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 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 190 131
Rank change year-on-year +32 -59 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 284 247 730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.68% 1.83% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 1.93% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 242 207 625
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,550 £37,900
25th Percentile £44,972 £49,567 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 15,831 12,774 28,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 94.68% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,739 8,896 24,013
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,625 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,313 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 18 March 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 18 March 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 65 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
1 65 (22.89%) Project Management
2 62 (21.83%) Microsoft
3 59 (20.77%) Agile
4 53 (18.66%) Risk Management
5 51 (17.96%) Service Delivery
6 49 (17.25%) Project Delivery
7 48 (16.90%) ITIL
7 48 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (15.14%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (13.03%) Azure
9 37 (13.03%) Service Management
10 32 (11.27%) Waterfall
11 31 (10.92%) Change Management
12 30 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
13 29 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 28 (9.86%) Coaching
15 26 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
16 25 (8.80%) ITSM
16 25 (8.80%) Mentoring
17 24 (8.45%) PRINCE2
18 23 (8.10%) Document Management
19 22 (7.75%) Cyber Essentials
20 20 (7.04%) Active Directory
20 20 (7.04%) Business Case
20 20 (7.04%) ERP
21 19 (6.69%) Business Change Management
21 19 (6.69%) Business Development
21 19 (6.69%) CRM
21 19 (6.69%) Degree

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 7 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.41%) Confluence
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (3.87%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 37 (13.03%) Azure
2 30 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (5.63%) SaaS
4 14 (4.93%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.82%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.46%) AWS
8 5 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.76%) GCP
9 2 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.70%) Serverless
10 1 (0.35%) GitHub
10 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.35%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.52%) Firewall
2 3 (1.06%) DMARC
2 3 (1.06%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.06%) WAN
3 2 (0.70%) 5G
3 2 (0.70%) Network Security
3 2 (0.70%) SAN
4 1 (0.35%) LAN
4 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.23%) Power BI
2 4 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.06%) Tableau
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) JIRA
General
1 107 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.89%) Finance
3 24 (8.45%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.34%) Legal
5 13 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.58%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.52%) Retail
8 8 (2.82%) Law
8 8 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.46%) Marketing
10 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Automotive
12 3 (1.06%) Banking
12 3 (1.06%) Publishing
13 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.70%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.70%) CSS
1 2 (0.70%) HTML
2 1 (0.35%) JSON
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.51%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.39%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.34%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.58%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.46%) CMDB
6 7 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.41%) PMI
9 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.06%) FMCG
9 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.70%) EPoS
10 2 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.70%) Life Science
10 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.99%) Windows
2 10 (3.52%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.82%) Linux
4 7 (2.46%) Unix
5 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
1 65 (22.89%) Project Management
2 59 (20.77%) Agile
3 53 (18.66%) Risk Management
4 51 (17.96%) Service Delivery
5 49 (17.25%) Project Delivery
6 48 (16.90%) ITIL
6 48 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 43 (15.14%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (13.03%) Service Management
9 32 (11.27%) Waterfall
10 31 (10.92%) Change Management
11 28 (9.86%) Coaching
12 26 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (8.80%) ITSM
13 25 (8.80%) Mentoring
14 24 (8.45%) PRINCE2
15 23 (8.10%) Document Management
16 20 (7.04%) Business Case
16 20 (7.04%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.23%) SQL
2 5 (1.76%) Python
3 4 (1.41%) C#
4 3 (1.06%) R
5 2 (0.70%) Java
5 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (6.69%) Degree
2 17 (5.99%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.58%) PMI Certification
5 11 (3.87%) PMP
6 8 (2.82%) CISSP
7 7 (2.46%) CISM
8 6 (2.11%) CISA
9 5 (1.76%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.06%) ACCA
11 3 (1.06%) CIMA
11 3 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.35%) CAPM
13 1 (0.35%) CBAP
13 1 (0.35%) MBA
13 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.87%) NIST
5 10 (3.52%) GDPR
6 9 (3.17%) PMO
7 7 (2.46%) QA
7 7 (2.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.46%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.11%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.41%) SOC 1
10 3 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.06%) COBIT
11 2 (0.70%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.70%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.70%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.70%) SLA
12 1 (0.35%) GRC
12 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.76%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.99%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.17%) Oracle
3 9 (3.17%) SAP
4 7 (2.46%) Cisco
4 7 (2.46%) VMware
5 4 (1.41%) Workday
6 3 (1.06%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.06%) Veeam
7 2 (0.70%) BMC
7 2 (0.70%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.70%) iManage
7 2 (0.70%) Remedy
7 2 (0.70%) Sage
7 2 (0.70%) Xero
8 1 (0.35%) Databricks
8 1 (0.35%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.35%) Genesys
8 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.35%) Snow