Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,001 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 186 190
Rank change year-on-year +88 +4 -61
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 644 278 423
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 1.71% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.85% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 525 233 284
10th Percentile £38,984 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 22,785 15,056 22,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.68% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,020 8,997 14,462
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,541
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 £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 17 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 17 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.

1 175 (27.17%) ITIL
2 135 (20.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 133 (20.65%) Agile
4 114 (17.70%) Service Delivery
5 112 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (16.30%) Project Management
7 102 (15.84%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.68%) Waterfall
9 97 (15.06%) Azure
10 96 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 95 (14.75%) Microsoft
11 95 (14.75%) Service Management
12 87 (13.51%) DevOps
13 82 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
14 73 (11.34%) Business Continuity
14 73 (11.34%) Information Security
15 70 (10.87%) CRM
15 70 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
15 70 (10.87%) ITSM
16 69 (10.71%) Mentoring
17 68 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
18 67 (10.40%) ServiceNow
19 62 (9.63%) SaaS
20 60 (9.32%) PRINCE2
21 59 (9.16%) Contract Negotiation
22 58 (9.01%) ITIL Certification
23 57 (8.85%) Decision-Making
24 55 (8.54%) Coaching
25 52 (8.07%) AWS
26 51 (7.92%) Microsoft 365

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 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (6.68%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (5.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.62%) 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 97 (15.06%) Azure
2 62 (9.63%) SaaS
3 52 (8.07%) AWS
4 51 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.66%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (1.40%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.09%) 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 (2.33%) Firewall
2 11 (1.71%) WAN
3 9 (1.40%) LAN
4 7 (1.09%) VLAN
5 6 (0.93%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.62%) DNS
6 4 (0.62%) Network Security
7 3 (0.47%) Intranet
7 3 (0.47%) VoIP
7 3 (0.47%) VPN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.16%) DHCP
9 1 (0.16%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) Wireless
9 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.57%) Power BI
2 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) GIS
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (5.90%) JIRA
General
1 152 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 112 (17.39%) Finance
3 54 (8.39%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.61%) Law
5 32 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.81%) Banking
7 23 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.42%) Legal
9 19 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.64%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.48%) Marketing
12 14 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.02%) Retail
14 7 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.47%) Local Government
17 2 (0.31%) Advertising
17 2 (0.31%) General Ledger
17 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.45%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) .NET
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.39%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (5.43%) Driving Licence
2 35 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (2.80%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.64%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 5 (0.78%) Operational Technology
6 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.62%) EPoS
7 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.62%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.62%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.47%) PMI
8 3 (0.47%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.31%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.48%) Windows
2 5 (0.78%) Linux
3 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (27.17%) ITIL
2 135 (20.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 133 (20.65%) Agile
4 114 (17.70%) Service Delivery
5 112 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (16.30%) Project Management
7 102 (15.84%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.68%) Waterfall
9 96 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 95 (14.75%) Service Management
11 87 (13.51%) DevOps
12 82 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (11.34%) Business Continuity
13 73 (11.34%) Information Security
14 70 (10.87%) CRM
14 70 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
14 70 (10.87%) ITSM
15 69 (10.71%) Mentoring
16 68 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
17 60 (9.32%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.40%) 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 58 (9.01%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.61%) CISM
2 49 (7.61%) CISSP
3 30 (4.66%) Security Cleared
4 28 (4.35%) Degree
4 28 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.64%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.48%) PMP
7 12 (1.86%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.55%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.62%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.31%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CISA
12 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.76%) NIST
2 48 (7.45%) ISO 22301
3 25 (3.88%) SLA
4 17 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.40%) GRC
8 8 (1.24%) GDPR
8 8 (1.24%) PMO
9 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.47%) QA
10 2 (0.31%) COBIT
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.33%) 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 (3.73%) 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 95 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 67 (10.40%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.12%) SAP
4 30 (4.66%) Oracle
5 20 (3.11%) BMC
5 20 (3.11%) Remedy
6 12 (1.86%) Cisco
7 7 (1.09%) VMware
8 6 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.78%) Sage
9 5 (0.78%) YouTube
10 4 (0.62%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (0.62%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.62%) Dell
10 4 (0.62%) Kronos
10 4 (0.62%) Workday
11 3 (0.47%) IFS
11 3 (0.47%) Meraki
11 3 (0.47%) Veeam
12 2 (0.31%) iManage