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 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 207 148
Rank change year-on-year +95 -59 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 441 250 740
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 1.62% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 1.76% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 402 211 608
10th Percentile £38,984 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £64,938 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,374 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -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 18,802 14,192 33,322
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 92.10% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,698 8,671 26,073
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 18 June 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 18 June 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 93 (21.09%) Project Management
2 87 (19.73%) Agile
2 87 (19.73%) Service Delivery
3 82 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 82 (18.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 78 (17.69%) Microsoft
5 73 (16.55%) ITIL
6 71 (16.10%) Service Management
7 63 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 59 (13.38%) CRM
9 54 (12.24%) Project Delivery
10 53 (12.02%) Waterfall
11 52 (11.79%) PRINCE2
12 51 (11.56%) Risk Management
13 48 (10.88%) Azure
14 46 (10.43%) ERP
15 44 (9.98%) ITSM
16 43 (9.75%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (9.07%) Migration
18 39 (8.84%) Microsoft Project
19 36 (8.16%) Mentoring
20 35 (7.94%) ServiceNow
21 33 (7.48%) DevOps
22 32 (7.26%) SAP
23 31 (7.03%) JIRA
23 31 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 30 (6.80%) Coaching
25 29 (6.58%) Change Management
25 29 (6.58%) Security Cleared
25 29 (6.58%) User Experience

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 (0.91%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.45%) IIS
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (8.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (5.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.88%) Azure
2 28 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.22%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.63%) Power Automate
5 13 (2.95%) SaaS
6 9 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.91%) AWS
10 3 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.68%) GCP
11 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.23%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.23%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.23%) Datadog
12 1 (0.23%) Serverless
12 1 (0.23%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.49%) Firewall
2 4 (0.91%) VLAN
2 4 (0.91%) WAN
3 3 (0.68%) DMARC
3 3 (0.68%) Network Security
3 3 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.45%) 5G
4 2 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.45%) DNS
4 2 (0.45%) LAN
4 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.08%) Power BI
2 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (7.03%) JIRA
General
1 115 (26.08%) Social Skills
2 82 (18.59%) Finance
3 37 (8.39%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.58%) Legal
5 21 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.31%) Marketing
7 16 (3.63%) Retail
8 13 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.72%) Law
10 11 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.04%) Banking
12 4 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Advertising
14 2 (0.45%) French Language
14 2 (0.45%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.45%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.45%) CSS
1 2 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.48%) Driving Licence
2 29 (6.58%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 24 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.36%) EPoS
8 5 (1.13%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.91%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.45%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.23%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.23%) NHS
11 1 (0.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.81%) Windows
2 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (21.09%) Project Management
2 87 (19.73%) Agile
2 87 (19.73%) Service Delivery
3 82 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 82 (18.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 73 (16.55%) ITIL
5 71 (16.10%) Service Management
6 63 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (13.38%) CRM
8 54 (12.24%) Project Delivery
9 53 (12.02%) Waterfall
10 52 (11.79%) PRINCE2
11 51 (11.56%) Risk Management
12 46 (10.43%) ERP
13 44 (9.98%) ITSM
14 43 (9.75%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (9.07%) Migration
16 36 (8.16%) Mentoring
17 33 (7.48%) DevOps
18 31 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.04%) SQL
2 3 (0.68%) Python
3 2 (0.45%) C#
3 2 (0.45%) Java
3 2 (0.45%) PHP
3 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (6.58%) Security Cleared
2 27 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.85%) Degree
4 15 (3.40%) PMP
5 13 (2.95%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.45%) CISA
9 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.72%) SLA
3 11 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.27%) PMO
5 7 (1.59%) GDPR
6 6 (1.36%) QA
7 5 (1.13%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.91%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.91%) GRC
8 4 (0.91%) NIST
8 4 (0.91%) SOC 1
9 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.68%) COBIT
9 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.23%) P3O
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.59%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.45%) Firmware
3 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Grafana
3 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.94%) ServiceNow
3 32 (7.26%) SAP
4 26 (5.90%) Oracle
5 8 (1.81%) BMC
5 8 (1.81%) Cisco
5 8 (1.81%) Remedy
6 5 (1.13%) Sage
6 5 (1.13%) Veeam
7 4 (0.91%) VMware
8 3 (0.68%) Dell
8 3 (0.68%) Meraki
9 2 (0.45%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.45%) IFS
9 2 (0.45%) iManage
9 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.45%) Xero
10 1 (0.23%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.23%) Google
10 1 (0.23%) Workday