Hybrid/Remote Strategic Thinking Job Trends

Strategic Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Strategic Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 123 283
Rank change year-on-year -62 +160 +15
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Thinking 267 442 388
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 2.92% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 3.09% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 158 147 321
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £49,311 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £66,500 £73,805
Median % change year-on-year +14.66% -9.90% +1.80%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £77,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +3.70% -3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Strategic Thinking 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 16,157 14,306 30,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 94.59% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,595 8,366 23,757
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

Strategic Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Strategic Thinking and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Thinking job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Strategic Thinking
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Strategic Thinking over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Strategic Thinking salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Strategic Thinking
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 2 (0.75%) Confluence
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.37%) Apache
2 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.37%) CMS
2 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.49%) Azure
1 20 (7.49%) SaaS
2 15 (5.62%) AWS
3 11 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.37%) GCP
5 7 (2.62%) Serverless
6 4 (1.50%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.50%) GitHub
7 3 (1.12%) Figma
7 3 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.37%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.37%) Datadog
9 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.37%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.49%) Broadband
2 7 (2.62%) Firewall
2 7 (2.62%) Internet
2 7 (2.62%) LTE
2 7 (2.62%) WAN
3 5 (1.87%) LAN
3 5 (1.87%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.12%) Network Security
4 3 (1.12%) SSL
4 3 (1.12%) VoIP
4 3 (1.12%) VPN
4 3 (1.12%) WLAN
5 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.37%) BGP
6 1 (0.37%) DNS
6 1 (0.37%) OSPF
6 1 (0.37%) SMS
6 1 (0.37%) SMTP
6 1 (0.37%) SNMP
6 1 (0.37%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.87%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.12%) MariaDB
2 3 (1.12%) MySQL
2 3 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.75%) Power BI
4 1 (0.37%) Big Data
4 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.37%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (0.37%) Metadata
4 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Appium
2 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.75%) JMeter
2 2 (0.75%) Postman
2 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
2 2 (0.75%) Selenium
3 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 110 (41.20%) Social Skills
2 74 (27.72%) Finance
3 69 (25.84%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.99%) Legal
5 24 (8.99%) Marketing
6 23 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (8.24%) Games
7 22 (8.24%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (8.24%) Telecoms
8 17 (6.37%) Law
9 16 (5.99%) Retail
10 13 (4.87%) Banking
11 12 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (3.75%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.25%) Police
14 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.50%) Back Office
15 3 (1.12%) Local Government
15 3 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (20.97%) Senior
2 49 (18.35%) Architect
3 41 (15.36%) Lead
4 28 (10.49%) Analyst
5 22 (8.24%) Data Analyst
6 19 (7.12%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (6.74%) Product Manager
8 17 (6.37%) Senior Data Analyst
9 15 (5.62%) Lead Architect
9 15 (5.62%) Senior Manager
10 13 (4.87%) Principal Architect
11 12 (4.49%) Enterprise Architect
12 11 (4.12%) Account Manager
12 11 (4.12%) Business Manager
12 11 (4.12%) IT Manager
13 10 (3.75%) Senior Architect
13 10 (3.75%) Systems Architect
13 10 (3.75%) Technical Architect
14 9 (3.37%) Lead Enterprise Architect
15 8 (3.00%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.62%) HEVC
2 4 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.50%) React
2 4 (1.50%) RESTful
2 4 (1.50%) Vue
3 3 (1.12%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.12%) CSS
3 3 (1.12%) CSS3
3 3 (1.12%) HTML
3 3 (1.12%) HTML5
3 3 (1.12%) jQuery
4 2 (0.75%) .NET
4 2 (0.75%) Node.js
4 2 (0.75%) Playwright
5 1 (0.37%) Fastify
5 1 (0.37%) LangChain
5 1 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.37%) NumPy
5 1 (0.37%) Nuxt
5 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.24%) Product Ownership
2 21 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (6.74%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.87%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.12%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.25%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.87%) Life Science
8 5 (1.87%) Social Media
9 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.50%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (1.50%) Freedom of Information Act
9 4 (1.50%) IoT
10 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (1.12%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.50%) Linux
2 3 (1.12%) Windows
3 1 (0.37%) CentOS
3 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (38.58%) Roadmaps
2 79 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (27.72%) Agile
4 67 (25.09%) Decision-Making
5 63 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (21.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 52 (19.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (15.73%) Analytics
9 41 (15.36%) Mentoring
10 31 (11.61%) AI
10 31 (11.61%) Line Management
10 31 (11.61%) Technology Roadmap
11 30 (11.24%) IT Strategy
12 29 (10.86%) Customer Engagement
13 28 (10.49%) CRM
13 28 (10.49%) Customer Experience
13 28 (10.49%) Project Delivery
13 28 (10.49%) Technology Strategy
14 27 (10.11%) Actionable Insight
15 26 (9.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.61%) Python
2 27 (10.11%) SQL
3 4 (1.50%) Java
3 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.50%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (18.35%) Degree
2 11 (4.12%) Security Cleared
2 11 (4.12%) TOGAF Certification
3 9 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.37%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.00%) CISSP
5 7 (2.62%) ACCA
5 7 (2.62%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.62%) CIMA
5 7 (2.62%) CISM
5 7 (2.62%) CRISC
5 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.50%) CISA
6 4 (1.50%) ISACA
6 4 (1.50%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.50%) PMP
7 3 (1.12%) CCNP
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.75%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.37%) Accessibility
2 16 (5.99%) GDPR
3 11 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.12%) NIST
4 8 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.25%) COBIT
6 5 (1.87%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.50%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.50%) QA
7 4 (1.50%) SOC 1
8 3 (1.12%) SLA
9 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.75%) PMO
9 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.12%) Plesk
2 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.75%) Autotask
3 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) Terraform
4 1 (0.37%) SCCM
4 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.00%) SAP
3 4 (1.50%) Cisco
3 4 (1.50%) Freshdesk
3 4 (1.50%) Oracle
3 4 (1.50%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.12%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.12%) Google
4 3 (1.12%) Huawei
4 3 (1.12%) VMware
5 2 (0.75%) BT
5 2 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (0.75%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.75%) TippingPoint
6 1 (0.37%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.37%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.37%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.37%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.37%) Triple Point
6 1 (0.37%) Veeam