Hybrid/Remote IT Manager Job Trends

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 205 147
Rank change year-on-year +86 -58 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 390 262 710
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.10% 1.79% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 1.94% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 351 220 599
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,626 £36,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.72%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,926 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,500
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 17,375 13,504 31,108
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 92.30% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,760 8,780 24,806
10th Percentile £33,975 £31,250 £33,189
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,359
Median % change year-on-year - +6.46% -9.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,525 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,508
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.51% -12.49%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 78 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 76 (19.49%) Project Management
3 73 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 73 (18.72%) Service Delivery
4 69 (17.69%) Agile
5 65 (16.67%) Service Management
6 62 (15.90%) ITIL
7 60 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 51 (13.08%) Project Delivery
9 50 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
10 49 (12.56%) Risk Management
11 48 (12.31%) Azure
12 41 (10.51%) ITSM
13 39 (10.00%) Coaching
14 38 (9.74%) PRINCE2
14 38 (9.74%) Waterfall
15 37 (9.49%) CRM
15 37 (9.49%) Mentoring
16 35 (8.97%) ERP
17 34 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
18 29 (7.44%) Change Management
18 29 (7.44%) Migration
19 28 (7.18%) User Experience
20 27 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
21 26 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
22 24 (6.15%) IT Strategy
22 24 (6.15%) Microsoft Project
22 24 (6.15%) ServiceNow
23 23 (5.90%) Contract Negotiation
23 23 (5.90%) Document Management

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 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.51%) Confluence
3 2 (0.51%) IIS
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 24 (6.15%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 48 (12.31%) Azure
2 27 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.87%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.10%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.59%) SaaS
6 10 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.54%) AWS
8 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.77%) GCP
10 2 (0.51%) Serverless
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon EC2
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%) Datadog
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.82%) Firewall
2 5 (1.28%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.28%) WAN
3 4 (1.03%) Network Security
3 4 (1.03%) VLAN
4 3 (0.77%) DMARC
4 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.77%) VPN
5 2 (0.51%) 5G
5 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.51%) DNS
5 2 (0.51%) LAN
5 2 (0.51%) SAN
6 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.10%) Power BI
2 4 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (4.36%) JIRA
General
1 97 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.90%) Finance
3 37 (9.49%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.18%) Legal
5 18 (4.62%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.36%) Marketing
7 15 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.33%) Law
10 11 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.31%) Retail
12 8 (2.05%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Banking
16 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.26%) French Language
17 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
17 1 (0.26%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.51%) CSS
1 2 (0.51%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.18%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.90%) Driving Licence
4 22 (5.64%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.03%) EPoS
8 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.51%) CMDB
10 2 (0.51%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.51%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.26%) Life Science
11 1 (0.26%) NHS
11 1 (0.26%) PMI
11 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.05%) Windows
2 4 (1.03%) Unix
3 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (19.49%) Project Management
2 73 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (18.72%) Service Delivery
3 69 (17.69%) Agile
4 65 (16.67%) Service Management
5 62 (15.90%) ITIL
6 60 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (13.08%) Project Delivery
8 50 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
9 49 (12.56%) Risk Management
10 41 (10.51%) ITSM
11 39 (10.00%) Coaching
12 38 (9.74%) PRINCE2
12 38 (9.74%) Waterfall
13 37 (9.49%) CRM
13 37 (9.49%) Mentoring
14 35 (8.97%) ERP
15 34 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (7.44%) Change Management
16 29 (7.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.08%) SQL
2 2 (0.51%) C#
2 2 (0.51%) Java
2 2 (0.51%) PHP
2 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.51%) Python
2 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (5.90%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.38%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.59%) PMI Certification
3 14 (3.59%) PMP
4 12 (3.08%) Degree
5 6 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.03%) CISM
6 4 (1.03%) CISSP
6 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.51%) CISA
8 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.56%) NIST
4 8 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (2.05%) SLA
5 7 (1.79%) GDPR
5 7 (1.79%) PMO
5 7 (1.79%) QA
6 5 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.28%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.03%) SOC 1
8 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.77%) COBIT
9 2 (0.51%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) Basel III
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.26%) MiFID
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Firmware
2 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
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 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.51%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.15%) ServiceNow
3 22 (5.64%) SAP
4 16 (4.10%) Oracle
5 8 (2.05%) Cisco
6 5 (1.28%) Sage
6 5 (1.28%) Veeam
7 4 (1.03%) Workday
8 3 (0.77%) Dell
8 3 (0.77%) Meraki
8 3 (0.77%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.51%) BMC
9 2 (0.51%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.51%) iManage
9 2 (0.51%) Remedy
9 2 (0.51%) VMware
9 2 (0.51%) Xero
10 1 (0.26%) Databricks
10 1 (0.26%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto