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 16 January 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 174 149
Rank change year-on-year +20 -25 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 250 319 499
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.94% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 2.02% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 211 206 438
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,256
25th Percentile £47,625 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.86%

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 14,333 15,762 20,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 96.05% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,355 9,486 17,072
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,375 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 71 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 66 (26.40%) Project Management
3 57 (22.80%) Agile
3 57 (22.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (22.40%) Service Delivery
5 53 (21.20%) ITIL
6 49 (19.60%) Project Delivery
7 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (18.40%) Risk Management
9 45 (18.00%) Azure
10 43 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
11 35 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 34 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (13.60%) Service Management
13 31 (12.40%) Change Management
13 31 (12.40%) ITSM
14 29 (11.60%) Waterfall
15 27 (10.80%) Windows
16 26 (10.40%) Business Case
16 26 (10.40%) Mentoring
17 25 (10.00%) Active Directory
18 22 (8.80%) DevOps
19 21 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials
19 21 (8.40%) PRINCE2
19 21 (8.40%) SharePoint
20 20 (8.00%) Business Change Management
20 20 (8.00%) Coaching
20 20 (8.00%) Degree
21 19 (7.60%) Data Protection

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 21 (8.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.20%) Confluence
2 3 (1.20%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.20%) HCL Notes
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) Trello
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.40%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.00%) Azure
2 43 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.40%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.00%) SaaS
5 14 (5.60%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.20%) AWS
8 6 (2.40%) GCP
8 6 (2.40%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.00%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.80%) PaaS
10 2 (0.80%) Serverless
10 2 (0.80%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.40%) GitHub
11 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.20%) Firewall
2 5 (2.00%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.60%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.60%) WAN
4 2 (0.80%) DMARC
4 2 (0.80%) Network Security
4 2 (0.80%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Intranet
5 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.40%) LAN
5 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.60%) Power BI
2 7 (2.80%) Tableau
3 4 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 103 (41.20%) Social Skills
2 62 (24.80%) Finance
3 29 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.00%) Legal
6 14 (5.60%) Law
7 13 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.40%) Retail
10 5 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.60%) Marketing
12 3 (1.20%) Advertising
12 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 3 (1.20%) Banking
12 3 (1.20%) Billing
12 3 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.20%) Publishing
13 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.60%) Web Services
2 3 (1.20%) EDI
2 3 (1.20%) JSON
3 2 (0.80%) CSS
3 2 (0.80%) HTML
3 2 (0.80%) YAML
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.40%) Middleware
4 1 (0.40%) REST
4 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.80%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.20%) CMDB
2 8 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.40%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.40%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.00%) FMCG
5 5 (2.00%) PMI
6 4 (1.60%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Life Science
9 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.80%) Windows
2 15 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.80%) Linux
4 11 (4.40%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.40%) Project Management
2 57 (22.80%) Agile
2 57 (22.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (22.40%) Service Delivery
4 53 (21.20%) ITIL
5 49 (19.60%) Project Delivery
6 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (18.40%) Risk Management
8 34 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (13.60%) Service Management
9 31 (12.40%) Change Management
9 31 (12.40%) ITSM
10 29 (11.60%) Waterfall
11 26 (10.40%) Business Case
11 26 (10.40%) Mentoring
12 22 (8.80%) DevOps
13 21 (8.40%) PRINCE2
14 20 (8.00%) Business Change Management
14 20 (8.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.00%) SQL
2 9 (3.60%) Python
3 7 (2.80%) R
4 5 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.60%) C#
6 2 (0.80%) Java
7 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (8.00%) Degree
2 12 (4.80%) CISSP
2 12 (4.80%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.40%) PMP
4 8 (3.20%) CISA
5 7 (2.80%) ACCA
5 7 (2.80%) CIMA
5 7 (2.80%) CISM
6 6 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.60%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.40%) CBAP
11 1 (0.40%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (5.60%) GDPR
4 13 (5.20%) QA
5 12 (4.80%) NIST
6 9 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (3.20%) PMO
8 7 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.40%) Data Quality
10 5 (2.00%) ISO 9001
11 4 (1.60%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.20%) COBIT
12 3 (1.20%) NCSC
12 3 (1.20%) SLA
13 2 (0.80%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.80%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.40%) GRC
14 1 (0.40%) SOC 1
System Software
1 25 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.00%) Firmware
3 2 (0.80%) Docker
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.20%) Terraform
3 2 (0.80%) Ansible
3 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.80%) Puppet
4 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.20%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.60%) VMware
4 12 (4.80%) Oracle
5 8 (3.20%) SAP
6 7 (2.80%) Cisco
7 4 (1.60%) Citrix
7 4 (1.60%) Civica
7 4 (1.60%) Workday
8 3 (1.20%) IBM
8 3 (1.20%) iManage
8 3 (1.20%) Lotus
8 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.80%) Aruba
9 2 (0.80%) BMC
9 2 (0.80%) Concur
9 2 (0.80%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.80%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.80%) Remedy
9 2 (0.80%) Veeam