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 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 188 136
Rank change year-on-year +33 -52 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 300 240 730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.77% 1.84% 2.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 1.95% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 260 205 623
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £37,700
25th Percentile £43,400 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 15,942 12,321 29,330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.44% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,910 8,879 24,249
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 24 March 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 24 March 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 69 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 66 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (22.00%) Project Management
3 59 (19.67%) Agile
4 58 (19.33%) Service Delivery
5 53 (17.67%) Risk Management
6 48 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (16.00%) ITIL
6 48 (16.00%) Project Delivery
6 48 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (13.33%) Service Management
8 38 (12.67%) Azure
9 33 (11.00%) Waterfall
10 30 (10.00%) Change Management
11 29 (9.67%) Coaching
11 29 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 27 (9.00%) PRINCE2
14 26 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (8.33%) Mentoring
16 24 (8.00%) Document Management
16 24 (8.00%) IT Strategy
16 24 (8.00%) ITSM
17 23 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
18 22 (7.33%) CRM
18 22 (7.33%) ERP
19 21 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
20 20 (6.67%) Business Case
20 20 (6.67%) Business Development
21 19 (6.33%) Active Directory

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 6 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.00%) Confluence
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (4.67%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.67%) Azure
2 29 (9.67%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (5.33%) Power Platform
3 16 (5.33%) SaaS
4 14 (4.67%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.67%) Power Automate
6 7 (2.33%) AWS
7 5 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.67%) GCP
8 2 (0.67%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.67%) Serverless
9 1 (0.33%) GitHub
9 1 (0.33%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.00%) Firewall
2 3 (1.00%) DMARC
2 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.00%) WAN
3 2 (0.67%) 5G
3 2 (0.67%) Network Security
3 2 (0.67%) SAN
4 1 (0.33%) LAN
4 1 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.33%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.00%) Power BI
2 4 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.00%) Tableau
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 106 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.67%) Finance
3 25 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.00%) Legal
5 14 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.33%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.00%) Marketing
8 9 (3.00%) Retail
9 8 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.33%) Law
11 6 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.00%) Banking
14 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.67%) German Language
14 2 (0.67%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.67%) CSS
1 2 (0.67%) HTML
2 1 (0.33%) JSON
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.33%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.00%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.67%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.33%) CMDB
7 7 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.33%) PMI
10 3 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.00%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.67%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.67%) EPoS
11 2 (0.67%) FMCG
11 2 (0.67%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.33%) NHS
12 1 (0.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.33%) Windows
2 9 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.67%) Linux
4 7 (2.33%) Unix
5 3 (1.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 66 (22.00%) Project Management
2 59 (19.67%) Agile
3 58 (19.33%) Service Delivery
4 53 (17.67%) Risk Management
5 48 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (16.00%) ITIL
5 48 (16.00%) Project Delivery
5 48 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (13.33%) Service Management
7 33 (11.00%) Waterfall
8 30 (10.00%) Change Management
9 29 (9.67%) Coaching
10 27 (9.00%) PRINCE2
11 26 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (8.33%) Mentoring
13 24 (8.00%) Document Management
13 24 (8.00%) IT Strategy
13 24 (8.00%) ITSM
14 23 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.00%) SQL
2 5 (1.67%) Python
3 4 (1.33%) C#
4 3 (1.00%) R
5 2 (0.67%) Java
5 2 (0.67%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (6.00%) Degree
2 17 (5.67%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.33%) PMP
6 8 (2.67%) CISSP
7 7 (2.33%) CISM
8 6 (2.00%) CISA
9 5 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.00%) ACCA
11 3 (1.00%) CIMA
11 3 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.33%) MBA
12 1 (0.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.67%) NIST
5 8 (2.67%) PMO
6 7 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.33%) GDPR
6 7 (2.33%) QA
6 7 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (2.33%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.33%) SOC 1
8 3 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.00%) COBIT
9 2 (0.67%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.67%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.67%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.33%) GRC
10 1 (0.33%) NCSC
10 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.67%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.00%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.33%) Oracle
3 10 (3.33%) SAP
4 8 (2.67%) Cisco
5 6 (2.00%) VMware
6 4 (1.33%) Workday
7 3 (1.00%) Sage
7 3 (1.00%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.00%) Veeam
8 2 (0.67%) BMC
8 2 (0.67%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.67%) iManage
8 2 (0.67%) Remedy
8 2 (0.67%) Xero
9 1 (0.33%) Aruba
9 1 (0.33%) Databricks
9 1 (0.33%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.33%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.33%) Snow