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 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 206 142
Rank change year-on-year +96 -64 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 507 265 727
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 1.65% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 1.79% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 450 227 594
10th Percentile £39,818 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,800 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,745 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.17% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,957 £83,750 £80,000
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 19,569 14,817 32,142
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.28% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,291 9,211 25,042
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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.

1 109 (21.50%) Agile
2 106 (20.91%) ITIL
3 102 (20.12%) Project Management
4 97 (19.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (18.74%) Service Delivery
6 89 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (16.77%) Microsoft
8 77 (15.19%) Project Delivery
8 77 (15.19%) Service Management
9 75 (14.79%) Waterfall
10 71 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
11 68 (13.41%) Azure
12 62 (12.23%) CRM
13 61 (12.03%) PRINCE2
14 53 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (10.45%) Risk Management
15 51 (10.06%) ITSM
15 51 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 50 (9.86%) DevOps
17 49 (9.66%) ERP
18 46 (9.07%) Mentoring
19 44 (8.68%) Microsoft Project
20 41 (8.09%) ServiceNow
21 40 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
21 40 (7.89%) Migration
22 38 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
23 34 (6.71%) Contract Negotiation
23 34 (6.71%) User Experience
24 33 (6.51%) JIRA
24 33 (6.51%) SAP

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 5 (0.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.59%) IIS
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.20%) Apache
3 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (8.68%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.59%) Trello
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 26 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 68 (13.41%) Azure
2 38 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (5.33%) SaaS
4 24 (4.73%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.75%) AWS
6 17 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 16 (3.16%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.59%) GCP
10 3 (0.59%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.20%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.20%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.20%) Datadog
12 1 (0.20%) Serverless
12 1 (0.20%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.16%) Firewall
2 8 (1.58%) WAN
3 6 (1.18%) LAN
4 5 (0.99%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.99%) VLAN
5 3 (0.59%) DMARC
5 3 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.59%) Network Security
6 2 (0.39%) 5G
6 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.39%) Intranet
6 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.39%) VPN
6 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.55%) Power BI
2 3 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (6.51%) JIRA
General
1 130 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 90 (17.75%) Finance
3 39 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 30 (5.92%) Legal
5 29 (5.72%) Law
6 23 (4.54%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (3.55%) Marketing
9 16 (3.16%) Retail
10 14 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.56%) Banking
11 13 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.39%) Advertising
14 2 (0.39%) French Language
14 2 (0.39%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.20%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.90%) Driving Licence
2 30 (5.92%) Data Centre
3 26 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.54%) Onboarding
5 21 (4.14%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.18%) EPoS
9 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.99%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.39%) PMI
11 2 (0.39%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.39%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.20%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.20%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.17%) Windows
2 5 (0.99%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.39%) Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (21.50%) Agile
2 106 (20.91%) ITIL
3 102 (20.12%) Project Management
4 97 (19.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (18.74%) Service Delivery
6 89 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 77 (15.19%) Project Delivery
7 77 (15.19%) Service Management
8 75 (14.79%) Waterfall
9 71 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
10 62 (12.23%) CRM
11 61 (12.03%) PRINCE2
12 53 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (10.45%) Risk Management
13 51 (10.06%) ITSM
13 51 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (9.86%) DevOps
15 49 (9.66%) ERP
16 46 (9.07%) Mentoring
17 40 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.38%) SQL
2 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.39%) PHP
4 1 (0.20%) Bash
4 1 (0.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (6.31%) Security Cleared
2 30 (5.92%) SC Cleared
3 22 (4.34%) Degree
4 19 (3.75%) ITIL Certification
4 19 (3.75%) PMP
5 18 (3.55%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.96%) CISM
6 15 (2.96%) CISSP
7 10 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.18%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CISA
12 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.75%) NIST
2 18 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (2.96%) ISO 22301
5 14 (2.76%) SLA
6 10 (1.97%) PMO
7 8 (1.58%) GDPR
8 5 (0.99%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.79%) GRC
9 4 (0.79%) QA
9 4 (0.79%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.59%) COBIT
10 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.20%) P3O
11 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.20%) Grafana
3 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.09%) ServiceNow
3 33 (6.51%) SAP
4 27 (5.33%) Oracle
5 12 (2.37%) BMC
5 12 (2.37%) Remedy
6 8 (1.58%) Cisco
7 6 (1.18%) Veeam
8 5 (0.99%) Sage
8 5 (0.99%) VMware
9 3 (0.59%) Dell
9 3 (0.59%) Meraki
9 3 (0.59%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.39%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.39%) IFS
10 2 (0.39%) Xero
11 1 (0.20%) Aderant
11 1 (0.20%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.20%) iManage
11 1 (0.20%) Intapp