Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 204 135
Rank change year-on-year +104 -69 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 579 265 659
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.68% 1.61% 2.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 1.74% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 489 227 530
10th Percentile £39,651 £39,793 £39,975
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,165 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 20,324 15,191 28,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.21% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,743 9,431 21,281
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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.

1 149 (25.73%) ITIL
2 141 (24.35%) Agile
3 107 (18.48%) Project Management
4 103 (17.79%) Azure
4 103 (17.79%) Waterfall
5 102 (17.62%) Service Delivery
6 100 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 95 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (15.89%) Project Delivery
9 91 (15.72%) Microsoft
10 86 (14.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 82 (14.16%) Service Management
12 81 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
13 80 (13.82%) DevOps
14 73 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
15 66 (11.40%) Contract Negotiation
15 66 (11.40%) CRM
16 63 (10.88%) Information Security
17 62 (10.71%) Business Continuity
17 62 (10.71%) PRINCE2
18 61 (10.54%) ITSM
19 57 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
19 57 (9.84%) SaaS
20 53 (9.15%) Risk Management
21 50 (8.64%) ERP
22 49 (8.46%) AWS
22 49 (8.46%) ITIL Certification
22 49 (8.46%) Mentoring
23 47 (8.12%) NIST
23 47 (8.12%) 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 8 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (7.60%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.52%) Trello
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (4.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 103 (17.79%) Azure
2 57 (9.84%) SaaS
3 49 (8.46%) AWS
4 45 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.15%) Power Platform
6 20 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.76%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.52%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.35%) GCP
11 1 (0.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.17%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.17%) Datadog
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.17%) Serverless
11 1 (0.17%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.94%) Firewall
2 8 (1.38%) WAN
3 6 (1.04%) LAN
3 6 (1.04%) VLAN
4 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.69%) Network Security
6 3 (0.52%) DNS
6 3 (0.52%) Intranet
6 3 (0.52%) VPN
7 2 (0.35%) 5G
7 2 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.17%) DMARC
8 1 (0.17%) Internet
8 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.11%) Power BI
2 3 (0.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (6.04%) JIRA
General
1 141 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 95 (16.41%) Finance
3 44 (7.60%) Law
4 41 (7.08%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.18%) Legal
6 24 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.97%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.94%) Banking
8 17 (2.94%) Retail
9 16 (2.76%) Marketing
10 15 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.59%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.35%) Advertising
13 2 (0.35%) French Language
13 2 (0.35%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.17%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.77%) Middleware
2 1 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.81%) Cyber Threat
2 39 (6.74%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.84%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (4.49%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.76%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.04%) EPoS
9 5 (0.86%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.86%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.35%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.17%) CMDB
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Security Posture
12 1 (0.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.25%) Windows
2 5 (0.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (25.73%) ITIL
2 141 (24.35%) Agile
3 107 (18.48%) Project Management
4 103 (17.79%) Waterfall
5 102 (17.62%) Service Delivery
6 100 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 95 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (15.89%) Project Delivery
9 86 (14.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 82 (14.16%) Service Management
11 81 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
12 80 (13.82%) DevOps
13 73 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
14 66 (11.40%) Contract Negotiation
14 66 (11.40%) CRM
15 63 (10.88%) Information Security
16 62 (10.71%) Business Continuity
16 62 (10.71%) PRINCE2
17 61 (10.54%) ITSM
18 57 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.38%) SQL
2 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.35%) Bash
3 2 (0.35%) PHP
3 2 (0.35%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (8.46%) ITIL Certification
2 45 (7.77%) CISM
2 45 (7.77%) CISSP
3 33 (5.70%) Security Cleared
4 31 (5.35%) SC Cleared
5 23 (3.97%) Degree
6 17 (2.94%) PMP
7 16 (2.76%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.07%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (1.21%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.35%) CISA
13 2 (0.35%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.17%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.12%) NIST
2 45 (7.77%) ISO 22301
3 19 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.76%) SLA
6 9 (1.55%) PMO
7 8 (1.38%) GDPR
8 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.69%) GRC
8 4 (0.69%) QA
9 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.35%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.17%) COBIT
System Software
1 22 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.17%) Grafana
3 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.12%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.70%) SAP
4 27 (4.66%) Oracle
5 16 (2.76%) BMC
5 16 (2.76%) Remedy
6 9 (1.55%) Cisco
7 6 (1.04%) VMware
8 5 (0.86%) Sage
8 5 (0.86%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.69%) Veeam
10 3 (0.52%) Dell
10 3 (0.52%) Meraki
11 2 (0.35%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.35%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.35%) IFS
12 1 (0.17%) Aderant
12 1 (0.17%) Freshdesk
12 1 (0.17%) Intapp
12 1 (0.17%) Xero