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 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 171 141
Rank change year-on-year +39 -30 +61
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 355 264 723
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.99% 1.98% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 2.13% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 312 224 616
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -7.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £63,906
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -4.35% +12.20% -10.87%

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 16,722 12,400 31,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 92.93% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,033 9,079 24,854
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 74 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 71 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 70 (19.72%) Service Delivery
4 68 (19.15%) Project Management
5 58 (16.34%) Agile
5 58 (16.34%) Service Management
6 57 (16.06%) ITIL
7 55 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (14.93%) Risk Management
9 48 (13.52%) Cybersecurity
10 45 (12.68%) Project Delivery
11 42 (11.83%) Azure
12 38 (10.70%) ITSM
13 35 (9.86%) Coaching
14 32 (9.01%) PRINCE2
15 31 (8.73%) Waterfall
16 30 (8.45%) Mentoring
17 29 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
18 28 (7.89%) Change Management
19 26 (7.32%) CRM
19 26 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
19 26 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 25 (7.04%) ERP
20 25 (7.04%) IT Strategy
20 25 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
21 24 (6.76%) Document Management
22 23 (6.48%) Contract Negotiation
22 23 (6.48%) Security Cleared
23 22 (6.20%) Business Development
23 22 (6.20%) Cost Reduction

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 6 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (5.07%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.28%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.83%) Azure
2 29 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.51%) Power Automate
5 15 (4.23%) SaaS
6 13 (3.66%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.25%) AWS
8 5 (1.41%) GCP
9 4 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.85%) Serverless
11 2 (0.56%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.28%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.28%) Datadog
12 1 (0.28%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.28%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.54%) Firewall
2 5 (1.41%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.41%) WAN
3 3 (0.85%) DMARC
3 3 (0.85%) Network Security
4 2 (0.56%) 5G
4 2 (0.56%) LAN
4 2 (0.56%) SAN
4 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.56%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.51%) Power BI
2 4 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (2.25%) JIRA
General
1 111 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.31%) Finance
3 31 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.32%) Legal
5 17 (4.79%) Marketing
5 17 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.82%) Law
8 8 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.25%) Retail
9 7 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.85%) Banking
13 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.56%) German Language
14 1 (0.28%) Aviation
14 1 (0.28%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.56%) CSS
1 2 (0.56%) HTML
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.04%) Data Centre
4 18 (5.07%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.97%) CMDB
6 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.85%) PMI
8 3 (0.85%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.56%) EPoS
9 2 (0.56%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.66%) Windows
2 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.13%) Unix
4 3 (0.85%) Linux
4 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 70 (19.72%) Service Delivery
3 68 (19.15%) Project Management
4 58 (16.34%) Agile
4 58 (16.34%) Service Management
5 57 (16.06%) ITIL
6 55 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (14.93%) Risk Management
8 48 (13.52%) Cybersecurity
9 45 (12.68%) Project Delivery
10 38 (10.70%) ITSM
11 35 (9.86%) Coaching
12 32 (9.01%) PRINCE2
13 31 (8.73%) Waterfall
14 30 (8.45%) Mentoring
15 28 (7.89%) Change Management
16 26 (7.32%) CRM
16 26 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
17 25 (7.04%) ERP
17 25 (7.04%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.25%) SQL
2 2 (0.56%) C#
2 2 (0.56%) Java
2 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (6.48%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.92%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.94%) Degree
4 12 (3.38%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.82%) PMP
6 6 (1.69%) CISM
7 5 (1.41%) CISSP
7 5 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.56%) CISA
9 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.28%) GCFA
10 1 (0.28%) MBA
10 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.10%) NIST
5 9 (2.54%) PMO
6 8 (2.25%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.25%) GDPR
7 7 (1.97%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.41%) QA
8 5 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.13%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.85%) COBIT
10 3 (0.85%) SLA
11 2 (0.56%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 1 (0.28%) P3O
System Software
1 15 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.13%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.56%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.92%) ServiceNow
3 13 (3.66%) SAP
4 10 (2.82%) Cisco
4 10 (2.82%) Oracle
5 5 (1.41%) Sage
6 4 (1.13%) Workday
7 3 (0.85%) Dell
7 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.85%) Veeam
7 3 (0.85%) VMware
8 2 (0.56%) BMC
8 2 (0.56%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.56%) iManage
8 2 (0.56%) Meraki
8 2 (0.56%) Remedy
8 2 (0.56%) Xero
9 1 (0.28%) Aruba
9 1 (0.28%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.28%) Palo Alto