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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 194 145
Rank change year-on-year +94 -49 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 598 284 566
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.69% 1.71% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 1.86% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 500 242 456
10th Percentile £38,984 £40,050 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £56,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.97% +3.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,375 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,250
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.98% -11.25%

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 20,944 15,273 24,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.09% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15,113 9,484 18,018
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 August 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 August 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.

1 152 (25.42%) ITIL
2 136 (22.74%) Agile
3 112 (18.73%) Project Management
3 112 (18.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (18.23%) Service Delivery
5 107 (17.89%) Azure
6 105 (17.56%) Waterfall
7 96 (16.05%) Microsoft
7 96 (16.05%) Project Delivery
8 92 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 84 (14.05%) DevOps
11 83 (13.88%) Cybersecurity
12 79 (13.21%) Service Management
13 71 (11.87%) Disaster Recovery
14 69 (11.54%) Contract Negotiation
15 68 (11.37%) Business Continuity
16 67 (11.20%) CRM
16 67 (11.20%) ITSM
17 66 (11.04%) Information Security
18 64 (10.70%) PRINCE2
19 60 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
20 59 (9.87%) SaaS
21 55 (9.20%) Risk Management
22 52 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
22 52 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
23 51 (8.53%) AWS
23 51 (8.53%) ServiceNow
24 50 (8.36%) NIST
24 50 (8.36%) 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 8 (1.34%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (7.36%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.50%) Trello
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (4.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.01%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 107 (17.89%) Azure
2 59 (9.87%) SaaS
3 52 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.53%) AWS
5 24 (4.01%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.68%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.50%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.17%) Datadog
11 1 (0.17%) GCP
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.17%) Serverless
11 1 (0.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.68%) Firewall
2 8 (1.34%) WAN
3 6 (1.00%) LAN
3 6 (1.00%) VLAN
4 5 (0.84%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.67%) Network Security
5 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.50%) DNS
6 3 (0.50%) Intranet
6 3 (0.50%) VPN
7 2 (0.33%) 5G
7 2 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.33%) VoIP
8 1 (0.17%) Internet
8 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.01%) Power BI
2 3 (0.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (6.02%) JIRA
General
1 149 (24.92%) Social Skills
2 101 (16.89%) Finance
3 46 (7.69%) Law
4 38 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.02%) Legal
6 25 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.18%) Telecoms
7 20 (3.34%) Banking
8 17 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.84%) Retail
9 15 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.51%) Marketing
10 4 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.50%) Local Government
11 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Advertising
12 2 (0.33%) French Language
12 2 (0.33%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.03%) Middleware
2 1 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (9.03%) Cyber Threat
2 39 (6.52%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (4.68%) Onboarding
4 27 (4.52%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.00%) EPoS
7 5 (0.84%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.84%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.67%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.33%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.33%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.33%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.33%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.84%) Windows
2 5 (0.84%) Linux
2 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (25.42%) ITIL
2 136 (22.74%) Agile
3 112 (18.73%) Project Management
3 112 (18.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (18.23%) Service Delivery
5 105 (17.56%) Waterfall
6 96 (16.05%) Project Delivery
7 92 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 90 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (14.05%) DevOps
10 83 (13.88%) Cybersecurity
11 79 (13.21%) Service Management
12 71 (11.87%) Disaster Recovery
13 69 (11.54%) Contract Negotiation
14 68 (11.37%) Business Continuity
15 67 (11.20%) CRM
15 67 (11.20%) ITSM
16 66 (11.04%) Information Security
17 64 (10.70%) PRINCE2
18 60 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.51%) SQL
2 3 (0.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.33%) Bash
3 2 (0.33%) PHP
3 2 (0.33%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
2 48 (8.03%) CISM
2 48 (8.03%) CISSP
3 32 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 30 (5.02%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.18%) Degree
6 18 (3.01%) PMP
7 17 (2.84%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.17%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.36%) NIST
2 48 (8.03%) ISO 22301
3 20 (3.34%) SLA
4 19 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.34%) PMO
7 7 (1.17%) GDPR
8 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.67%) GRC
8 4 (0.67%) QA
9 3 (0.50%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.33%) COBIT
10 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.68%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.17%) Grafana
3 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.53%) ServiceNow
3 32 (5.35%) SAP
4 26 (4.35%) Oracle
5 18 (3.01%) BMC
5 18 (3.01%) Remedy
6 11 (1.84%) Cisco
7 7 (1.17%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.00%) VMware
9 4 (0.67%) Sage
10 3 (0.50%) Dell
10 3 (0.50%) Meraki
10 3 (0.50%) Veeam
11 2 (0.33%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.33%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.33%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.33%) IFS
12 1 (0.17%) Guidewire
12 1 (0.17%) iManage
12 1 (0.17%) Palo Alto