Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £54,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 173 143
Rank change year-on-year +48 -30 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 378 259 719
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.08% 1.92% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 2.10% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 334 219 609
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,432 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% +4.55% -7.72%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,284 £63,750
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 16,996 12,353 31,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.73% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,032 24,949
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,104
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,401
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -9.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,475 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -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 2 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 2 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 71 (18.78%) Microsoft
2 71 (18.78%) Service Delivery
3 70 (18.52%) Project Management
4 66 (17.46%) Service Management
5 64 (16.93%) Agile
6 62 (16.40%) ITIL
7 59 (15.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 51 (13.49%) Project Delivery
10 48 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (12.43%) ITSM
12 44 (11.64%) Azure
13 39 (10.32%) Coaching
14 35 (9.26%) PRINCE2
15 34 (8.99%) Mentoring
16 33 (8.73%) Waterfall
17 30 (7.94%) Change Management
18 29 (7.67%) 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
24 23 (6.08%) Business Development

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 Logic Apps
11 1 (0.26%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.26%) Datadog
11 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
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
1 109 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.72%) Finance
3 36 (9.52%) 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%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.59%) CMDB
8 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.79%) EPoS
9 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.53%) PMI
10 2 (0.53%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.26%) Life Science
11 1 (0.26%) NHS
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 71 (18.78%) Service Delivery
3 70 (18.52%) Project Management
4 66 (17.46%) Service Management
5 64 (16.93%) Agile
6 62 (16.40%) ITIL
7 59 (15.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 51 (13.49%) Project Delivery
10 48 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (12.43%) ITSM
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
17 29 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (7.41%) CRM
19 27 (7.14%) ERP
20 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
5 9 (2.38%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.12%) GDPR
7 7 (1.85%) PMO
7 7 (1.85%) QA
7 7 (1.85%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.06%) SLA
8 4 (1.06%) SOC 1
9 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.79%) COBIT
10 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.26%) Basel III
11 1 (0.26%) GRC
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.26%) P3O
11 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
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 23 (6.08%) 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%) Aruba
10 1 (0.26%) Databricks
10 1 (0.26%) Guidewire