IT Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 158 198
Rank change year-on-year -52 +40 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 264 718 722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.58% 2.13% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.22% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 223 609 598
10th Percentile £38,264 £37,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £42,500 £49,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.72% +3.65%
75th Percentile £69,284 £64,375 £68,688
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -11.30% +4.31%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 15,228 32,408 39,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 95.97% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10,025 24,891 28,284
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,127 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

IT Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Manager.

IT Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

IT Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 107 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 85 (32.20%) Finance
3 78 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (28.41%) Microsoft
5 68 (25.76%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (23.86%) Agile
7 58 (21.97%) Project Management
8 51 (19.32%) ITIL
9 47 (17.80%) Service Management
9 47 (17.80%) Degree
10 42 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 41 (15.53%) Mentoring
12 40 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
13 39 (14.77%) Project Delivery
14 38 (14.39%) CISSP
14 38 (14.39%) CRM
15 36 (13.64%) ITSM
15 36 (13.64%) Azure
16 33 (12.50%) Computer Science
16 33 (12.50%) Service Delivery
16 33 (12.50%) Roadmaps
17 31 (11.74%) Budget Management
17 31 (11.74%) SharePoint
18 29 (10.98%) SaaS
19 28 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
20 27 (10.23%) Decision-Making
20 27 (10.23%) Retail
21 26 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
22 25 (9.47%) Presentation Skills
23 23 (8.71%) Computer Science Degree

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (11.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.76%) CMS
3 2 (0.76%) Confluence
3 2 (0.76%) Moodle
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.38%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (25.76%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (13.64%) Azure
3 29 (10.98%) SaaS
4 19 (7.20%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.92%) AWS
6 6 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.52%) Datadog
7 4 (1.52%) GCP
8 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.14%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.38%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.38%) Boomi
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.38%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.82%) Firewall
2 8 (3.03%) VLAN
3 5 (1.89%) IP Telephony
4 4 (1.52%) LAN
4 4 (1.52%) Network Security
5 3 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.76%) DHCP
6 2 (0.76%) DNS
6 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.76%) VPN
6 2 (0.76%) WAN
7 1 (0.38%) Internet
7 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.38%) IPv4
7 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.27%) Power BI
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Metadata
3 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (5.68%) JIRA
General
1 107 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 85 (32.20%) Finance
3 40 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.23%) Retail
5 25 (9.47%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (7.95%) Banking
7 16 (6.06%) Legal
8 15 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.92%) Law
10 7 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.65%) Marketing
11 6 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.76%) Aviation
13 2 (0.76%) German Language
13 2 (0.76%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.76%) Police
14 1 (0.38%) Advertising
14 1 (0.38%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.89%) CodeIgniter
1 5 (1.89%) Laravel
1 5 (1.89%) Node.js
2 4 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.82%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.79%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.79%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.41%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.41%) Replication
4 7 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.27%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.89%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.52%) Clustering
7 4 (1.52%) CMDB
7 4 (1.52%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.14%) IoT
8 3 (1.14%) NHS
9 2 (0.76%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.76%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.76%) Podcast
9 2 (0.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.95%) Windows
2 8 (3.03%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.65%) Android
4 6 (2.27%) Linux
4 6 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.52%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.86%) Agile
3 58 (21.97%) Project Management
4 51 (19.32%) ITIL
5 47 (17.80%) Service Management
6 42 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (15.53%) Mentoring
8 39 (14.77%) Project Delivery
9 38 (14.39%) CRM
10 36 (13.64%) ITSM
11 33 (12.50%) Computer Science
11 33 (12.50%) Roadmaps
11 33 (12.50%) Service Delivery
12 31 (11.74%) Budget Management
13 28 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (10.23%) Decision-Making
15 26 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (7.95%) Business Development
16 21 (7.95%) Change Management
16 21 (7.95%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.79%) JavaScript
1 10 (3.79%) Python
1 10 (3.79%) SQL
2 8 (3.03%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.89%) PHP
4 4 (1.52%) Bash
4 4 (1.52%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.38%) C#
5 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 47 (17.80%) Degree
2 38 (14.39%) CISSP
3 23 (8.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (7.95%) PMP
5 19 (7.20%) CISA
6 17 (6.44%) PMI Certification
7 13 (4.92%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.89%) CISM
9 4 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.76%) OSCE
10 2 (0.76%) OSCP
10 2 (0.76%) PgMP
11 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.20%) ITGC
2 16 (6.06%) GDPR
2 16 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.30%) QA
4 11 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.89%) NIST
5 5 (1.89%) SLA
6 4 (1.52%) PMO
7 3 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.76%) COBIT
8 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) GRC
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 22 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.52%) Docker
2 4 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.52%) Prometheus
2 4 (1.52%) Terraform
3 3 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (28.41%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.30%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.03%) Cisco
3 8 (3.03%) SAP
4 7 (2.65%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.65%) VMware
5 5 (1.89%) HubSpot
5 5 (1.89%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.14%) IBM
6 3 (1.14%) Intapp
6 3 (1.14%) Meraki
7 2 (0.76%) Google
7 2 (0.76%) iManage
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle
7 2 (0.76%) Snow
8 1 (0.38%) Adobe
8 1 (0.38%) Apple
8 1 (0.38%) Citrix
8 1 (0.38%) Sage
8 1 (0.38%) Workday