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 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 176 156
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 241 314 561
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 1.93% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 2.01% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 202 207 487
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,856
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,250 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.86%

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 14,717 15,645 24,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 96.01% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,610 9,402 20,464
10th Percentile £30,250 £36,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.37%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 67 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 60 (24.90%) Project Management
3 55 (22.82%) Agile
3 55 (22.82%) ITIL
4 54 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (21.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (21.99%) Service Delivery
6 45 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (18.26%) Project Delivery
7 44 (18.26%) Risk Management
8 43 (17.84%) Azure
9 41 (17.01%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (15.77%) Service Management
11 32 (13.28%) Mentoring
12 31 (12.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 31 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (12.45%) ITSM
14 28 (11.62%) Change Management
15 27 (11.20%) Coaching
16 26 (10.79%) Waterfall
17 25 (10.37%) Active Directory
17 25 (10.37%) Windows
18 23 (9.54%) Business Case
19 21 (8.71%) Cyber Essentials
20 19 (7.88%) Business Change Management
20 19 (7.88%) Data Protection
20 19 (7.88%) Degree
20 19 (7.88%) IT Audit
21 18 (7.47%) DevOps
21 18 (7.47%) 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 18 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.24%) Confluence
2 3 (1.24%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.24%) HCL Notes
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.41%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.41%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (17.84%) Azure
2 41 (17.01%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.64%) Entra ID
3 16 (6.64%) SaaS
4 10 (4.15%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.73%) AWS
6 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.90%) GCP
7 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.24%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.83%) Serverless
10 1 (0.41%) GitHub
10 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.41%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.39%) Firewall
2 4 (1.66%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.66%) Unified Communications
2 4 (1.66%) WAN
3 3 (1.24%) DMARC
4 2 (0.83%) Network Security
4 2 (0.83%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) DHCP
5 1 (0.41%) DNS
5 1 (0.41%) Intranet
5 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.41%) LAN
5 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.41%) VPN
5 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.49%) Power BI
2 5 (2.07%) Tableau
3 4 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.73%) JIRA
General
1 99 (41.08%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.65%) Finance
3 24 (9.96%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.98%) Law
6 12 (4.98%) Legal
7 7 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Marketing
9 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.66%) Retail
11 3 (1.24%) Advertising
11 3 (1.24%) Automotive
11 3 (1.24%) Banking
11 3 (1.24%) Billing
11 3 (1.24%) Publishing
12 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.24%) EDI
1 3 (1.24%) Web Services
2 2 (0.83%) CSS
2 2 (0.83%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.41%) REST
3 1 (0.41%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.37%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.32%) CMDB
3 8 (3.32%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.49%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.49%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.66%) PMI
7 3 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.24%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.24%) FMCG
7 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.83%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) Life Science
9 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.37%) Windows
2 15 (6.22%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.15%) Linux
4 9 (3.73%) Unix
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (24.90%) Project Management
2 55 (22.82%) Agile
2 55 (22.82%) ITIL
3 54 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (21.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (21.99%) Service Delivery
5 45 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (18.26%) Project Delivery
6 44 (18.26%) Risk Management
7 38 (15.77%) Service Management
8 32 (13.28%) Mentoring
9 31 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (12.45%) ITSM
11 28 (11.62%) Change Management
12 27 (11.20%) Coaching
13 26 (10.79%) Waterfall
14 23 (9.54%) Business Case
15 19 (7.88%) Business Change Management
15 19 (7.88%) Data Protection
15 19 (7.88%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.39%) SQL
2 7 (2.90%) Python
3 5 (2.07%) R
4 4 (1.66%) C#
5 3 (1.24%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.83%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (7.88%) Degree
2 11 (4.56%) PMI Certification
3 10 (4.15%) CISSP
4 9 (3.73%) PMP
5 8 (3.32%) CISA
6 7 (2.90%) CISM
7 6 (2.49%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.07%) ACCA
8 5 (2.07%) CIMA
8 5 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.66%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.24%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.41%) GCFE
12 1 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (8.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (5.39%) GDPR
4 12 (4.98%) QA
5 11 (4.56%) NIST
6 9 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.90%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.49%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.49%) PMO
9 5 (2.07%) ISO 9001
10 4 (1.66%) COBIT
10 4 (1.66%) SOC 1
11 3 (1.24%) SLA
12 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.83%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 25 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.07%) Firmware
3 2 (0.83%) Docker
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.24%) Terraform
3 2 (0.83%) Ansible
3 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.83%) Puppet
4 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.47%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.81%) VMware
4 11 (4.56%) Oracle
5 9 (3.73%) SAP
6 7 (2.90%) Cisco
7 4 (1.66%) Citrix
7 4 (1.66%) Workday
8 3 (1.24%) Civica
8 3 (1.24%) IBM
8 3 (1.24%) iManage
8 3 (1.24%) Lotus
8 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.24%) Veeam
9 2 (0.83%) Aruba
9 2 (0.83%) BMC
9 2 (0.83%) Concur
9 2 (0.83%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.83%) Remedy
9 2 (0.83%) Sage