Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £54,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 178 146
Rank change year-on-year +50 -32 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 367 258 725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 1.91% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 2.08% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 325 219 618
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,964 £37,425
25th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -7.72%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £74,800 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +11.65% -10.43%

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 16,841 12,392 31,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 91.74% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,152 9,073 24,954
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 77 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 71 (19.35%) Service Delivery
3 70 (19.07%) Microsoft
4 68 (18.53%) Project Management
5 65 (17.71%) Service Management
6 62 (16.89%) ITIL
7 60 (16.35%) Agile
8 56 (15.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (14.44%) Risk Management
10 49 (13.35%) Project Delivery
11 47 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (12.81%) ITSM
12 43 (11.72%) Azure
13 39 (10.63%) Coaching
14 35 (9.54%) Mentoring
15 33 (8.99%) PRINCE2
16 32 (8.72%) Waterfall
17 29 (7.90%) Change Management
18 28 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
19 27 (7.36%) CRM
20 26 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
20 26 (7.08%) IT Strategy
20 26 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
21 25 (6.81%) ERP
21 25 (6.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
21 25 (6.81%) User Experience
22 24 (6.54%) Document Management
23 23 (6.27%) Business Development
23 23 (6.27%) Migration
23 23 (6.27%) Security Cleared

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 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.54%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (4.90%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.72%) Azure
2 28 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (4.63%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.36%) Power Automate
5 15 (4.09%) SaaS
6 12 (3.27%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.91%) AWS
8 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.09%) GCP
9 3 (0.82%) Serverless
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.27%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.27%) Datadog
11 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.27%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.45%) Firewall
2 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.36%) WAN
3 4 (1.09%) Network Security
4 3 (0.82%) DMARC
5 2 (0.54%) 5G
5 2 (0.54%) LAN
5 2 (0.54%) SAN
5 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.54%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.36%) Power BI
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (2.45%) JIRA
General
1 109 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.98%) Finance
3 35 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.08%) Legal
5 17 (4.63%) Marketing
5 17 (4.63%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.00%) Law
8 8 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.18%) Retail
9 7 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Banking
13 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) French Language
14 1 (0.27%) German Language
14 1 (0.27%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.54%) CSS
1 2 (0.54%) HTML
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.08%) Management Information System
1 26 (7.08%) Onboarding
2 25 (6.81%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.90%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.91%) CMDB
5 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.63%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.82%) EPoS
7 3 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.82%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.54%) PMI
8 2 (0.54%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.54%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.27%) NHS
9 1 (0.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.00%) Windows
2 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.09%) Unix
4 2 (0.54%) Linux
4 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (20.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 71 (19.35%) Service Delivery
3 68 (18.53%) Project Management
4 65 (17.71%) Service Management
5 62 (16.89%) ITIL
6 60 (16.35%) Agile
7 56 (15.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (14.44%) Risk Management
9 49 (13.35%) Project Delivery
10 47 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
10 47 (12.81%) ITSM
11 39 (10.63%) Coaching
12 35 (9.54%) Mentoring
13 33 (8.99%) PRINCE2
14 32 (8.72%) Waterfall
15 29 (7.90%) Change Management
16 27 (7.36%) CRM
17 26 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
17 26 (7.08%) IT Strategy
17 26 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.18%) SQL
2 2 (0.54%) C#
2 2 (0.54%) Java
2 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (6.27%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.72%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.54%) Degree
4 12 (3.27%) PMI Certification
5 11 (3.00%) PMP
6 6 (1.63%) CISM
7 5 (1.36%) CISSP
7 5 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.54%) CISA
9 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.27%) GCFA
10 1 (0.27%) GCFE
10 1 (0.27%) MBA
10 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 11 (3.00%) NIST
4 9 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.18%) GDPR
6 7 (1.91%) PMO
6 7 (1.91%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.63%) QA
8 5 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.09%) SLA
9 4 (1.09%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.82%) COBIT
11 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.27%) MiFID
12 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 13 (3.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.54%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (19.07%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.99%) ServiceNow
3 14 (3.81%) SAP
4 10 (2.72%) Cisco
4 10 (2.72%) Oracle
5 5 (1.36%) Sage
6 4 (1.09%) Workday
7 3 (0.82%) Dell
7 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.82%) Veeam
8 2 (0.54%) BMC
8 2 (0.54%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.54%) iManage
8 2 (0.54%) Meraki
8 2 (0.54%) Remedy
8 2 (0.54%) VMware
8 2 (0.54%) Xero
9 1 (0.27%) Aruba
9 1 (0.27%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto