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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 209 145
Rank change year-on-year +93 -64 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 431 246 737
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.19% 1.63% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% 1.77% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 392 207 608
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £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 18,542 13,914 32,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.99% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13,523 8,567 25,882
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
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 £78,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 12 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 12 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 91 (21.11%) Project Management
2 84 (19.49%) Agile
3 81 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 80 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 79 (18.33%) Service Delivery
6 77 (17.87%) Microsoft
7 73 (16.94%) Service Management
8 72 (16.71%) ITIL
9 58 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (13.23%) CRM
11 51 (11.83%) Waterfall
12 50 (11.60%) Project Delivery
13 48 (11.14%) Azure
13 48 (11.14%) Risk Management
14 47 (10.90%) ERP
15 46 (10.67%) PRINCE2
16 42 (9.74%) ITSM
17 41 (9.51%) Migration
18 38 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
18 38 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
19 36 (8.35%) Mentoring
20 34 (7.89%) Coaching
20 34 (7.89%) ServiceNow
20 34 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 33 (7.66%) SAP
22 32 (7.42%) DevOps
23 31 (7.19%) JIRA
23 31 (7.19%) User Experience
24 29 (6.73%) Change Management
25 28 (6.50%) Microsoft 365

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 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) Confluence
3 2 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 38 (8.82%) 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 (5.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.14%) Azure
2 28 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.34%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.71%) Power Automate
5 13 (3.02%) SaaS
6 8 (1.86%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.93%) AWS
8 4 (0.93%) GCP
9 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.46%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.23%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.23%) Datadog
11 1 (0.23%) Serverless
11 1 (0.23%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.09%) Firewall
2 4 (0.93%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.93%) VLAN
2 4 (0.93%) WAN
3 3 (0.70%) DMARC
3 3 (0.70%) Network Security
3 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.70%) VPN
4 2 (0.46%) 5G
4 2 (0.46%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.46%) DNS
5 1 (0.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.23%) Intranet
5 1 (0.23%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.18%) Power BI
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (7.19%) JIRA
General
1 108 (25.06%) Social Skills
2 77 (17.87%) Finance
3 41 (9.51%) Public Sector
4 30 (6.96%) Legal
5 21 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.64%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.41%) Marketing
8 13 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.02%) Retail
9 12 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.78%) Law
10 9 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.62%) Banking
12 4 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Advertising
14 2 (0.46%) French Language
14 2 (0.46%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.46%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.46%) CSS
1 2 (0.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.66%) Driving Licence
2 29 (6.73%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.80%) Onboarding
4 24 (5.57%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (3.71%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.16%) EPoS
8 4 (0.93%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.46%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.46%) 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 7 (1.62%) Windows
2 2 (0.46%) Unix
2 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (21.11%) Project Management
2 84 (19.49%) Agile
3 81 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 80 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 79 (18.33%) Service Delivery
6 73 (16.94%) Service Management
7 72 (16.71%) ITIL
8 58 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (13.23%) CRM
10 51 (11.83%) Waterfall
11 50 (11.60%) Project Delivery
12 48 (11.14%) Risk Management
13 47 (10.90%) ERP
14 46 (10.67%) PRINCE2
15 42 (9.74%) ITSM
16 41 (9.51%) Migration
17 38 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
18 36 (8.35%) Mentoring
19 34 (7.89%) Coaching
19 34 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.32%) SQL
2 3 (0.70%) Python
3 2 (0.46%) C#
3 2 (0.46%) Java
3 2 (0.46%) PHP
3 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.23%) Bash
4 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (6.26%) Security Cleared
2 25 (5.80%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.48%) PMP
4 14 (3.25%) Degree
5 13 (3.02%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.16%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.46%) CISA
9 2 (0.46%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.23%) CISM
10 1 (0.23%) CISSP
10 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.78%) SLA
3 10 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.86%) PMO
5 7 (1.62%) GDPR
6 6 (1.39%) QA
7 5 (1.16%) NIST
7 5 (1.16%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.93%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.93%) GRC
8 4 (0.93%) SOC 1
9 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.70%) COBIT
10 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.23%) P3O
11 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.46%) Firmware
3 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.46%) Terraform
4 1 (0.23%) Grafana
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (17.87%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.89%) ServiceNow
3 33 (7.66%) SAP
4 27 (6.26%) Oracle
5 8 (1.86%) Cisco
6 7 (1.62%) BMC
6 7 (1.62%) Remedy
7 5 (1.16%) Sage
7 5 (1.16%) Veeam
8 4 (0.93%) VMware
9 3 (0.70%) Dell
9 3 (0.70%) Meraki
10 2 (0.46%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.46%) Google
10 2 (0.46%) IFS
10 2 (0.46%) iManage
10 2 (0.46%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.46%) Workday
10 2 (0.46%) Xero
11 1 (0.23%) Fortinet