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 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 179 177
Rank change year-on-year +78 -2 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 624 288 485
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.67% 1.74% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 1.88% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 516 242 359
10th Percentile £39,818 £41,352 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,438 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,469 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,800 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.17% +5.19% -10.00%

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 21,997 15,283 23,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.60% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,676 9,338 16,216
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 30 August 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 30 August 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.

1 158 (25.32%) ITIL
2 138 (22.12%) Agile
3 127 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (18.43%) Service Delivery
5 113 (18.11%) Project Management
6 106 (16.99%) Waterfall
7 103 (16.51%) Azure
8 102 (16.35%) Project Delivery
9 99 (15.87%) Microsoft
10 93 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
13 85 (13.62%) DevOps
14 82 (13.14%) Service Management
15 73 (11.70%) Business Continuity
16 72 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
16 72 (11.54%) Information Security
17 70 (11.22%) ITSM
18 65 (10.42%) CRM
19 63 (10.10%) PRINCE2
20 62 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
20 62 (9.94%) SaaS
21 61 (9.78%) Contract Negotiation
22 55 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
22 55 (8.81%) ServiceNow
23 53 (8.49%) ITIL Certification
24 51 (8.17%) AWS
25 50 (8.01%) NIST
25 50 (8.01%) Runbook
25 50 (8.01%) Site Reliability Engineering

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 10 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.48%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (6.89%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) Trello
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 30 (4.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (3.21%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.16%) Primavera
5 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 103 (16.51%) Azure
2 62 (9.94%) SaaS
3 55 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.17%) AWS
5 23 (3.69%) Entra ID
6 21 (3.37%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 12 (1.92%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.48%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.16%) Datadog
12 1 (0.16%) GCP
12 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.16%) Serverless
12 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.40%) Firewall
2 9 (1.44%) WAN
3 7 (1.12%) LAN
4 6 (0.96%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.96%) VLAN
4 6 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.64%) Network Security
6 3 (0.48%) DNS
6 3 (0.48%) Intranet
6 3 (0.48%) VoIP
6 3 (0.48%) VPN
7 2 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) 5G
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.40%) Power BI
2 3 (0.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 153 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 111 (17.79%) Finance
3 47 (7.53%) Law
4 39 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.97%) Banking
6 29 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.53%) Legal
8 18 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.72%) Marketing
10 16 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.56%) Retail
11 6 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.48%) Local Government
14 2 (0.32%) Advertising
14 2 (0.32%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.65%) Cyber Threat
2 37 (5.93%) Driving Licence
3 30 (4.81%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.04%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.04%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 6 (0.96%) EPoS
7 4 (0.64%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.64%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.48%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.48%) PMI
9 2 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.16%) IoT
10 1 (0.16%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.40%) Windows
2 5 (0.80%) Linux
3 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (25.32%) ITIL
2 138 (22.12%) Agile
3 127 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (18.43%) Service Delivery
5 113 (18.11%) Project Management
6 106 (16.99%) Waterfall
7 102 (16.35%) Project Delivery
8 93 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 89 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
11 85 (13.62%) DevOps
12 82 (13.14%) Service Management
13 73 (11.70%) Business Continuity
14 72 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
14 72 (11.54%) Information Security
15 70 (11.22%) ITSM
16 65 (10.42%) CRM
17 63 (10.10%) PRINCE2
18 62 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
19 61 (9.78%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.28%) SQL
2 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.32%) Bash
3 2 (0.32%) PHP
3 2 (0.32%) Python
4 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (8.49%) ITIL Certification
2 48 (7.69%) CISM
2 48 (7.69%) CISSP
3 28 (4.49%) Degree
4 23 (3.69%) Security Cleared
5 21 (3.37%) PMI Certification
5 21 (3.37%) SC Cleared
6 20 (3.21%) PMP
7 12 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.60%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.32%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.01%) NIST
2 48 (7.69%) ISO 22301
3 24 (3.85%) SLA
4 18 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.44%) GRC
7 8 (1.28%) GDPR
7 8 (1.28%) PMO
8 6 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.48%) QA
10 2 (0.32%) COBIT
10 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.40%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.81%) ServiceNow
3 30 (4.81%) SAP
4 27 (4.33%) Oracle
5 20 (3.21%) BMC
5 20 (3.21%) Remedy
6 12 (1.92%) Cisco
7 7 (1.12%) VMware
8 6 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.80%) Sage
10 4 (0.64%) Dell
10 4 (0.64%) YouTube
11 3 (0.48%) Meraki
11 3 (0.48%) Veeam
12 2 (0.32%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.32%) Freshdesk
12 2 (0.32%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.32%) IFS
13 1 (0.16%) Adaptive Insights
13 1 (0.16%) Workday