Hybrid/Remote Technology Strategy Job Trends

Technology Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 255 235
Rank change year-on-year +110 -20 -8
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 276 201 329
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.77% 1.23% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.31% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 174 119 236
10th Percentile £24,570 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.34% -19.44%
75th Percentile £78,800 £98,474 £88,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -19.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Technology 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 13,531 15,358 23,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.74% 94.12% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,591 9,036 19,564
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% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Technology Strategy
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Technology Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Technology Strategy salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Technology 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 17 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.09%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 13 (4.71%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.54%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.72%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.36%) Quorum
4 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (25.72%) Azure
2 42 (15.22%) AWS
3 30 (10.87%) Power Platform
4 28 (10.14%) GCP
5 21 (7.61%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (7.61%) PowerApps
6 18 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (5.80%) Power Automate
8 15 (5.43%) Figma
9 14 (5.07%) Miro
10 10 (3.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 10 (3.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 9 (3.26%) SaaS
12 5 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (1.81%) Serverless
13 3 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (1.09%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.09%) Datadog
13 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.61%) Broadband
2 2 (0.72%) Firewall
2 2 (0.72%) LAN
2 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.72%) WAN
3 1 (0.36%) 5G
3 1 (0.36%) BGP
3 1 (0.36%) MPLS
3 1 (0.36%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) OSPF
3 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.36%) VLAN
3 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.61%) Power BI
2 8 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.17%) Metadata
4 5 (1.81%) MySQL
5 4 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.45%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.09%) Big Data
7 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (4.71%) Axure RP
1 13 (4.71%) Balsamiq
2 8 (2.90%) Cypress.io
2 8 (2.90%) Selenium
2 8 (2.90%) WebDriver
3 7 (2.54%) Git
4 3 (1.09%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
General
1 136 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 82 (29.71%) Law
3 81 (29.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 80 (28.99%) Public Sector
5 63 (22.83%) Finance
6 55 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
6 55 (19.93%) Marketing
7 25 (9.06%) Games
8 19 (6.88%) Legal
9 17 (6.16%) Telecoms
10 15 (5.43%) Retail
11 13 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.45%) Local Government
13 4 (1.45%) Police
14 3 (1.09%) Back Office
14 3 (1.09%) Banking
15 2 (0.72%) Automotive
16 1 (0.36%) Advertising
16 1 (0.36%) French Language
Job Titles
1 62 (22.46%) Architect
2 50 (18.12%) Sales Executive
3 46 (16.67%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 42 (15.22%) Developer
5 34 (12.32%) Lead
6 31 (11.23%) Senior
7 15 (5.43%) Designer
7 15 (5.43%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.07%) Power Platform Developer
9 13 (4.71%) Service Designer
9 13 (4.71%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.35%) Technical Architect
11 11 (3.99%) Enterprise Architect
11 11 (3.99%) Principal Architect
11 11 (3.99%) Technology Director
12 10 (3.62%) Data Architect
12 10 (3.62%) Salesforce Developer
12 10 (3.62%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.62%) Systems Architect
13 8 (2.90%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.70%) .NET
2 17 (6.16%) REST
3 15 (5.43%) HTML5 Canvas
4 12 (4.35%) Middleware
5 11 (3.99%) SOAP
6 10 (3.62%) .NET Core
6 10 (3.62%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (3.62%) React
6 10 (3.62%) Visualforce
7 8 (2.90%) Playwright
8 7 (2.54%) Entity Framework
8 7 (2.54%) RESTful
9 5 (1.81%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.81%) CSS
9 5 (1.81%) HTML
9 5 (1.81%) Symfony
9 5 (1.81%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 5 (1.81%) WebGL
10 4 (1.45%) .NET Framework
11 3 (1.09%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.59%) Product Ownership
2 28 (10.14%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (4.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.26%) Distributed Architecture
6 8 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 6 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.81%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.81%) Mobile Games
9 4 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.45%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.45%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.09%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.09%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.09%) IoT
10 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.81%) Android
1 5 (1.81%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.72%) Windows
3 1 (0.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (57.25%) IT Strategy
2 94 (34.06%) Agile
3 81 (29.35%) Community of Practice
4 73 (26.45%) Roadmaps
5 70 (25.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 69 (25.00%) Customer Experience
7 66 (23.91%) AI
8 60 (21.74%) Software Engineering
9 50 (18.12%) Email Marketing
10 45 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 41 (14.86%) Technology Roadmap
12 37 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (11.96%) Business Strategy
14 32 (11.59%) Analytics
14 32 (11.59%) Computer Science
15 30 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (10.87%) Strategic Thinking
16 28 (10.14%) Line Management
17 27 (9.78%) CRM
18 26 (9.42%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.13%) Java
2 37 (13.41%) C#
3 30 (10.87%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.07%) Python
5 10 (3.62%) Apex Code
6 6 (2.17%) SQL
7 5 (1.81%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.81%) PHP
8 1 (0.36%) Groovy
8 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 82 (29.71%) SC Cleared
3 80 (28.99%) Degree
4 27 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.72%) CFA
8 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.72%) CISSP
8 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.72%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.72%) PMP
9 1 (0.36%) ACCA
9 1 (0.36%) CISA
9 1 (0.36%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.78%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.61%) PMO
3 15 (5.43%) QA
3 15 (5.43%) WCAG
4 6 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.45%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.09%) GDPR
7 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.72%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.36%) Basel III
8 1 (0.36%) MiFID
8 1 (0.36%) NCSC
8 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.09%) Docker
1 3 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 48 (17.39%) Cisco
3 46 (16.67%) Dell
4 14 (5.07%) Adobe
5 11 (3.99%) MuleSoft
5 11 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.90%) Google
7 7 (2.54%) Sage
8 4 (1.45%) Oracle
8 4 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.09%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.09%) BigPanda
9 3 (1.09%) Databricks
9 3 (1.09%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.09%) Splunk
10 2 (0.72%) FIS
10 2 (0.72%) Murex
11 1 (0.36%) Avaya
11 1 (0.36%) ESRI
11 1 (0.36%) Genesys