IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 223 256
Rank change year-on-year +104 +33 -12
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,328 1,636 2,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.31% 1.66% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 1.82% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,985 1,327 2,101
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,100 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,185
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.19% +3.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,500 £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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +103 2,137 £50,000 -13.04% 377
UK excluding London +98 1,838 £50,000 -9.09% 311
Work from Home +48 714 £55,000 -7.72% 140
North of England +121 582 £47,500 -9.52% 86
South East +71 436 £50,825 -11.61% 113
London +37 407 £63,264 -2.67% 118
Midlands +64 393 £50,000 -9.09% 56
North West +104 302 £46,500 -15.07% 38
Yorkshire +101 218 £49,990 -0.02% 43
West Midlands +33 206 £54,000 -1.82% 36
East Midlands +89 172 £50,000 -13.04% 20
South West +19 169 £49,000 -2.00% 18
East of England +34 146 £50,000 -9.50% 17
Scotland -41 71 £45,000 -16.28% 20
North East +28 62 £51,250 +2.50% 10
Wales +22 37 £50,000 +11.94% 9
Northern Ireland +31 7 £37,500 -6.25%
Channel Islands - 2 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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.

1 697 (29.94%) Social Skills
2 550 (23.63%) Project Management
3 454 (19.50%) Finance
4 446 (19.16%) Microsoft
5 384 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
6 356 (15.29%) Agile
7 342 (14.69%) ITIL
8 289 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
9 282 (12.11%) Azure
10 278 (11.94%) Service Delivery
11 269 (11.55%) Degree
12 266 (11.43%) Windows
13 248 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 234 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
15 222 (9.54%) Project Delivery
16 216 (9.28%) Active Directory
17 206 (8.85%) Risk Management
18 204 (8.76%) ERP
19 198 (8.51%) PRINCE2
20 193 (8.29%) Change Management
21 183 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
22 171 (7.35%) Waterfall
23 169 (7.26%) Service Management
24 166 (7.13%) IT Strategy
25 150 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
26 149 (6.40%) Firewall
26 149 (6.40%) ITSM
27 147 (6.31%) Retail
28 146 (6.27%) Mentoring
29 139 (5.97%) 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
1 100 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 45 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.69%) Confluence
4 13 (0.56%) Documentum
5 11 (0.47%) WordPress
6 9 (0.39%) CMS
7 5 (0.21%) Site Server
8 4 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.043%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.043%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.043%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.043%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.043%) IIS
10 1 (0.043%) Moodle
10 1 (0.043%) Totara
Applications
1 80 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.34%) Trello
5 2 (0.086%) CATIA
6 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.043%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.043%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.56%) TrackWise
2 13 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.30%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.30%) SAP Business One
4 7 (0.30%) Shopify
5 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.17%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.043%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.043%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.043%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.043%) Magento
7 1 (0.043%) Primavera
7 1 (0.043%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.043%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.043%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.043%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 384 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
2 282 (12.11%) Azure
3 66 (2.84%) AWS
4 64 (2.75%) Entra ID
4 64 (2.75%) Power Platform
5 53 (2.28%) SaaS
6 29 (1.25%) GCP
7 27 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (0.90%) OneDrive
9 16 (0.69%) IaaS
10 15 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (0.64%) WhatsApp
11 14 (0.60%) PaaS
12 13 (0.56%) PowerApps
13 11 (0.47%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.26%) Dropbox
15 6 (0.26%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.21%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 149 (6.40%) Firewall
2 73 (3.14%) WAN
3 63 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
4 60 (2.58%) LAN
5 58 (2.49%) Network Security
6 38 (1.63%) DNS
6 38 (1.63%) VPN
7 36 (1.55%) Wireless
8 34 (1.46%) Intranet
9 33 (1.42%) VLAN
10 31 (1.33%) SAN
11 29 (1.25%) DHCP
12 28 (1.20%) Internet
13 26 (1.12%) TCP/IP
14 25 (1.07%) VoIP
15 17 (0.73%) NAS
16 14 (0.60%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
18 9 (0.39%) WLAN
19 7 (0.30%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (2.23%) Power BI
2 48 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
4 13 (0.56%) DB2
5 7 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.26%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.086%) GIS
9 2 (0.086%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.043%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.043%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (2.71%) JIRA
2 3 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.086%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.086%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 697 (29.94%) Social Skills
2 454 (19.50%) Finance
3 150 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (6.31%) Retail
5 104 (4.47%) Legal
6 99 (4.25%) Public Sector
7 98 (4.21%) Law
8 94 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 71 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 65 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.15%) Marketing
12 48 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 48 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (2.02%) Banking
14 40 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (0.95%) Aerospace
17 19 (0.82%) Billing
18 16 (0.69%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.69%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.43%) .NET
2 9 (0.39%) EDI
2 9 (0.39%) HTML
3 6 (0.26%) CSS
4 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.17%) LDAP
4 4 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.17%) REST
4 4 (0.17%) XML
5 3 (0.13%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.13%) ADO
5 3 (0.13%) Flash
5 3 (0.13%) SAML
5 3 (0.13%) Web Services
6 2 (0.086%) Express.js
6 2 (0.086%) JSON
6 2 (0.086%) MERN Stack
6 2 (0.086%) Node.js
6 2 (0.086%) React
7 1 (0.043%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 109 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
2 101 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.49%) Data Centre
4 36 (1.55%) Driving Licence
5 33 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 30 (1.29%) FMCG
7 23 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (0.90%) PMI
9 18 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (0.64%) CCTV
10 15 (0.64%) Life Science
10 15 (0.64%) Security Posture
11 14 (0.60%) Product Ownership
12 13 (0.56%) LIMS
12 13 (0.56%) NHS
13 11 (0.47%) EPoS
14 9 (0.39%) CMDB
14 9 (0.39%) Cyberattack
14 9 (0.39%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 266 (11.43%) Windows
2 135 (5.80%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 36 (1.55%) Linux
5 22 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 19 (0.82%) Unix
6 19 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Vista
10 6 (0.26%) Android
10 6 (0.26%) VMS
11 3 (0.13%) CentOS
11 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (23.63%) Project Management
2 356 (15.29%) Agile
3 342 (14.69%) ITIL
4 289 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
5 278 (11.94%) Service Delivery
6 248 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 234 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
8 222 (9.54%) Project Delivery
9 206 (8.85%) Risk Management
10 204 (8.76%) ERP
11 198 (8.51%) PRINCE2
12 193 (8.29%) Change Management
13 183 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 171 (7.35%) Waterfall
15 169 (7.26%) Service Management
16 166 (7.13%) IT Strategy
17 149 (6.40%) ITSM
18 146 (6.27%) Mentoring
19 139 (5.97%) Customer Service
20 135 (5.80%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 130 (5.58%) SQL
2 29 (1.25%) PowerShell
3 9 (0.39%) Bash
4 8 (0.34%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.17%) Java
7 3 (0.13%) Python
7 3 (0.13%) VBA
8 2 (0.086%) C#
9 1 (0.043%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.043%) Delphi
9 1 (0.043%) Solidity
9 1 (0.043%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 269 (11.55%) Degree
2 85 (3.65%) PMI Certification
3 84 (3.61%) PMP
4 53 (2.28%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (2.15%) CISSP
6 48 (2.06%) Security Cleared
7 44 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (1.76%) DBS Check
9 39 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 34 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.37%) Azure Certification
13 30 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 27 (1.16%) SC Cleared
15 25 (1.07%) CCNA
16 23 (0.99%) CISA
17 21 (0.90%) CISM
17 21 (0.90%) Master's Degree
17 21 (0.90%) MCSE
18 18 (0.77%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (3.52%) GDPR
3 76 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 72 (3.09%) SLA
5 60 (2.58%) PMO
6 49 (2.10%) QA
7 30 (1.29%) ITGC
8 24 (1.03%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.86%) GRC
10 19 (0.82%) NIST
11 14 (0.60%) GxP
12 13 (0.56%) GMP
12 13 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
12 13 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.47%) Data Quality
14 11 (0.47%) ISO 14000
14 11 (0.47%) PCI DSS
15 9 (0.39%) ISO 22301
16 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 216 (9.28%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.47%) IAG
5 10 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.17%) pfSense
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.086%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.086%) vSphere
8 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 56 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.39%) Terraform
3 7 (0.30%) WSUS
3 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
4 6 (0.26%) SCCM
4 6 (0.26%) SmoothWall
5 5 (0.21%) Ansible
5 5 (0.21%) CASB
5 5 (0.21%) SCOM
6 4 (0.17%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.17%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.13%) Nessus
8 1 (0.043%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.043%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.043%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.043%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 446 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 102 (4.38%) VMware
3 80 (3.44%) Cisco
4 53 (2.28%) SAP
5 42 (1.80%) ServiceNow
6 35 (1.50%) Veeam
7 34 (1.46%) Sophos
8 33 (1.42%) Google
8 33 (1.42%) Oracle
9 28 (1.20%) Sage
9 28 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 26 (1.12%) Apple
11 24 (1.03%) Meraki
12 23 (0.99%) Citrix
13 17 (0.73%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
14 14 (0.60%) Dell
15 11 (0.47%) Aruba
16 9 (0.39%) Anaplan
17 8 (0.34%) AppDynamics