IT Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £56,745 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 155 177
Rank change year-on-year -82 +22 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 267 719 714
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.29% 2.11% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 2.20% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 227 587 599
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £41,950
25th Percentile £48,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,745 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.65% -10.43% +3.60%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 18,881 32,734 34,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,537 24,599 25,656
10th Percentile £25,267 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,549
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Manager.

IT Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

IT Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 102 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 78 (29.21%) Finance
3 67 (25.09%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (24.72%) Project Management
5 64 (23.97%) Microsoft
6 61 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (22.10%) Agile
8 53 (19.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (16.85%) Project Delivery
10 44 (16.48%) Degree
11 41 (15.36%) ITIL
11 41 (15.36%) Service Management
12 40 (14.98%) CRM
13 36 (13.48%) Mentoring
14 35 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (12.73%) Service Delivery
16 33 (12.36%) ITSM
17 31 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
18 30 (11.24%) Azure
19 29 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
19 29 (10.86%) SharePoint
19 29 (10.86%) PRINCE2
19 29 (10.86%) Decision-Making
20 27 (10.11%) Presentation Skills
21 26 (9.74%) Retail
21 26 (9.74%) Active Directory
22 24 (8.99%) CISSP
22 24 (8.99%) Change Management
22 24 (8.99%) Computer Science
22 24 (8.99%) Roadmaps

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (10.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) Confluence
3 2 (0.75%) Moodle
4 1 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.09%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (11.24%) Azure
3 23 (8.61%) SaaS
4 20 (7.49%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.75%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.00%) AWS
7 4 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.12%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.75%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.75%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.75%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.37%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.37%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.37%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.12%) Firewall
2 11 (4.12%) VLAN
3 9 (3.37%) IP Telephony
4 7 (2.62%) DNS
5 6 (2.25%) Network Security
6 5 (1.87%) DHCP
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.75%) LAN
8 2 (0.75%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.75%) VoIP
8 2 (0.75%) VPN
8 2 (0.75%) WAN
8 2 (0.75%) WLAN
9 1 (0.37%) Internet
9 1 (0.37%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.00%) Power BI
2 5 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.37%) Metadata
3 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (4.87%) JIRA
General
1 102 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 78 (29.21%) Finance
3 31 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.11%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (9.74%) Retail
6 17 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.99%) Law
8 15 (5.62%) Banking
8 15 (5.62%) Legal
9 10 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.00%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.87%) Marketing
11 5 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.50%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.75%) German Language
14 2 (0.75%) Italian Language
14 2 (0.75%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.87%) CodeIgniter
1 5 (1.87%) Laravel
1 5 (1.87%) Node.js
2 1 (0.37%) .NET
2 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.37%) EDI
2 1 (0.37%) JFC
2 1 (0.37%) Middleware
2 1 (0.37%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.12%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (6.37%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.00%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.87%) CMDB
5 5 (1.87%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.87%) NHS
5 5 (1.87%) Private Cloud
5 5 (1.87%) Replication
5 5 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.50%) iPhone
7 3 (1.12%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.75%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.75%) Tandem
9 1 (0.37%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.49%) Windows
2 9 (3.37%) Android
3 6 (2.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.72%) Project Management
2 61 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (22.10%) Agile
4 53 (19.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (16.85%) Project Delivery
6 41 (15.36%) ITIL
6 41 (15.36%) Service Management
7 40 (14.98%) CRM
8 36 (13.48%) Mentoring
9 35 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (12.73%) Service Delivery
11 33 (12.36%) ITSM
12 29 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (10.86%) Decision-Making
12 29 (10.86%) PRINCE2
13 24 (8.99%) Change Management
13 24 (8.99%) Computer Science
13 24 (8.99%) Roadmaps
14 23 (8.61%) Budget Management
14 23 (8.61%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.62%) PowerShell
1 7 (2.62%) SQL
2 6 (2.25%) Python
3 5 (1.87%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.87%) PHP
4 1 (0.37%) C#
4 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 44 (16.48%) Degree
2 24 (8.99%) CISSP
3 16 (5.99%) ITIL Certification
3 16 (5.99%) PMP
4 13 (4.87%) CISA
4 13 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.49%) PMI Certification
6 10 (3.75%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.50%) CISM
9 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.75%) MCSE
9 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.75%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.24%) GDPR
2 13 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.49%) ITGC
4 11 (4.12%) QA
5 8 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.25%) PMO
6 6 (2.25%) SLA
7 5 (1.87%) NIST
8 4 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.75%) NCSC
9 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.37%) COBIT
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 26 (9.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.12%) SCCM
3 1 (0.37%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 64 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.37%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.00%) Cisco
3 8 (3.00%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.62%) SAP
5 6 (2.25%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.25%) VMware
6 5 (1.87%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.50%) Apple
8 3 (1.12%) Intapp
8 3 (1.12%) Meraki
8 3 (1.12%) Snow
9 2 (0.75%) arcserve
9 2 (0.75%) Forcepoint
9 2 (0.75%) IBM
9 2 (0.75%) iManage
9 2 (0.75%) Infor
9 2 (0.75%) Sage
9 2 (0.75%) Sophos
9 2 (0.75%) TippingPoint