Hybrid/Remote NOC Manager Job Trends

Network Operations Centre Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Operations Centre Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 - 569
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs requiring a NOC Manager 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.005% - 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £87,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -60.00% +52.17% -4.17%

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 19,433 14,564 32,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.21% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,210 9,006 25,037
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,956 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%

NOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'NOC Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NOC Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

NOC Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote NOC Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote NOC Manager job vacancies

NOC Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 30 June 2026, NOC 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 NOC Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) nginx
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Squid
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

NOC 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Squid
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware