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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 260 193
Rank change year-on-year +122 -67 +68
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 349 171 538
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.89% 1.18% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.24% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 198 126 222
10th Percentile £40,446 £48,197 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £64,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% -0.38% -23.53%
75th Percentile £78,750 £97,500 £93,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £106,875 £125,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -17.65%

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 15,329 13,820 29,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.82% 95.08% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,874 8,648 23,364
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 14 May 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 21 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.72%) SAS
3 3 (0.86%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.29%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.43%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.29%) Quorum
3 1 (0.29%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 95 (27.22%) Azure
2 67 (19.20%) AWS
3 53 (15.19%) GCP
4 36 (10.32%) Power Platform
5 26 (7.45%) Serverless
6 22 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.87%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 13 (3.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 10 (2.87%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (2.58%) SaaS
12 6 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.72%) Google Analytics
13 5 (1.43%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.43%) Figma
13 5 (1.43%) Miro
14 4 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.15%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.59%) Broadband
2 7 (2.01%) Network Security
3 6 (1.72%) 5G
4 4 (1.15%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) LAN
5 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.44%) Metadata
1 19 (5.44%) Power BI
2 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
3 3 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.86%) DynamoDB
3 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.57%) Tableau
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) Big Data
5 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.29%) MySQL
5 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.30%) Snyk
2 5 (1.43%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.43%) Balsamiq
3 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.57%) Git
5 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
5 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 150 (42.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 137 (39.26%) Social Skills
3 115 (32.95%) Public Sector
4 114 (32.66%) Law
5 77 (22.06%) Finance
6 54 (15.47%) Marketing
7 53 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (7.74%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (4.87%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.58%) Games
10 16 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (4.01%) Legal
12 12 (3.44%) Retail
13 9 (2.58%) Banking
14 5 (1.43%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.29%) Advertising
15 1 (0.29%) Back Office
15 1 (0.29%) Billing
15 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.29%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 116 (33.24%) Architect
2 76 (21.78%) Senior
3 42 (12.03%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 42 (12.03%) Sales Executive
4 29 (8.31%) Security Architect
4 29 (8.31%) Senior Architect
5 26 (7.45%) Analyst
5 26 (7.45%) Developer
6 23 (6.59%) Cloud Architect
7 22 (6.30%) Cloud Security Architect
7 22 (6.30%) Senior Cloud Architect
7 22 (6.30%) Senior Security Architect
7 22 (6.30%) Software Engineer
8 18 (5.16%) Lead
9 16 (4.58%) Business Analyst
10 15 (4.30%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 15 (4.30%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (4.30%) Technical Architect
11 13 (3.72%) Data Architect
11 13 (3.72%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.02%) .NET
2 18 (5.16%) REST
3 17 (4.87%) Middleware
4 14 (4.01%) SOAP
5 13 (3.72%) Lightning Web Components
5 13 (3.72%) Visualforce
6 10 (2.87%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.72%) Streamlit
8 4 (1.15%) Kafka
8 4 (1.15%) OAuth
8 4 (1.15%) OpenID
9 3 (0.86%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.86%) Flutter
9 3 (0.86%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.86%) React Native
9 3 (0.86%) RESTful
9 3 (0.86%) XML
10 2 (0.57%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.75%) Product Ownership
2 36 (10.32%) Cloud Native
2 36 (10.32%) Data Centre
3 22 (6.30%) Distributed Architecture
4 16 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.72%) Clustering
8 5 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.15%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.86%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.86%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.57%) Acoustics
11 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.29%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.72%) Windows
2 3 (0.86%) Android
2 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (61.89%) IT Strategy
2 137 (39.26%) Agile
3 134 (38.40%) Community of Practice
4 111 (31.81%) AI
5 106 (30.37%) Roadmaps
6 65 (18.62%) Customer Experience
7 58 (16.62%) Software Engineering
8 55 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (14.33%) Enterprise Architecture
10 46 (13.18%) CI/CD
11 42 (12.03%) Email Marketing
11 42 (12.03%) Scrum
12 41 (11.75%) Computer Science
12 41 (11.75%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (11.46%) DevOps
14 38 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
15 37 (10.60%) Collaborative Culture
16 35 (10.03%) Project Delivery
16 35 (10.03%) SDLC
17 34 (9.74%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.46%) Java
2 27 (7.74%) Python
3 24 (6.88%) JavaScript
3 24 (6.88%) SQL
4 18 (5.16%) C#
5 13 (3.72%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.57%) C
6 2 (0.57%) C++
7 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 116 (33.24%) Degree
2 111 (31.81%) Security Cleared
3 107 (30.66%) SC Cleared
4 35 (10.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.15%) CISSP
7 7 (2.01%) CISM
8 6 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.86%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.59%) GRC
2 21 (6.02%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.87%) NIST
5 8 (2.29%) QA
6 6 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (1.72%) NCSC
7 5 (1.43%) WCAG
8 4 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.86%) GDPR
10 1 (0.29%) Basel III
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.29%) MiFID
10 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (6.59%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.86%) Docker
3 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.72%) Ansible
2 4 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.15%) Terraform
3 3 (0.86%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.57%) Argo
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.57%) Puppet
4 2 (0.57%) Salt
Vendors
1 103 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 48 (13.75%) Cisco
2 48 (13.75%) Dell
3 24 (6.88%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (6.30%) Palo Alto
4 22 (6.30%) Tenable
5 15 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.72%) MuleSoft
7 11 (3.15%) Google
8 6 (1.72%) Adobe
9 5 (1.43%) Databricks
9 5 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.15%) Sage
11 3 (0.86%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.86%) BigPanda
11 3 (0.86%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.86%) Splunk
12 2 (0.57%) VMware
13 1 (0.29%) Informatica
13 1 (0.29%) Oracle