Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 212 145
Rank change year-on-year +99 -67 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 467 256 726
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 1.64% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 1.78% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 425 217 593
10th Percentile £38,984 £38,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £49,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +3.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,605 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% -11.30%

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 19,193 14,402 32,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.17% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,026 8,840 25,194
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 98 (20.99%) Project Management
2 93 (19.91%) Agile
3 92 (19.70%) Service Delivery
3 92 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 84 (17.99%) ITIL
6 83 (17.77%) Microsoft
7 74 (15.85%) Service Management
8 69 (14.78%) Cybersecurity
9 60 (12.85%) CRM
10 59 (12.63%) PRINCE2
10 59 (12.63%) Waterfall
11 58 (12.42%) Project Delivery
12 53 (11.35%) Risk Management
13 52 (11.13%) Azure
14 49 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (10.06%) ERP
15 47 (10.06%) ITSM
16 42 (8.99%) Mentoring
16 42 (8.99%) Microsoft Project
17 40 (8.57%) Migration
18 38 (8.14%) ServiceNow
19 35 (7.49%) DevOps
19 35 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
20 34 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 33 (7.07%) JIRA
22 32 (6.85%) SAP
22 32 (6.85%) User Experience
23 31 (6.64%) Security Cleared
24 30 (6.42%) Change Management

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 5 (1.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) IIS
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (8.99%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.64%) Trello
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (5.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 52 (11.13%) Azure
2 35 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (5.14%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.43%) Power Automate
5 13 (2.78%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.57%) SaaS
7 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.86%) AWS
10 3 (0.64%) GCP
10 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.21%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.21%) Datadog
12 1 (0.21%) Serverless
12 1 (0.21%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.00%) Firewall
2 6 (1.28%) WAN
3 5 (1.07%) VLAN
4 4 (0.86%) LAN
4 4 (0.86%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.64%) DMARC
5 3 (0.64%) DNS
5 3 (0.64%) Network Security
6 2 (0.43%) 5G
6 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.43%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) Intranet
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.85%) Power BI
2 3 (0.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (7.07%) JIRA
General
1 123 (26.34%) Social Skills
2 86 (18.42%) Finance
3 37 (7.92%) Public Sector
4 30 (6.42%) Legal
5 22 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.85%) Marketing
7 16 (3.43%) Retail
8 14 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.78%) Law
10 12 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.57%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.36%) Banking
12 4 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.43%) Advertising
14 2 (0.43%) French Language
14 2 (0.43%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.21%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) CSS
1 1 (0.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.28%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.42%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.35%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (5.14%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.28%) EPoS
8 5 (1.07%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.43%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.21%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) NHS
11 1 (0.21%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.14%) Windows
2 4 (0.86%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.43%) Linux
4 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (20.99%) Project Management
2 93 (19.91%) Agile
3 92 (19.70%) Service Delivery
3 92 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 84 (17.99%) ITIL
6 74 (15.85%) Service Management
7 69 (14.78%) Cybersecurity
8 60 (12.85%) CRM
9 59 (12.63%) PRINCE2
9 59 (12.63%) Waterfall
10 58 (12.42%) Project Delivery
11 53 (11.35%) Risk Management
12 49 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
13 47 (10.06%) ERP
13 47 (10.06%) ITSM
14 42 (8.99%) Mentoring
15 40 (8.57%) Migration
16 35 (7.49%) DevOps
17 34 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.71%) SQL
2 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.43%) PHP
3 2 (0.43%) Python
4 1 (0.21%) Bash
4 1 (0.21%) C#
4 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (6.64%) Security Cleared
2 29 (6.21%) SC Cleared
3 21 (4.50%) Degree
4 17 (3.64%) PMP
5 15 (3.21%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.07%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.43%) CISA
9 2 (0.43%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (2.78%) SLA
4 10 (2.14%) PMO
5 8 (1.71%) GDPR
6 5 (1.07%) QA
6 5 (1.07%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.86%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.86%) GRC
7 4 (0.86%) NIST
7 4 (0.86%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.64%) COBIT
8 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.21%) P3O
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.36%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.43%) Firmware
4 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.21%) Grafana
3 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 83 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.14%) ServiceNow
3 32 (6.85%) SAP
4 26 (5.57%) Oracle
5 10 (2.14%) BMC
5 10 (2.14%) Remedy
6 8 (1.71%) Cisco
7 6 (1.28%) Veeam
8 5 (1.07%) Sage
8 5 (1.07%) VMware
9 3 (0.64%) Dell
9 3 (0.64%) Meraki
10 2 (0.43%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.43%) IFS
10 2 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.43%) Xero
11 1 (0.21%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.21%) Google
11 1 (0.21%) iManage
11 1 (0.21%) Palo Alto