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 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 172 136
Rank change year-on-year -31 -36 +101
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 250 400 565
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 2.00% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 2.07% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 214 262 488
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,739 £38,856
25th Percentile £47,125 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,350 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,760 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.38% -8.33% +4.35%

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 15,411 19,350 21,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 96.63% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,804 12,159 17,546
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 74 (29.60%) Microsoft
2 73 (29.20%) Project Management
3 63 (25.20%) Agile
4 58 (23.20%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (20.40%) Project Delivery
7 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (16.80%) Service Delivery
9 41 (16.40%) Azure
10 40 (16.00%) Risk Management
11 38 (15.20%) ITIL
12 37 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (14.40%) Windows
14 33 (13.20%) SharePoint
15 31 (12.40%) Business Case
15 31 (12.40%) Change Management
15 31 (12.40%) PRINCE2
15 31 (12.40%) Waterfall
16 30 (12.00%) Active Directory
17 28 (11.20%) Mentoring
18 27 (10.80%) CRM
19 26 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
19 26 (10.40%) Degree
20 24 (9.60%) Power Platform
20 24 (9.60%) Service Management
21 22 (8.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
22 21 (8.40%) Business Change Management
23 19 (7.60%) DevOps
24 18 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
25 17 (6.80%) ITSM

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 33 (13.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.20%) HCL Domino
3 3 (1.20%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.80%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) Moodle
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.40%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.20%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (16.40%) Azure
3 24 (9.60%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.60%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.20%) PowerApps
6 7 (2.80%) Power Automate
6 7 (2.80%) SaaS
7 6 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.60%) AWS
8 4 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.20%) GCP
9 3 (1.20%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.20%) PaaS
10 2 (0.80%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.40%) Serverless
11 1 (0.40%) ShareGate
11 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.40%) Firewall
2 7 (2.80%) DNS
2 7 (2.80%) IP Telephony
3 6 (2.40%) Unified Communications
4 5 (2.00%) DHCP
4 5 (2.00%) Network Security
5 4 (1.60%) VLAN
6 3 (1.20%) WAN
7 2 (0.80%) LAN
7 2 (0.80%) WLAN
8 1 (0.40%) Internet
8 1 (0.40%) Intranet
8 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.40%) VoIP
8 1 (0.40%) VPN
8 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.40%) Power BI
2 7 (2.80%) Tableau
3 4 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.20%) JIRA
General
1 94 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.40%) Finance
3 23 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.40%) Legal
6 15 (6.00%) Retail
7 14 (5.60%) Law
8 13 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (3.60%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.40%) Banking
13 5 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.20%) Advertising
14 3 (1.20%) Automotive
14 3 (1.20%) Billing
14 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.20%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (1.20%) Marketing
14 3 (1.20%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.60%) EDI
1 4 (1.60%) JSON
1 4 (1.60%) Web Services
2 3 (1.20%) YAML
3 2 (0.80%) Middleware
4 1 (0.40%) JFC
4 1 (0.40%) REST
4 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.40%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.60%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.20%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.00%) FMCG
6 4 (1.60%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.60%) iPhone
6 4 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.60%) NHS
7 3 (1.20%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.20%) PMI
7 3 (1.20%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) CMDB
8 2 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.80%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.40%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.40%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.40%) Windows
2 15 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.00%) Linux
4 7 (2.80%) Unix
5 4 (1.60%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.20%) Project Management
2 63 (25.20%) Agile
3 54 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (20.40%) Project Delivery
5 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (16.80%) Service Delivery
7 40 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 38 (15.20%) ITIL
9 37 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (12.40%) Business Case
10 31 (12.40%) Change Management
10 31 (12.40%) PRINCE2
10 31 (12.40%) Waterfall
11 28 (11.20%) Mentoring
12 27 (10.80%) CRM
13 26 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (9.60%) Service Management
15 21 (8.40%) Business Change Management
16 19 (7.60%) DevOps
17 17 (6.80%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.80%) SQL
2 7 (2.80%) Python
2 7 (2.80%) R
3 4 (1.60%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.80%) C#
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (10.40%) Degree
2 13 (5.20%) CISSP
3 12 (4.80%) CISA
4 10 (4.00%) PMP
4 10 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 9 (3.60%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.80%) ACCA
6 7 (2.80%) CIMA
7 6 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (2.00%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.20%) CISM
10 3 (1.20%) MCSE
10 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.80%) CRISC
11 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (6.00%) GDPR
3 11 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.40%) QA
4 10 (4.00%) PMO
5 7 (2.80%) NIST
6 6 (2.40%) NCSC
6 6 (2.40%) SLA
7 4 (1.60%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.20%) ITGC
8 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.40%) COBIT
10 1 (0.40%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Firmware
3 2 (0.80%) Docker
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.80%) Ansible
2 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.80%) Puppet
2 2 (0.80%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Panaseer
3 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (29.60%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.00%) VMware
3 7 (2.80%) Oracle
4 6 (2.40%) Cisco
4 6 (2.40%) HubSpot
5 5 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.60%) Apple
6 4 (1.60%) Citrix
6 4 (1.60%) Civica
6 4 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.20%) Concur
7 3 (1.20%) IBM
7 3 (1.20%) Lotus
7 3 (1.20%) SAP
7 3 (1.20%) Sophos
8 2 (0.80%) arcserve
8 2 (0.80%) Forcepoint
8 2 (0.80%) Snow
8 2 (0.80%) TippingPoint
9 1 (0.40%) Infor