Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 189 187
Rank change year-on-year +86 -2 -58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 647 271 414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.60% 1.61% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.77% 1.73% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 525 225 270
10th Percentile £39,818 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,500 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £56,575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.78% -4.92%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £75,579
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

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 23,396 15,692 21,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.02% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 16,235 8,814 13,546
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.55% - -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 2 October 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 2 October 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.

1 186 (28.75%) ITIL
2 137 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (20.87%) Agile
4 120 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 112 (17.31%) Service Delivery
6 105 (16.23%) Project Delivery
6 105 (16.23%) Waterfall
7 104 (16.07%) Service Management
8 103 (15.92%) Project Management
9 98 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 93 (14.37%) Azure
11 87 (13.45%) DevOps
12 86 (13.29%) Microsoft
13 79 (12.21%) ITSM
14 75 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
15 73 (11.28%) Information Security
16 72 (11.13%) Problem-Solving
17 70 (10.82%) ServiceNow
18 69 (10.66%) Mentoring
19 68 (10.51%) CRM
20 67 (10.36%) Business Continuity
21 63 (9.74%) Disaster Recovery
21 63 (9.74%) SaaS
22 61 (9.43%) Contract Negotiation
23 59 (9.12%) Coaching
24 57 (8.81%) Decision-Making
24 57 (8.81%) ITIL Certification
25 55 (8.50%) PRINCE2
26 54 (8.35%) AWS
27 52 (8.04%) Roadmaps

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 14 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (5.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.62%) Primavera
4 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 93 (14.37%) Azure
2 63 (9.74%) SaaS
3 54 (8.35%) AWS
4 51 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (3.86%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.46%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.46%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.31%) GCP
11 1 (0.15%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.15%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.15%) Datadog
11 1 (0.15%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.15%) Serverless
11 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.16%) Firewall
2 11 (1.70%) WAN
3 9 (1.39%) LAN
4 8 (1.24%) VLAN
5 6 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.77%) DNS
6 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.46%) Intranet
7 3 (0.46%) Network Security
7 3 (0.46%) VoIP
7 3 (0.46%) VPN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.31%) DHCP
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.31%) WLAN
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.78%) Power BI
2 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.31%) GIS
4 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (5.72%) JIRA
General
1 162 (25.04%) Social Skills
2 118 (18.24%) Finance
3 52 (8.04%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.42%) Law
5 39 (6.03%) Banking
6 34 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.94%) Legal
8 19 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.32%) Retail
10 14 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.85%) Marketing
12 8 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.62%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.46%) Billing
15 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.46%) Local Government
16 2 (0.31%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.42%) Middleware
2 1 (0.15%) .NET
2 1 (0.15%) EDI
2 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.35%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 34 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 16 (2.47%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (0.77%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.62%) EPoS
7 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.62%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.46%) PMI
8 3 (0.46%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.46%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.31%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.31%) NHS
9 2 (0.31%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.63%) Windows
2 5 (0.77%) Linux
3 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (28.75%) ITIL
2 137 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (20.87%) Agile
4 120 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 112 (17.31%) Service Delivery
6 105 (16.23%) Project Delivery
6 105 (16.23%) Waterfall
7 104 (16.07%) Service Management
8 103 (15.92%) Project Management
9 98 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 87 (13.45%) DevOps
11 79 (12.21%) ITSM
12 75 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (11.28%) Information Security
14 72 (11.13%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (10.66%) Mentoring
16 68 (10.51%) CRM
17 67 (10.36%) Business Continuity
18 63 (9.74%) Disaster Recovery
19 61 (9.43%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.39%) SQL
2 3 (0.46%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.31%) Bash
3 2 (0.31%) PHP
3 2 (0.31%) Python
4 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (8.81%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.57%) CISM
2 49 (7.57%) CISSP
3 32 (4.95%) SC Cleared
3 32 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 28 (4.33%) Degree
5 16 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.32%) PMP
7 13 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.55%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.62%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.31%) HNC
14 1 (0.15%) CISA
14 1 (0.15%) CITP
14 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.73%) NIST
2 48 (7.42%) ISO 22301
3 26 (4.02%) SLA
4 17 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.39%) GRC
8 8 (1.24%) COBIT
8 8 (1.24%) PMO
9 7 (1.08%) GDPR
10 6 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.46%) QA
12 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.86%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.32%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 86 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.82%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.10%) SAP
4 30 (4.64%) Oracle
5 20 (3.09%) BMC
5 20 (3.09%) Remedy
6 9 (1.39%) Cisco
6 9 (1.39%) YouTube
7 7 (1.08%) VMware
8 6 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.62%) Adaptive Insights
9 4 (0.62%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.62%) IFS
9 4 (0.62%) Kronos
9 4 (0.62%) Workday
10 3 (0.46%) Sage
10 3 (0.46%) Veeam
11 2 (0.31%) Dell
11 2 (0.31%) Google
11 2 (0.31%) iManage