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 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 168 137
Rank change year-on-year +15 -31 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 270 339 506
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.76% 1.94% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 2.02% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 226 222 445
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,856
25th Percentile £46,438 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,475 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.79%

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 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 14,331 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,307 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025, 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 76 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 69 (25.56%) Project Management
3 60 (22.22%) Agile
4 57 (21.11%) Service Delivery
5 56 (20.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (19.63%) ITIL
7 51 (18.89%) Project Delivery
8 49 (18.15%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
10 45 (16.67%) Azure
11 42 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (15.56%) Risk Management
12 36 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 33 (12.22%) Change Management
14 32 (11.85%) Service Management
15 31 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (11.11%) Business Case
16 30 (11.11%) ITSM
16 30 (11.11%) Windows
17 29 (10.74%) Active Directory
17 29 (10.74%) Waterfall
18 28 (10.37%) SharePoint
19 27 (10.00%) Mentoring
20 24 (8.89%) PRINCE2
21 23 (8.52%) Cyber Essentials
22 21 (7.78%) Degree
23 20 (7.41%) Business Change Management
23 20 (7.41%) Coaching
24 19 (7.04%) Asset Management
24 19 (7.04%) CRM

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 28 (10.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.11%) Confluence
2 3 (1.11%) HCL Domino
2 3 (1.11%) HCL Notes
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.37%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.15%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (16.67%) Azure
3 19 (7.04%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.19%) SaaS
6 8 (2.96%) PowerApps
7 7 (2.59%) AWS
7 7 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.22%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.85%) GCP
10 3 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.11%) PaaS
11 2 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.74%) Serverless
11 2 (0.74%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.37%) GitHub
12 1 (0.37%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.37%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.19%) Firewall
2 5 (1.85%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.48%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.48%) WAN
4 3 (1.11%) Network Security
5 2 (0.74%) SAN
5 2 (0.74%) VPN
6 1 (0.37%) DHCP
6 1 (0.37%) DNS
6 1 (0.37%) Internet
6 1 (0.37%) Intranet
6 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.37%) LAN
6 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.37%) VoIP
6 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.07%) Power BI
2 7 (2.59%) Tableau
3 4 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.96%) JIRA
General
1 102 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.70%) Finance
3 31 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.93%) Legal
6 14 (5.19%) Law
7 13 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.96%) Retail
9 7 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.11%) Advertising
12 3 (1.11%) Automotive
12 3 (1.11%) Billing
12 3 (1.11%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.11%) Publishing
13 2 (0.74%) Banking
13 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.48%) JSON
1 4 (1.48%) Web Services
2 3 (1.11%) EDI
2 3 (1.11%) YAML
3 1 (0.37%) JFC
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) REST
3 1 (0.37%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.63%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.96%) CMDB
2 8 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (2.96%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.22%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.85%) FMCG
5 5 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.48%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.48%) NHS
6 4 (1.48%) PMI
6 4 (1.48%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.11%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.74%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.11%) Windows
2 16 (5.93%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.44%) Linux
4 11 (4.07%) Unix
5 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (25.56%) Project Management
2 60 (22.22%) Agile
3 57 (21.11%) Service Delivery
4 56 (20.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (19.63%) ITIL
6 51 (18.89%) Project Delivery
7 48 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (15.56%) Risk Management
9 33 (12.22%) Change Management
10 32 (11.85%) Service Management
11 31 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (11.11%) Business Case
12 30 (11.11%) ITSM
13 29 (10.74%) Waterfall
14 27 (10.00%) Mentoring
15 24 (8.89%) PRINCE2
16 20 (7.41%) Business Change Management
16 20 (7.41%) Coaching
17 19 (7.04%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.81%) SQL
2 7 (2.59%) Python
2 7 (2.59%) R
3 6 (2.22%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.74%) C#
5 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (7.78%) Degree
2 12 (4.44%) CISSP
3 10 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 10 (3.70%) PMP
4 8 (2.96%) CISA
5 7 (2.59%) ACCA
5 7 (2.59%) CIMA
5 7 (2.59%) CISM
6 6 (2.22%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (1.11%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.11%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.74%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) CBAP
9 1 (0.37%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (8.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (5.56%) GDPR
4 12 (4.44%) NIST
5 11 (4.07%) QA
6 9 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (2.96%) PMO
8 7 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.22%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.85%) ISO 9001
11 4 (1.48%) NCSC
11 4 (1.48%) SLA
11 4 (1.48%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.74%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.74%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.37%) Basel III
13 1 (0.37%) COBIT
13 1 (0.37%) GRC
13 1 (0.37%) MiFID
System Software
1 29 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.85%) Firmware
3 2 (0.74%) Docker
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.11%) Terraform
3 2 (0.74%) Ansible
3 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.74%) Puppet
4 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 76 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.56%) VMware
4 11 (4.07%) Oracle
5 7 (2.59%) Cisco
5 7 (2.59%) SAP
6 4 (1.48%) Citrix
6 4 (1.48%) Civica
6 4 (1.48%) Workday
7 3 (1.11%) IBM
7 3 (1.11%) Lotus
7 3 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.74%) Aruba
8 2 (0.74%) BMC
8 2 (0.74%) Concur
8 2 (0.74%) Databricks
8 2 (0.74%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.74%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.74%) Remedy
9 1 (0.37%) Extreme Networks