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 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 178 173
Rank change year-on-year +78 -5 -43
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 617 285 480
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.64% 1.74% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.81% 1.88% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 510 239 352
10th Percentile £39,818 £41,274 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,745 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +5.08% -10.00%

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 21,963 15,177 23,401
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.60% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,621 9,254 16,129
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 2 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 2 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.

1 162 (26.26%) ITIL
2 134 (21.72%) Agile
3 128 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (19.12%) Service Delivery
5 107 (17.34%) Project Management
6 103 (16.69%) Project Delivery
6 103 (16.69%) Waterfall
7 99 (16.05%) Azure
8 96 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (15.56%) Microsoft
9 91 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 85 (13.78%) DevOps
10 85 (13.78%) Service Management
11 84 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
12 75 (12.16%) Business Continuity
13 72 (11.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 72 (11.67%) Information Security
14 71 (11.51%) ITSM
15 67 (10.86%) CRM
16 62 (10.05%) SaaS
17 61 (9.89%) Contract Negotiation
18 60 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
19 59 (9.56%) PRINCE2
20 55 (8.91%) ITIL Certification
20 55 (8.91%) ServiceNow
21 52 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
22 51 (8.27%) AWS
23 50 (8.10%) Mentoring
23 50 (8.10%) NIST
23 50 (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 12 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (6.81%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) Trello
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (5.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.49%) Primavera
3 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 99 (16.05%) Azure
2 62 (10.05%) SaaS
3 52 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.27%) AWS
5 23 (3.73%) Entra ID
6 21 (3.40%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (1.78%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.49%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.16%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.16%) Datadog
12 1 (0.16%) GCP
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.16%) Serverless
12 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.43%) Firewall
2 9 (1.46%) WAN
3 7 (1.13%) LAN
4 6 (0.97%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.97%) VLAN
4 6 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.65%) Network Security
6 3 (0.49%) DNS
6 3 (0.49%) Intranet
6 3 (0.49%) VoIP
6 3 (0.49%) VPN
7 2 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.43%) Power BI
2 3 (0.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (5.83%) JIRA
General
1 151 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 109 (17.67%) Finance
3 47 (7.62%) Law
4 39 (6.32%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.02%) Banking
6 30 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.57%) Legal
8 18 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.76%) Marketing
10 15 (2.43%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.27%) Retail
12 6 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.49%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.49%) Local Government
15 2 (0.32%) Advertising
15 2 (0.32%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.78%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.75%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (5.83%) Driving Licence
3 32 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.43%) Management Information System
6 5 (0.81%) EPoS
7 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.49%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.49%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.49%) PMI
8 3 (0.49%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.43%) Windows
2 5 (0.81%) Linux
3 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (26.26%) ITIL
2 134 (21.72%) Agile
3 128 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (19.12%) Service Delivery
5 107 (17.34%) Project Management
6 103 (16.69%) Project Delivery
6 103 (16.69%) Waterfall
7 96 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 85 (13.78%) DevOps
9 85 (13.78%) Service Management
10 84 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
11 75 (12.16%) Business Continuity
12 72 (11.67%) Disaster Recovery
12 72 (11.67%) Information Security
13 71 (11.51%) ITSM
14 67 (10.86%) CRM
15 61 (9.89%) Contract Negotiation
16 60 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
17 59 (9.56%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.30%) SQL
2 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.32%) Bash
3 2 (0.32%) PHP
3 2 (0.32%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (8.91%) ITIL Certification
2 48 (7.78%) CISM
2 48 (7.78%) CISSP
3 27 (4.38%) Degree
4 23 (3.73%) Security Cleared
5 21 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.08%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.92%) PMP
8 12 (1.94%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.65%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.10%) NIST
2 48 (7.78%) ISO 22301
3 24 (3.89%) SLA
4 18 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.46%) GRC
7 8 (1.30%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.30%) GDPR
8 6 (0.97%) PMO
9 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.49%) QA
10 2 (0.32%) COBIT
10 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.43%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.49%) 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 96 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.91%) ServiceNow
3 30 (4.86%) SAP
4 27 (4.38%) Oracle
5 20 (3.24%) BMC
5 20 (3.24%) Remedy
6 12 (1.94%) Cisco
7 7 (1.13%) VMware
8 6 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.81%) Sage
10 4 (0.65%) Dell
10 4 (0.65%) YouTube
11 3 (0.49%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.49%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.49%) Kronos
11 3 (0.49%) Meraki
11 3 (0.49%) Veeam
11 3 (0.49%) Workday
12 2 (0.32%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.32%) IFS