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 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 204 137
Rank change year-on-year +97 -67 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 538 268 718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.54% 1.63% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 1.77% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 466 229 585
10th Percentile £39,818 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,313 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,745 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% +3.17% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,478 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,674
% change year-on-year -4.35% +11.28% -11.96%

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 19,926 15,150 31,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.34% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,489 9,444 24,245
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,804 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +5.80% -9.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 9 July 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 9 July 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.

1 125 (23.23%) Agile
2 124 (23.05%) ITIL
3 104 (19.33%) Project Management
4 97 (18.03%) Service Delivery
4 97 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 92 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 90 (16.73%) Project Delivery
7 89 (16.54%) Waterfall
8 87 (16.17%) Microsoft
9 85 (15.80%) Azure
10 78 (14.50%) Service Management
11 75 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
12 67 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 65 (12.08%) DevOps
14 63 (11.71%) CRM
15 61 (11.34%) PRINCE2
16 54 (10.04%) Disaster Recovery
16 54 (10.04%) ITSM
16 54 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
17 53 (9.85%) Risk Management
18 50 (9.29%) ERP
19 48 (8.92%) Contract Negotiation
19 48 (8.92%) Mentoring
20 45 (8.36%) Information Security
20 45 (8.36%) Microsoft Project
21 44 (8.18%) ServiceNow
22 42 (7.81%) Business Continuity
23 41 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
23 41 (7.62%) Migration
23 41 (7.62%) SaaS

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 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.56%) IIS
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.19%) Apache
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (8.36%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.56%) Trello
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 27 (5.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 85 (15.80%) Azure
2 41 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (7.62%) SaaS
3 33 (6.13%) AWS
4 24 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 18 (3.35%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.97%) Power Automate
7 14 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.56%) GCP
9 3 (0.56%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.19%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.19%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.19%) Datadog
11 1 (0.19%) Serverless
11 1 (0.19%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.97%) Firewall
2 8 (1.49%) WAN
3 6 (1.12%) LAN
4 5 (0.93%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.93%) VLAN
5 3 (0.56%) DNS
5 3 (0.56%) Network Security
6 2 (0.37%) 5G
6 2 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.37%) DMARC
6 2 (0.37%) Intranet
6 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.37%) VPN
6 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.35%) Power BI
2 3 (0.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (6.32%) JIRA
General
1 134 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 92 (17.10%) Finance
3 43 (7.99%) Law
4 40 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.58%) Legal
6 23 (4.28%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (3.16%) Marketing
9 16 (2.97%) Retail
10 15 (2.79%) Banking
10 15 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.37%) Advertising
13 2 (0.37%) French Language
13 2 (0.37%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.19%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.39%) Middleware
2 1 (0.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.88%) Driving Licence
2 35 (6.51%) Cyber Threat
3 29 (5.39%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.12%) EPoS
9 5 (0.93%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.93%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.37%) PMI
11 2 (0.37%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.37%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.19%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.19%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.19%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.04%) Windows
2 5 (0.93%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.37%) Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (23.23%) Agile
2 124 (23.05%) ITIL
3 104 (19.33%) Project Management
4 97 (18.03%) Service Delivery
4 97 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 92 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 90 (16.73%) Project Delivery
7 89 (16.54%) Waterfall
8 78 (14.50%) Service Management
9 75 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
10 67 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 65 (12.08%) DevOps
12 63 (11.71%) CRM
13 61 (11.34%) PRINCE2
14 54 (10.04%) Disaster Recovery
14 54 (10.04%) ITSM
14 54 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
15 53 (9.85%) Risk Management
16 50 (9.29%) ERP
17 48 (8.92%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.30%) SQL
2 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.37%) PHP
4 1 (0.19%) Bash
4 1 (0.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (6.13%) ITIL Certification
1 33 (6.13%) Security Cleared
2 31 (5.76%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.39%) CISM
3 29 (5.39%) CISSP
4 22 (4.09%) Degree
5 19 (3.53%) PMP
6 18 (3.35%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.12%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.37%) CISA
12 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.13%) NIST
2 29 (5.39%) ISO 22301
3 19 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.60%) SLA
6 10 (1.86%) PMO
7 8 (1.49%) GDPR
8 5 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.74%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.74%) GRC
9 4 (0.74%) QA
9 4 (0.74%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.56%) COBIT
10 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.19%) P3O
11 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.79%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.19%) Grafana
3 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 87 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.18%) ServiceNow
3 34 (6.32%) SAP
4 28 (5.20%) Oracle
5 14 (2.60%) BMC
5 14 (2.60%) Remedy
6 8 (1.49%) Cisco
7 5 (0.93%) Sage
7 5 (0.93%) Veeam
7 5 (0.93%) VMware
8 3 (0.56%) Dell
8 3 (0.56%) Meraki
8 3 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.37%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.37%) IFS
9 2 (0.37%) Xero
10 1 (0.19%) Aderant
10 1 (0.19%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.19%) iManage
10 1 (0.19%) Intapp