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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 170 143
Rank change year-on-year +52 -27 +56
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 378 261 718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.08% 1.94% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 2.12% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 333 221 609
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,821 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £49,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +12.75% -11.30%

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 16,991 12,339 31,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 91.71% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,312 9,004 24,959
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,250 £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 £59,800 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -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 1 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 1 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 79 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (19.05%) Service Delivery
3 71 (18.78%) Microsoft
4 70 (18.52%) Project Management
5 67 (17.72%) Service Management
6 64 (16.93%) Agile
7 63 (16.67%) ITIL
8 60 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 54 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 51 (13.49%) Project Delivery
11 48 (12.70%) ITSM
12 47 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
13 44 (11.64%) Azure
14 39 (10.32%) Coaching
15 35 (9.26%) PRINCE2
16 34 (8.99%) Mentoring
17 33 (8.73%) Waterfall
18 30 (7.94%) Change Management
18 30 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
19 28 (7.41%) CRM
19 28 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
20 27 (7.14%) ERP
21 26 (6.88%) Disaster Recovery
22 25 (6.61%) IT Strategy
22 25 (6.61%) User Experience
23 24 (6.35%) Document Management
23 24 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
23 24 (6.35%) Migration
23 24 (6.35%) Security Cleared
23 24 (6.35%) ServiceNow

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 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (5.03%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.64%) Azure
2 28 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.23%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.70%) SaaS
6 10 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.59%) AWS
8 4 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.06%) GCP
9 3 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.53%) Serverless
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.26%) Datadog
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.91%) Firewall
2 6 (1.59%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.59%) WAN
3 4 (1.06%) Network Security
4 3 (0.79%) DMARC
4 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.79%) VPN
5 2 (0.53%) 5G
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.53%) LAN
5 2 (0.53%) SAN
5 2 (0.53%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.23%) Power BI
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.91%) JIRA
General
1 110 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.72%) Finance
3 35 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.41%) Legal
5 18 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.50%) Marketing
7 14 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.17%) Law
9 8 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.12%) Retail
10 7 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.79%) Banking
15 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.26%) French Language
16 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.26%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.53%) CSS
1 2 (0.53%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 27 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 25 (6.61%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.03%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.85%) CMDB
6 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.79%) EPoS
8 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.53%) PMI
9 2 (0.53%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.26%) NHS
10 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.91%) Windows
2 5 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.06%) Unix
4 2 (0.53%) Linux
4 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (19.05%) Service Delivery
3 70 (18.52%) Project Management
4 67 (17.72%) Service Management
5 64 (16.93%) Agile
6 63 (16.67%) ITIL
7 60 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 51 (13.49%) Project Delivery
10 48 (12.70%) ITSM
11 47 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
12 39 (10.32%) Coaching
13 35 (9.26%) PRINCE2
14 34 (8.99%) Mentoring
15 33 (8.73%) Waterfall
16 30 (7.94%) Change Management
16 30 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (7.41%) CRM
18 27 (7.14%) ERP
19 26 (6.88%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.38%) SQL
2 2 (0.53%) C#
2 2 (0.53%) Java
2 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.53%) Python
3 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (6.35%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.82%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.44%) Degree
3 13 (3.44%) PMI Certification
4 12 (3.17%) PMP
5 6 (1.59%) CISM
6 5 (1.32%) CISSP
6 5 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.53%) CISA
8 2 (0.53%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) GCFA
9 1 (0.26%) GCFE
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
9 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (5.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.91%) NIST
4 10 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 10 (2.65%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.12%) GDPR
6 7 (1.85%) PMO
6 7 (1.85%) QA
6 7 (1.85%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.06%) SLA
7 4 (1.06%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.79%) COBIT
9 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.26%) MiFID
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.06%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (18.78%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.35%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.23%) SAP
4 11 (2.91%) Oracle
5 10 (2.65%) Cisco
6 5 (1.32%) Sage
7 4 (1.06%) Workday
8 3 (0.79%) Dell
8 3 (0.79%) Meraki
8 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.79%) Veeam
9 2 (0.53%) BMC
9 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.53%) iManage
9 2 (0.53%) Remedy
9 2 (0.53%) VMware
9 2 (0.53%) Xero
10 1 (0.26%) Databricks
10 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.26%) Snow