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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 221 258
Rank change year-on-year +106 +37 -14
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,372 1,619 2,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.31% 1.66% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.82% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,023 1,319 2,127
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,425 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +4.28% +3.71%
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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
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 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +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 28 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 28 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 +98 2,168 £50,500 -12.17% 332
UK excluding London +102 1,872 £50,000 -9.09% 268
Work from Home +50 717 £55,000 -7.72% 120
North of England +123 588 £47,500 -9.52% 84
South East +73 447 £50,825 -11.61% 70
London +46 415 £65,000 - 79
Midlands +74 394 £50,000 -9.09% 55
North West +118 305 £47,500 -12.71% 36
Yorkshire +106 220 £50,000 - 41
West Midlands +36 207 £54,000 -1.82% 28
East Midlands +80 172 £50,000 -13.04% 27
South West +9 169 £49,000 -10.26% 25
East of England +35 151 £50,000 -9.09% 18
Scotland -33 76 £45,000 -14.29% 20
North East +32 63 £50,000 - 11
Wales +22 42 £50,000 +11.94% 8
Northern Ireland +24 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 28 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.

1 696 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 546 (23.02%) Project Management
3 456 (19.22%) Finance
4 447 (18.84%) Microsoft
5 381 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
6 348 (14.67%) Agile
7 339 (14.29%) ITIL
8 290 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
9 278 (11.72%) Azure
10 277 (11.68%) Service Delivery
11 267 (11.26%) Degree
12 262 (11.05%) Windows
13 248 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 237 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
15 220 (9.27%) Project Delivery
16 212 (8.94%) Active Directory
17 211 (8.90%) Risk Management
18 204 (8.60%) ERP
19 194 (8.18%) PRINCE2
20 192 (8.09%) Change Management
21 186 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
22 170 (7.17%) Service Management
23 169 (7.12%) Waterfall
24 168 (7.08%) IT Strategy
25 152 (6.41%) ITSM
26 149 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
27 148 (6.24%) Retail
28 145 (6.11%) Firewall
28 145 (6.11%) Mentoring
29 141 (5.94%) 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 98 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.63%) Confluence
4 13 (0.55%) Documentum
5 11 (0.46%) WordPress
6 9 (0.38%) 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 (0.042%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.042%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.042%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.042%) IIS
10 1 (0.042%) Moodle
10 1 (0.042%) Totara
Applications
1 80 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.34%) Trello
5 2 (0.084%) CATIA
6 1 (0.042%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.042%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.55%) TrackWise
2 13 (0.55%) 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 (0.042%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.042%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.042%) Magento
7 1 (0.042%) Maximo
7 1 (0.042%) Primavera
7 1 (0.042%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.042%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.042%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.042%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 381 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
2 278 (11.72%) Azure
3 66 (2.78%) AWS
4 64 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 62 (2.61%) Entra ID
6 53 (2.23%) SaaS
7 28 (1.18%) GCP
8 27 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (0.89%) OneDrive
10 16 (0.67%) IaaS
11 15 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (0.63%) WhatsApp
12 14 (0.59%) PaaS
13 13 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 11 (0.46%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.25%) Dropbox
15 6 (0.25%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.21%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 145 (6.11%) Firewall
2 71 (2.99%) WAN
3 62 (2.61%) Network Security
4 61 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
5 59 (2.49%) LAN
6 37 (1.56%) VPN
7 36 (1.52%) DNS
8 35 (1.48%) Wireless
9 34 (1.43%) Intranet
10 31 (1.31%) SAN
11 30 (1.26%) VLAN
12 27 (1.14%) DHCP
12 27 (1.14%) Internet
13 25 (1.05%) TCP/IP
14 23 (0.97%) VoIP
15 17 (0.72%) NAS
16 14 (0.59%) SD-WAN
17 9 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (0.38%) WLAN
18 7 (0.30%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (2.19%) Power BI
2 47 (1.98%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
4 13 (0.55%) DB2
5 7 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.25%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.25%) SAP HANA
7 4 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.084%) GIS
8 2 (0.084%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.042%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.042%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (2.61%) JIRA
2 3 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.084%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.084%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 696 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 456 (19.22%) Finance
3 149 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (6.24%) Retail
5 104 (4.38%) Law
6 103 (4.34%) Legal
7 99 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 94 (3.96%) Manufacturing
9 71 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 64 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 50 (2.11%) Marketing
12 49 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (1.98%) Banking
14 40 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (0.93%) Aerospace
17 20 (0.84%) Billing
18 16 (0.67%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.67%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.51%) .NET
2 9 (0.38%) HTML
3 8 (0.34%) EDI
4 6 (0.25%) CSS
5 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.17%) LDAP
5 4 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.17%) REST
5 4 (0.17%) XML
6 3 (0.13%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.13%) ADO
6 3 (0.13%) Flash
6 3 (0.13%) SAML
6 3 (0.13%) Web Services
7 2 (0.084%) Express.js
7 2 (0.084%) JSON
7 2 (0.084%) MERN Stack
7 2 (0.084%) Node.js
7 2 (0.084%) React
8 1 (0.042%) ERC20
Miscellaneous
1 108 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
2 100 (4.22%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.45%) Data Centre
4 35 (1.48%) Driving Licence
5 33 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.35%) FMCG
7 23 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (0.84%) PMI
9 19 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (0.67%) Security Posture
11 15 (0.63%) CCTV
12 14 (0.59%) Life Science
12 14 (0.59%) Product Ownership
13 13 (0.55%) LIMS
13 13 (0.55%) NHS
14 11 (0.46%) EPoS
15 9 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.38%) CMDB
15 9 (0.38%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 262 (11.05%) Windows
2 130 (5.48%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.81%) Windows 10
4 35 (1.48%) Linux
5 22 (0.93%) Mac OS
6 19 (0.80%) Unix
6 19 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Vista
10 6 (0.25%) Android
10 6 (0.25%) VMS
10 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.084%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (23.02%) Project Management
2 348 (14.67%) Agile
3 339 (14.29%) ITIL
4 290 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
5 277 (11.68%) Service Delivery
6 248 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 237 (9.99%) Cybersecurity
8 220 (9.27%) Project Delivery
9 211 (8.90%) Risk Management
10 204 (8.60%) ERP
11 194 (8.18%) PRINCE2
12 192 (8.09%) Change Management
13 186 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 170 (7.17%) Service Management
15 169 (7.12%) Waterfall
16 168 (7.08%) IT Strategy
17 152 (6.41%) ITSM
18 145 (6.11%) Mentoring
19 141 (5.94%) Customer Service
20 134 (5.65%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (5.52%) SQL
2 28 (1.18%) PowerShell
3 8 (0.34%) Bash
3 8 (0.34%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.30%) T-SQL
5 4 (0.17%) Java
6 3 (0.13%) Python
6 3 (0.13%) VBA
7 2 (0.084%) C#
8 1 (0.042%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.042%) Delphi
8 1 (0.042%) Solidity
8 1 (0.042%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 267 (11.26%) Degree
2 84 (3.54%) PMI Certification
3 83 (3.50%) PMP
4 53 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (2.11%) CISSP
6 48 (2.02%) Security Cleared
7 44 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (1.73%) DBS Check
9 40 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 34 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 30 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 27 (1.14%) SC Cleared
15 25 (1.05%) CCNA
16 23 (0.97%) CISA
17 21 (0.89%) CISM
17 21 (0.89%) Master's Degree
17 21 (0.89%) MCSE
18 18 (0.76%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (3.41%) GDPR
3 74 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (2.99%) SLA
5 60 (2.53%) PMO
6 48 (2.02%) QA
7 30 (1.26%) ITGC
8 24 (1.01%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.84%) GRC
10 19 (0.80%) NIST
11 14 (0.59%) GxP
12 13 (0.55%) GMP
12 13 (0.55%) Good Clinical Practice
12 13 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.46%) Data Quality
14 11 (0.46%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.42%) ISO 22301
15 10 (0.42%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 212 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (2.28%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.46%) IAG
5 9 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.17%) pfSense
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.084%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.34%) Terraform
3 7 (0.30%) 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 (0.17%) Ansible
6 4 (0.17%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.13%) Nessus
7 3 (0.13%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.042%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.042%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.042%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.042%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 447 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 100 (4.22%) VMware
3 78 (3.29%) Cisco
4 53 (2.23%) SAP
5 42 (1.77%) ServiceNow
6 35 (1.48%) Veeam
7 34 (1.43%) Sophos
8 33 (1.39%) Oracle
9 32 (1.35%) Google
10 28 (1.18%) Sage
10 28 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 26 (1.10%) Apple
12 23 (0.97%) Citrix
12 23 (0.97%) Meraki
13 17 (0.72%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
14 14 (0.59%) Dell
15 11 (0.46%) Aruba
16 9 (0.38%) Anaplan
17 8 (0.34%) AppDynamics