IT Manager Jobs

IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager salary in the UK is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 220 268
Rank change year-on-year +104 +48 -22
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,438 1,632 2,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 1.72% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.89% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 1,331 2,125
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,072 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +4.28% +2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +106 2,224 £50,500 -12.17% 342
UK excluding London +89 1,929 £50,000 -9.09% 276
Work from Home +33 722 £55,000 -4.35% 147
North of England +119 605 £47,500 -9.52% 82
South East +59 460 £50,500 -12.17% 71
London +42 420 £65,000 - 90
Midlands +66 405 £50,000 -9.09% 61
North West +108 318 £47,500 -12.58% 32
Yorkshire +101 225 £50,000 - 44
West Midlands +34 214 £54,825 -0.32% 40
East Midlands +76 176 £50,000 -13.04% 21
South West +3 174 £49,000 -10.26% 16
East of England +33 156 £50,000 -9.09% 30
Scotland -40 80 £45,000 -14.29% 24
North East +26 62 £48,750 -7.14% 10
Wales +28 45 £50,000 +11.94% 4
Northern Ireland +24 7 £37,500 -6.25%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 job ads featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 702 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 540 (22.15%) Project Management
3 460 (18.87%) Finance
4 454 (18.62%) Microsoft
5 383 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
6 345 (14.15%) Agile
7 341 (13.99%) ITIL
8 290 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
9 280 (11.48%) Azure
10 276 (11.32%) Service Delivery
11 266 (10.91%) Degree
12 262 (10.75%) Windows
13 247 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 239 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
15 218 (8.94%) Project Delivery
16 213 (8.74%) Risk Management
17 212 (8.70%) Active Directory
18 203 (8.33%) ERP
19 194 (7.96%) PRINCE2
20 191 (7.83%) Change Management
21 186 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
22 174 (7.14%) Service Management
23 169 (6.93%) IT Strategy
24 166 (6.81%) Waterfall
25 159 (6.52%) ITSM
26 151 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
27 146 (5.99%) Retail
28 144 (5.91%) Firewall
29 143 (5.87%) Mentoring
29 143 (5.87%) Customer Service

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 101 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.62%) Confluence
4 13 (0.53%) Documentum
5 11 (0.45%) WordPress
6 10 (0.41%) CMS
7 5 (0.21%) Site Server
8 4 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.16%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.041%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.041%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.041%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.041%) IIS
10 1 (0.041%) Moodle
10 1 (0.041%) Totara
Applications
1 81 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.33%) Trello
5 2 (0.082%) CATIA
6 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.041%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.53%) TrackWise
2 13 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.29%) SAP Business One
4 7 (0.29%) Shopify
5 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.16%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.041%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.041%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.041%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.041%) Magento
7 1 (0.041%) Maximo
7 1 (0.041%) Primavera
7 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.041%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.041%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 383 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
2 280 (11.48%) Azure
3 66 (2.71%) AWS
4 65 (2.67%) Power Platform
5 62 (2.54%) Entra ID
6 52 (2.13%) SaaS
7 28 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
7 28 (1.15%) GCP
8 22 (0.90%) OneDrive
9 16 (0.66%) IaaS
10 15 (0.62%) WhatsApp
11 14 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (0.57%) PaaS
12 13 (0.53%) PowerApps
13 11 (0.45%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.25%) Dropbox
14 6 (0.25%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.21%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 144 (5.91%) Firewall
2 69 (2.83%) WAN
3 62 (2.54%) Network Security
3 62 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
4 58 (2.38%) LAN
5 36 (1.48%) VPN
6 35 (1.44%) DNS
6 35 (1.44%) Wireless
7 34 (1.39%) Intranet
8 30 (1.23%) SAN
8 30 (1.23%) VLAN
9 27 (1.11%) DHCP
10 26 (1.07%) Internet
11 25 (1.03%) TCP/IP
12 23 (0.94%) VoIP
13 17 (0.70%) NAS
14 14 (0.57%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.33%) WLAN
17 7 (0.29%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (2.17%) Power BI
2 47 (1.93%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
4 13 (0.53%) DB2
5 7 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.25%) SAP HANA
7 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.082%) GIS
8 2 (0.082%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.041%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.041%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (2.54%) JIRA
2 3 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.082%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 702 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 460 (18.87%) Finance
3 151 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (5.99%) Retail
5 106 (4.35%) Law
6 102 (4.18%) Legal
7 99 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 95 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 71 (2.91%) Telecoms
10 62 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 52 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 49 (2.01%) Marketing
12 49 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (1.93%) Banking
14 40 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (0.90%) Aerospace
17 21 (0.86%) Billing
18 17 (0.70%) Local Government
19 16 (0.66%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.49%) .NET
2 9 (0.37%) HTML
3 8 (0.33%) EDI
4 6 (0.25%) CSS
5 4 (0.16%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.16%) LDAP
5 4 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.16%) REST
5 4 (0.16%) XML
6 3 (0.12%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.12%) ADO
6 3 (0.12%) Flash
6 3 (0.12%) SAML
6 3 (0.12%) Web Services
7 2 (0.082%) Express.js
7 2 (0.082%) JSON
7 2 (0.082%) MERN Stack
7 2 (0.082%) Node.js
7 2 (0.082%) React
8 1 (0.041%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 108 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
2 103 (4.22%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 35 (1.44%) Driving Licence
5 33 (1.35%) Onboarding
6 31 (1.27%) FMCG
7 23 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
8 22 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (0.82%) PMI
10 16 (0.66%) Security Posture
11 15 (0.62%) CCTV
12 14 (0.57%) Life Science
12 14 (0.57%) Product Ownership
13 13 (0.53%) LIMS
13 13 (0.53%) NHS
14 11 (0.45%) CMDB
14 11 (0.45%) EPoS
15 10 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (0.37%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 262 (10.75%) Windows
2 130 (5.33%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.76%) Windows 10
4 35 (1.44%) Linux
5 22 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 19 (0.78%) Unix
6 19 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.29%) Windows Vista
10 6 (0.25%) Android
10 6 (0.25%) VMS
11 5 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.082%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (22.15%) Project Management
2 345 (14.15%) Agile
3 341 (13.99%) ITIL
4 290 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
5 276 (11.32%) Service Delivery
6 247 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 239 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
8 218 (8.94%) Project Delivery
9 213 (8.74%) Risk Management
10 203 (8.33%) ERP
11 194 (7.96%) PRINCE2
12 191 (7.83%) Change Management
13 186 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 174 (7.14%) Service Management
15 169 (6.93%) IT Strategy
16 166 (6.81%) Waterfall
17 159 (6.52%) ITSM
18 143 (5.87%) Customer Service
18 143 (5.87%) Mentoring
19 134 (5.50%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (5.37%) SQL
2 28 (1.15%) PowerShell
3 8 (0.33%) Bash
3 8 (0.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.29%) T-SQL
5 4 (0.16%) Java
6 3 (0.12%) Python
6 3 (0.12%) VBA
7 1 (0.041%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.041%) C#
7 1 (0.041%) Solidity
7 1 (0.041%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 266 (10.91%) Degree
2 82 (3.36%) PMI Certification
3 81 (3.32%) PMP
4 54 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (2.05%) CISSP
5 50 (2.05%) Security Cleared
6 44 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (1.68%) DBS Check
7 41 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 34 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 30 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 29 (1.19%) SC Cleared
11 25 (1.03%) CCNA
12 23 (0.94%) CISA
13 21 (0.86%) CISM
13 21 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 21 (0.86%) MCSE
14 18 (0.74%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (3.40%) GDPR
3 75 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 70 (2.87%) SLA
5 58 (2.38%) PMO
6 49 (2.01%) QA
7 30 (1.23%) ITGC
8 24 (0.98%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.82%) GRC
10 18 (0.74%) NIST
11 15 (0.62%) GxP
12 14 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.53%) GMP
13 13 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
14 12 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.45%) Data Quality
15 11 (0.45%) ISO 14000
15 11 (0.45%) PCI DSS
16 10 (0.41%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 212 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 57 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (2.21%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.45%) IAG
5 10 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.16%) pfSense
6 4 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.082%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.33%) Terraform
3 7 (0.29%) ZABBIX
4 6 (0.25%) SCCM
5 5 (0.21%) CASB
5 5 (0.21%) SCOM
5 5 (0.21%) SmoothWall
5 5 (0.21%) WSUS
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
6 4 (0.16%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.12%) Nessus
7 3 (0.12%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.041%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.041%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.041%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.041%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 454 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.06%) VMware
3 78 (3.20%) Cisco
4 52 (2.13%) SAP
5 46 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 34 (1.39%) Sophos
6 34 (1.39%) Veeam
7 32 (1.31%) Google
7 32 (1.31%) Oracle
8 30 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.15%) Sage
10 26 (1.07%) Apple
11 23 (0.94%) Citrix
11 23 (0.94%) Meraki
12 17 (0.70%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
13 14 (0.57%) Dell
14 11 (0.45%) Aruba
15 10 (0.41%) HubSpot
16 8 (0.33%) SolarWinds