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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 213 144
Rank change year-on-year +93 -69 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 403 244 715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 1.68% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 1.83% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 366 203 602
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,950 £37,275
25th Percentile £44,972 £49,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -7.72%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,750 £64,844
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -13.04%

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 17,912 13,354 31,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13,218 8,198 25,117
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 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 27 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 83 (20.60%) Project Management
2 79 (19.60%) Microsoft
3 77 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (18.36%) Service Delivery
5 70 (17.37%) Agile
5 70 (17.37%) Service Management
6 67 (16.63%) ITIL
7 66 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 51 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
8 51 (12.66%) Project Delivery
9 47 (11.66%) Azure
9 47 (11.66%) Risk Management
10 45 (11.17%) CRM
11 41 (10.17%) Waterfall
12 39 (9.68%) Coaching
12 39 (9.68%) ERP
12 39 (9.68%) ITSM
12 39 (9.68%) PRINCE2
13 37 (9.18%) Mentoring
14 33 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
15 32 (7.94%) Migration
16 31 (7.69%) User Experience
17 29 (7.20%) Change Management
18 28 (6.95%) Microsoft Project
19 27 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 26 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
20 26 (6.45%) SAP
21 25 (6.20%) ServiceNow
22 24 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
22 24 (5.96%) Security Cleared

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 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
Applications
1 28 (6.95%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.66%) Azure
2 26 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.97%) Power Automate
4 16 (3.97%) SaaS
5 9 (2.23%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.24%) AWS
7 4 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.99%) GCP
8 3 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.50%) Serverless
10 1 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.25%) Datadog
10 1 (0.25%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.25%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.23%) Firewall
2 4 (0.99%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.99%) VLAN
2 4 (0.99%) WAN
3 3 (0.74%) DMARC
3 3 (0.74%) Network Security
3 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.74%) VPN
4 2 (0.50%) 5G
4 2 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.50%) DNS
5 1 (0.25%) Internet
5 1 (0.25%) LAN
5 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.47%) Power BI
2 4 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (4.96%) JIRA
General
1 97 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.12%) Finance
3 41 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.44%) Legal
5 20 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.47%) Marketing
8 14 (3.47%) Law
9 11 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.48%) Retail
11 8 (1.99%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.50%) Banking
14 2 (0.50%) French Language
14 2 (0.50%) Police
15 1 (0.25%) German Language
15 1 (0.25%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) CSS
1 2 (0.50%) HTML
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.95%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.45%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.49%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.99%) EPoS
10 4 (0.99%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.25%) CMDB
12 1 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.25%) Life Science
12 1 (0.25%) NHS
12 1 (0.25%) PMI
12 1 (0.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.99%) Windows
2 4 (0.99%) Unix
3 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.25%) Linux
4 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (20.60%) Project Management
2 77 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (18.36%) Service Delivery
4 70 (17.37%) Agile
4 70 (17.37%) Service Management
5 67 (16.63%) ITIL
6 66 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (12.66%) Project Delivery
8 47 (11.66%) Risk Management
9 45 (11.17%) CRM
10 41 (10.17%) Waterfall
11 39 (9.68%) Coaching
11 39 (9.68%) ERP
11 39 (9.68%) ITSM
11 39 (9.68%) PRINCE2
12 37 (9.18%) Mentoring
13 33 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (7.94%) Migration
15 31 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.23%) SQL
2 3 (0.74%) Python
3 2 (0.50%) C#
3 2 (0.50%) Java
3 2 (0.50%) PHP
3 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (5.96%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.46%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.47%) PMP
4 13 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.73%) Degree
6 5 (1.24%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.50%) CISA
9 2 (0.50%) CISM
9 2 (0.50%) CISSP
9 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.25%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.48%) SLA
4 9 (2.23%) GDPR
5 8 (1.99%) NIST
6 7 (1.74%) PMO
7 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.49%) QA
8 5 (1.24%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.99%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.99%) GRC
9 4 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.99%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.74%) COBIT
11 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.25%) P3O
11 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.50%) Firmware
2 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.25%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.50%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.45%) SAP
3 25 (6.20%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.96%) Oracle
5 8 (1.99%) Cisco
6 5 (1.24%) Sage
6 5 (1.24%) Veeam
7 4 (0.99%) Workday
8 3 (0.74%) BMC
8 3 (0.74%) Dell
8 3 (0.74%) Meraki
8 3 (0.74%) Remedy
8 3 (0.74%) VMware
9 2 (0.50%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.50%) Google
9 2 (0.50%) iManage
9 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.50%) Xero
10 1 (0.25%) IFS
10 1 (0.25%) Palo Alto