Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 208 144
Rank change year-on-year +86 -64 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 392 260 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 1.73% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 1.88% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 356 218 600
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,237 £36,975
25th Percentile £44,972 £48,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -5.98%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,642 £63,906
90th Percentile £74,750 £83,750 £77,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -13.04%

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 17,615 13,816 31,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 92.18% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,966 8,735 24,848
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £78,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
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 21 May 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 May 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 79 (20.15%) Microsoft
1 79 (20.15%) Project Management
2 75 (19.13%) Service Delivery
3 74 (18.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 69 (17.60%) Agile
5 64 (16.33%) Service Management
6 63 (16.07%) ITIL
7 61 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 50 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (12.76%) Project Delivery
9 48 (12.24%) Risk Management
10 47 (11.99%) Azure
11 40 (10.20%) CRM
12 39 (9.95%) Coaching
12 39 (9.95%) PRINCE2
12 39 (9.95%) Waterfall
13 37 (9.44%) ITSM
13 37 (9.44%) Mentoring
14 36 (9.18%) ERP
15 34 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (7.65%) Migration
17 29 (7.40%) Change Management
17 29 (7.40%) User Experience
18 26 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
19 25 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
20 24 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 23 (5.87%) Contract Negotiation
21 23 (5.87%) IT Strategy
21 23 (5.87%) SAP

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 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.51%) Confluence
2 2 (0.51%) IIS
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 25 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.99%) Azure
2 26 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.08%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.57%) SaaS
6 10 (2.55%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.28%) AWS
8 4 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.77%) GCP
10 2 (0.51%) Serverless
11 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.26%) Datadog
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.30%) Firewall
2 4 (1.02%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.02%) VLAN
2 4 (1.02%) WAN
3 3 (0.77%) DMARC
3 3 (0.77%) Network Security
3 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.77%) VPN
4 2 (0.51%) 5G
4 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.51%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) LAN
5 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.08%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (4.59%) JIRA
General
1 94 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.07%) Finance
3 38 (9.69%) Public Sector
4 29 (7.40%) Legal
5 18 (4.59%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.34%) Marketing
7 14 (3.57%) Law
8 13 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.30%) Retail
11 8 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.51%) Banking
14 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.26%) French Language
15 1 (0.26%) German Language
15 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.51%) CSS
1 2 (0.51%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.89%) Data Centre
1 27 (6.89%) Onboarding
2 24 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 20 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.02%) EPoS
7 4 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.77%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.51%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.26%) CMDB
10 1 (0.26%) Life Science
10 1 (0.26%) NHS
10 1 (0.26%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.79%) Windows
2 4 (1.02%) Unix
3 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.15%) Project Management
2 75 (19.13%) Service Delivery
3 74 (18.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 69 (17.60%) Agile
5 64 (16.33%) Service Management
6 63 (16.07%) ITIL
7 61 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 50 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (12.76%) Project Delivery
9 48 (12.24%) Risk Management
10 40 (10.20%) CRM
11 39 (9.95%) Coaching
11 39 (9.95%) PRINCE2
11 39 (9.95%) Waterfall
12 37 (9.44%) ITSM
12 37 (9.44%) Mentoring
13 36 (9.18%) ERP
14 34 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
15 30 (7.65%) Migration
16 29 (7.40%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.06%) SQL
2 2 (0.51%) C#
2 2 (0.51%) Java
2 2 (0.51%) PHP
2 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.51%) Python
2 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (5.87%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 14 (3.57%) PMP
4 12 (3.06%) Degree
5 6 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.77%) CISM
7 3 (0.77%) CISSP
7 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.51%) CISA
8 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.55%) SLA
4 9 (2.30%) NIST
5 8 (2.04%) GDPR
6 7 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (1.79%) PMO
6 7 (1.79%) QA
7 4 (1.02%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.02%) SOC 1
7 4 (1.02%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.77%) COBIT
8 3 (0.77%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Firmware
2 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.51%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (20.15%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.87%) SAP
2 23 (5.87%) ServiceNow
3 17 (4.34%) Oracle
4 8 (2.04%) Cisco
5 5 (1.28%) Sage
5 5 (1.28%) Veeam
6 4 (1.02%) Workday
7 3 (0.77%) Dell
7 3 (0.77%) Meraki
7 3 (0.77%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.51%) BMC
8 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.51%) iManage
8 2 (0.51%) Remedy
8 2 (0.51%) VMware
8 2 (0.51%) Xero
9 1 (0.26%) Google
9 1 (0.26%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto