Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £52,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 197 187
Rank change year-on-year +95 -10 -55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 648 261 406
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 1.55% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 1.67% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 520 220 262
10th Percentile £39,818 £41,928 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,438 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -6.38% -2.08%
75th Percentile £67,813 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,125 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

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 23,273 15,647 20,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 93.19% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 16,038 8,787 13,019
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,363 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,210 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -2.39% -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 9 October 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 9 October 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.

1 189 (29.17%) ITIL
2 138 (21.30%) Agile
3 137 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 121 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (17.59%) Service Delivery
6 109 (16.82%) Service Management
7 107 (16.51%) Waterfall
8 105 (16.20%) Project Delivery
9 103 (15.90%) Project Management
10 100 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 93 (14.35%) Azure
12 87 (13.43%) DevOps
13 85 (13.12%) Microsoft
14 82 (12.65%) ITSM
15 76 (11.73%) Cybersecurity
16 74 (11.42%) Information Security
17 72 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
18 71 (10.96%) ServiceNow
19 70 (10.80%) Mentoring
20 69 (10.65%) CRM
21 67 (10.34%) Business Continuity
22 63 (9.72%) Coaching
22 63 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
22 63 (9.72%) SaaS
23 58 (8.95%) Contract Negotiation
24 57 (8.80%) Decision-Making
24 57 (8.80%) ITIL Certification
25 55 (8.49%) PRINCE2
26 54 (8.33%) Roadmaps
27 53 (8.18%) AWS

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 13 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 40 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (5.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.62%) Primavera
4 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 93 (14.35%) Azure
2 63 (9.72%) SaaS
3 53 (8.18%) AWS
4 51 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 22 (3.40%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.46%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.31%) GCP
10 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.15%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.15%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.16%) Firewall
2 11 (1.70%) WAN
3 9 (1.39%) LAN
4 8 (1.23%) VLAN
5 6 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.77%) DNS
6 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.46%) Intranet
7 3 (0.46%) Network Security
7 3 (0.46%) VoIP
7 3 (0.46%) VPN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.31%) DHCP
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.31%) WLAN
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.62%) Power BI
2 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.31%) GIS
4 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (5.86%) JIRA
General
1 159 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 117 (18.06%) Finance
3 53 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.41%) Law
5 43 (6.64%) Banking
6 35 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.47%) Legal
9 16 (2.47%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.31%) Retail
11 8 (1.23%) Marketing
11 8 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.77%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.46%) Billing
13 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.46%) Local Government
14 2 (0.31%) Legal Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.41%) Middleware
2 1 (0.15%) .NET
2 1 (0.15%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (5.40%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (5.25%) Driving Licence
4 16 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.01%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.77%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.62%) EPoS
9 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.62%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.46%) PMI
10 3 (0.46%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.46%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.31%) CMDB
11 2 (0.31%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.31%) NHS
11 2 (0.31%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.47%) Windows
2 5 (0.77%) Linux
3 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (29.17%) ITIL
2 138 (21.30%) Agile
3 137 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 121 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (17.59%) Service Delivery
6 109 (16.82%) Service Management
7 107 (16.51%) Waterfall
8 105 (16.20%) Project Delivery
9 103 (15.90%) Project Management
10 100 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 87 (13.43%) DevOps
12 82 (12.65%) ITSM
13 76 (11.73%) Cybersecurity
14 74 (11.42%) Information Security
15 72 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
16 70 (10.80%) Mentoring
17 69 (10.65%) CRM
18 67 (10.34%) Business Continuity
19 63 (9.72%) Coaching
19 63 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.39%) SQL
2 3 (0.46%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.31%) Bash
3 2 (0.31%) PHP
3 2 (0.31%) Python
4 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (8.80%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.56%) CISM
2 49 (7.56%) CISSP
3 29 (4.48%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.48%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.17%) Degree
5 16 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.31%) PMP
7 14 (2.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.70%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.62%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.31%) CITP
13 2 (0.31%) HNC
14 1 (0.15%) CISA
14 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.72%) NIST
2 48 (7.41%) ISO 22301
3 26 (4.01%) SLA
4 17 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.70%) COBIT
6 11 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.39%) GRC
7 9 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.23%) PMO
9 7 (1.08%) GDPR
10 5 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.46%) QA
12 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.31%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 85 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.96%) ServiceNow
3 34 (5.25%) SAP
4 31 (4.78%) Oracle
5 20 (3.09%) BMC
5 20 (3.09%) Remedy
6 12 (1.85%) YouTube
7 8 (1.23%) Cisco
8 7 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.08%) VMware
9 4 (0.62%) Adaptive Insights
9 4 (0.62%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.62%) IFS
9 4 (0.62%) Kronos
9 4 (0.62%) Workday
10 3 (0.46%) Veeam
11 2 (0.31%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.31%) Google
11 2 (0.31%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.31%) Meraki