Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,001 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 197 137
Rank change year-on-year +96 -60 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 568 268 709
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.66% 1.63% 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.76% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 481 230 576
10th Percentile £39,818 £39,814 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £47,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,957 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -10.56%

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 20,071 15,221 30,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.31% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 14,571 9,459 23,646
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,023
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.84% -8.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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.

1 145 (25.53%) ITIL
2 141 (24.82%) Agile
3 107 (18.84%) Project Management
4 103 (18.13%) Waterfall
5 101 (17.78%) Azure
6 99 (17.43%) Service Delivery
7 97 (17.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 92 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (16.02%) Project Delivery
10 89 (15.67%) Microsoft
11 85 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 82 (14.44%) Service Management
13 80 (14.08%) DevOps
14 76 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
15 70 (12.32%) Disaster Recovery
16 64 (11.27%) Contract Negotiation
16 64 (11.27%) CRM
17 61 (10.74%) PRINCE2
18 60 (10.56%) Information Security
19 59 (10.39%) Business Continuity
20 58 (10.21%) ITSM
21 56 (9.86%) SaaS
22 55 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
23 53 (9.33%) Risk Management
24 51 (8.98%) ERP
24 51 (8.98%) Mentoring
25 48 (8.45%) AWS
25 48 (8.45%) ITIL Certification
26 47 (8.27%) NIST
27 46 (8.10%) Runbook

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 6 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.53%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) Apache
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (7.92%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.53%) Trello
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 27 (4.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 101 (17.78%) Azure
2 56 (9.86%) SaaS
3 48 (8.45%) AWS
4 43 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.82%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.53%) GCP
10 3 (0.53%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.18%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.18%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.18%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.18%) Datadog
12 1 (0.18%) Serverless
12 1 (0.18%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.82%) Firewall
2 8 (1.41%) WAN
3 6 (1.06%) LAN
4 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.88%) VLAN
5 3 (0.53%) DNS
5 3 (0.53%) Network Security
6 2 (0.35%) 5G
6 2 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.35%) DMARC
6 2 (0.35%) Intranet
6 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.35%) VPN
6 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.17%) Power BI
2 3 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (6.16%) JIRA
General
1 135 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 91 (16.02%) Finance
3 44 (7.75%) Law
4 42 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.28%) Legal
6 23 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.05%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.99%) Marketing
8 16 (2.82%) Banking
8 16 (2.82%) Retail
9 15 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.35%) Advertising
12 2 (0.35%) French Language
12 2 (0.35%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.18%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.75%) Middleware
2 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.80%) Cyber Threat
2 38 (6.69%) Driving Licence
3 29 (5.11%) Data Centre
4 28 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.64%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.06%) EPoS
9 5 (0.88%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.35%) PMI
11 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.18%) CMDB
12 1 (0.18%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.11%) Windows
2 5 (0.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.53%) Linux
4 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (25.53%) ITIL
2 141 (24.82%) Agile
3 107 (18.84%) Project Management
4 103 (18.13%) Waterfall
5 99 (17.43%) Service Delivery
6 97 (17.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 92 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (16.02%) Project Delivery
9 85 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 82 (14.44%) Service Management
11 80 (14.08%) DevOps
12 76 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
13 70 (12.32%) Disaster Recovery
14 64 (11.27%) Contract Negotiation
14 64 (11.27%) CRM
15 61 (10.74%) PRINCE2
16 60 (10.56%) Information Security
17 59 (10.39%) Business Continuity
18 58 (10.21%) ITSM
19 55 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.41%) SQL
2 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.35%) PHP
4 1 (0.18%) Bash
4 1 (0.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (8.45%) ITIL Certification
2 44 (7.75%) CISM
2 44 (7.75%) CISSP
3 33 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 31 (5.46%) SC Cleared
5 22 (3.87%) Degree
6 19 (3.35%) PMP
7 18 (3.17%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.94%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (1.23%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.35%) CISA
14 2 (0.35%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.27%) NIST
2 44 (7.75%) ISO 22301
3 18 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (2.82%) SLA
6 10 (1.76%) PMO
7 7 (1.23%) GDPR
8 5 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.70%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.70%) GRC
9 4 (0.70%) QA
9 4 (0.70%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.35%) COBIT
12 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.18%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.64%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.18%) Grafana
3 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 89 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.92%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.99%) SAP
4 28 (4.93%) Oracle
5 14 (2.46%) BMC
5 14 (2.46%) Remedy
6 8 (1.41%) Cisco
7 6 (1.06%) Sage
8 5 (0.88%) Veeam
8 5 (0.88%) VMware
9 4 (0.70%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.53%) Dell
10 3 (0.53%) Meraki
11 2 (0.35%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.35%) IFS
11 2 (0.35%) Xero
12 1 (0.18%) Aderant
12 1 (0.18%) Freshdesk
12 1 (0.18%) Guidewire
12 1 (0.18%) Intapp