IT Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 146 177
Rank change year-on-year -94 +31 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 265 684 694
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.26% 2.17% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 2.25% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 226 550 583
10th Percentile £39,786 £37,500 £42,210
25th Percentile £48,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £58,348
% change year-on-year +9.52% -10.02% +5.13%

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 19,279 30,370 32,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.36% 96.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,639 22,555 24,689
10th Percentile £25,267 £33,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

IT Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

IT Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, IT 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 IT Manager in the job title.

1 101 (38.11%) Social Skills
2 81 (30.57%) Finance
3 73 (27.55%) Project Management
4 66 (24.91%) Microsoft
5 65 (24.53%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (23.02%) Agile
7 55 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (20.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (18.11%) Project Delivery
10 44 (16.60%) CRM
10 44 (16.60%) Degree
11 38 (14.34%) ITIL
12 36 (13.58%) Service Management
13 34 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (12.45%) Mentoring
14 33 (12.45%) Azure
15 32 (12.08%) Service Delivery
16 31 (11.70%) ITSM
17 30 (11.32%) SharePoint
18 29 (10.94%) Change Management
18 29 (10.94%) Decision-Making
19 28 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
19 28 (10.57%) PRINCE2
19 28 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
20 27 (10.19%) Active Directory
20 27 (10.19%) Risk Management
20 27 (10.19%) Business Case
21 26 (9.81%) Presentation Skills
22 24 (9.06%) Retail
22 24 (9.06%) Waterfall

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) Confluence
3 2 (0.75%) Moodle
4 1 (0.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.53%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (12.45%) Azure
3 21 (7.92%) SaaS
4 18 (6.79%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.91%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.64%) AWS
7 6 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.13%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.13%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.75%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.75%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.38%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.38%) PaaS
10 1 (0.38%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.55%) Firewall
2 11 (4.15%) VLAN
3 9 (3.40%) IP Telephony
4 7 (2.64%) DNS
5 6 (2.26%) Network Security
6 5 (1.89%) DHCP
7 3 (1.13%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (1.13%) VPN
8 2 (0.75%) LAN
8 2 (0.75%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.75%) VoIP
8 2 (0.75%) WAN
8 2 (0.75%) WLAN
9 1 (0.38%) Internet
9 1 (0.38%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.77%) Power BI
2 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Metadata
3 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (4.53%) JIRA
General
1 101 (38.11%) Social Skills
2 81 (30.57%) Finance
3 28 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.81%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (9.06%) Retail
6 17 (6.42%) Legal
7 16 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.91%) Banking
9 12 (4.53%) Law
10 9 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.89%) Marketing
12 5 (1.89%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.13%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.75%) German Language
15 2 (0.75%) Italian Language
15 2 (0.75%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.51%) CodeIgniter
1 4 (1.51%) Laravel
1 4 (1.51%) Node.js
2 2 (0.75%) Middleware
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.38%) EDI
3 1 (0.38%) JFC
3 1 (0.38%) JSON
3 1 (0.38%) TAPI
3 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.17%) Driving Licence
1 19 (7.17%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (2.64%) NHS
2 7 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (1.89%) CMDB
3 5 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.89%) Private Cloud
3 5 (1.89%) Replication
3 5 (1.89%) Virtual Team
4 4 (1.51%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.51%) iPhone
4 4 (1.51%) Learning Management System
4 4 (1.51%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.13%) FMCG
5 3 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.75%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.75%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.38%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.55%) Windows
2 8 (3.02%) Android
3 5 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (27.55%) Project Management
2 61 (23.02%) Agile
3 55 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (20.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 48 (18.11%) Project Delivery
6 44 (16.60%) CRM
7 38 (14.34%) ITIL
8 36 (13.58%) Service Management
9 34 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (12.45%) Mentoring
11 32 (12.08%) Service Delivery
12 31 (11.70%) ITSM
13 29 (10.94%) Change Management
13 29 (10.94%) Decision-Making
14 28 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (10.57%) PRINCE2
15 27 (10.19%) Business Case
15 27 (10.19%) Risk Management
16 24 (9.06%) Waterfall
17 23 (8.68%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.64%) PowerShell
1 7 (2.64%) SQL
2 6 (2.26%) Python
3 4 (1.51%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.51%) PHP
4 1 (0.38%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (16.60%) Degree
2 18 (6.79%) CISSP
3 17 (6.42%) ITIL Certification
4 15 (5.66%) PMP
5 11 (4.15%) CISA
5 11 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.77%) PMI Certification
6 10 (3.77%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.89%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.51%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.51%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.75%) CRISC
9 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.75%) OSCE
9 2 (0.75%) OSCP
9 2 (0.75%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.91%) GDPR
3 10 (3.77%) ITGC
4 9 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.40%) QA
5 7 (2.64%) PMO
6 5 (1.89%) NIST
6 5 (1.89%) SLA
7 4 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.13%) NCSC
9 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.38%) COBIT
10 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.38%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 66 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.02%) Cisco
2 8 (3.02%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.64%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.64%) SAP
4 6 (2.26%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.26%) VMware
5 4 (1.51%) Apple
5 4 (1.51%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.13%) Meraki
6 3 (1.13%) Snow
7 2 (0.75%) arcserve
7 2 (0.75%) Forcepoint
7 2 (0.75%) IBM
7 2 (0.75%) Infor
7 2 (0.75%) Intapp
7 2 (0.75%) Sage
7 2 (0.75%) Sophos
7 2 (0.75%) TippingPoint
8 1 (0.38%) Remedy