Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 186 187
Rank change year-on-year +86 +1 -58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 637 284 437
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.66% 1.75% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.89% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 524 238 297
10th Percentile £39,818 £41,784 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,469 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £89,400
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,468 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.29% +4.49% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 22,509 15,049 22,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.64% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,954 9,078 14,853
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IT Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Manager job vacancies

IT Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

IT Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 168 (26.37%) ITIL
2 135 (21.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (20.72%) Agile
4 119 (18.68%) Service Delivery
5 105 (16.48%) Project Management
6 101 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 101 (15.86%) Project Delivery
7 100 (15.70%) Waterfall
8 99 (15.54%) Azure
8 99 (15.54%) Microsoft
9 92 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 89 (13.97%) Service Management
11 86 (13.50%) Cybersecurity
11 86 (13.50%) DevOps
12 76 (11.93%) Business Continuity
13 73 (11.46%) Information Security
14 72 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
15 71 (11.15%) ITSM
16 70 (10.99%) CRM
17 65 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
18 62 (9.73%) SaaS
19 60 (9.42%) Mentoring
20 59 (9.26%) Contract Negotiation
20 59 (9.26%) ServiceNow
21 58 (9.11%) PRINCE2
22 57 (8.95%) ITIL Certification
23 52 (8.16%) AWS
24 51 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
25 50 (7.85%) NIST
25 50 (7.85%) Runbook

IT Manager Skill Set
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 14 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 44 (6.91%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.63%) Primavera
4 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 99 (15.54%) Azure
2 62 (9.73%) SaaS
3 52 (8.16%) AWS
4 51 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.61%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (1.73%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.47%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.16%) Datadog
12 1 (0.16%) GCP
12 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.16%) Serverless
12 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.35%) Firewall
2 10 (1.57%) WAN
3 8 (1.26%) LAN
4 6 (0.94%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.94%) VLAN
4 6 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.63%) Network Security
6 3 (0.47%) DNS
6 3 (0.47%) Intranet
6 3 (0.47%) VoIP
6 3 (0.47%) VPN
7 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.83%) Power BI
2 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (5.81%) JIRA
General
1 153 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 111 (17.43%) Finance
3 48 (7.54%) Law
4 45 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.87%) Banking
6 21 (3.30%) Legal
7 20 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.67%) Marketing
9 17 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.20%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.88%) Retail
12 6 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.47%) Local Government
15 2 (0.31%) Advertising
15 2 (0.31%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.54%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.48%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (5.49%) Driving Licence
3 34 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.51%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.63%) EPoS
7 4 (0.63%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.63%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.63%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.63%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.47%) PMI
8 3 (0.47%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.16%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.51%) Windows
2 5 (0.78%) Linux
3 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (26.37%) ITIL
2 135 (21.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (20.72%) Agile
4 119 (18.68%) Service Delivery
5 105 (16.48%) Project Management
6 101 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 101 (15.86%) Project Delivery
7 100 (15.70%) Waterfall
8 92 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 89 (13.97%) Service Management
10 86 (13.50%) Cybersecurity
10 86 (13.50%) DevOps
11 76 (11.93%) Business Continuity
12 73 (11.46%) Information Security
13 72 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
14 71 (11.15%) ITSM
15 70 (10.99%) CRM
16 65 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
17 60 (9.42%) Mentoring
18 59 (9.26%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.26%) SQL
2 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.31%) Bash
3 2 (0.31%) PHP
3 2 (0.31%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (8.95%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.69%) CISM
2 49 (7.69%) CISSP
3 28 (4.40%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.24%) Degree
5 26 (4.08%) SC Cleared
6 17 (2.67%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.51%) PMP
8 12 (1.88%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.57%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.63%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.31%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.16%) CISA
13 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.85%) NIST
2 48 (7.54%) ISO 22301
3 25 (3.92%) SLA
4 18 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.73%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.41%) GRC
8 8 (1.26%) GDPR
9 6 (0.94%) PMO
10 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.47%) QA
11 2 (0.31%) COBIT
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.35%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (15.54%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 31 (4.87%) SAP
4 28 (4.40%) Oracle
5 20 (3.14%) BMC
5 20 (3.14%) Remedy
6 12 (1.88%) Cisco
7 7 (1.10%) VMware
8 6 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.78%) Sage
9 5 (0.78%) YouTube
10 4 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (0.63%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.63%) Dell
10 4 (0.63%) Kronos
10 4 (0.63%) Workday
11 3 (0.47%) Meraki
11 3 (0.47%) Veeam
12 2 (0.31%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.31%) HubSpot