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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 270 203
Rank change year-on-year +144 -67 +59
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 380 165 527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 1.10% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 1.17% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 212 116 209
10th Percentile £41,850 £24,285 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,450 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -5.93% -20.59%
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -14.71%

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 15,882 14,159 29,959
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.77% 89.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11,378 8,323 23,497
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,250 £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%

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 31 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 18 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.58%) SAS
3 3 (0.79%) Apache
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 109 (28.68%) Azure
2 79 (20.79%) AWS
3 58 (15.26%) GCP
4 39 (10.26%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.63%) Serverless
6 19 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.21%) SaaS
9 15 (3.95%) PowerApps
10 12 (3.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (3.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 10 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.63%) Google Analytics
12 9 (2.37%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.58%) Entra ID
16 5 (1.32%) IaaS
16 5 (1.32%) PaaS
17 4 (1.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.05%) Broadband
2 8 (2.11%) Network Security
3 6 (1.58%) 5G
4 3 (0.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.79%) Power BI
2 20 (5.26%) Metadata
3 3 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
3 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.79%) DynamoDB
3 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.53%) Tableau
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (5.79%) Snyk
2 4 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.79%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.79%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.53%) Git
5 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 156 (41.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 150 (39.47%) Social Skills
3 119 (31.32%) Law
3 119 (31.32%) Public Sector
4 82 (21.58%) Finance
5 64 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
6 55 (14.47%) Marketing
7 27 (7.11%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (5.00%) Retail
10 17 (4.47%) Telecoms
11 16 (4.21%) Games
12 15 (3.95%) Legal
13 11 (2.89%) Banking
14 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.53%) Local Government
16 1 (0.26%) Advertising
16 1 (0.26%) Back Office
16 1 (0.26%) Billing
16 1 (0.26%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 132 (34.74%) Architect
2 74 (19.47%) Senior
3 43 (11.32%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 43 (11.32%) Sales Executive
4 31 (8.16%) Analyst
4 31 (8.16%) Security Architect
5 28 (7.37%) Senior Architect
6 26 (6.84%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.05%) Cloud Architect
7 23 (6.05%) Developer
8 22 (5.79%) Cloud Security Architect
8 22 (5.79%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 22 (5.79%) Senior Security Architect
9 19 (5.00%) Lead
10 18 (4.74%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.21%) Enterprise Architect
12 15 (3.95%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 15 (3.95%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (3.68%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
13 14 (3.68%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.26%) .NET
2 17 (4.47%) REST
3 16 (4.21%) Middleware
4 13 (3.42%) SOAP
5 12 (3.16%) Lightning Web Components
5 12 (3.16%) Visualforce
6 8 (2.11%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.58%) Streamlit
8 4 (1.05%) Kafka
8 4 (1.05%) LangChain
8 4 (1.05%) OAuth
8 4 (1.05%) OpenID
9 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.79%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.79%) React Native
9 3 (0.79%) RESTful
9 3 (0.79%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.79%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.42%) Product Ownership
2 39 (10.26%) Cloud Native
3 34 (8.95%) Data Centre
4 23 (6.05%) Distributed Architecture
5 18 (4.74%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.84%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.58%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.58%) Clustering
10 5 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.05%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.05%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.79%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.79%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.53%) Acoustics
13 2 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing Technology
14 1 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.84%) Windows
2 3 (0.79%) Android
2 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.53%) Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (60.53%) IT Strategy
2 149 (39.21%) Agile
3 143 (37.63%) Community of Practice
4 121 (31.84%) Roadmaps
5 117 (30.79%) AI
6 69 (18.16%) Customer Experience
7 65 (17.11%) Software Engineering
8 64 (16.84%) Enterprise Architecture
9 61 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
11 50 (13.16%) CI/CD
12 48 (12.63%) TOGAF
13 47 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
14 46 (12.11%) Scrum
15 43 (11.32%) DevOps
15 43 (11.32%) Email Marketing
16 42 (11.05%) Computer Science
17 41 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 37 (9.74%) Project Delivery
19 36 (9.47%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.79%) Java
2 29 (7.63%) Python
3 26 (6.84%) SQL
4 21 (5.53%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.21%) C#
6 12 (3.16%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.79%) Bicep
8 2 (0.53%) C
8 2 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) ABAP
9 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 126 (33.16%) Degree
2 112 (29.47%) Security Cleared
3 108 (28.42%) SC Cleared
4 37 (9.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.42%) CISSP
6 12 (3.16%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.63%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.37%) CISM
10 7 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.79%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.32%) GRC
3 21 (5.53%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.95%) NIST
5 8 (2.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 8 (2.11%) ISO 9001
5 8 (2.11%) NCSC
6 7 (1.84%) GDPR
6 7 (1.84%) QA
7 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.05%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.79%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.26%) PERC
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (6.05%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.79%) Docker
4 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.11%) Terraform
2 7 (1.84%) Ansible
3 4 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.53%) Argo
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.53%) Puppet
5 2 (0.53%) Salt
Vendors
1 109 (28.68%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.89%) Cisco
2 49 (12.89%) Dell
3 24 (6.32%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (5.79%) Palo Alto
4 22 (5.79%) Tenable
5 16 (4.21%) Google
6 14 (3.68%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.16%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.58%) Databricks
9 5 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.05%) Adobe
11 3 (0.79%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.79%) BigPanda
11 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.79%) Sage
11 3 (0.79%) Splunk
12 2 (0.53%) VMware
13 1 (0.26%) Informatica
13 1 (0.26%) SAP