Category Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Category Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Category Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 515 495
Rank change year-on-year +97 -20 +318
Permanent jobs requiring a Category Manager 2 70 165
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.013% 0.21% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.22% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 53 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -20.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £54,500 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - £73,750 -
UK median annual salary £62,418 £50,975 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.45% +1.95% -12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,010 32,437 40,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 96.00% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,891 24,889 28,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,626
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,411
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Category Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Category Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Category Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Category Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Category Manager.

Category Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Category Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Control
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Control
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management