Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 199 138
Rank change year-on-year +36 -61 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 265 253 718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.60% 1.80% 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.90% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 224 202 617
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,307 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.73% +13.29% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,125 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -6.96%

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 15,522 13,339 28,660
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 94.92% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,431 9,007 23,924
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,446 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 9 March 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 9 March 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 66 (24.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (23.02%) Project Management
3 58 (21.89%) Agile
3 58 (21.89%) Microsoft
4 53 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 50 (18.87%) Project Delivery
6 48 (18.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (17.36%) ITIL
8 43 (16.23%) Service Delivery
9 39 (14.72%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (13.58%) Azure
11 35 (13.21%) Service Management
12 31 (11.70%) Waterfall
13 30 (11.32%) Change Management
13 30 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
14 29 (10.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 28 (10.57%) Coaching
16 26 (9.81%) Mentoring
16 26 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (9.06%) ITSM
18 21 (7.92%) Active Directory
18 21 (7.92%) Cyber Essentials
18 21 (7.92%) Document Management
18 21 (7.92%) PRINCE2
19 19 (7.17%) Business Case
19 19 (7.17%) Degree
19 19 (7.17%) ERP
19 19 (7.17%) Windows
20 18 (6.79%) Business Change Management
20 18 (6.79%) Business Development

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 8 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.51%) Confluence
3 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.58%) Azure
2 30 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.04%) SaaS
4 14 (5.28%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.64%) AWS
7 5 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.89%) GCP
7 5 (1.89%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.75%) Serverless
9 1 (0.38%) GitHub
9 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.15%) Firewall
2 4 (1.51%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.51%) WAN
3 3 (1.13%) DMARC
4 2 (0.75%) 5G
4 2 (0.75%) Network Security
4 2 (0.75%) SAN
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.40%) Power BI
2 4 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.13%) Tableau
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.64%) JIRA
General
1 102 (38.49%) Social Skills
2 63 (23.77%) Finance
3 24 (9.06%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.79%) Legal
5 13 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.91%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.40%) Law
7 9 (3.40%) Retail
8 7 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.89%) Marketing
10 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Automotive
11 3 (1.13%) Banking
11 3 (1.13%) Publishing
12 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.75%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.75%) CSS
1 2 (0.75%) HTML
2 1 (0.38%) JSON
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.38%) REST
2 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.81%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.30%) Onboarding
3 19 (7.17%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.64%) CMDB
6 7 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.51%) PMI
9 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.13%) FMCG
9 3 (1.13%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.75%) EPoS
10 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.75%) Life Science
10 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.38%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.17%) Windows
2 11 (4.15%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.02%) Linux
4 7 (2.64%) Unix
5 3 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (23.02%) Project Management
3 58 (21.89%) Agile
4 53 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 50 (18.87%) Project Delivery
6 48 (18.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (17.36%) ITIL
8 43 (16.23%) Service Delivery
9 39 (14.72%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (13.21%) Service Management
11 31 (11.70%) Waterfall
12 30 (11.32%) Change Management
13 28 (10.57%) Coaching
14 26 (9.81%) Mentoring
14 26 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (9.06%) ITSM
16 21 (7.92%) Document Management
16 21 (7.92%) PRINCE2
17 19 (7.17%) Business Case
17 19 (7.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.53%) SQL
2 5 (1.89%) Python
3 4 (1.51%) C#
4 3 (1.13%) R
5 2 (0.75%) Java
5 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (7.17%) Degree
2 17 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.53%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.77%) PMP
6 8 (3.02%) CISSP
7 7 (2.64%) CISM
8 6 (2.26%) CISA
9 5 (1.89%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.13%) ACCA
11 3 (1.13%) CIMA
11 3 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.38%) GCFA
13 1 (0.38%) MBA
13 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (7.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (4.15%) NIST
5 10 (3.77%) GDPR
6 9 (3.40%) PMO
7 8 (3.02%) QA
8 7 (2.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.64%) SOC 2
9 6 (2.26%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.51%) SOC 1
11 3 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.13%) COBIT
12 2 (0.75%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.75%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.75%) SLA
13 1 (0.38%) GRC
13 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.89%) Firmware
3 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.38%) SCCM
2 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.42%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.40%) Oracle
3 9 (3.40%) SAP
4 8 (3.02%) VMware
5 7 (2.64%) Cisco
6 4 (1.51%) Workday
7 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.13%) Veeam
8 2 (0.75%) Aruba
8 2 (0.75%) BMC
8 2 (0.75%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.75%) iManage
8 2 (0.75%) Remedy
8 2 (0.75%) Sage
8 2 (0.75%) Xero
9 1 (0.38%) Databricks
9 1 (0.38%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.38%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.38%) Snow