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 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 181 176
Rank change year-on-year +77 -5 -46
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 643 278 411
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 1.72% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 1.86% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 522 232 274
10th Percentile £39,818 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,500 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -7.50%
75th Percentile £66,000 £66,327 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
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 23,064 14,979 21,737
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.70% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 16,125 8,882 13,898
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 23 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 23 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.

1 182 (28.30%) ITIL
2 137 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (20.53%) Agile
4 115 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (17.73%) Service Delivery
6 103 (16.02%) Project Management
7 102 (15.86%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.71%) Service Management
9 100 (15.55%) Waterfall
10 97 (15.09%) Azure
10 97 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 89 (13.84%) Microsoft
12 86 (13.37%) DevOps
13 76 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
14 75 (11.66%) ITSM
15 73 (11.35%) Information Security
16 70 (10.89%) CRM
17 69 (10.73%) Mentoring
17 69 (10.73%) ServiceNow
18 68 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
19 67 (10.42%) Business Continuity
20 64 (9.95%) Disaster Recovery
21 62 (9.64%) SaaS
22 61 (9.49%) Contract Negotiation
23 58 (9.02%) ITIL Certification
23 58 (9.02%) PRINCE2
24 56 (8.71%) Coaching
24 56 (8.71%) Decision-Making
25 53 (8.24%) AWS
26 51 (7.93%) 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 14 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (6.53%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.62%) Primavera
4 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) 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 (15.09%) Azure
2 62 (9.64%) SaaS
3 53 (8.24%) AWS
4 51 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.58%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.09%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.47%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.31%) 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%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.16%) Serverless
12 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.33%) Firewall
2 11 (1.71%) WAN
3 9 (1.40%) LAN
4 7 (1.09%) VLAN
5 6 (0.93%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.62%) DNS
6 4 (0.62%) Network Security
7 3 (0.47%) Intranet
7 3 (0.47%) VoIP
7 3 (0.47%) VPN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.16%) DHCP
9 1 (0.16%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) Wireless
9 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.42%) Power BI
2 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) GIS
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (5.75%) JIRA
General
1 158 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 116 (18.04%) Finance
3 53 (8.24%) Public Sector
4 50 (7.78%) Law
5 35 (5.44%) Banking
6 34 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.42%) Legal
9 19 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.18%) Marketing
11 14 (2.18%) Retail
12 7 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.47%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.47%) Local Government
15 2 (0.31%) Advertising
15 2 (0.31%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.47%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) .NET
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.40%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (5.29%) Driving Licence
2 34 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (2.95%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.64%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.49%) Data Centre
6 5 (0.78%) Operational Technology
6 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.62%) EPoS
7 4 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.62%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.62%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.47%) PMI
8 3 (0.47%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.31%) CMDB
9 2 (0.31%) NHS
9 2 (0.31%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.64%) Windows
2 5 (0.78%) Linux
3 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (28.30%) ITIL
2 137 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (20.53%) Agile
4 115 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (17.73%) Service Delivery
6 103 (16.02%) Project Management
7 102 (15.86%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.71%) Service Management
9 100 (15.55%) Waterfall
10 97 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (13.37%) DevOps
12 76 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
13 75 (11.66%) ITSM
14 73 (11.35%) Information Security
15 70 (10.89%) CRM
16 69 (10.73%) Mentoring
17 68 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
18 67 (10.42%) Business Continuity
19 64 (9.95%) Disaster Recovery
20 61 (9.49%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.40%) SQL
2 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.31%) Bash
3 2 (0.31%) PHP
3 2 (0.31%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (9.02%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.62%) CISM
2 49 (7.62%) CISSP
3 32 (4.98%) Security Cleared
4 31 (4.82%) SC Cleared
5 28 (4.35%) Degree
6 17 (2.64%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.49%) PMP
8 12 (1.87%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.56%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.62%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.16%) CISA
12 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.16%) HNC
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.78%) NIST
2 48 (7.47%) ISO 22301
3 26 (4.04%) SLA
4 17 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.40%) GRC
8 8 (1.24%) GDPR
8 8 (1.24%) PMO
9 5 (0.78%) COBIT
10 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.47%) QA
10 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.31%) 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 89 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.73%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.13%) SAP
4 30 (4.67%) Oracle
5 20 (3.11%) BMC
5 20 (3.11%) Remedy
6 11 (1.71%) Cisco
7 7 (1.09%) VMware
8 6 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.93%) YouTube
9 4 (0.62%) Adaptive Insights
9 4 (0.62%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.62%) IFS
9 4 (0.62%) Kronos
9 4 (0.62%) Sage
9 4 (0.62%) Workday
10 3 (0.47%) Dell
10 3 (0.47%) Meraki
10 3 (0.47%) Veeam
11 2 (0.31%) HubSpot