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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 223 207
Rank change year-on-year +48 -16 -15
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 235 218 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.56% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.63% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 129 146 354
10th Percentile £24,570 £49,910 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £49,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,237 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £96,000 £98,230 £84,964
90th Percentile £126,250 £115,625 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £73,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.47% +13.46% -18.75%

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 14,134 13,349 27,568
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.17% 95.35% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,211 8,833 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,411 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 10 March 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 7 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.85%) Moodle
2 2 (0.85%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.98%) Azure
2 38 (16.17%) AWS
3 21 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.51%) GCP
5 13 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.40%) SaaS
7 6 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.13%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.13%) IaaS
8 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.13%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.13%) PaaS
9 4 (1.70%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.70%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.28%) Workato
11 2 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.43%) Asana
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.23%) Broadband
2 5 (2.13%) LAN
2 5 (2.13%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.13%) WAN
3 4 (1.70%) DNS
3 4 (1.70%) Firewall
3 4 (1.70%) SSL
3 4 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.85%) Network Security
5 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.13%) Power BI
3 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.43%) Big Data
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
4 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 133 (56.60%) Social Skills
2 58 (24.68%) Finance
3 53 (22.55%) Marketing
4 25 (10.64%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (8.94%) Games
7 19 (8.09%) Public Sector
8 18 (7.66%) Telecoms
9 13 (5.53%) Banking
9 13 (5.53%) Law
9 13 (5.53%) Legal
10 11 (4.68%) Retail
11 10 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.98%) Local Government
13 6 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.85%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.43%) Billing
17 1 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 60 (25.53%) Architect
2 45 (19.15%) Corporate Sales Executive
2 45 (19.15%) Sales Executive
3 23 (9.79%) Head of IT
4 22 (9.36%) Lead
5 16 (6.81%) Technical Manager
6 15 (6.38%) IT Manager
6 15 (6.38%) Senior
7 14 (5.96%) Enterprise Architect
8 13 (5.53%) Account Manager
8 13 (5.53%) Product Owner
8 13 (5.53%) Software Engineer
9 12 (5.11%) IT Director
9 12 (5.11%) Technical Account Manager
10 11 (4.68%) Principal Architect
10 11 (4.68%) Product Director
11 10 (4.26%) Systems Architect
12 9 (3.83%) Integration Architect
13 8 (3.40%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.70%) RESTful
2 3 (1.28%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) OAuth
2 3 (1.28%) OpenID
2 3 (1.28%) REST
3 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 2 (0.85%) SOAP
4 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.43%) ADO
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.43%) Celery
4 1 (0.43%) CSS
4 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.43%) HTML
4 1 (0.43%) JDBC
4 1 (0.43%) Kafka
4 1 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.43%) React
4 1 (0.43%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.64%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.53%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.83%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.70%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.70%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.28%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.43%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.98%) Windows
2 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (68.94%) Technology Strategy
2 104 (44.26%) Roadmaps
3 66 (28.09%) Customer Experience
4 64 (27.23%) AI
5 55 (23.40%) Technology Roadmap
6 46 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (19.15%) Email Marketing
8 39 (16.60%) Agile
9 38 (16.17%) Business Strategy
10 33 (14.04%) Strategic Thinking
11 32 (13.62%) Software Engineering
12 31 (13.19%) Line Management
13 29 (12.34%) Service Delivery
14 27 (11.49%) CRM
14 27 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (9.79%) DevOps
16 22 (9.36%) Service Management
16 22 (9.36%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (8.94%) Customer Engagement
18 20 (8.51%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.96%) Java
2 6 (2.55%) SQL
3 3 (1.28%) C#
3 3 (1.28%) Python
4 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.43%) Groovy
5 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (10.64%) Degree
2 9 (3.83%) CISSP
2 9 (3.83%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.40%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.13%) CISM
6 4 (1.70%) CEH
7 3 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CISA
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.43%) PCI QSA
9 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (5.11%) PMO
3 11 (4.68%) GRC
4 10 (4.26%) GDPR
5 7 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.98%) NIST
6 6 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.70%) SLA
7 4 (1.70%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.28%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.85%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.85%) QA
10 1 (0.43%) Basel III
10 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.43%) MiFID
10 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.43%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.70%) Autotask
2 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 53 (22.55%) Cisco
3 51 (21.70%) Dell
4 4 (1.70%) SAP
4 4 (1.70%) Workday
5 3 (1.28%) Sparx
6 2 (0.85%) Freshdesk
6 2 (0.85%) Google
7 1 (0.43%) Adobe
7 1 (0.43%) Avaya
7 1 (0.43%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.43%) Genesys
7 1 (0.43%) HP
7 1 (0.43%) iManage
7 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.43%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.43%) VMware