IT Manager Jobs in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £51,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 220 232
Rank change year-on-year +110 +12 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,130 1,531 2,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.48% 1.70% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 1.86% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,826 1,243 1,893
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,075
25th Percentile £40,072 £47,500 £47,104
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +4.28% +4.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,124
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.31% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North of England +129 576 £47,500 -9.52% 83
South East +75 429 £50,825 -11.61% 68
London +47 419 £65,000 - 80
Midlands +60 389 £50,000 -9.09% 52
North West +112 300 £46,500 -13.08% 38
Yorkshire +112 213 £49,990 -2.46% 40
West Midlands +27 204 £54,000 -1.82% 33
East Midlands +79 170 £50,000 -9.09% 19
South West +27 169 £49,500 -1.00% 22
East of England +47 145 £50,000 -9.91% 22
North East +29 63 £52,500 +5.00% 11
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 across the England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 636 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 522 (24.51%) Project Management
3 414 (19.44%) Finance
4 413 (19.39%) Microsoft
5 352 (16.53%) Microsoft 365
6 343 (16.10%) Agile
7 315 (14.79%) ITIL
8 268 (12.58%) Azure
9 266 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
10 244 (11.46%) Service Delivery
11 241 (11.31%) Degree
12 237 (11.13%) Stakeholder Management
13 228 (10.70%) Windows
14 217 (10.19%) Project Delivery
15 215 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
16 198 (9.30%) ERP
17 196 (9.20%) Active Directory
18 194 (9.11%) Risk Management
19 191 (8.97%) PRINCE2
20 189 (8.87%) Change Management
21 175 (8.22%) Waterfall
22 158 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
23 153 (7.18%) Service Management
24 140 (6.57%) Mentoring
25 138 (6.48%) IT Strategy
26 137 (6.43%) Firewall
27 135 (6.34%) Retail
28 134 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
29 129 (6.06%) ITSM
30 126 (5.92%) Line Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 91 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.75%) Confluence
4 13 (0.61%) Documentum
5 12 (0.56%) WordPress
6 7 (0.33%) CMS
7 5 (0.23%) Site Server
8 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.047%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.047%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.047%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.047%) IIS
10 1 (0.047%) Moodle
10 1 (0.047%) Totara
Applications
1 71 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.38%) Trello
5 2 (0.094%) CATIA
6 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.047%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 13 (0.61%) TrackWise
2 8 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.33%) Sage 200
3 7 (0.33%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.33%) Shopify
4 6 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.047%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.047%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.047%) Magento
8 1 (0.047%) Primavera
8 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.047%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 352 (16.53%) Microsoft 365
2 268 (12.58%) Azure
3 66 (3.10%) AWS
4 65 (3.05%) Power Platform
5 54 (2.54%) Entra ID
6 49 (2.30%) SaaS
7 31 (1.46%) GCP
8 27 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (0.94%) OneDrive
10 17 (0.80%) IaaS
10 17 (0.80%) WhatsApp
11 16 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (0.75%) PaaS
12 13 (0.61%) PowerApps
13 11 (0.52%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.28%) Dropbox
14 6 (0.28%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.23%) Azure Pipelines
16 4 (0.19%) CloudFront
16 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 137 (6.43%) Firewall
2 70 (3.29%) WAN
3 62 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
4 59 (2.77%) LAN
5 50 (2.35%) Network Security
6 39 (1.83%) DNS
7 37 (1.74%) VPN
8 33 (1.55%) Intranet
9 32 (1.50%) VLAN
10 31 (1.46%) DHCP
11 29 (1.36%) Wireless
12 27 (1.27%) TCP/IP
13 24 (1.13%) SAN
14 20 (0.94%) Internet
15 19 (0.89%) VoIP
16 13 (0.61%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.47%) NAS
17 10 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.47%) WLAN
18 7 (0.33%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (2.44%) Power BI
2 45 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.28%) DB2
4 6 (0.28%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.094%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.094%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.047%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.047%) GIS
7 1 (0.047%) MySQL
7 1 (0.047%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.047%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 60 (2.82%) JIRA
2 3 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.094%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.094%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.047%) Git
General
1 636 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 414 (19.44%) Finance
3 135 (6.34%) Retail
4 134 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (4.65%) Law
6 92 (4.32%) Legal
7 87 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 83 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 64 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 63 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 42 (1.97%) Banking
13 42 (1.97%) Marketing
14 38 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (1.03%) Aerospace
17 18 (0.85%) Financial Institution
18 17 (0.80%) Billing
19 14 (0.66%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.47%) EDI
1 10 (0.47%) HTML
2 9 (0.42%) .NET
3 6 (0.28%) CSS
4 4 (0.19%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.19%) LDAP
4 4 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.19%) REST
4 4 (0.19%) XML
5 3 (0.14%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.14%) Flash
5 3 (0.14%) Web Services
6 2 (0.094%) ADO
6 2 (0.094%) Express.js
6 2 (0.094%) JSON
6 2 (0.094%) MERN Stack
6 2 (0.094%) Node.js
6 2 (0.094%) React
7 1 (0.047%) ERC20
7 1 (0.047%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 111 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
2 103 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 62 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 32 (1.50%) Onboarding
5 31 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 28 (1.31%) FMCG
7 21 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 18 (0.85%) PMI
9 17 (0.80%) Security Posture
10 15 (0.70%) CCTV
10 15 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (0.70%) Life Science
11 13 (0.61%) LIMS
11 13 (0.61%) NHS
12 12 (0.56%) Product Ownership
13 11 (0.52%) EPoS
14 9 (0.42%) Cyberattack
15 8 (0.38%) Algorithms
15 8 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 228 (10.70%) Windows
2 114 (5.35%) Windows Server
3 43 (2.02%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.22%) Linux
5 19 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 19 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (0.61%) Unix
7 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.28%) Android
10 6 (0.28%) VMS
11 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.047%) AIX
12 1 (0.047%) CentOS
12 1 (0.047%) Debian
12 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (24.51%) Project Management
2 343 (16.10%) Agile
3 315 (14.79%) ITIL
4 266 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
5 244 (11.46%) Service Delivery
6 237 (11.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 217 (10.19%) Project Delivery
8 215 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
9 198 (9.30%) ERP
10 194 (9.11%) Risk Management
11 191 (8.97%) PRINCE2
12 189 (8.87%) Change Management
13 175 (8.22%) Waterfall
14 158 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 153 (7.18%) Service Management
16 140 (6.57%) Mentoring
17 138 (6.48%) IT Strategy
18 129 (6.06%) ITSM
19 126 (5.92%) Line Management
20 120 (5.63%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 123 (5.77%) SQL
2 24 (1.13%) PowerShell
3 9 (0.42%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.33%) T-SQL
5 5 (0.23%) Bash
6 3 (0.14%) Java
6 3 (0.14%) Python
6 3 (0.14%) VBA
7 2 (0.094%) C#
8 1 (0.047%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.047%) Delphi
8 1 (0.047%) Go
8 1 (0.047%) Solidity
8 1 (0.047%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.047%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 241 (11.31%) Degree
2 76 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 73 (3.43%) PMP
4 49 (2.30%) CISSP
5 47 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
6 45 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 42 (1.97%) DBS Check
8 41 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 32 (1.50%) Azure Certification
12 29 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 25 (1.17%) SC Cleared
15 23 (1.08%) CISM
16 21 (0.99%) MCSE
17 20 (0.94%) CCNA
18 17 (0.80%) CISA
19 14 (0.66%) CCNP
20 13 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (3.94%) GDPR
3 71 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 70 (3.29%) SLA
5 52 (2.44%) PMO
6 49 (2.30%) QA
7 25 (1.17%) ITGC
8 24 (1.13%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.03%) GRC
10 20 (0.94%) NIST
11 14 (0.66%) GxP
12 13 (0.61%) GMP
12 13 (0.61%) Good Clinical Practice
12 13 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.52%) ISO 14000
14 10 (0.47%) ISO 22301
15 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 196 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 57 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.33%) IAG
5 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.19%) pfSense
7 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.14%) vSphere
9 2 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.094%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 55 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.38%) WSUS
3 7 (0.33%) SCCM
3 7 (0.33%) SmoothWall
4 5 (0.23%) CASB
4 5 (0.23%) PaperCut
4 5 (0.23%) SCOM
4 5 (0.23%) Terraform
5 4 (0.19%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.19%) Nessus
6 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.047%) Ansible
7 1 (0.047%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.047%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.047%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.047%) SafeCom
7 1 (0.047%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 413 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.65%) VMware
3 69 (3.24%) Cisco
4 45 (2.11%) SAP
5 35 (1.64%) ServiceNow
5 35 (1.64%) Veeam
6 34 (1.60%) Google
7 33 (1.55%) Sophos
8 26 (1.22%) Apple
9 24 (1.13%) Meraki
9 24 (1.13%) Oracle
10 23 (1.08%) Citrix
10 23 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 21 (0.99%) Sage
12 14 (0.66%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (0.56%) Dell
15 10 (0.47%) iManage
16 9 (0.42%) Anaplan
17 8 (0.38%) AppDynamics