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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 212 146
Rank change year-on-year +91 -66 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 419 249 730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 1.65% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 1.79% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 381 208 604
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £49,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
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 18,324 13,881 32,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.96% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13,362 8,560 25,712
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,631 £102,500 £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 9 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 9 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 87 (20.76%) Project Management
2 80 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 79 (18.85%) Agile
4 77 (18.38%) Service Delivery
5 76 (18.14%) Service Management
6 75 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 74 (17.66%) Microsoft
8 72 (17.18%) ITIL
9 54 (12.89%) CRM
9 54 (12.89%) Cybersecurity
10 51 (12.17%) Project Delivery
11 49 (11.69%) Risk Management
12 47 (11.22%) Waterfall
13 45 (10.74%) Azure
14 44 (10.50%) ERP
14 44 (10.50%) PRINCE2
15 41 (9.79%) ITSM
16 38 (9.07%) Migration
17 37 (8.83%) Coaching
17 37 (8.83%) Mentoring
18 36 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
19 34 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
20 33 (7.88%) User Experience
21 32 (7.64%) Change Management
21 32 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 31 (7.40%) SAP
22 31 (7.40%) ServiceNow
23 28 (6.68%) DevOps
24 27 (6.44%) JIRA
25 26 (6.21%) 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 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.48%) Confluence
2 2 (0.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
Applications
1 34 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (5.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 45 (10.74%) Azure
2 24 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.82%) Power Automate
5 12 (2.86%) SaaS
6 8 (1.91%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.95%) AWS
8 4 (0.95%) GCP
8 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.48%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.24%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.24%) Datadog
11 1 (0.24%) Serverless
11 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.15%) Firewall
2 4 (0.95%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.95%) VLAN
2 4 (0.95%) WAN
3 3 (0.72%) DMARC
3 3 (0.72%) Network Security
3 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.72%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) 5G
4 2 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) Intranet
5 1 (0.24%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.30%) Power BI
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (6.44%) JIRA
General
1 104 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.38%) Finance
3 42 (10.02%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.16%) Legal
5 22 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.77%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.53%) Marketing
8 13 (3.10%) Law
8 13 (3.10%) Retail
9 12 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.15%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.19%) Banking
12 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.48%) French Language
14 2 (0.48%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.48%) Police
15 1 (0.24%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.48%) CSS
1 2 (0.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.16%) Driving Licence
2 29 (6.92%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.97%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.01%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (4.06%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.19%) EPoS
8 4 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.48%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.24%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.24%) NHS
10 1 (0.24%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.67%) Windows
2 3 (0.72%) Unix
3 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.24%) Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (20.76%) Project Management
2 80 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 79 (18.85%) Agile
4 77 (18.38%) Service Delivery
5 76 (18.14%) Service Management
6 75 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 72 (17.18%) ITIL
8 54 (12.89%) CRM
8 54 (12.89%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (12.17%) Project Delivery
10 49 (11.69%) Risk Management
11 47 (11.22%) Waterfall
12 44 (10.50%) ERP
12 44 (10.50%) PRINCE2
13 41 (9.79%) ITSM
14 38 (9.07%) Migration
15 37 (8.83%) Coaching
15 37 (8.83%) Mentoring
16 36 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (7.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.63%) SQL
2 3 (0.72%) Python
3 2 (0.48%) C#
3 2 (0.48%) Java
3 2 (0.48%) PHP
3 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.24%) Bash
4 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (6.21%) Security Cleared
2 24 (5.73%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.58%) PMP
4 13 (3.10%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.63%) Degree
6 5 (1.19%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.48%) CISA
8 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.24%) CISM
9 1 (0.24%) CISSP
9 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.63%) SLA
3 10 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.91%) PMO
5 7 (1.67%) GDPR
6 6 (1.43%) NIST
6 6 (1.43%) QA
7 5 (1.19%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.95%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.95%) GRC
8 4 (0.95%) SOC 1
9 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.72%) COBIT
9 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.24%) P3O
10 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.48%) Firmware
3 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.48%) Terraform
4 1 (0.24%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 74 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.40%) SAP
2 31 (7.40%) ServiceNow
3 25 (5.97%) Oracle
4 8 (1.91%) Cisco
5 6 (1.43%) BMC
5 6 (1.43%) Remedy
6 5 (1.19%) Sage
6 5 (1.19%) Veeam
7 4 (0.95%) VMware
8 3 (0.72%) Dell
8 3 (0.72%) Meraki
8 3 (0.72%) Workday
9 2 (0.48%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.48%) Google
9 2 (0.48%) IFS
9 2 (0.48%) iManage
9 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.48%) Xero
10 1 (0.24%) Fortinet