Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 195 133
Rank change year-on-year +97 -62 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 588 268 642
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.71% 1.63% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.88% 1.77% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 492 229 517
10th Percentile £38,984 £39,821 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £56,745 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +3.17% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,896 £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 20,416 15,183 27,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.20% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 9,436 20,549
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,903 £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 £54,389
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%

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 24 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 24 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.

1 150 (25.51%) ITIL
2 141 (23.98%) Agile
3 110 (18.71%) Project Management
4 107 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 106 (18.03%) Service Delivery
5 106 (18.03%) Waterfall
6 105 (17.86%) Azure
7 94 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 94 (15.99%) Microsoft
7 94 (15.99%) Project Delivery
8 90 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 83 (14.12%) DevOps
10 82 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
11 79 (13.44%) Service Management
12 75 (12.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 70 (11.90%) Contract Negotiation
14 67 (11.39%) Business Continuity
15 66 (11.22%) CRM
15 66 (11.22%) Information Security
16 63 (10.71%) PRINCE2
17 62 (10.54%) ITSM
18 59 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
18 59 (10.03%) SaaS
19 55 (9.35%) Risk Management
20 52 (8.84%) ITIL Certification
21 51 (8.67%) AWS
22 50 (8.50%) NIST
22 50 (8.50%) Runbook
22 50 (8.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
23 49 (8.33%) ERP

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 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.51%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (7.48%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.51%) Trello
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.72%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 105 (17.86%) Azure
2 59 (10.03%) SaaS
3 51 (8.67%) AWS
4 48 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 21 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.51%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
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%) GCP
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 (2.89%) Firewall
2 8 (1.36%) WAN
3 6 (1.02%) LAN
3 6 (1.02%) VLAN
4 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.68%) Network Security
6 3 (0.51%) DNS
6 3 (0.51%) Intranet
6 3 (0.51%) VPN
6 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.34%) 5G
7 2 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.17%) Internet
8 1 (0.17%) VoIP
8 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.06%) Power BI
2 3 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (6.12%) JIRA
General
1 143 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.67%) Finance
3 45 (7.65%) Law
4 39 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.10%) Legal
6 25 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.91%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.89%) Banking
8 17 (2.89%) Retail
9 16 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.55%) Marketing
11 4 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.34%) Advertising
13 2 (0.34%) French Language
13 2 (0.34%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.16%) Middleware
2 1 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.35%) Cyber Threat
2 39 (6.63%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.59%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.02%) EPoS
7 5 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.85%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.51%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.34%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.34%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.17%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.55%) Windows
2 5 (0.85%) Linux
2 5 (0.85%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (25.51%) ITIL
2 141 (23.98%) Agile
3 110 (18.71%) Project Management
4 107 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 106 (18.03%) Service Delivery
5 106 (18.03%) Waterfall
6 94 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (15.99%) Project Delivery
7 90 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 83 (14.12%) DevOps
9 82 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
10 79 (13.44%) Service Management
11 75 (12.76%) Disaster Recovery
12 70 (11.90%) Contract Negotiation
13 67 (11.39%) Business Continuity
14 66 (11.22%) CRM
14 66 (11.22%) Information Security
15 63 (10.71%) PRINCE2
16 62 (10.54%) ITSM
17 59 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.53%) SQL
2 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.34%) Bash
3 2 (0.34%) PHP
3 2 (0.34%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (8.84%) ITIL Certification
2 48 (8.16%) CISM
2 48 (8.16%) CISSP
3 33 (5.61%) Security Cleared
4 31 (5.27%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.25%) Degree
6 17 (2.89%) PMP
7 16 (2.72%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.17%) CISA
14 1 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.17%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.50%) NIST
2 48 (8.16%) ISO 22301
3 20 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (2.89%) SLA
5 16 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.53%) PMO
7 8 (1.36%) GDPR
8 5 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.68%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.68%) GRC
9 4 (0.68%) QA
10 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 1
System Software
1 23 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.72%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.51%) 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 94 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.99%) ServiceNow
3 32 (5.44%) SAP
4 26 (4.42%) Oracle
5 16 (2.72%) BMC
5 16 (2.72%) Remedy
6 10 (1.70%) Cisco
7 6 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.02%) VMware
8 4 (0.68%) Sage
9 3 (0.51%) Dell
9 3 (0.51%) Meraki
9 3 (0.51%) Veeam
10 2 (0.34%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.34%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.34%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.34%) IFS
11 1 (0.17%) Aderant
11 1 (0.17%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.17%) Intapp