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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 201 141
Rank change year-on-year +81 -60 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 473 262 726
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 1.66% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 1.80% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 431 224 593
10th Percentile £39,818 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +3.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,500 £68,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,957 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% -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 19,433 14,564 32,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.21% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,210 9,006 25,037
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,956 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -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 30 June 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 30 June 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 99 (20.93%) Project Management
2 96 (20.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (19.87%) Agile
3 94 (19.87%) Service Delivery
4 89 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (18.39%) ITIL
6 86 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 76 (16.07%) Service Management
8 70 (14.80%) Cybersecurity
9 61 (12.90%) CRM
10 60 (12.68%) PRINCE2
10 60 (12.68%) Project Delivery
11 59 (12.47%) Waterfall
12 53 (11.21%) Risk Management
13 52 (10.99%) Azure
14 51 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (10.36%) ITSM
16 47 (9.94%) ERP
17 45 (9.51%) Mentoring
18 43 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
19 40 (8.46%) Migration
20 38 (8.03%) ServiceNow
21 36 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
22 35 (7.40%) DevOps
23 34 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 34 (7.19%) User Experience
24 33 (6.98%) JIRA
25 32 (6.77%) Change Management
25 32 (6.77%) SAP
25 32 (6.77%) 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 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.63%) IIS
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.63%) Trello
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 25 (5.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 52 (10.99%) Azure
2 36 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.38%) Power Automate
5 14 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 12 (2.54%) SaaS
7 5 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.85%) AWS
9 3 (0.63%) GCP
9 3 (0.63%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.21%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.21%) Datadog
10 1 (0.21%) Serverless
10 1 (0.21%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.96%) Firewall
2 6 (1.27%) WAN
3 5 (1.06%) VLAN
4 4 (0.85%) LAN
4 4 (0.85%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.63%) DMARC
5 3 (0.63%) DNS
5 3 (0.63%) Network Security
6 2 (0.42%) 5G
6 2 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.42%) Intranet
6 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.42%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.81%) Power BI
2 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 125 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 88 (18.60%) Finance
3 39 (8.25%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.55%) Legal
5 22 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.81%) Marketing
7 16 (3.38%) Retail
8 14 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.96%) Law
9 12 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.33%) Banking
11 4 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.42%) Advertising
12 2 (0.42%) French Language
12 2 (0.42%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.21%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) CSS
1 1 (0.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.19%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.34%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.27%) EPoS
8 5 (1.06%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.42%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.42%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.21%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) NHS
11 1 (0.21%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.11%) Windows
2 4 (0.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.42%) Linux
4 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (20.93%) Project Management
2 96 (20.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (19.87%) Agile
3 94 (19.87%) Service Delivery
4 89 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (18.39%) ITIL
6 76 (16.07%) Service Management
7 70 (14.80%) Cybersecurity
8 61 (12.90%) CRM
9 60 (12.68%) PRINCE2
9 60 (12.68%) Project Delivery
10 59 (12.47%) Waterfall
11 53 (11.21%) Risk Management
12 51 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
13 49 (10.36%) ITSM
14 47 (9.94%) ERP
15 45 (9.51%) Mentoring
16 40 (8.46%) Migration
17 35 (7.40%) DevOps
18 34 (7.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.69%) SQL
2 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.42%) PHP
3 2 (0.42%) Python
4 1 (0.21%) Bash
4 1 (0.21%) C#
4 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (6.77%) Security Cleared
2 30 (6.34%) SC Cleared
3 22 (4.65%) Degree
4 18 (3.81%) PMP
5 16 (3.38%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.06%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CISA
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (2.75%) SLA
4 10 (2.11%) PMO
5 8 (1.69%) GDPR
6 5 (1.06%) QA
6 5 (1.06%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.85%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.85%) GRC
7 4 (0.85%) NIST
7 4 (0.85%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.63%) COBIT
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.21%) P3O
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.54%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.42%) Firmware
4 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.21%) Grafana
3 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.03%) ServiceNow
3 32 (6.77%) SAP
4 26 (5.50%) Oracle
5 10 (2.11%) BMC
5 10 (2.11%) Remedy
6 8 (1.69%) Cisco
7 6 (1.27%) Veeam
8 5 (1.06%) Sage
8 5 (1.06%) VMware
9 3 (0.63%) Dell
9 3 (0.63%) Meraki
10 2 (0.42%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.42%) IFS
10 2 (0.42%) iManage
10 2 (0.42%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.42%) Xero
11 1 (0.21%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.21%) Google
11 1 (0.21%) Intapp