IT Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

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

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 157 200
Rank change year-on-year -40 +43 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 260 718 748
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.70% 2.12% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 2.21% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 220 607 620
10th Percentile £39,626 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,875 £42,500 £49,694
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.72% +3.65%
75th Percentile £68,926 £64,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,161 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.08% -11.30% +4.31%

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 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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 4 May 2025, 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 106 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 83 (31.92%) Finance
3 75 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (27.69%) Microsoft
5 64 (24.62%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (23.46%) Agile
7 60 (23.08%) Project Management
8 52 (20.00%) ITIL
9 46 (17.69%) Service Management
10 45 (17.31%) Degree
11 40 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
12 39 (15.00%) Project Delivery
13 38 (14.62%) Mentoring
14 37 (14.23%) CISSP
15 36 (13.85%) CRM
16 35 (13.46%) ITSM
16 35 (13.46%) Azure
16 35 (13.46%) Roadmaps
17 32 (12.31%) Computer Science
17 32 (12.31%) Service Delivery
18 29 (11.15%) SharePoint
19 28 (10.77%) SaaS
19 28 (10.77%) Budget Management
20 26 (10.00%) Decision-Making
20 26 (10.00%) Retail
21 25 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
22 24 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
23 23 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
23 23 (8.85%) Presentation Skills

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 29 (11.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.77%) CMS
3 2 (0.77%) Confluence
3 2 (0.77%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.38%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (24.62%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (13.46%) Azure
3 28 (10.77%) SaaS
4 19 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.00%) AWS
6 5 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.54%) Datadog
7 4 (1.54%) GCP
8 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.38%) Boomi
10 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.54%) Firewall
2 7 (2.69%) VLAN
3 4 (1.54%) LAN
4 3 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (1.15%) IP Telephony
4 3 (1.15%) Network Security
4 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.77%) VPN
5 2 (0.77%) WAN
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.38%) Internet
6 1 (0.38%) IPv4
6 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.92%) Power BI
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 106 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 83 (31.92%) Finance
3 40 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.00%) Retail
5 23 (8.85%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (7.69%) Banking
7 16 (6.15%) Legal
8 15 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (5.00%) Law
10 7 (2.69%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.31%) Marketing
12 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.77%) Aviation
15 2 (0.77%) German Language
15 2 (0.77%) Italian Language
15 2 (0.77%) Police
16 1 (0.38%) Advertising
16 1 (0.38%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.92%) CodeIgniter
1 5 (1.92%) Laravel
1 5 (1.92%) Node.js
2 4 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.85%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.46%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.46%) Replication
4 7 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.31%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.92%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.54%) Clustering
7 4 (1.54%) CMDB
8 3 (1.15%) IoT
8 3 (1.15%) NHS
8 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.77%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.77%) Podcast
9 2 (0.77%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.69%) Windows
2 8 (3.08%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.31%) Android
3 6 (2.31%) Linux
3 6 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.54%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (23.46%) Agile
3 60 (23.08%) Project Management
4 52 (20.00%) ITIL
5 46 (17.69%) Service Management
6 40 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (15.00%) Project Delivery
8 38 (14.62%) Mentoring
9 36 (13.85%) CRM
10 35 (13.46%) ITSM
10 35 (13.46%) Roadmaps
11 32 (12.31%) Computer Science
11 32 (12.31%) Service Delivery
12 28 (10.77%) Budget Management
13 26 (10.00%) Decision-Making
14 25 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
15 24 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (8.46%) PRINCE2
17 21 (8.08%) Change Management
18 20 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.23%) SQL
2 10 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 10 (3.85%) Python
3 8 (3.08%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.92%) PHP
5 4 (1.54%) Bash
5 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.38%) C#
6 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 45 (17.31%) Degree
2 37 (14.23%) CISSP
3 23 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (8.08%) PMP
5 17 (6.54%) CISA
5 17 (6.54%) PMI Certification
6 13 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.31%) CISM
8 4 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.77%) OSCE
9 2 (0.77%) OSCP
9 2 (0.77%) PgMP
10 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.54%) ITGC
3 15 (5.77%) QA
4 14 (5.38%) GDPR
5 12 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.92%) NIST
6 5 (1.92%) SLA
7 4 (1.54%) PMO
8 3 (1.15%) COBIT
8 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.77%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.38%) GRC
10 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 21 (8.08%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.54%) Docker
2 4 (1.54%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.54%) Prometheus
2 4 (1.54%) Terraform
3 3 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (27.69%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.77%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.08%) Cisco
3 8 (3.08%) SAP
4 7 (2.69%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.69%) VMware
5 5 (1.92%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.54%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.15%) IBM
7 3 (1.15%) Intapp
7 3 (1.15%) Meraki
8 2 (0.77%) Google
8 2 (0.77%) iManage
8 2 (0.77%) Oracle
8 2 (0.77%) Snow
9 1 (0.38%) Adobe
9 1 (0.38%) Citrix
9 1 (0.38%) Infor
9 1 (0.38%) Sage
9 1 (0.38%) Workday