Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 176 183
Rank change year-on-year +79 +7 -53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 629 281 426
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.63% 1.73% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 1.86% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 516 235 290
10th Percentile £39,818 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,813 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £89,100
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,468 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.29% +4.49% -8.33%

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 22,435 15,079 22,412
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.66% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15,834 9,021 14,652
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 September 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 September 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.

1 169 (26.87%) ITIL
2 133 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 130 (20.67%) Agile
4 113 (17.97%) Service Delivery
5 103 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (15.90%) Project Management
7 99 (15.74%) Project Delivery
8 98 (15.58%) Waterfall
9 97 (15.42%) Azure
10 94 (14.94%) Microsoft
11 92 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (14.15%) Service Management
13 86 (13.67%) DevOps
14 82 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
15 73 (11.61%) Business Continuity
15 73 (11.61%) Information Security
16 70 (11.13%) ITSM
17 69 (10.97%) Disaster Recovery
18 67 (10.65%) CRM
19 65 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
20 62 (9.86%) Mentoring
20 62 (9.86%) SaaS
21 61 (9.70%) ServiceNow
22 59 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
23 57 (9.06%) ITIL Certification
24 56 (8.90%) PRINCE2
25 52 (8.27%) AWS
26 51 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
27 50 (7.95%) Decision-Making
27 50 (7.95%) NIST

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 14 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.48%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (6.68%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.64%) Primavera
4 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 97 (15.42%) Azure
2 62 (9.86%) SaaS
3 52 (8.27%) AWS
4 51 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (3.82%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.66%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.48%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.16%) Datadog
12 1 (0.16%) GCP
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.16%) Serverless
12 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.38%) Firewall
2 10 (1.59%) WAN
3 8 (1.27%) LAN
4 6 (0.95%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.95%) VLAN
4 6 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.64%) Network Security
6 3 (0.48%) DNS
6 3 (0.48%) Intranet
6 3 (0.48%) VoIP
6 3 (0.48%) VPN
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 18 (2.86%) Power BI
2 3 (0.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 149 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 107 (17.01%) Finance
3 48 (7.63%) Law
4 47 (7.47%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.93%) Banking
6 21 (3.34%) Legal
7 20 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.54%) Marketing
11 14 (2.23%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.91%) Retail
13 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.48%) Local Government
16 2 (0.32%) Advertising
16 2 (0.32%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.63%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.59%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (5.25%) Driving Licence
4 17 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 4 (0.64%) EPoS
6 4 (0.64%) Low-Code
6 4 (0.64%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.64%) Operational Technology
6 4 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.48%) PMI
7 3 (0.48%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.32%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.16%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.54%) Windows
2 5 (0.79%) Linux
3 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (26.87%) ITIL
2 133 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 130 (20.67%) Agile
4 113 (17.97%) Service Delivery
5 103 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (15.90%) Project Management
7 99 (15.74%) Project Delivery
8 98 (15.58%) Waterfall
9 92 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 89 (14.15%) Service Management
11 86 (13.67%) DevOps
12 82 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (11.61%) Business Continuity
13 73 (11.61%) Information Security
14 70 (11.13%) ITSM
15 69 (10.97%) Disaster Recovery
16 67 (10.65%) CRM
17 65 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
18 62 (9.86%) Mentoring
19 59 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.27%) SQL
2 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.32%) Bash
3 2 (0.32%) PHP
3 2 (0.32%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (9.06%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.79%) CISM
2 49 (7.79%) CISSP
3 29 (4.61%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.29%) Degree
4 27 (4.29%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.54%) PMP
7 12 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.64%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CISA
12 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.95%) NIST
2 48 (7.63%) ISO 22301
3 25 (3.97%) SLA
4 17 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.43%) GRC
8 8 (1.27%) GDPR
9 6 (0.95%) PMO
10 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.48%) QA
11 2 (0.32%) COBIT
11 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.48%) 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
Vendors
1 94 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.70%) ServiceNow
3 31 (4.93%) SAP
4 28 (4.45%) Oracle
5 20 (3.18%) BMC
5 20 (3.18%) Remedy
6 12 (1.91%) Cisco
7 7 (1.11%) VMware
8 6 (0.95%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.79%) Sage
9 5 (0.79%) YouTube
10 4 (0.64%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (0.64%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.64%) Dell
10 4 (0.64%) Kronos
10 4 (0.64%) Workday
11 3 (0.48%) Meraki
11 3 (0.48%) Veeam
12 2 (0.32%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.32%) IFS