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 24 February 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 195 143
Rank change year-on-year +30 -52 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 250 269 636
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 1.79% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.88% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 210 191 537
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -0.87%
75th Percentile £69,375 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,375 £83,750 £81,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -6.09%

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 15,362 14,311 26,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.34% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,263 8,849 22,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 24 February 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 24 February 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 63 (25.20%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (23.60%) Microsoft
2 59 (23.60%) Project Management
3 51 (20.40%) Agile
3 51 (20.40%) ITIL
3 51 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 46 (18.40%) Service Delivery
6 45 (18.00%) Project Delivery
7 41 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (14.80%) Azure
8 37 (14.80%) Service Management
9 31 (12.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 30 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (11.60%) Change Management
12 28 (11.20%) Mentoring
13 27 (10.80%) Coaching
13 27 (10.80%) ITSM
14 26 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (10.40%) Waterfall
15 23 (9.20%) Active Directory
16 22 (8.80%) Cyber Essentials
16 22 (8.80%) Windows
17 19 (7.60%) Business Case
17 19 (7.60%) Degree
17 19 (7.60%) Document Management
18 18 (7.20%) Business Change Management
18 18 (7.20%) IT Audit
19 17 (6.80%) Business Development
19 17 (6.80%) Information Security

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 9 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.60%) Confluence
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.40%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.40%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.80%) Azure
2 30 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.40%) SaaS
4 15 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.20%) AWS
7 6 (2.40%) GCP
8 5 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.60%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.80%) Serverless
11 1 (0.40%) GitHub
11 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.80%) Firewall
2 4 (1.60%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.60%) WAN
3 3 (1.20%) DMARC
4 2 (0.80%) Network Security
4 2 (0.80%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) 5G
5 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.40%) LAN
5 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.60%) Power BI
2 4 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.60%) Tableau
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.80%) JIRA
General
1 99 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 56 (22.40%) Finance
3 25 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.20%) Legal
6 12 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.20%) Law
7 8 (3.20%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.40%) Retail
10 5 (2.00%) Marketing
11 3 (1.20%) Automotive
11 3 (1.20%) Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Publishing
12 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.80%) German Language
12 2 (0.80%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.80%) CSS
1 2 (0.80%) HTML
2 1 (0.40%) EDI
2 1 (0.40%) JSON
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.40%) REST
2 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.40%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.40%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.20%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.20%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.80%) CMDB
7 6 (2.40%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.60%) PMI
10 3 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.20%) FMCG
10 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) Life Science
12 1 (0.40%) NHS
12 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.80%) Windows
2 13 (5.20%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.60%) Linux
4 8 (3.20%) Unix
5 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.20%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (23.60%) Project Management
3 51 (20.40%) Agile
3 51 (20.40%) ITIL
3 51 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 46 (18.40%) Service Delivery
6 45 (18.00%) Project Delivery
7 41 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (14.80%) Service Management
9 29 (11.60%) Change Management
10 28 (11.20%) Mentoring
11 27 (10.80%) Coaching
11 27 (10.80%) ITSM
12 26 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (10.40%) Waterfall
13 19 (7.60%) Business Case
13 19 (7.60%) Document Management
14 18 (7.20%) Business Change Management
14 18 (7.20%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.20%) SQL
2 6 (2.40%) Python
3 4 (1.60%) C#
3 4 (1.60%) R
4 2 (0.80%) Java
4 2 (0.80%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (7.60%) Degree
2 11 (4.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.00%) PMI Certification
3 10 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.60%) CISSP
5 8 (3.20%) PMP
6 7 (2.80%) CISA
6 7 (2.80%) CISM
7 6 (2.40%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.60%) ACCA
8 4 (1.60%) CIMA
8 4 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.40%) MBA
11 1 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (8.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (4.40%) GDPR
4 11 (4.40%) NIST
5 10 (4.00%) QA
6 7 (2.80%) PMO
6 7 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (2.80%) SOC 2
7 6 (2.40%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.60%) COBIT
8 4 (1.60%) SOC 1
9 3 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.20%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.20%) SLA
10 2 (0.80%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.80%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.40%) MiFID
11 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.00%) Firmware
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) Docker
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.40%) Puppet
3 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (23.60%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.80%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.40%) SAP
4 10 (4.00%) Oracle
5 9 (3.60%) VMware
6 7 (2.80%) Cisco
7 5 (2.00%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.60%) Workday
9 3 (1.20%) Veeam
10 2 (0.80%) Aruba
10 2 (0.80%) BMC
10 2 (0.80%) Citrix
10 2 (0.80%) Concur
10 2 (0.80%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.80%) iManage
10 2 (0.80%) Remedy
10 2 (0.80%) Sage
10 2 (0.80%) Xero
11 1 (0.40%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto