Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,001 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 175 192
Rank change year-on-year +76 +17 -60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 650 278 419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.66% 1.71% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.84% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 530 233 281
10th Percentile £38,984 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,500 £47,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £73,750
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 22,944 15,074 22,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 92.65% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,086 8,984 14,380
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,541
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 £78,302
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -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 20 September 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 20 September 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.

1 179 (27.54%) ITIL
2 137 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 133 (20.46%) Agile
4 116 (17.85%) Service Delivery
5 113 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (16.15%) Project Management
7 102 (15.69%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.54%) Waterfall
9 98 (15.08%) Service Management
10 97 (14.92%) Azure
11 96 (14.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 95 (14.62%) Microsoft
13 87 (13.38%) DevOps
14 83 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
15 73 (11.23%) Information Security
16 72 (11.08%) Business Continuity
16 72 (11.08%) ITSM
17 71 (10.92%) CRM
18 70 (10.77%) Mentoring
19 69 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
19 69 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
19 69 (10.62%) ServiceNow
20 62 (9.54%) SaaS
21 61 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
22 60 (9.23%) PRINCE2
23 58 (8.92%) Decision-Making
23 58 (8.92%) ITIL Certification
24 56 (8.62%) Coaching
25 52 (8.00%) AWS
25 52 (8.00%) Microsoft 365

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 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (6.62%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (5.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.08%) 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 97 (14.92%) Azure
2 62 (9.54%) SaaS
3 52 (8.00%) AWS
3 52 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 23 (3.54%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.46%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.15%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.15%) Datadog
10 1 (0.15%) GCP
10 1 (0.15%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.15%) Serverless
10 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.31%) Firewall
2 11 (1.69%) WAN
3 9 (1.38%) LAN
4 7 (1.08%) VLAN
5 6 (0.92%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.62%) DNS
6 4 (0.62%) Network Security
7 3 (0.46%) Intranet
7 3 (0.46%) VoIP
7 3 (0.46%) VPN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) Wireless
9 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.54%) Power BI
2 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.15%) GIS
3 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (5.85%) JIRA
General
1 155 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 115 (17.69%) Finance
3 54 (8.31%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.54%) Law
5 33 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (4.92%) Banking
7 23 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.38%) Legal
9 19 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.31%) Marketing
12 14 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.15%) Retail
13 7 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.46%) Local Government
16 2 (0.31%) Billing
16 2 (0.31%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.38%) Middleware
2 1 (0.15%) .NET
2 1 (0.15%) EDI
2 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.31%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (5.38%) Driving Licence
2 35 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.62%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 5 (0.77%) Operational Technology
6 5 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.62%) EPoS
7 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.62%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.62%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.46%) PMI
8 3 (0.46%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.31%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.62%) Windows
2 5 (0.77%) Linux
3 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (27.54%) ITIL
2 137 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 133 (20.46%) Agile
4 116 (17.85%) Service Delivery
5 113 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (16.15%) Project Management
7 102 (15.69%) Project Delivery
8 101 (15.54%) Waterfall
9 98 (15.08%) Service Management
10 96 (14.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 87 (13.38%) DevOps
12 83 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (11.23%) Information Security
14 72 (11.08%) Business Continuity
14 72 (11.08%) ITSM
15 71 (10.92%) CRM
16 70 (10.77%) Mentoring
17 69 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
17 69 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
18 61 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.38%) 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 58 (8.92%) ITIL Certification
2 49 (7.54%) CISM
2 49 (7.54%) CISSP
3 32 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 30 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 28 (4.31%) Degree
6 17 (2.62%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.46%) PMP
8 12 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.54%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.62%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.31%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.15%) CISA
13 1 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.15%) HNC
13 1 (0.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.69%) NIST
2 48 (7.38%) ISO 22301
3 26 (4.00%) SLA
4 17 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.38%) GRC
8 8 (1.23%) GDPR
8 8 (1.23%) PMO
9 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.46%) COBIT
9 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.46%) QA
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.31%) 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 (3.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.15%) Grafana
3 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (14.62%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.62%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.08%) SAP
4 30 (4.62%) Oracle
5 20 (3.08%) BMC
5 20 (3.08%) Remedy
6 11 (1.69%) Cisco
7 7 (1.08%) VMware
8 6 (0.92%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.77%) YouTube
10 4 (0.62%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (0.62%) Autodesk
10 4 (0.62%) Kronos
10 4 (0.62%) Sage
10 4 (0.62%) Workday
11 3 (0.46%) Dell
11 3 (0.46%) IFS
11 3 (0.46%) Meraki
11 3 (0.46%) Veeam
12 2 (0.31%) iManage