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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 225 199
Rank change year-on-year +128 -26 +33
Permanent jobs citing Technology Strategy 671 207 370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 1.28% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 1.37% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 355 131 105
10th Percentile £38,250 £24,570 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £24,886 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,750 £107,500 £113,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,500 £81,945
% change year-on-year +4.90% -12.75% +2.43%

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 19,905 15,060 19,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.30% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14,270 8,510 12,254
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 22 September 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 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.89%) SAS
3 2 (0.30%) WordPress
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.15%) Appian
4 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.60%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.60%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 207 (30.85%) Azure
2 133 (19.82%) AWS
3 98 (14.61%) GCP
4 66 (9.84%) Power Platform
5 62 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (9.09%) SaaS
7 39 (5.81%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (4.47%) Serverless
9 21 (3.13%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.09%) Google Analytics
11 13 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (1.49%) PaaS
13 9 (1.34%) Azure AKS
13 9 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.19%) IaaS
15 7 (1.04%) Azure Functions
16 6 (0.89%) GitHub
16 6 (0.89%) Google Workspace
16 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.92%) LAN
1 33 (4.92%) WAN
2 21 (3.13%) Network Security
3 9 (1.34%) 5G
4 7 (1.04%) Firewall
5 6 (0.89%) Broadband
6 5 (0.75%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.60%) DHCP
7 4 (0.60%) DNS
8 3 (0.45%) 2G
8 3 (0.45%) 3G
8 3 (0.45%) 4G
8 3 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.45%) TETRA
8 3 (0.45%) VLAN
9 2 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.30%) TACACS
9 2 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.83%) Metadata
2 17 (2.53%) Power BI
3 16 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.24%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.09%) MySQL
6 13 (1.94%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.04%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.89%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.30%) Big Data
12 2 (0.30%) Tableau
13 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
13 1 (0.15%) HBase
13 1 (0.15%) Redis
13 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (3.28%) Snyk
2 14 (2.09%) Git
3 8 (1.19%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.60%) Axure RP
4 4 (0.60%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.15%) JIRA
5 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 232 (34.58%) Law
3 211 (31.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 174 (25.93%) Public Sector
5 156 (23.25%) Finance
6 121 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
7 77 (11.48%) Presentation Skills
8 69 (10.28%) Legal
9 68 (10.13%) Influencing Skills
10 62 (9.24%) Marketing
11 36 (5.37%) Legal Technology
12 28 (4.17%) Banking
13 25 (3.73%) Retail
14 16 (2.38%) Manufacturing
15 15 (2.24%) Games
15 15 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (2.09%) Electronics
17 12 (1.79%) Local Government
18 9 (1.34%) French Language
18 9 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 200 (29.81%) Architect
2 159 (23.70%) Senior
3 58 (8.64%) Senior Manager
4 56 (8.35%) Lead
5 50 (7.45%) Sales Executive
6 48 (7.15%) Developer
7 47 (7.00%) Analyst
8 46 (6.86%) Software Engineer
9 45 (6.71%) Security Architect
10 44 (6.56%) Corporate Sales Executive
11 41 (6.11%) Senior Developer
12 32 (4.77%) Business Analyst
13 31 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (4.62%) Systems Architect
14 29 (4.32%) Enterprise Architect
15 27 (4.02%) Senior Architect
16 25 (3.73%) Cloud Architect
16 25 (3.73%) Lead Architect
16 25 (3.73%) Senior Security Architect
16 25 (3.73%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (8.35%) .NET
2 22 (3.28%) React
3 15 (2.24%) .NET Core
4 14 (2.09%) CSS
4 14 (2.09%) Entity Framework
4 14 (2.09%) HTML
4 14 (2.09%) LangChain
4 14 (2.09%) REST
5 13 (1.94%) LangGraph
5 13 (1.94%) PyTorch
5 13 (1.94%) scikit-learn
5 13 (1.94%) TensorFlow
6 11 (1.64%) Node.js
7 10 (1.49%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.49%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.49%) Terraform
8 7 (1.04%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.04%) Middleware
9 6 (0.89%) GraphQL
9 6 (0.89%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 80 (11.92%) Cloud Native
2 77 (11.48%) Product Ownership
3 47 (7.00%) Data Centre
4 28 (4.17%) Distributed Architecture
5 27 (4.02%) Virtual Team
6 26 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.64%) IoT
8 11 (1.64%) Operational Technology
9 10 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
11 8 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.04%) LIMS
13 6 (0.89%) Clustering
13 6 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (0.89%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.68%) Windows
2 10 (1.49%) Linux
3 5 (0.75%) Android
3 5 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (70.94%) IT Strategy
2 251 (37.41%) Roadmaps
3 229 (34.13%) Agile
4 191 (28.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 182 (27.12%) AI
6 181 (26.97%) Enterprise Architecture
7 172 (25.63%) Community of Practice
8 152 (22.65%) Software Engineering
9 132 (19.67%) Project Delivery
10 124 (18.48%) Business Strategy
11 114 (16.99%) Stakeholder Management
12 110 (16.39%) Mentoring
13 107 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
14 104 (15.50%) CI/CD
15 101 (15.05%) Technical Leadership
16 90 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 81 (12.07%) Risk Management
18 80 (11.92%) Scrum
19 76 (11.33%) Microservices
20 70 (10.43%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 87 (12.97%) C#
2 77 (11.48%) Python
3 58 (8.64%) JavaScript
4 39 (5.81%) Java
5 34 (5.07%) SQL
5 34 (5.07%) TypeScript
6 27 (4.02%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.19%) Bicep
7 8 (1.19%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.89%) ABAP
9 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.30%) C
9 2 (0.30%) C++
9 2 (0.30%) PHP
10 1 (0.15%) Bash
10 1 (0.15%) Go
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Ruby
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 171 (25.48%) Degree
2 135 (20.12%) Security Cleared
3 132 (19.67%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.58%) CISSP
6 22 (3.28%) CISM
7 16 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.49%) PhD
10 10 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.49%) PMP
11 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.75%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.13%) GRC
2 64 (9.54%) QA
3 42 (6.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (4.02%) NIST
5 25 (3.73%) Accessibility
6 18 (2.68%) GDPR
7 16 (2.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 16 (2.38%) NCSC
8 8 (1.19%) ISO 9001
9 7 (1.04%) GxP
10 6 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.60%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.60%) WCAG
12 2 (0.30%) PMO
13 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.64%) Docker
4 6 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 14 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.45%) Ansible
2 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.15%) Argo
4 1 (0.15%) Control-M
4 1 (0.15%) Puppet
4 1 (0.15%) Salt
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 168 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.86%) Cisco
3 44 (6.56%) Dell
4 31 (4.62%) SAP
5 30 (4.47%) Google
6 24 (3.58%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (3.58%) Palo Alto
7 22 (3.28%) Tenable
8 14 (2.09%) Salesforce
8 14 (2.09%) VMware
9 6 (0.89%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.89%) YouTube
10 5 (0.75%) EMC
10 5 (0.75%) HighQ
10 5 (0.75%) NetApp
10 5 (0.75%) Veeam
11 4 (0.60%) Adobe
11 4 (0.60%) Epicor
11 4 (0.60%) Infor
11 4 (0.60%) Oracle