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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 176 146
Rank change year-on-year +34 -30 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 336 259 725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 1.98% 2.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 2.11% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 295 222 615
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,997 £71,875 £64,063
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 16,367 12,269 30,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.63% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,764 8,999 24,805
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,874
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +6.14% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,550 £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 15 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 15 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 72 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 70 (20.83%) Service Delivery
3 69 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 67 (19.94%) Project Management
5 58 (17.26%) Agile
6 53 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (15.48%) Risk Management
8 50 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
9 48 (14.29%) ITIL
10 47 (13.99%) Service Management
11 46 (13.69%) Project Delivery
12 41 (12.20%) Azure
13 32 (9.52%) PRINCE2
14 31 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
14 31 (9.23%) Waterfall
15 30 (8.93%) ITSM
16 29 (8.63%) Change Management
16 29 (8.63%) Coaching
17 27 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 25 (7.44%) CRM
18 25 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
18 25 (7.44%) Document Management
18 25 (7.44%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (7.14%) ERP
19 24 (7.14%) IT Strategy
20 23 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials
21 22 (6.55%) Mentoring
22 21 (6.25%) Business Development
22 21 (6.25%) Contract Negotiation
22 21 (6.25%) 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 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (5.06%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.20%) Azure
2 31 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.36%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 16 (4.76%) SaaS
5 13 (3.87%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.38%) AWS
7 5 (1.49%) GCP
8 4 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.89%) Serverless
10 2 (0.60%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.30%) Datadog
11 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.30%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.30%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.38%) Firewall
2 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.19%) WAN
3 3 (0.89%) DMARC
3 3 (0.89%) Network Security
4 2 (0.60%) 5G
4 2 (0.60%) LAN
4 2 (0.60%) 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 (5.06%) Power BI
2 4 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 108 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.75%) Finance
3 25 (7.44%) Legal
3 25 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.76%) Marketing
5 15 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.98%) Law
8 9 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.38%) Retail
10 7 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.79%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.89%) Banking
14 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.60%) German Language
15 1 (0.30%) Aviation
15 1 (0.30%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) CSS
1 2 (0.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.04%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.06%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.08%) CMDB
6 7 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.89%) PMI
8 3 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.60%) EPoS
9 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.30%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.76%) Windows
2 8 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.79%) Linux
4 5 (1.49%) Unix
5 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (20.83%) Service Delivery
2 69 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 67 (19.94%) Project Management
4 58 (17.26%) Agile
5 53 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (15.48%) Risk Management
7 50 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
8 48 (14.29%) ITIL
9 47 (13.99%) Service Management
10 46 (13.69%) Project Delivery
11 32 (9.52%) PRINCE2
12 31 (9.23%) Waterfall
13 30 (8.93%) ITSM
14 29 (8.63%) Change Management
14 29 (8.63%) Coaching
15 25 (7.44%) CRM
15 25 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (7.44%) Document Management
15 25 (7.44%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (7.14%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.68%) SQL
2 3 (0.89%) Python
3 2 (0.60%) C#
3 2 (0.60%) Java
3 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 19 (5.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.17%) Degree
4 11 (3.27%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.68%) PMP
6 7 (2.08%) CISM
7 6 (1.79%) CISSP
8 5 (1.49%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.19%) CISA
10 3 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.30%) ACCA
12 1 (0.30%) CIMA
12 1 (0.30%) CISMP
12 1 (0.30%) MBA
12 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.27%) NIST
5 9 (2.68%) GDPR
5 9 (2.68%) PMO
6 8 (2.38%) Data Quality
7 7 (2.08%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.49%) QA
8 5 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.19%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.89%) COBIT
11 2 (0.60%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.60%) SLA
12 1 (0.30%) GRC
12 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.49%) 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 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.60%) Terraform
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.95%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.57%) SAP
4 11 (3.27%) Cisco
5 10 (2.98%) Oracle
6 5 (1.49%) Sage
6 5 (1.49%) VMware
7 4 (1.19%) Workday
8 3 (0.89%) Dell
8 3 (0.89%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.89%) Veeam
9 2 (0.60%) BMC
9 2 (0.60%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.60%) iManage
9 2 (0.60%) Remedy
9 2 (0.60%) Xero
10 1 (0.30%) Databricks
10 1 (0.30%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.30%) Meraki
10 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto