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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 201 165
Rank change year-on-year +21 -36 +45
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 213 323 441
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 1.60% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.80% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 137 181 329
10th Percentile £24,570 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £56,809 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,800 £79,932 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +6.58% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,614 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £131,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

All Process and 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 13,960 17,980 20,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.28% 89.12% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,790 10,859 16,513
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,644
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 22 November 2025.

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 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.82%) Moodle
3 2 (0.94%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) Adaptiv
2 3 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.54%) Azure
2 26 (12.21%) AWS
3 25 (11.74%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.51%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.10%) SaaS
6 10 (4.69%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.69%) GCP
7 8 (3.76%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.35%) OCI
9 3 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.41%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.94%) Boomi
10 2 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.94%) IaaS
10 2 (0.94%) PaaS
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.16%) Firewall
2 6 (2.82%) LAN
2 6 (2.82%) SD-WAN
2 6 (2.82%) WAN
2 6 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.41%) DHCP
3 3 (1.41%) DNS
4 2 (0.94%) Network Security
4 2 (0.94%) VoIP
5 1 (0.47%) BGP
5 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.47%) MPLS
5 1 (0.47%) OSPF
5 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.63%) Power BI
2 9 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 121 (56.81%) Social Skills
2 58 (27.23%) Marketing
3 56 (26.29%) Finance
4 42 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.39%) Retail
6 17 (7.98%) Legal
7 16 (7.51%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (7.04%) Banking
9 14 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.76%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.29%) Law
12 6 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.35%) Games
13 5 (2.35%) Police
14 4 (1.88%) Local Government
14 4 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.41%) Agriculture
15 3 (1.41%) Back Office
15 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (25.82%) Sales Executive
2 51 (23.94%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 35 (16.43%) Head of IT
4 29 (13.62%) Architect
5 21 (9.86%) Lead
6 16 (7.51%) Enterprise Architect
7 13 (6.10%) IT Manager
8 12 (5.63%) Technology Director
9 11 (5.16%) Senior
10 10 (4.69%) IT Director
11 7 (3.29%) Digital Transformation
11 7 (3.29%) Head of Digital
11 7 (3.29%) IT Engineer
11 7 (3.29%) Senior Architect
11 7 (3.29%) Software Engineer
12 6 (2.82%) IT Support
12 6 (2.82%) Senior Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.82%) Service Manager
13 5 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
13 5 (2.35%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.88%) .NET
1 4 (1.88%) RESTful
2 3 (1.41%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.47%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) EDI
3 1 (0.47%) FHIR
3 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) JDBC
3 1 (0.47%) Kafka
3 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.47%) React
3 1 (0.47%) SOAP
3 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.29%) Learning Management System
4 6 (2.82%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (2.35%) Credit Risk
5 5 (2.35%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.88%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (1.41%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.41%) Market Risk
7 3 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.94%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.94%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.63%) Windows
2 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (65.73%) Technology Strategy
2 67 (31.46%) Roadmaps
3 62 (29.11%) AI
4 59 (27.70%) Customer Experience
5 55 (25.82%) Email Marketing
6 44 (20.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (19.25%) Technology Roadmap
8 37 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (15.96%) Business Strategy
10 29 (13.62%) Project Management
11 28 (13.15%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (12.21%) Budget Management
13 25 (11.74%) Enterprise Architecture
13 25 (11.74%) Strategic Thinking
14 22 (10.33%) Portfolio Management
14 22 (10.33%) Strategic Roadmap
15 21 (9.86%) Agile
15 21 (9.86%) ITIL
16 20 (9.39%) Analytical Thinking
16 20 (9.39%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.51%) Java
2 11 (5.16%) SQL
3 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.94%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) C#
4 1 (0.47%) Groovy
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (6.57%) Degree
2 10 (4.69%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (4.69%) PMP
3 9 (4.23%) PMI Certification
3 9 (4.23%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.76%) CFA
4 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.35%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.94%) CISM
6 2 (0.94%) CISSP
6 2 (0.94%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.94%) MBA
6 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.47%) CEH
7 1 (0.47%) CIMA
7 1 (0.47%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.80%) PMO
2 20 (9.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (8.92%) GDPR
4 5 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.35%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.88%) GRC
5 4 (1.88%) SLA
6 3 (1.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.94%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.47%) Basel III
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) MiFID
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
8 1 (0.47%) NIST
8 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 16 (7.51%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.88%) Autotask
3 1 (0.47%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 94 (44.13%) Microsoft
2 55 (25.82%) Cisco
3 54 (25.35%) Dell
4 8 (3.76%) Murex
5 6 (2.82%) Oracle
6 5 (2.35%) FIS
6 5 (2.35%) Progress
7 3 (1.41%) Google
7 3 (1.41%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.94%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.94%) HP
8 2 (0.94%) SAP
8 2 (0.94%) TippingPoint
9 1 (0.47%) Databricks
9 1 (0.47%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.47%) Meraki
9 1 (0.47%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) SnapLogic