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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 186 143
Rank change year-on-year +61 -43 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 384 265 720
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 1.86% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 2.02% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 339 224 610
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,821 £37,475
25th Percentile £44,972 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.03%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,568 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +12.75% -11.30%

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 17,198 13,127 31,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 92.13% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,541 9,045 24,954
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £33,004
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,979 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +10.38% -11.67%

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 May 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 7 May 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 76 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 74 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 74 (19.27%) Service Delivery
3 73 (19.01%) Project Management
4 67 (17.45%) Agile
5 65 (16.93%) Service Management
6 62 (16.15%) ITIL
7 61 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 52 (13.54%) Risk Management
9 50 (13.02%) Project Delivery
10 49 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (12.24%) ITSM
12 46 (11.98%) Azure
13 38 (9.90%) Coaching
14 37 (9.64%) PRINCE2
15 35 (9.11%) Waterfall
16 34 (8.85%) Mentoring
16 34 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
17 31 (8.07%) Change Management
17 31 (8.07%) ERP
18 30 (7.81%) CRM
19 28 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
20 26 (6.77%) Disaster Recovery
20 26 (6.77%) Migration
21 24 (6.25%) Document Management
21 24 (6.25%) IT Strategy
21 24 (6.25%) Security Cleared
21 24 (6.25%) ServiceNow
21 24 (6.25%) User Experience
22 23 (5.99%) Contract Negotiation

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 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (5.47%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 46 (11.98%) Azure
2 28 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.95%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.17%) Power Automate
5 15 (3.91%) SaaS
6 10 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.30%) AWS
8 4 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.78%) GCP
10 2 (0.52%) Serverless
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.26%) Datadog
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.86%) Firewall
2 5 (1.30%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.30%) WAN
3 4 (1.04%) Network Security
4 3 (0.78%) DMARC
4 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.78%) VLAN
4 3 (0.78%) VPN
5 2 (0.52%) 5G
5 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.52%) LAN
5 2 (0.52%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.17%) Power BI
2 4 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (3.65%) JIRA
General
1 105 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.41%) Finance
3 34 (8.85%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.29%) Legal
5 18 (4.69%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.43%) Marketing
7 14 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.39%) Law
9 12 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.08%) Retail
11 7 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.78%) Banking
14 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.26%) French Language
16 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.26%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.52%) CSS
1 2 (0.52%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.03%) Data Centre
1 27 (7.03%) Onboarding
2 24 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.73%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.82%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.56%) CMDB
8 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.78%) EPoS
9 3 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.52%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.52%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.26%) Life Science
11 1 (0.26%) NHS
11 1 (0.26%) PMI
11 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.34%) Windows
2 4 (1.04%) Unix
2 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.26%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 74 (19.27%) Service Delivery
3 73 (19.01%) Project Management
4 67 (17.45%) Agile
5 65 (16.93%) Service Management
6 62 (16.15%) ITIL
7 61 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 52 (13.54%) Risk Management
9 50 (13.02%) Project Delivery
10 49 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (12.24%) ITSM
12 38 (9.90%) Coaching
13 37 (9.64%) PRINCE2
14 35 (9.11%) Waterfall
15 34 (8.85%) Mentoring
15 34 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (8.07%) Change Management
16 31 (8.07%) ERP
17 30 (7.81%) CRM
18 26 (6.77%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.86%) SQL
2 2 (0.52%) C#
2 2 (0.52%) Java
2 2 (0.52%) PHP
2 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.52%) Python
3 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.73%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.65%) PMI Certification
3 14 (3.65%) PMP
4 13 (3.39%) Degree
5 6 (1.56%) CISM
5 6 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.30%) CISSP
7 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.52%) CISA
8 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) GCFE
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.86%) NIST
4 9 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.08%) GDPR
6 7 (1.82%) PMO
6 7 (1.82%) QA
7 6 (1.56%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.30%) SLA
9 4 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.04%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.78%) COBIT
11 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.26%) Basel III
12 1 (0.26%) GRC
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.26%) MiFID
12 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 74 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 19 (4.95%) SAP
4 13 (3.39%) Oracle
5 9 (2.34%) Cisco
6 5 (1.30%) Sage
7 4 (1.04%) Veeam
7 4 (1.04%) Workday
8 3 (0.78%) Dell
8 3 (0.78%) Meraki
8 3 (0.78%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.52%) BMC
9 2 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.52%) iManage
9 2 (0.52%) Remedy
9 2 (0.52%) VMware
9 2 (0.52%) Xero
10 1 (0.26%) Databricks
10 1 (0.26%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto