IT Manager Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 168 273
Rank change year-on-year +27 +105 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 626 688 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.24% 2.10% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 2.19% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 501 583 906
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,675 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £72,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,951 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.19% +2.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 26,891 31,453 76,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.84% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19,582 23,849 44,441
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,749 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,728 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Manager.

IT Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

IT Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 203 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 163 (26.04%) Project Management
3 129 (20.61%) ITIL
4 125 (19.97%) Finance
5 123 (19.65%) Microsoft
6 96 (15.34%) Agile
7 82 (13.10%) Azure
7 82 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
8 79 (12.62%) PRINCE2
9 70 (11.18%) ITSM
9 70 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
10 69 (11.02%) Windows
11 68 (10.86%) Service Management
12 62 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 60 (9.58%) Service Delivery
14 57 (9.11%) Degree
15 51 (8.15%) Project Delivery
16 50 (7.99%) Active Directory
16 50 (7.99%) Mentoring
17 48 (7.67%) Coaching
18 46 (7.35%) Change Management
19 45 (7.19%) Public Sector
19 45 (7.19%) Waterfall
20 43 (6.87%) Windows Server
20 43 (6.87%) Legal
21 41 (6.55%) Disaster Recovery
22 38 (6.07%) ERP
23 37 (5.91%) Business Continuity
23 37 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 36 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.92%) Documentum
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.64%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.16%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.16%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.64%) Trello
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.32%) CATIA
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.72%) Unit4 Business World
2 12 (1.92%) TrackWise
3 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.64%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 82 (13.10%) Azure
1 82 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
3 20 (3.19%) Entra ID
4 19 (3.04%) AWS
5 15 (2.40%) SaaS
6 14 (2.24%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.28%) GCP
8 6 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (0.96%) PaaS
9 5 (0.80%) IaaS
9 5 (0.80%) WhatsApp
10 4 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (0.64%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.64%) CloudFront
10 4 (0.64%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.48%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.48%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.59%) Firewall
2 20 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (2.56%) WAN
4 15 (2.40%) Network Security
5 13 (2.08%) LAN
6 12 (1.92%) VPN
7 8 (1.28%) VoIP
8 7 (1.12%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.96%) Intranet
10 5 (0.80%) BIG-IP
10 5 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.80%) Wireless
11 4 (0.64%) MPLS
11 4 (0.64%) NAS
11 4 (0.64%) SAN
11 4 (0.64%) VLAN
12 3 (0.48%) DNS
12 3 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.48%) TETRA
12 3 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.72%) DB2
2 10 (1.60%) Power BI
3 4 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.48%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (1.76%) JIRA
General
1 203 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 125 (19.97%) Finance
3 45 (7.19%) Public Sector
4 43 (6.87%) Legal
5 30 (4.79%) Law
6 29 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (4.31%) Manufacturing
9 24 (3.83%) Retail
10 20 (3.19%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 14 (2.24%) Marketing
13 13 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.12%) Banking
16 5 (0.80%) Advertising
16 5 (0.80%) Agriculture
16 5 (0.80%) Electronics
17 3 (0.48%) Online Betting
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.64%) LDAP
1 4 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.32%) EDI
2 2 (0.32%) REST
3 1 (0.16%) ERC20
3 1 (0.16%) HTML
3 1 (0.16%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.16%) Truffle
3 1 (0.16%) web3js
3 1 (0.16%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 18 (2.88%) Data Centre
2 17 (2.72%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.08%) Life Science
4 12 (1.92%) LIMS
5 10 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.44%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.12%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.96%) CCTV
8 6 (0.96%) PMI
8 6 (0.96%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.80%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.80%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.64%) CMDB
10 4 (0.64%) FMCG
10 4 (0.64%) Freedom of Information
10 4 (0.64%) NHS
10 4 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 69 (11.02%) Windows
2 43 (6.87%) Windows Server
3 24 (3.83%) Linux
4 17 (2.72%) Unix
5 4 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.64%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (26.04%) Project Management
2 129 (20.61%) ITIL
3 96 (15.34%) Agile
4 79 (12.62%) PRINCE2
5 70 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
5 70 (11.18%) ITSM
6 68 (10.86%) Service Management
7 62 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 60 (9.58%) Service Delivery
9 51 (8.15%) Project Delivery
10 50 (7.99%) Mentoring
11 48 (7.67%) Coaching
12 46 (7.35%) Change Management
13 45 (7.19%) Waterfall
14 41 (6.55%) Disaster Recovery
15 38 (6.07%) ERP
16 37 (5.91%) Business Continuity
16 37 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 36 (5.75%) Risk Management
18 35 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.79%) SQL
2 5 (0.80%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.32%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) Solidity
4 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (9.11%) Degree
2 28 (4.47%) PMI Certification
2 28 (4.47%) PMP
3 27 (4.31%) CISSP
4 20 (3.19%) CISA
5 19 (3.04%) ITIL Certification
6 17 (2.72%) Security Cleared
7 15 (2.40%) CCNA
7 15 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (1.76%) CCNP
10 11 (1.76%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.96%) CISM
14 6 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.48%) MCSE
16 2 (0.32%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.59%) SLA
3 31 (4.95%) PMO
4 22 (3.51%) QA
5 21 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (2.72%) ITGC
7 16 (2.56%) GDPR
8 13 (2.08%) GxP
9 12 (1.92%) GMP
9 12 (1.92%) Good Clinical Practice
9 12 (1.92%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.28%) GRC
11 6 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.96%) NIST
12 5 (0.80%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.64%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 14000
14 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.16%) COBIT
15 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 50 (7.99%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.76%) IAG
3 9 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.80%) SCOM
2 5 (0.80%) WSUS
3 4 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.32%) Nessus
5 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.16%) SafeCom
5 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 123 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.11%) Cisco
3 31 (4.95%) SAP
4 23 (3.67%) Oracle
5 22 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.72%) Sage
7 16 (2.56%) VMware
8 13 (2.08%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.76%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.28%) iManage
11 7 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.12%) HP
12 6 (0.96%) Google
12 6 (0.96%) Meraki
12 6 (0.96%) SolarWinds
13 5 (0.80%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.80%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.80%) Intapp
13 5 (0.80%) Workday
14 4 (0.64%) DocuSign