed Architecture
6 19 (3.91%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.85%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.44%) LIMS
10 7 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.44%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.23%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.23%) Clustering
11 6 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.03%) IoT
12 5 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.23%) Windows
2 5 (1.03%) Android
2 5 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (84.98%) Technology Strategy
2 218 (44.86%) Roadmaps
3 159 (32.72%) Enterprise Architecture
4 143 (29.42%) AI
5 132 (27.16%) Software Engineering
6 127 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (23.66%) Business Strategy
8 111 (22.84%) Agile
9 94 (19.34%) CI/CD
10 76 (15.64%) Mentoring
11 75 (15.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 74 (15.23%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
14 71 (14.61%) DevOps
15 69 (14.20%) Information Security
15 69 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 68 (13.99%) Project Delivery
17 62 (12.76%) Risk Management
18 61 (12.55%) Strategic Planning
19 59 (12.14%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 74 (15.23%) C#
2 56 (11.52%) Python
3 39 (8.02%) JavaScript
4 31 (6.38%) Java
5 28 (5.76%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.35%) SQL
7 25 (5.14%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.65%) Bicep
9 2 (0.41%) C
9 2 (0.41%) C++
9 2 (0.41%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) ABAP
10 1 (0.21%) Go
10 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (8.44%) Degree
2 21 (4.32%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.50%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.06%) CISSP
5 8 (1.65%) CISM
5 8 (1.65%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.65%) PMP
6 6 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.82%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.41%) ACCA
10 2 (0.41%) CEH
10 2 (0.41%) CIMA
10 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.99%) QA
2 61 (12.55%) GRC
3 14 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.67%) GDPR
5 12 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.06%) NIST
7 9 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.44%) GxP
9 5 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.41%) SLA
13 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.03%) Docker
4 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.65%) Terraform
2 7 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.41%) Argo
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.41%) Puppet
3 2 (0.41%) Salt
3 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 155 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.26%) Cisco
3 44 (9.05%) Dell
4 24 (4.94%) CrowdStrike
5 23 (4.73%) Palo Alto
6 22 (4.53%) Tenable
7 18 (3.70%) SAP
8 5 (1.03%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.82%) Google
9 4 (0.82%) HighQ
9 4 (0.82%) Legatics
9 4 (0.82%) Workday
10 3 (0.62%) Databricks
10 3 (0.62%) Oracle
10 3 (0.62%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.41%) Sage
12 1 (0.21%) Guidewire
12 1 (0.21%) Infor
12 1 (0.21%) Pega
12 1 (0.21%) TIBCO