Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £54,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 198 145
Rank change year-on-year +75 -53 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 389 266 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 1.83% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 1.98% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 346 224 605
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,459 £36,950
25th Percentile £44,972 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +4.55% -7.72%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,926 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,500
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 17,299 13,414 31,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.22% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,679 8,969 24,913
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £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 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

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 12 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 12 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 79 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 75 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (19.28%) Project Management
3 73 (18.77%) Service Delivery
4 68 (17.48%) Agile
5 63 (16.20%) Service Management
6 60 (15.42%) ITIL
6 60 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (12.85%) Project Delivery
9 49 (12.60%) Risk Management
10 48 (12.34%) Azure
11 43 (11.05%) ITSM
12 38 (9.77%) PRINCE2
13 37 (9.51%) Coaching
13 37 (9.51%) Waterfall
14 36 (9.25%) CRM
15 34 (8.74%) ERP
15 34 (8.74%) Mentoring
15 34 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (7.71%) Change Management
17 28 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
17 28 (7.20%) Migration
18 27 (6.94%) Disaster Recovery
19 25 (6.43%) IT Strategy
19 25 (6.43%) User Experience
20 24 (6.17%) Document Management
20 24 (6.17%) Security Cleared
20 24 (6.17%) ServiceNow
21 23 (5.91%) 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 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.51%) Confluence
2 2 (0.51%) IIS
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 23 (5.91%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 48 (12.34%) Azure
2 28 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.11%) Power Automate
5 15 (3.86%) SaaS
6 10 (2.57%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.54%) AWS
8 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.77%) GCP
10 2 (0.51%) Serverless
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%) CloudFront
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 (2.83%) Firewall
2 5 (1.29%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.29%) WAN
3 4 (1.03%) Network Security
3 4 (1.03%) VLAN
4 3 (0.77%) DMARC
4 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.77%) VPN
5 2 (0.51%) 5G
5 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.51%) DNS
5 2 (0.51%) LAN
5 2 (0.51%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.11%) Power BI
2 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (4.11%) JIRA
General
1 100 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.20%) Finance
3 35 (9.00%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.20%) Legal
5 18 (4.63%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.37%) Marketing
7 15 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.34%) Law
9 9 (2.31%) Retail
10 8 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Banking
12 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) French Language
14 1 (0.26%) German Language
14 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.51%) CSS
1 2 (0.51%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.20%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.94%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.91%) Driving Licence
3 23 (5.91%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.80%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.03%) CMDB
7 4 (1.03%) EPoS
7 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.51%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.51%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.26%) Life Science
10 1 (0.26%) NHS
10 1 (0.26%) PMI
10 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.06%) Windows
2 4 (1.03%) Unix
3 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
1 75 (19.28%) Project Management
2 73 (18.77%) Service Delivery
3 68 (17.48%) Agile
4 63 (16.20%) Service Management
5 60 (15.42%) ITIL
5 60 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
7 50 (12.85%) Project Delivery
8 49 (12.60%) Risk Management
9 43 (11.05%) ITSM
10 38 (9.77%) PRINCE2
11 37 (9.51%) Coaching
11 37 (9.51%) Waterfall
12 36 (9.25%) CRM
13 34 (8.74%) ERP
13 34 (8.74%) Mentoring
13 34 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (7.71%) Change Management
15 28 (7.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.08%) SQL
2 2 (0.51%) C#
2 2 (0.51%) Java
2 2 (0.51%) PHP
2 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.51%) Python
2 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (6.17%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.60%) PMI Certification
3 14 (3.60%) PMP
4 12 (3.08%) Degree
5 6 (1.54%) CISM
5 6 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.29%) CISSP
7 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.51%) CISA
9 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) GCFA
10 1 (0.26%) GCFE
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.83%) NIST
4 9 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.06%) GDPR
6 7 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.80%) PMO
6 7 (1.80%) QA
7 6 (1.54%) SLA
8 5 (1.29%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.03%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.77%) COBIT
11 2 (0.51%) GRC
11 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.26%) MiFID
12 1 (0.26%) P3O
12 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Firmware
2 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.51%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.17%) ServiceNow
3 21 (5.40%) SAP
4 15 (3.86%) Oracle
5 8 (2.06%) Cisco
6 5 (1.29%) Sage
6 5 (1.29%) Veeam
7 4 (1.03%) Workday
8 3 (0.77%) Dell
8 3 (0.77%) Meraki
8 3 (0.77%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.51%) BMC
9 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.51%) iManage
9 2 (0.51%) Remedy
9 2 (0.51%) VMware
9 2 (0.51%) Xero
10 1 (0.26%) Databricks
10 1 (0.26%) Google
10 1 (0.26%) Guidewire