Hybrid/Remote Senior Manager Job Trends

Senior Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £68,076 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 192 237
Rank change year-on-year +100 +45 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 636 277 329
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.78% 1.67% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.95% 1.82% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 271 147 219
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,988
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £51,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 £65,000 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year +4.73% +1.44% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £107,500 £100,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,373 £64,080
% change year-on-year +0.90% +8.26% +5.22%

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 21,538 15,261 23,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.27% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,386 9,299 17,197
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% - -8.33%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Manager job vacancies

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Manager over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Senior Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 August 2026, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 181 (28.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 173 (27.20%) Project Delivery
3 154 (24.21%) Agile
4 149 (23.43%) Mentoring
5 140 (22.01%) PRINCE2
6 134 (21.07%) Budget Management
7 130 (20.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 115 (18.08%) Programme Management
9 113 (17.77%) Coaching
10 112 (17.61%) Customer Experience
10 112 (17.61%) Project Management
11 111 (17.45%) Performance Management
12 109 (17.14%) Strategic Planning
13 108 (16.98%) Degree
14 95 (14.94%) Roadmaps
15 94 (14.78%) Azure
16 87 (13.68%) ITIL
17 86 (13.52%) Microsoft
18 83 (13.05%) Software Engineering
19 81 (12.74%) Cybersecurity
20 75 (11.79%) Collaborative Working
20 75 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
21 73 (11.48%) AI
21 73 (11.48%) SaaS
22 72 (11.32%) Microsoft Project
23 69 (10.85%) Microsoft Office
23 69 (10.85%) Programme Governance
23 69 (10.85%) QA
24 68 (10.69%) Information Security
25 67 (10.53%) Data Management

Senior 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 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 72 (11.32%) Microsoft Project
2 69 (10.85%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.52%) Adobe Campaign
2 8 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.47%) Primavera
5 3 (0.47%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.31%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) Shopify
7 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 94 (14.78%) Azure
2 73 (11.48%) SaaS
3 65 (10.22%) AWS
4 59 (9.28%) Entra ID
5 25 (3.93%) GCP
6 13 (2.04%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.26%) OCI
8 6 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.47%) Asana
9 3 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.47%) Figma
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.31%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.31%) Meta Ads
10 2 (0.31%) Slack
11 1 (0.16%) AppsFlyer
11 1 (0.16%) Contentsquare
11 1 (0.16%) dbt
11 1 (0.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.83%) Broadband
2 5 (0.79%) Firewall
2 5 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (0.79%) Network Security
3 3 (0.47%) DHCP
3 3 (0.47%) DNS
4 2 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) SMS
5 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.42%) Power BI
2 6 (0.94%) Tableau
3 4 (0.63%) Big Data
3 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.47%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.47%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.47%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (1.10%) JIRA
2 4 (0.63%) Git
3 3 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.16%) Appium
4 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 288 (45.28%) Social Skills
2 151 (23.74%) Finance
3 121 (19.03%) Legal
4 79 (12.42%) Law
5 74 (11.64%) Public Sector
6 52 (8.18%) Banking
7 41 (6.45%) Marketing
8 40 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.52%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.20%) Local Government
14 14 (2.20%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.57%) Retail
16 9 (1.42%) Electronics
17 8 (1.26%) Advertising
17 8 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.10%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.47%) OAuth
1 3 (0.47%) OpenID
1 3 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (0.47%) SAML
2 1 (0.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.16%) NumPy
2 1 (0.16%) Pandas
2 1 (0.16%) Playwright
2 1 (0.16%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.16%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.16%) TAPI
2 1 (0.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.33%) Virtual Team
2 28 (4.40%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.77%) Social Media
4 22 (3.46%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.67%) Marketing Technology
6 16 (2.52%) Over-the-Top Content
7 14 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.26%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.26%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.10%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.10%) Blog
9 7 (1.10%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.10%) LIMS
9 7 (1.10%) NHS
9 7 (1.10%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.10%) Security Posture
10 6 (0.94%) Sports Betting
11 5 (0.79%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (28.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 173 (27.20%) Project Delivery
3 154 (24.21%) Agile
4 149 (23.43%) Mentoring
5 140 (22.01%) PRINCE2
6 134 (21.07%) Budget Management
7 130 (20.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 115 (18.08%) Programme Management
9 113 (17.77%) Coaching
10 112 (17.61%) Customer Experience
10 112 (17.61%) Project Management
11 111 (17.45%) Performance Management
12 109 (17.14%) Strategic Planning
13 95 (14.94%) Roadmaps
14 87 (13.68%) ITIL
15 83 (13.05%) Software Engineering
16 81 (12.74%) Cybersecurity
17 75 (11.79%) Collaborative Working
17 75 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
18 73 (11.48%) AI
Programming Languages
1 50 (7.86%) Python
2 49 (7.70%) C#
2 49 (7.70%) JavaScript
2 49 (7.70%) PowerShell
2 49 (7.70%) TypeScript
3 10 (1.57%) SQL
4 2 (0.31%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 108 (16.98%) Degree
2 66 (10.38%) CISSP
2 66 (10.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 61 (9.59%) CISM
4 54 (8.49%) A+ Certification
4 54 (8.49%) Network+ Certification
5 53 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 47 (7.39%) SC Cleared
7 16 (2.52%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.52%) PMP
8 10 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.26%) ACCA
11 7 (1.10%) CRISC
12 6 (0.94%) CIMA
13 5 (0.79%) GSEC
13 5 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.47%) CISMP
14 3 (0.47%) GIAC
14 3 (0.47%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.85%) QA
2 15 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.73%) NIST
5 7 (1.10%) GxP
6 6 (0.94%) PMO
6 6 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.79%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.47%) GDPR
8 3 (0.47%) SLA
9 2 (0.31%) COBIT
9 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.31%) GRC
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 59 (9.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.47%) Ansible
2 3 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 86 (13.52%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.49%) CyberArk
3 25 (3.93%) Oracle
4 18 (2.83%) SAP
5 16 (2.52%) Adobe
6 13 (2.04%) Google
7 6 (0.94%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.63%) Dell
8 4 (0.63%) HP
8 4 (0.63%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.63%) Veeam
8 4 (0.63%) VMware
9 3 (0.47%) ForgeRock
9 3 (0.47%) Okta
10 2 (0.31%) Infor
11 1 (0.16%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.16%) iManage
11 1 (0.16%) Marketo
11 1 (0.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow