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 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 179 185
Rank change year-on-year +79 +6 -52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 625 281 434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 1.75% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 1.89% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 515 236 304
10th Percentile £39,891 £41,640 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £88,550
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,822 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.21% +3.31% -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 22,188 14,895 22,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.57% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,764 8,969 14,941
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,106
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 8 September 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 8 September 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.

1 163 (26.08%) ITIL
2 134 (21.44%) Agile
3 133 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (18.88%) Service Delivery
5 107 (17.12%) Project Management
6 102 (16.32%) Project Delivery
6 102 (16.32%) Waterfall
7 100 (16.00%) Azure
8 98 (15.68%) Microsoft
9 95 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 92 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (13.76%) DevOps
12 85 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
12 85 (13.60%) Service Management
13 76 (12.16%) Business Continuity
14 73 (11.68%) Information Security
15 72 (11.52%) Disaster Recovery
16 71 (11.36%) ITSM
17 69 (11.04%) CRM
18 62 (9.92%) SaaS
19 60 (9.60%) PRINCE2
19 60 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
20 58 (9.28%) Contract Negotiation
21 56 (8.96%) ServiceNow
22 55 (8.80%) ITIL Certification
23 52 (8.32%) AWS
23 52 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
24 50 (8.00%) Mentoring
24 50 (8.00%) NIST
24 50 (8.00%) 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 14 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.48%) IIS
Applications
1 44 (7.04%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.64%) Primavera
4 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 100 (16.00%) Azure
2 62 (9.92%) SaaS
3 52 (8.32%) AWS
3 52 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (3.68%) Entra ID
5 21 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (1.76%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.48%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.16%) Datadog
11 1 (0.16%) GCP
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.16%) Serverless
11 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.40%) Firewall
2 10 (1.60%) WAN
3 8 (1.28%) LAN
4 6 (0.96%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.96%) VLAN
4 6 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.64%) Network Security
6 3 (0.48%) DNS
6 3 (0.48%) Intranet
6 3 (0.48%) VoIP
6 3 (0.48%) VPN
7 2 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.40%) Power BI
2 3 (0.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (5.92%) JIRA
General
1 150 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 108 (17.28%) Finance
3 48 (7.68%) Law
4 39 (6.24%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.96%) Banking
6 30 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (3.20%) Legal
8 19 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.72%) Marketing
11 16 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.40%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.24%) Retail
14 6 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.48%) Local Government
17 2 (0.32%) Advertising
17 2 (0.32%) General Ledger
17 2 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.68%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.64%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (5.76%) Driving Licence
3 34 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 5 (0.80%) EPoS
6 4 (0.64%) Low-Code
6 4 (0.64%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.64%) Operational Technology
6 4 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.48%) PMI
7 3 (0.48%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.32%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.16%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.56%) Windows
2 5 (0.80%) Linux
3 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (26.08%) ITIL
2 134 (21.44%) Agile
3 133 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (18.88%) Service Delivery
5 107 (17.12%) Project Management
6 102 (16.32%) Project Delivery
6 102 (16.32%) Waterfall
7 95 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 86 (13.76%) DevOps
10 85 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
10 85 (13.60%) Service Management
11 76 (12.16%) Business Continuity
12 73 (11.68%) Information Security
13 72 (11.52%) Disaster Recovery
14 71 (11.36%) ITSM
15 69 (11.04%) CRM
16 60 (9.60%) PRINCE2
16 60 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
17 58 (9.28%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.28%) SQL
2 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.32%) Bash
3 2 (0.32%) PHP
3 2 (0.32%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (8.80%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.84%) CISM
2 49 (7.84%) CISSP
3 28 (4.48%) Degree
4 22 (3.52%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.20%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.88%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.72%) PMP
8 12 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.64%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.16%) CISA
13 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.00%) NIST
2 48 (7.68%) ISO 22301
3 24 (3.84%) SLA
4 18 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.44%) GRC
8 8 (1.28%) GDPR
9 6 (0.96%) PMO
10 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.48%) QA
11 2 (0.32%) COBIT
11 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.40%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.96%) ServiceNow
3 31 (4.96%) SAP
4 28 (4.48%) Oracle
5 20 (3.20%) BMC
5 20 (3.20%) Remedy
6 12 (1.92%) Cisco
7 7 (1.12%) VMware
8 6 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.80%) Sage
10 4 (0.64%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (0.64%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.64%) Dell
10 4 (0.64%) Kronos
10 4 (0.64%) Workday
10 4 (0.64%) YouTube
11 3 (0.48%) Meraki
11 3 (0.48%) Veeam
12 2 (0.32%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.32%) IFS