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 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 171 146
Rank change year-on-year +34 -25 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 349 261 724
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.97% 1.97% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 2.12% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 306 223 615
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £64,120 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +11.65% -10.43%

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 16,573 12,283 31,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 92.93% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,925 9,030 24,989
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 74 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (20.63%) Microsoft
3 69 (19.77%) Service Delivery
4 68 (19.48%) Project Management
5 59 (16.91%) Agile
6 55 (15.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (15.47%) ITIL
7 54 (15.47%) Risk Management
7 54 (15.47%) Service Management
8 50 (14.33%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (13.47%) Project Delivery
10 42 (12.03%) Azure
11 35 (10.03%) ITSM
12 32 (9.17%) Coaching
12 32 (9.17%) PRINCE2
12 32 (9.17%) Waterfall
13 29 (8.31%) Change Management
13 29 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (7.74%) Mentoring
15 26 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
15 26 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 25 (7.16%) CRM
16 25 (7.16%) IT Strategy
16 25 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (6.88%) Document Management
17 24 (6.88%) ERP
18 23 (6.59%) Contract Negotiation
18 23 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
18 23 (6.59%) Security Cleared
19 22 (6.30%) Business Development

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 6 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (4.87%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 42 (12.03%) Azure
2 29 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (4.87%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.58%) Power Automate
4 16 (4.58%) SaaS
5 13 (3.72%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.29%) AWS
7 5 (1.43%) GCP
8 4 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.86%) Serverless
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.29%) Datadog
11 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.29%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.29%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.58%) Firewall
2 5 (1.43%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.43%) WAN
3 3 (0.86%) DMARC
3 3 (0.86%) Network Security
4 2 (0.57%) 5G
4 2 (0.57%) LAN
4 2 (0.57%) SAN
4 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.57%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.58%) Power BI
2 4 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (2.01%) JIRA
General
1 110 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.91%) Finance
3 29 (8.31%) Public Sector
4 27 (7.74%) Legal
5 17 (4.87%) Marketing
5 17 (4.87%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.87%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.87%) Law
8 8 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.29%) Retail
9 7 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.86%) Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.57%) German Language
14 1 (0.29%) Aviation
14 1 (0.29%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) CSS
1 2 (0.57%) HTML
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.45%) Onboarding
3 25 (7.16%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.87%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.01%) CMDB
6 7 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.86%) PMI
8 3 (0.86%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.57%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.57%) EPoS
9 2 (0.57%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.72%) Windows
2 6 (1.72%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.15%) Unix
4 3 (0.86%) Linux
4 3 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (19.77%) Service Delivery
3 68 (19.48%) Project Management
4 59 (16.91%) Agile
5 55 (15.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 54 (15.47%) ITIL
6 54 (15.47%) Risk Management
6 54 (15.47%) Service Management
7 50 (14.33%) Cybersecurity
8 47 (13.47%) Project Delivery
9 35 (10.03%) ITSM
10 32 (9.17%) Coaching
10 32 (9.17%) PRINCE2
10 32 (9.17%) Waterfall
11 29 (8.31%) Change Management
12 27 (7.74%) Mentoring
13 26 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (7.16%) CRM
14 25 (7.16%) IT Strategy
14 25 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.29%) SQL
2 2 (0.57%) C#
2 2 (0.57%) Java
2 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (6.59%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.02%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.01%) Degree
4 12 (3.44%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.87%) PMP
6 7 (2.01%) CISM
7 5 (1.43%) CISSP
7 5 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.86%) CISA
8 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.29%) CISMP
10 1 (0.29%) GCFA
10 1 (0.29%) GCFE
10 1 (0.29%) MBA
10 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.15%) NIST
5 9 (2.58%) GDPR
5 9 (2.58%) PMO
6 8 (2.29%) Data Quality
7 7 (2.01%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.43%) QA
8 5 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.15%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.86%) COBIT
10 3 (0.86%) SLA
11 2 (0.57%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.29%) GRC
12 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.15%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.57%) Terraform
4 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.44%) SAP
4 10 (2.87%) Cisco
5 9 (2.58%) Oracle
6 5 (1.43%) Sage
7 4 (1.15%) Workday
8 3 (0.86%) Dell
8 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.86%) Veeam
8 3 (0.86%) VMware
9 2 (0.57%) BMC
9 2 (0.57%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.57%) iManage
9 2 (0.57%) Meraki
9 2 (0.57%) Remedy
9 2 (0.57%) Xero
10 1 (0.29%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.29%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.29%) Snow