The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Manager
Rank 88 70 96
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 4 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.340% 0.561% 0.380%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.364% 0.611% 0.399%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 4
Average salary - £66,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +39.47%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1098 655 1002
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.29% 91.87% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 940 585 919
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Manager
South East

IT Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Manager across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent IT Manager Jobs Demand Trend

IT Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IT Manager across the Kent region.

Kent IT Manager Salary Trend

IT Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Sittingbourne - 2 - -
IT Manager
South East

IT Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited IT Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Manager in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Symantec
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Demand Management
4 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
4 2 (40.00%) IT Governance
4 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) VoIP
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP
4 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 2 (40.00%) Citrix
4 2 (40.00%) Avaya
4 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) Finance

IT Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited IT Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VoIP
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) IT Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Demand Management
3 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Symantec
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) SAP
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 2 (40.00%) Citrix
4 2 (40.00%) Avaya
4 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint