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 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 170 131
Rank change year-on-year +16 -39 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 264 370 523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.73% 1.97% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 2.04% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 217 245 459
10th Percentile £41,700 £43,650 £39,686
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,920
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.83% +2.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,500 £85,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.37% -7.06% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,301 18,135 19,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.44% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,124 11,360 16,118
10th Percentile £29,825 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025, 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 72 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 72 (27.27%) Project Management
2 65 (24.62%) Agile
3 57 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (21.21%) Project Delivery
5 55 (20.83%) Service Delivery
6 50 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (18.94%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (17.80%) Risk Management
8 46 (17.42%) ITIL
9 44 (16.67%) Azure
10 37 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (12.50%) Business Case
12 33 (12.50%) Change Management
12 33 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 33 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 33 (12.50%) Windows
13 29 (10.98%) PRINCE2
13 29 (10.98%) SharePoint
14 28 (10.61%) Active Directory
14 28 (10.61%) ITSM
15 27 (10.23%) Service Management
16 23 (8.71%) Mentoring
17 22 (8.33%) Business Change Management
18 21 (7.95%) Degree
19 20 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
20 19 (7.20%) Asset Management
20 19 (7.20%) DevOps
20 19 (7.20%) Microsoft Office

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 29 (10.98%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.14%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.14%) HCL Notes
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.38%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.94%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (16.67%) Azure
3 19 (7.20%) Power Platform
4 17 (6.44%) Entra ID
5 12 (4.55%) SaaS
6 8 (3.03%) PowerApps
7 7 (2.65%) AWS
7 7 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.27%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.52%) GCP
10 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.14%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.14%) PaaS
11 2 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.76%) Serverless
11 2 (0.76%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.38%) GitHub
12 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.30%) Firewall
2 6 (2.27%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.52%) WAN
4 3 (1.14%) Network Security
4 3 (1.14%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.76%) DNS
5 2 (0.76%) LAN
5 2 (0.76%) SAN
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) Internet
6 1 (0.38%) Intranet
6 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.38%) VoIP
6 1 (0.38%) VPN
6 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.17%) Power BI
2 7 (2.65%) Tableau
3 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.65%) JIRA
General
1 105 (39.77%) Social Skills
2 66 (25.00%) Finance
3 23 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.68%) Legal
6 14 (5.30%) Law
7 11 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.79%) Retail
9 8 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.14%) Advertising
12 3 (1.14%) Automotive
12 3 (1.14%) Banking
12 3 (1.14%) Billing
12 3 (1.14%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.14%) Publishing
13 2 (0.76%) Local Government
13 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.52%) JSON
1 4 (1.52%) Web Services
2 3 (1.14%) EDI
2 3 (1.14%) YAML
3 1 (0.38%) JFC
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
3 1 (0.38%) REST
3 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.38%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.03%) CMDB
3 8 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.89%) FMCG
5 5 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.52%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.52%) NHS
6 4 (1.52%) PMI
6 4 (1.52%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.76%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.50%) Windows
2 16 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.55%) Linux
4 8 (3.03%) Unix
5 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (27.27%) Project Management
2 65 (24.62%) Agile
3 57 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (21.21%) Project Delivery
5 55 (20.83%) Service Delivery
6 50 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (17.80%) Risk Management
8 46 (17.42%) ITIL
9 37 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (12.50%) Business Case
11 33 (12.50%) Change Management
11 33 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 29 (10.98%) PRINCE2
13 28 (10.61%) ITSM
14 27 (10.23%) Service Management
15 23 (8.71%) Mentoring
16 22 (8.33%) Business Change Management
17 19 (7.20%) Asset Management
17 19 (7.20%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.17%) SQL
2 7 (2.65%) Python
2 7 (2.65%) R
3 5 (1.89%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.76%) C#
5 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (7.95%) Degree
2 12 (4.55%) CISSP
3 11 (4.17%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.17%) PMP
4 9 (3.41%) CISA
5 8 (3.03%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.65%) ACCA
6 7 (2.65%) CIMA
6 7 (2.65%) CISM
6 7 (2.65%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.89%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.76%) CRISC
10 2 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (5.68%) GDPR
4 11 (4.17%) NIST
4 11 (4.17%) PMO
4 11 (4.17%) QA
5 8 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (2.27%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.89%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.89%) NCSC
8 4 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.52%) SLA
8 4 (1.52%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.76%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.38%) COBIT
10 1 (0.38%) GRC
10 1 (0.38%) MiFID
10 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.89%) Firmware
3 2 (0.76%) Docker
3 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.76%) Ansible
2 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.76%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.76%) Puppet
2 2 (0.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.44%) VMware
3 15 (5.68%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.03%) Oracle
5 7 (2.65%) Cisco
6 4 (1.52%) Citrix
6 4 (1.52%) Civica
6 4 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.52%) SAP
7 3 (1.14%) IBM
7 3 (1.14%) Lotus
8 2 (0.76%) Aruba
8 2 (0.76%) Concur
8 2 (0.76%) Databricks
8 2 (0.76%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.76%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.76%) Sophos
8 2 (0.76%) TippingPoint
9 1 (0.38%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.38%) Workday