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 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 215 144
Rank change year-on-year +99 -71 +33
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 450 256 745
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.23% 1.65% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 1.79% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 411 218 612
10th Percentile £38,984 £38,700 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,361 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,997 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £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 18,980 14,273 33,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.11% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,861 8,743 26,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,000
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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 21 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 21 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 95 (21.11%) Project Management
2 90 (20.00%) Agile
3 89 (19.78%) Service Delivery
4 86 (19.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 81 (18.00%) Microsoft
7 76 (16.89%) ITIL
8 71 (15.78%) Service Management
9 68 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
10 59 (13.11%) CRM
11 56 (12.44%) Waterfall
12 55 (12.22%) PRINCE2
12 55 (12.22%) Project Delivery
13 53 (11.78%) Risk Management
14 49 (10.89%) Azure
15 47 (10.44%) ERP
16 46 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
17 43 (9.56%) ITSM
18 41 (9.11%) Microsoft Project
18 41 (9.11%) Migration
19 38 (8.44%) Mentoring
20 36 (8.00%) ServiceNow
21 35 (7.78%) DevOps
22 33 (7.33%) JIRA
23 32 (7.11%) SAP
23 32 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 31 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
25 30 (6.67%) Change Management
25 30 (6.67%) Security Cleared
26 29 (6.44%) Software Delivery

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 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.67%) IIS
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) Apache
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (9.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.44%) Trello
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 49 (10.89%) Azure
2 31 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.11%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.56%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.44%) SaaS
6 10 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.89%) AWS
10 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.67%) GCP
11 2 (0.44%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.22%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.22%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.22%) Datadog
12 1 (0.22%) Serverless
12 1 (0.22%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.89%) Firewall
2 5 (1.11%) VLAN
2 5 (1.11%) WAN
3 3 (0.67%) DMARC
3 3 (0.67%) DNS
3 3 (0.67%) LAN
3 3 (0.67%) Network Security
3 3 (0.67%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.44%) 5G
4 2 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.22%) Internet
5 1 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.00%) Power BI
2 3 (0.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (7.33%) JIRA
General
1 118 (26.22%) Social Skills
2 82 (18.22%) Finance
3 36 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.44%) Legal
5 22 (4.89%) Telecoms
6 21 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.00%) Marketing
8 16 (3.56%) Retail
9 13 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.67%) Law
10 12 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.00%) Banking
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.44%) Advertising
15 2 (0.44%) French Language
15 2 (0.44%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.44%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.44%) CSS
1 2 (0.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.56%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (5.33%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.33%) EPoS
8 5 (1.11%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.89%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.44%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.44%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.22%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.22%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.22%) NHS
11 1 (0.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.22%) Windows
2 4 (0.89%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.44%) Linux
4 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (21.11%) Project Management
2 90 (20.00%) Agile
3 89 (19.78%) Service Delivery
4 86 (19.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 76 (16.89%) ITIL
7 71 (15.78%) Service Management
8 68 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
9 59 (13.11%) CRM
10 56 (12.44%) Waterfall
11 55 (12.22%) PRINCE2
11 55 (12.22%) Project Delivery
12 53 (11.78%) Risk Management
13 47 (10.44%) ERP
14 46 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
15 43 (9.56%) ITSM
16 41 (9.11%) Migration
17 38 (8.44%) Mentoring
18 35 (7.78%) DevOps
19 32 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.00%) SQL
2 3 (0.67%) Python
2 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.44%) C#
3 2 (0.44%) Java
3 2 (0.44%) PHP
4 1 (0.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 28 (6.22%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.22%) Degree
4 15 (3.33%) PMP
5 13 (2.89%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.44%) CISA
10 2 (0.44%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.67%) SLA
3 10 (2.22%) PMO
4 7 (1.56%) GDPR
5 6 (1.33%) QA
6 5 (1.11%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.89%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.89%) GRC
7 4 (0.89%) NIST
7 4 (0.89%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.67%) COBIT
8 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.22%) Grafana
3 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 32 (7.11%) SAP
4 26 (5.78%) Oracle
5 8 (1.78%) BMC
5 8 (1.78%) Cisco
5 8 (1.78%) Remedy
6 6 (1.33%) Veeam
7 5 (1.11%) Sage
7 5 (1.11%) VMware
8 3 (0.67%) Dell
8 3 (0.67%) Meraki
9 2 (0.44%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.44%) IFS
9 2 (0.44%) iManage
9 2 (0.44%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.44%) Xero
10 1 (0.22%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.22%) Google
10 1 (0.22%) Guidewire