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 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 176 144
Rank change year-on-year +39 -32 +65
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 330 259 724
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.89% 1.97% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 2.11% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 289 222 614
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £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% -5.58%
75th Percentile £64,243 £71,875 £64,219
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +11.65% -10.43%

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 16,341 12,304 30,552
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.64% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,731 9,044 24,777
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,199 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +6.57% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 14 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 14 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 71 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 69 (20.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (20.91%) Service Delivery
3 67 (20.30%) Project Management
4 58 (17.58%) Agile
5 52 (15.76%) Risk Management
5 52 (15.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 50 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (13.94%) ITIL
8 45 (13.64%) Service Management
9 44 (13.33%) Project Delivery
10 40 (12.12%) Azure
11 31 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (9.39%) PRINCE2
11 31 (9.39%) Waterfall
12 29 (8.79%) Change Management
12 29 (8.79%) Coaching
12 29 (8.79%) ITSM
13 27 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 25 (7.58%) CRM
14 25 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (7.58%) Document Management
14 25 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (7.27%) ERP
15 24 (7.27%) IT Strategy
16 23 (6.97%) Cyber Essentials
17 22 (6.67%) Mentoring
18 21 (6.36%) Business Development
18 21 (6.36%) Contract Negotiation
18 21 (6.36%) Security Cleared

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 (1.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.12%) Azure
2 31 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.85%) Power Automate
4 16 (4.85%) SaaS
5 13 (3.94%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.42%) AWS
7 5 (1.52%) GCP
8 4 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.91%) Serverless
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.30%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.30%) Datadog
11 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.30%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.42%) Firewall
2 4 (1.21%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.21%) WAN
3 3 (0.91%) DMARC
4 2 (0.61%) 5G
4 2 (0.61%) LAN
4 2 (0.61%) Network Security
4 2 (0.61%) SAN
5 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.15%) Power BI
2 4 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.12%) JIRA
General
1 107 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.09%) Finance
3 25 (7.58%) Legal
3 25 (7.58%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.85%) Marketing
5 15 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.03%) Law
8 9 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.42%) Retail
10 7 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.91%) Banking
14 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.61%) German Language
15 1 (0.30%) French Language
15 1 (0.30%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) CSS
1 2 (0.61%) HTML
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.18%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.36%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.15%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.12%) CMDB
6 7 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.82%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.91%) PMI
8 3 (0.91%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.61%) EPoS
9 2 (0.61%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.30%) NHS
10 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.85%) Windows
2 8 (2.42%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.82%) Linux
4 5 (1.52%) Unix
5 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (20.91%) Continuous Improvement
1 69 (20.91%) Service Delivery
2 67 (20.30%) Project Management
3 58 (17.58%) Agile
4 52 (15.76%) Risk Management
4 52 (15.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (13.94%) ITIL
7 45 (13.64%) Service Management
8 44 (13.33%) Project Delivery
9 31 (9.39%) PRINCE2
9 31 (9.39%) Waterfall
10 29 (8.79%) Change Management
10 29 (8.79%) Coaching
10 29 (8.79%) ITSM
11 25 (7.58%) CRM
11 25 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (7.58%) Document Management
11 25 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (7.27%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.73%) SQL
2 3 (0.91%) Python
3 2 (0.61%) C#
3 2 (0.61%) Java
3 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (6.36%) Security Cleared
2 19 (5.76%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.24%) Degree
4 11 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.73%) PMP
6 7 (2.12%) CISM
7 6 (1.82%) CISSP
8 5 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.21%) CISA
10 3 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.30%) ACCA
12 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.30%) GCFE
12 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.33%) NIST
5 9 (2.73%) GDPR
6 8 (2.42%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.42%) PMO
7 7 (2.12%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.52%) QA
8 5 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.21%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.91%) COBIT
11 2 (0.61%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.61%) SLA
12 1 (0.30%) GRC
12 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.61%) Terraform
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.64%) SAP
4 10 (3.03%) Cisco
4 10 (3.03%) Oracle
5 5 (1.52%) Sage
5 5 (1.52%) VMware
6 4 (1.21%) Workday
7 3 (0.91%) Dell
7 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.91%) Veeam
8 2 (0.61%) BMC
8 2 (0.61%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.61%) iManage
8 2 (0.61%) Remedy
8 2 (0.61%) Xero
9 1 (0.30%) Aruba
9 1 (0.30%) Databricks
9 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.30%) Snow