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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 205 181
Rank change year-on-year +33 -24 +9
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 228 268 418
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 1.64% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.75% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 126 151 319
10th Percentile £24,570 £50,686 £46,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,809 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +14.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £93,125 £98,474 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,875 £118,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -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 13,351 15,319 21,635
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.05% 94.03% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,480 8,990 17,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 20 January 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 10 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.88%) Moodle
2 2 (0.88%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (25.00%) Azure
2 39 (17.11%) AWS
3 21 (9.21%) GCP
3 21 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.51%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.07%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.63%) SaaS
8 5 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.19%) OCI
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.88%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.88%) IaaS
10 2 (0.88%) PaaS
10 2 (0.88%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.46%) Broadband
2 8 (3.51%) LAN
2 8 (3.51%) SD-WAN
2 8 (3.51%) WAN
3 7 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.75%) DNS
4 4 (1.75%) SSL
5 3 (1.32%) Firewall
6 2 (0.88%) Network Security
7 1 (0.44%) BGP
7 1 (0.44%) MPLS
7 1 (0.44%) OSPF
7 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.44%) VLAN
7 1 (0.44%) VoIP
7 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.63%) Power BI
2 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.44%) Big Data
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Metadata
4 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 142 (62.28%) Social Skills
2 62 (27.19%) Finance
3 53 (23.25%) Marketing
4 34 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.96%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.65%) Retail
7 21 (9.21%) Games
8 20 (8.77%) Legal
9 19 (8.33%) Telecoms
10 12 (5.26%) Law
11 11 (4.82%) Banking
12 10 (4.39%) Local Government
12 10 (4.39%) Public Sector
13 9 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (2.19%) Police
16 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (1.32%) Back Office
18 2 (0.88%) Agriculture
18 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (23.68%) Architect
2 49 (21.49%) Sales Executive
3 45 (19.74%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 25 (10.96%) Head of IT
5 23 (10.09%) Lead
6 18 (7.89%) Senior
7 17 (7.46%) Enterprise Architect
8 13 (5.70%) Senior Architect
8 13 (5.70%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.82%) Principal Architect
10 10 (4.39%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.39%) Systems Architect
10 10 (4.39%) Technology Director
11 9 (3.95%) IT Director
12 8 (3.51%) Product Owner
12 8 (3.51%) Service Manager
13 7 (3.07%) Head of Finance
13 7 (3.07%) Product Director
13 7 (3.07%) Technical Architect
14 6 (2.63%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) RESTful
2 2 (0.88%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) .NET
3 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
3 1 (0.44%) JDBC
3 1 (0.44%) OAuth
3 1 (0.44%) OpenID
3 1 (0.44%) SOAP
3 1 (0.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.95%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.75%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.32%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.88%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.88%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.88%) FMCG
11 1 (0.44%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.75%) Windows
2 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (69.30%) Technology Strategy
2 105 (46.05%) Roadmaps
3 72 (31.58%) Customer Experience
4 60 (26.32%) Technology Roadmap
5 59 (25.88%) AI
6 49 (21.49%) Email Marketing
7 47 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (18.42%) Business Strategy
9 36 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (15.35%) Strategic Thinking
11 31 (13.60%) Agile
12 30 (13.16%) Line Management
12 30 (13.16%) Software Engineering
13 28 (12.28%) CRM
13 28 (12.28%) Strategic Roadmap
14 26 (11.40%) Enterprise Architecture
15 25 (10.96%) Service Delivery
16 23 (10.09%) Budget Management
17 21 (9.21%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.02%) Java
2 5 (2.19%) SQL
3 1 (0.44%) C#
3 1 (0.44%) Groovy
3 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (10.53%) Degree
2 11 (4.82%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.39%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.63%) CISSP
4 6 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.19%) CISM
5 5 (2.19%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.75%) CEH
6 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.32%) PMP
8 2 (0.88%) CFA
8 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.88%) MBA
8 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.44%) CIMA
9 1 (0.44%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.65%) PMO
2 16 (7.02%) GDPR
2 16 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.39%) GRC
4 6 (2.63%) NIST
4 6 (2.63%) SLA
5 5 (2.19%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.88%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.44%) Basel III
9 1 (0.44%) MiFID
9 1 (0.44%) NCSC
9 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 11 (4.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.63%) Autotask
3 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 48 (21.05%) Cisco
3 45 (19.74%) Dell
4 6 (2.63%) Oracle
5 5 (2.19%) Progress
6 4 (1.75%) Google
7 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.32%) Sparx
8 2 (0.88%) FIS
8 2 (0.88%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.88%) Murex
8 2 (0.88%) SAP
9 1 (0.44%) Adobe
9 1 (0.44%) Avaya
9 1 (0.44%) Databricks
9 1 (0.44%) ESRI
9 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.44%) Genesys
9 1 (0.44%) HP
9 1 (0.44%) Workday