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 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 171 128
Rank change year-on-year +16 -43 +84
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 250 392 541
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.97% 2.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 2.04% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 206 262 475
10th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £38,856
25th Percentile £47,125 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,469 £78,006 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,267 19,177 20,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 96.50% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,138 12,013 16,473
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025, 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 70 (28.00%) Project Management
2 66 (26.40%) Microsoft
3 64 (25.60%) Agile
4 57 (22.80%) Project Delivery
5 55 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 50 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 48 (19.20%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
9 45 (18.00%) ITIL
10 42 (16.80%) Risk Management
11 41 (16.40%) Azure
12 34 (13.60%) Windows
13 33 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (13.20%) Waterfall
14 32 (12.80%) Business Case
14 32 (12.80%) Change Management
14 32 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (12.80%) PRINCE2
15 28 (11.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 28 (11.20%) SharePoint
16 27 (10.80%) Active Directory
17 26 (10.40%) ITSM
17 26 (10.40%) Service Management
18 23 (9.20%) Mentoring
19 22 (8.80%) Business Change Management
20 20 (8.00%) Degree
20 20 (8.00%) Power Platform
21 19 (7.60%) DevOps
21 19 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
22 18 (7.20%) Asset Management

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 28 (11.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.20%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.20%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.80%) Confluence
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 48 (19.20%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (16.40%) Azure
3 20 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.20%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.20%) PowerApps
6 7 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.80%) SaaS
7 6 (2.40%) AWS
7 6 (2.40%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.60%) GCP
9 3 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.20%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.20%) PaaS
10 2 (0.80%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.40%) GitHub
11 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.40%) Serverless
11 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.00%) Firewall
2 6 (2.40%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.60%) WAN
4 3 (1.20%) DNS
4 3 (1.20%) Network Security
4 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.80%) DHCP
5 2 (0.80%) LAN
5 2 (0.80%) SAN
6 1 (0.40%) Internet
6 1 (0.40%) Intranet
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.40%) VLAN
6 1 (0.40%) VoIP
6 1 (0.40%) VPN
6 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.80%) Power BI
2 7 (2.80%) Tableau
3 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.80%) JIRA
General
1 99 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.00%) Finance
3 22 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.80%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.40%) Legal
5 14 (5.60%) Law
6 12 (4.80%) Retail
7 9 (3.60%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Advertising
9 3 (1.20%) Automotive
9 3 (1.20%) Banking
9 3 (1.20%) Billing
9 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.20%) Publishing
10 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.60%) JSON
1 4 (1.60%) Web Services
2 3 (1.20%) EDI
2 3 (1.20%) YAML
3 1 (0.40%) JFC
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) REST
3 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.40%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.60%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.80%) CMDB
3 7 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.00%) FMCG
4 5 (2.00%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.60%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.60%) Digital Media
5 4 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.60%) NHS
5 4 (1.60%) PMI
6 3 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.80%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.60%) Windows
2 16 (6.40%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.80%) Linux
4 7 (2.80%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.40%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (28.00%) Project Management
2 64 (25.60%) Agile
3 57 (22.80%) Project Delivery
4 55 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
7 45 (18.00%) ITIL
8 42 (16.80%) Risk Management
9 33 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (13.20%) Waterfall
10 32 (12.80%) Business Case
10 32 (12.80%) Change Management
10 32 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (12.80%) PRINCE2
11 26 (10.40%) ITSM
11 26 (10.40%) Service Management
12 23 (9.20%) Mentoring
13 22 (8.80%) Business Change Management
14 19 (7.60%) DevOps
15 18 (7.20%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.60%) SQL
2 7 (2.80%) Python
2 7 (2.80%) R
3 4 (1.60%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.80%) C#
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (8.00%) Degree
2 11 (4.40%) CISSP
2 11 (4.40%) PMI Certification
2 11 (4.40%) PMP
3 9 (3.60%) CISA
4 8 (3.20%) DBS Check
4 8 (3.20%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.80%) ACCA
5 7 (2.80%) CIMA
6 6 (2.40%) CISM
7 5 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.00%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.80%) CRISC
9 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (5.20%) GDPR
4 11 (4.40%) PMO
4 11 (4.40%) QA
5 8 (3.20%) NIST
6 6 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (2.40%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.00%) ISO 9001
7 5 (2.00%) NCSC
7 5 (2.00%) SLA
8 4 (1.60%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.80%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.40%) COBIT
11 1 (0.40%) GRC
11 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 27 (10.80%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.00%) Firmware
3 2 (0.80%) Docker
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.80%) Ansible
2 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.80%) Puppet
2 2 (0.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (26.40%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.80%) VMware
3 13 (5.20%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.20%) Cisco
5 7 (2.80%) Oracle
6 4 (1.60%) Citrix
6 4 (1.60%) Civica
6 4 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.20%) IBM
7 3 (1.20%) Lotus
7 3 (1.20%) SAP
8 2 (0.80%) Aruba
8 2 (0.80%) Concur
8 2 (0.80%) Databricks
8 2 (0.80%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.80%) Sophos
8 2 (0.80%) TippingPoint
9 1 (0.40%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.40%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.40%) Snow