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 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 173 145
Rank change year-on-year +36 -28 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 328 259 722
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.88% 1.98% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 2.12% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 287 222 612
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,986 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -6.78%
75th Percentile £64,497 £71,875 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £51,716
% change year-on-year -4.35% +11.18% -10.06%

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 16,297 12,239 30,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.71% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11,714 9,002 24,806
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,251 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 12 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 12 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 71 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 69 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 69 (21.04%) Project Management
2 69 (21.04%) Service Delivery
3 59 (17.99%) Agile
4 53 (16.16%) Risk Management
4 53 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (15.24%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (14.02%) ITIL
6 46 (14.02%) Project Delivery
7 45 (13.72%) Service Management
8 40 (12.20%) Azure
9 32 (9.76%) Waterfall
10 31 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (9.45%) PRINCE2
11 30 (9.15%) Change Management
12 29 (8.84%) Coaching
13 27 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 26 (7.93%) ITSM
14 26 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (7.62%) CRM
15 25 (7.62%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (7.62%) Document Management
15 25 (7.62%) IT Strategy
16 24 (7.32%) ERP
17 23 (7.01%) Cyber Essentials
18 22 (6.71%) Mentoring
19 21 (6.40%) Contract Negotiation
19 21 (6.40%) Security Cleared
20 20 (6.10%) Business Development

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 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (5.18%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.20%) Azure
2 31 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.88%) Power Automate
4 16 (4.88%) SaaS
5 13 (3.96%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.44%) AWS
7 5 (1.52%) GCP
8 4 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.91%) Serverless
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.30%) Datadog
11 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.30%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.30%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.74%) Firewall
2 4 (1.22%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.22%) WAN
3 3 (0.91%) DMARC
3 3 (0.91%) Network Security
4 2 (0.61%) 5G
4 2 (0.61%) LAN
4 2 (0.61%) SAN
5 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.18%) Power BI
2 4 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 108 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.51%) Finance
3 25 (7.62%) Legal
3 25 (7.62%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.88%) Marketing
5 15 (4.57%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.05%) Law
8 8 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.44%) Retail
9 7 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.91%) Banking
13 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.61%) German Language
14 1 (0.30%) Aviation
14 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) CSS
1 2 (0.61%) HTML
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.54%) Management Information System
2 25 (7.62%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.40%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.18%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.13%) CMDB
6 7 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.91%) PMI
8 3 (0.91%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.61%) EPoS
9 2 (0.61%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.30%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.30%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.88%) Windows
2 8 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.83%) Linux
4 5 (1.52%) Unix
5 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
1 69 (21.04%) Project Management
1 69 (21.04%) Service Delivery
2 59 (17.99%) Agile
3 53 (16.16%) Risk Management
3 53 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (15.24%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (14.02%) ITIL
5 46 (14.02%) Project Delivery
6 45 (13.72%) Service Management
7 32 (9.76%) Waterfall
8 31 (9.45%) PRINCE2
9 30 (9.15%) Change Management
10 29 (8.84%) Coaching
11 26 (7.93%) ITSM
11 26 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (7.62%) CRM
12 25 (7.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (7.62%) Document Management
12 25 (7.62%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.74%) SQL
2 3 (0.91%) Python
3 2 (0.61%) C#
3 2 (0.61%) Java
3 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (6.40%) Security Cleared
2 19 (5.79%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.88%) Degree
4 11 (3.35%) PMI Certification
5 9 (2.74%) PMP
6 7 (2.13%) CISM
7 6 (1.83%) CISSP
8 5 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.22%) CISA
10 3 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.30%) ACCA
12 1 (0.30%) CIMA
12 1 (0.30%) CISMP
12 1 (0.30%) GCFA
12 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (3.35%) NIST
5 9 (2.74%) GDPR
6 8 (2.44%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.44%) PMO
7 7 (2.13%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.52%) QA
8 5 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.22%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.91%) COBIT
11 2 (0.61%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.61%) SLA
12 1 (0.30%) GRC
12 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.61%) Terraform
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.10%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.66%) SAP
4 11 (3.35%) Cisco
5 10 (3.05%) Oracle
6 5 (1.52%) Sage
6 5 (1.52%) VMware
7 4 (1.22%) Workday
8 3 (0.91%) Dell
8 3 (0.91%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.91%) Veeam
9 2 (0.61%) BMC
9 2 (0.61%) iManage
9 2 (0.61%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.61%) Remedy
9 2 (0.61%) Xero
10 1 (0.30%) Databricks
10 1 (0.30%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.30%) Snow