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 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 190 145
Rank change year-on-year +18 -45 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 252 265 655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 1.79% 2.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.88% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 213 199 555
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,114 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.45% +9.94% -1.74%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -6.09%

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 15,407 14,088 27,279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.19% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,307 8,888 22,829
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
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 1 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 1 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 63 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (23.81%) Project Management
3 56 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 52 (20.63%) Agile
5 50 (19.84%) Risk Management
6 49 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 48 (19.05%) ITIL
8 46 (18.25%) Project Delivery
9 43 (17.06%) Service Delivery
10 39 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (14.29%) Service Management
12 34 (13.49%) Azure
13 30 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 29 (11.51%) Change Management
14 29 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
15 27 (10.71%) Coaching
15 27 (10.71%) Mentoring
15 27 (10.71%) Waterfall
16 25 (9.92%) ITSM
17 24 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
18 22 (8.73%) Active Directory
19 21 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
19 21 (8.33%) Windows
20 19 (7.54%) Business Case
20 19 (7.54%) Document Management
21 18 (7.14%) Business Change Management
21 18 (7.14%) Degree
21 18 (7.14%) IT Audit
21 18 (7.14%) PRINCE2
22 17 (6.75%) Business Development

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 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.59%) Confluence
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.40%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.49%) Azure
2 29 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.35%) SaaS
4 14 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.78%) AWS
7 5 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.98%) GCP
8 4 (1.59%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.79%) Serverless
10 1 (0.40%) GitHub
10 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.76%) Firewall
2 4 (1.59%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.59%) WAN
3 3 (1.19%) DMARC
4 2 (0.79%) Network Security
4 2 (0.79%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) 5G
5 1 (0.40%) LAN
5 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.57%) Power BI
2 4 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.59%) Tableau
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 99 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.62%) Finance
3 25 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.95%) Legal
5 14 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.97%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.57%) Law
9 7 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.38%) Retail
11 5 (1.98%) Marketing
12 3 (1.19%) Automotive
12 3 (1.19%) Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Publishing
13 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.79%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.79%) CSS
1 2 (0.79%) HTML
2 1 (0.40%) JSON
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.40%) REST
2 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.32%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.54%) Onboarding
3 16 (6.35%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.17%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.78%) CMDB
6 7 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.38%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.59%) PMI
10 3 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.19%) FMCG
10 3 (1.19%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) Life Science
12 1 (0.40%) NHS
12 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.33%) Windows
2 12 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.57%) Linux
4 8 (3.17%) Unix
5 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (23.81%) Project Management
3 52 (20.63%) Agile
4 50 (19.84%) Risk Management
5 49 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (19.05%) ITIL
7 46 (18.25%) Project Delivery
8 43 (17.06%) Service Delivery
9 39 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (14.29%) Service Management
11 29 (11.51%) Change Management
12 27 (10.71%) Coaching
12 27 (10.71%) Mentoring
12 27 (10.71%) Waterfall
13 25 (9.92%) ITSM
14 24 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (7.54%) Business Case
15 19 (7.54%) Document Management
16 18 (7.14%) IT Audit
16 18 (7.14%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.16%) SQL
2 6 (2.38%) Python
3 4 (1.59%) C#
3 4 (1.59%) R
4 2 (0.79%) Java
4 2 (0.79%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (7.14%) Degree
2 14 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.16%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.97%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.57%) CISSP
6 8 (3.17%) PMP
7 7 (2.78%) CISA
7 7 (2.78%) CISM
8 5 (1.98%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.59%) ACCA
9 4 (1.59%) CIMA
9 4 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.40%) GCFE
12 1 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (4.37%) NIST
5 10 (3.97%) GDPR
6 8 (3.17%) QA
7 7 (2.78%) PMO
7 7 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.78%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.38%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.59%) SOC 1
10 3 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.19%) COBIT
10 3 (1.19%) SLA
11 2 (0.79%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.79%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.40%) GRC
12 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (8.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.98%) Firmware
3 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.40%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.75%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.37%) SAP
4 10 (3.97%) Oracle
5 9 (3.57%) VMware
6 7 (2.78%) Cisco
7 5 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.59%) Workday
9 3 (1.19%) Veeam
10 2 (0.79%) Aruba
10 2 (0.79%) BMC
10 2 (0.79%) Concur
10 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.79%) iManage
10 2 (0.79%) Remedy
10 2 (0.79%) Sage
10 2 (0.79%) Xero
11 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.40%) Snow