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 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 175 145
Rank change year-on-year +60 -30 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 380 261 715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.10% 1.94% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 2.11% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 335 220 608
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,821 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £49,101 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,926 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +12.75% -11.30%

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 16,977 12,346 31,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 91.70% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,297 9,013 24,940
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,550 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 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 30 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 80 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (19.21%) Microsoft
3 72 (18.95%) Service Delivery
4 70 (18.42%) Project Management
5 67 (17.63%) Service Management
6 64 (16.84%) Agile
6 64 (16.84%) ITIL
7 60 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (14.21%) Risk Management
9 51 (13.42%) Project Delivery
10 48 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (12.63%) ITSM
11 44 (11.58%) Azure
12 39 (10.26%) Coaching
13 35 (9.21%) Mentoring
13 35 (9.21%) PRINCE2
14 33 (8.68%) Waterfall
15 30 (7.89%) Change Management
15 30 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
16 28 (7.37%) CRM
16 28 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
17 27 (7.11%) ERP
18 26 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
18 26 (6.84%) IT Strategy
19 25 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 25 (6.58%) User Experience
20 24 (6.32%) Document Management
20 24 (6.32%) Migration
20 24 (6.32%) Security Cleared
20 24 (6.32%) ServiceNow

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 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.58%) Azure
2 28 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (4.74%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.21%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.68%) SaaS
6 11 (2.89%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.58%) AWS
8 4 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.05%) GCP
9 3 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.53%) Serverless
11 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.26%) CloudFront
11 1 (0.26%) Datadog
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.89%) Firewall
2 6 (1.58%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.58%) WAN
3 4 (1.05%) Network Security
4 3 (0.79%) DMARC
4 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.79%) VPN
5 2 (0.53%) 5G
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.53%) LAN
5 2 (0.53%) SAN
5 2 (0.53%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.21%) Power BI
2 4 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (2.89%) JIRA
General
1 111 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.63%) Finance
3 35 (9.21%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.37%) Legal
5 18 (4.74%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.47%) Marketing
7 14 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.16%) Law
9 8 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.11%) Retail
10 7 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.79%) Banking
15 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.26%) French Language
16 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.26%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.53%) CSS
1 2 (0.53%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.11%) Data Centre
1 27 (7.11%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.84%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.84%) CMDB
6 7 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.84%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.79%) EPoS
8 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.53%) PMI
9 2 (0.53%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.89%) Windows
2 5 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.05%) Unix
4 2 (0.53%) Linux
4 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 72 (18.95%) Service Delivery
3 70 (18.42%) Project Management
4 67 (17.63%) Service Management
5 64 (16.84%) Agile
5 64 (16.84%) ITIL
6 60 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (14.21%) Risk Management
8 51 (13.42%) Project Delivery
9 48 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
9 48 (12.63%) ITSM
10 39 (10.26%) Coaching
11 35 (9.21%) Mentoring
11 35 (9.21%) PRINCE2
12 33 (8.68%) Waterfall
13 30 (7.89%) Change Management
13 30 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (7.37%) CRM
15 27 (7.11%) ERP
16 26 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.37%) SQL
2 2 (0.53%) C#
2 2 (0.53%) Java
2 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.53%) Python
3 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (6.32%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.79%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.42%) Degree
3 13 (3.42%) PMI Certification
4 12 (3.16%) PMP
5 6 (1.58%) CISM
6 5 (1.32%) CISSP
6 5 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.53%) CISA
8 2 (0.53%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) GCFA
9 1 (0.26%) GCFE
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
9 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 11 (2.89%) NIST
4 10 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.11%) GDPR
6 7 (1.84%) PMO
6 7 (1.84%) QA
6 7 (1.84%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.05%) SLA
7 4 (1.05%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.79%) COBIT
9 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) Basel III
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.05%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.32%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.21%) SAP
4 11 (2.89%) Cisco
4 11 (2.89%) Oracle
5 5 (1.32%) Sage
6 4 (1.05%) Workday
7 3 (0.79%) Dell
7 3 (0.79%) Meraki
7 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.79%) Veeam
8 2 (0.53%) BMC
8 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.53%) iManage
8 2 (0.53%) Remedy
8 2 (0.53%) VMware
8 2 (0.53%) Xero
9 1 (0.26%) Aruba
9 1 (0.26%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto