Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,001 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 190 154
Rank change year-on-year +91 -36 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 617 286 530
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.72% 1.72% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.89% 1.87% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 513 242 421
10th Percentile £39,818 £40,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £55,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +1.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,000 £66,982 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,822 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.21% +5.23% -10.00%

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 21,358 15,317 23,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.23% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,271 9,305 17,421
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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.

1 155 (25.12%) ITIL
2 136 (22.04%) Agile
3 119 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 114 (18.48%) Project Management
5 112 (18.15%) Service Delivery
6 106 (17.18%) Azure
7 105 (17.02%) Waterfall
8 100 (16.21%) Microsoft
9 98 (15.88%) Project Delivery
10 94 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 88 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
13 85 (13.78%) DevOps
14 80 (12.97%) Service Management
15 73 (11.83%) Disaster Recovery
16 72 (11.67%) Business Continuity
17 69 (11.18%) ITSM
18 68 (11.02%) Information Security
19 66 (10.70%) Contract Negotiation
19 66 (10.70%) CRM
20 64 (10.37%) PRINCE2
20 64 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
21 59 (9.56%) SaaS
22 55 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
22 55 (8.91%) ServiceNow
23 52 (8.43%) ITIL Certification
24 51 (8.27%) AWS
25 50 (8.10%) NIST
25 50 (8.10%) Risk Management
25 50 (8.10%) Runbook

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 9 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (7.29%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.49%) Trello
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 29 (4.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 106 (17.18%) Azure
2 59 (9.56%) SaaS
3 55 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.27%) AWS
5 24 (3.89%) Entra ID
6 22 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (2.27%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.49%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.16%) Datadog
11 1 (0.16%) GCP
11 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.16%) Serverless
11 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.59%) Firewall
2 8 (1.30%) WAN
3 6 (0.97%) LAN
3 6 (0.97%) VLAN
4 5 (0.81%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.65%) Network Security
6 3 (0.49%) DNS
6 3 (0.49%) Intranet
6 3 (0.49%) VoIP
6 3 (0.49%) VPN
7 2 (0.32%) 5G
7 2 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.59%) Power BI
2 3 (0.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 151 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 107 (17.34%) Finance
3 48 (7.78%) Law
4 39 (6.32%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.38%) Banking
5 27 (4.38%) Legal
6 24 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.76%) Marketing
7 17 (2.76%) Retail
8 15 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.27%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.49%) Local Government
12 2 (0.32%) Advertising
12 2 (0.32%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.78%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.75%) Cyber Threat
2 38 (6.16%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 25 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 6 (0.97%) EPoS
7 5 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.32%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.32%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.16%) IoT
11 1 (0.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.76%) Windows
2 5 (0.81%) Linux
3 4 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (25.12%) ITIL
2 136 (22.04%) Agile
3 119 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 114 (18.48%) Project Management
5 112 (18.15%) Service Delivery
6 105 (17.02%) Waterfall
7 98 (15.88%) Project Delivery
8 94 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 88 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
11 85 (13.78%) DevOps
12 80 (12.97%) Service Management
13 73 (11.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 72 (11.67%) Business Continuity
15 69 (11.18%) ITSM
16 68 (11.02%) Information Security
17 66 (10.70%) Contract Negotiation
17 66 (10.70%) CRM
18 64 (10.37%) PRINCE2
18 64 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.46%) SQL
2 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.32%) Bash
3 2 (0.32%) PHP
3 2 (0.32%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (8.43%) ITIL Certification
2 48 (7.78%) CISM
2 48 (7.78%) CISSP
3 29 (4.70%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.38%) Degree
4 27 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.08%) PMP
6 18 (2.92%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.46%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.10%) NIST
2 48 (7.78%) ISO 22301
3 22 (3.57%) SLA
4 20 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.30%) GDPR
6 8 (1.30%) PMO
7 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.81%) GRC
8 4 (0.65%) QA
9 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.32%) COBIT
10 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.59%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 100 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.91%) ServiceNow
3 31 (5.02%) SAP
4 27 (4.38%) Oracle
5 20 (3.24%) BMC
5 20 (3.24%) Remedy
6 12 (1.94%) Cisco
7 7 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.97%) VMware
9 4 (0.65%) Sage
10 3 (0.49%) Dell
10 3 (0.49%) Meraki
10 3 (0.49%) Veeam
11 2 (0.32%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.32%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.32%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.32%) IFS
12 1 (0.16%) Aderant
12 1 (0.16%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.16%) Intapp