Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 212 149
Rank change year-on-year +86 -63 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 402 246 713
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 1.66% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 1.81% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 364 207 598
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,350 £37,175
25th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +4.55% -7.72%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +18.81% -12.17%

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 18,061 13,626 31,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 92.06% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,290 8,411 25,279
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 30 May 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 30 May 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 83 (20.65%) Project Management
2 79 (19.65%) Microsoft
3 78 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (18.41%) Service Delivery
5 71 (17.66%) Agile
6 70 (17.41%) Service Management
7 68 (16.92%) ITIL
8 66 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
10 51 (12.69%) Project Delivery
11 48 (11.94%) CRM
11 48 (11.94%) Risk Management
12 47 (11.69%) Azure
13 43 (10.70%) Waterfall
14 41 (10.20%) ERP
15 39 (9.70%) Coaching
15 39 (9.70%) PRINCE2
16 38 (9.45%) ITSM
17 37 (9.20%) Mentoring
18 34 (8.46%) Migration
18 34 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (7.71%) User Experience
20 30 (7.46%) Change Management
20 30 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
21 29 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 28 (6.97%) SAP
23 27 (6.72%) ServiceNow
24 26 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
25 24 (5.97%) DevOps
25 24 (5.97%) Disaster Recovery

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 5 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
Applications
1 30 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.69%) Azure
2 26 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.72%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.98%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.48%) SaaS
6 9 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.24%) AWS
8 4 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.00%) GCP
9 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.50%) Serverless
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.25%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.25%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.25%) Datadog
11 1 (0.25%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.24%) Firewall
2 4 (1.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.00%) VLAN
2 4 (1.00%) WAN
3 3 (0.75%) DMARC
3 3 (0.75%) Network Security
3 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.75%) VPN
4 2 (0.50%) 5G
4 2 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.50%) DNS
5 1 (0.25%) Internet
5 1 (0.25%) LAN
5 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.48%) Power BI
2 4 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (5.47%) JIRA
General
1 100 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.66%) Finance
3 41 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.46%) Legal
5 21 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.98%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.73%) Marketing
8 14 (3.48%) Law
9 11 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.49%) Retail
11 8 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.75%) Banking
13 3 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.50%) French Language
14 2 (0.50%) Police
15 1 (0.25%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.25%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) CSS
1 2 (0.50%) HTML
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.97%) Data Centre
1 28 (6.97%) Driving Licence
2 27 (6.72%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.49%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.00%) EPoS
7 4 (1.00%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.25%) Life Science
9 1 (0.25%) NHS
9 1 (0.25%) PMI
9 1 (0.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.99%) Windows
2 4 (1.00%) Unix
3 3 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) Linux
4 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (20.65%) Project Management
2 78 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (18.41%) Service Delivery
4 71 (17.66%) Agile
5 70 (17.41%) Service Management
6 68 (16.92%) ITIL
7 66 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (12.69%) Project Delivery
10 48 (11.94%) CRM
10 48 (11.94%) Risk Management
11 43 (10.70%) Waterfall
12 41 (10.20%) ERP
13 39 (9.70%) Coaching
13 39 (9.70%) PRINCE2
14 38 (9.45%) ITSM
15 37 (9.20%) Mentoring
16 34 (8.46%) Migration
16 34 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
17 31 (7.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.23%) SQL
2 3 (0.75%) Python
3 2 (0.50%) C#
3 2 (0.50%) Java
3 2 (0.50%) PHP
3 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (5.97%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.47%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.48%) PMP
4 13 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.24%) Degree
6 5 (1.24%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.50%) CISA
9 2 (0.50%) CISM
9 2 (0.50%) CISSP
9 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (2.74%) SLA
3 9 (2.24%) GDPR
4 7 (1.74%) NIST
4 7 (1.74%) PMO
5 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.49%) QA
6 5 (1.24%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.00%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.00%) GRC
7 4 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.00%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.75%) COBIT
9 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.50%) Firmware
2 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.25%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.97%) SAP
3 27 (6.72%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.47%) Oracle
5 8 (1.99%) Cisco
6 5 (1.24%) Sage
6 5 (1.24%) Veeam
7 4 (1.00%) BMC
7 4 (1.00%) Remedy
7 4 (1.00%) Workday
8 3 (0.75%) Dell
8 3 (0.75%) Meraki
8 3 (0.75%) VMware
9 2 (0.50%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.50%) Google
9 2 (0.50%) iManage
9 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.50%) Xero
10 1 (0.25%) IFS
10 1 (0.25%) Palo Alto