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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 211 185
Rank change year-on-year +43 -26 +5
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 233 265 460
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.48% 1.63% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.73% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 129 158 360
10th Percentile £24,570 £51,081 £43,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,809 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £75,468 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +15.48% -12.87%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,230 £84,964
90th Percentile £127,000 £117,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +11.11% -14.01%

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 13,702 15,325 24,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.77% 94.40% 92.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,707 9,051 20,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%

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 30 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 11 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.86%) Moodle
2 2 (0.86%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (25.32%) Azure
2 39 (16.74%) AWS
3 23 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.01%) GCP
5 12 (5.15%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.86%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.00%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.58%) SaaS
9 5 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.15%) OCI
10 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.29%) ChatGPT
11 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.86%) IaaS
12 2 (0.86%) PaaS
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.43%) Boomi
13 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.30%) Broadband
2 7 (3.00%) LAN
2 7 (3.00%) SD-WAN
2 7 (3.00%) WAN
2 7 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.72%) DNS
3 4 (1.72%) Firewall
3 4 (1.72%) SSL
4 2 (0.86%) Network Security
5 1 (0.43%) BGP
5 1 (0.43%) OSPF
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.43%) VLAN
5 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.58%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
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
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 145 (62.23%) Social Skills
2 65 (27.90%) Finance
3 55 (23.61%) Marketing
4 32 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (10.73%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (9.44%) Retail
7 21 (9.01%) Games
8 20 (8.58%) Legal
9 18 (7.73%) Telecoms
10 13 (5.58%) Banking
10 13 (5.58%) Law
11 11 (4.72%) Local Government
12 10 (4.29%) Public Sector
13 8 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (2.15%) Police
14 5 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.86%) Agriculture
16 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (24.03%) Architect
2 51 (21.89%) Sales Executive
3 47 (20.17%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 26 (11.16%) Head of IT
5 22 (9.44%) Lead
6 18 (7.73%) Senior
7 17 (7.30%) Enterprise Architect
8 14 (6.01%) Senior Architect
9 13 (5.58%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.72%) IT Director
10 11 (4.72%) Principal Architect
11 10 (4.29%) IT Manager
11 10 (4.29%) Product Owner
11 10 (4.29%) Systems Architect
11 10 (4.29%) Technology Director
12 9 (3.86%) Product Director
13 8 (3.43%) Head of Finance
13 8 (3.43%) Service Manager
14 7 (3.00%) Technical Architect
15 6 (2.58%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.72%) RESTful
2 2 (0.86%) OAuth
2 2 (0.86%) OpenID
2 2 (0.86%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) .NET
3 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
3 1 (0.43%) JDBC
3 1 (0.43%) SOAP
3 1 (0.43%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.01%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.86%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (2.58%) Cyber Security Posture
5 6 (2.58%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.72%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.29%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.86%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.86%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.86%) FMCG
10 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.43%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.15%) Windows
2 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (68.67%) Technology Strategy
2 105 (45.06%) Roadmaps
3 74 (31.76%) Customer Experience
4 63 (27.04%) AI
5 59 (25.32%) Technology Roadmap
6 51 (21.89%) Email Marketing
7 48 (20.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (17.60%) Business Strategy
9 36 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (15.02%) Strategic Thinking
11 31 (13.30%) Agile
11 31 (13.30%) Line Management
12 30 (12.88%) Software Engineering
13 28 (12.02%) CRM
14 27 (11.59%) Strategic Roadmap
15 25 (10.73%) Service Delivery
16 24 (10.30%) Enterprise Architecture
17 23 (9.87%) Budget Management
18 21 (9.01%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.87%) Java
2 5 (2.15%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) C#
3 1 (0.43%) Groovy
3 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (10.73%) Degree
2 11 (4.72%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.00%) CISSP
5 6 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.15%) CISM
6 5 (2.15%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.72%) CEH
7 4 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.29%) PMP
8 3 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.86%) CFA
9 2 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.86%) MBA
10 1 (0.43%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.44%) PMO
2 16 (6.87%) GDPR
3 14 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.72%) GRC
5 6 (2.58%) NIST
5 6 (2.58%) SLA
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.72%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.86%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.43%) Basel III
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.43%) MiFID
8 1 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 11 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.58%) Autotask
3 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (39.48%) Microsoft
2 49 (21.03%) Cisco
3 47 (20.17%) Dell
4 6 (2.58%) Oracle
5 5 (2.15%) Progress
6 3 (1.29%) Google
6 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.29%) Sparx
7 2 (0.86%) FIS
7 2 (0.86%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.86%) Murex
7 2 (0.86%) SAP
8 1 (0.43%) Adobe
8 1 (0.43%) Avaya
8 1 (0.43%) ESRI
8 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.43%) Genesys
8 1 (0.43%) HP
8 1 (0.43%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) Workday