IT Manager Jobs in Kent

IT Manager
South East > Kent

The median IT Manager salary in Kent is £38,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 79 88
Rank change year-on-year +45 +9 -34
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 77 23 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.21% 2.01% 2.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.61% 2.35% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 73 17 27
10th Percentile £31,400 £41,250 £20,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% -4.55% +19.57%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.30% - +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,373 979 1,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 85.58% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 547 727
10th Percentile £25,025 £26,900 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,813 £33,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,075 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Kent

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Kent

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Kent

IT Manager
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Tonbridge - 37 £35,000 - 3
Maidstone +20 8 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Sittingbourne - 6 £55,000 -
Sevenoaks - 3 £52,500 - 3
Rochester +6 2 £32,500 -35.00%
Margate - 2 - -
West Malling - 2 £51,250 - 2
Tunbridge Wells -4 1 £105,000 -
Canterbury -11 1 £60,000 -
Dartford - 1 - -
IT Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Kent region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 21 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
4 13 (16.88%) Windows
5 12 (15.58%) Project Management
5 12 (15.58%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (15.58%) Line Management
6 11 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.99%) Risk Management
8 8 (10.39%) Driving Licence
8 8 (10.39%) Azure
9 7 (9.09%) Degree
9 7 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (7.79%) Active Directory
10 6 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (7.79%) Windows Server
10 6 (7.79%) IT Strategy
10 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
11 5 (6.49%) Mentoring
11 5 (6.49%) Coaching
11 5 (6.49%) Meraki
11 5 (6.49%) DBS Check
11 5 (6.49%) GRC
11 5 (6.49%) Firewall
11 5 (6.49%) Business Continuity
11 5 (6.49%) Agile
11 5 (6.49%) PRINCE2
11 5 (6.49%) SQL
11 5 (6.49%) Cisco

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.39%) Azure
3 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.60%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) Firewall
2 4 (5.19%) Wireless
3 3 (3.90%) Network Security
3 3 (3.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.60%) DHCP
4 2 (2.60%) DNS
5 1 (1.30%) SAN
5 1 (1.30%) SSL
5 1 (1.30%) VPN
5 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.19%) Legal
3 3 (3.90%) Finance
3 3 (3.90%) Retail
4 1 (1.30%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.58%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (10.39%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.60%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.88%) Windows
2 6 (7.79%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.90%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (15.58%) Line Management
1 12 (15.58%) Project Management
2 11 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (12.99%) Risk Management
4 7 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
5 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
5 6 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (7.79%) IT Strategy
6 5 (6.49%) Agile
6 5 (6.49%) Business Continuity
6 5 (6.49%) Coaching
6 5 (6.49%) Mentoring
6 5 (6.49%) PRINCE2
7 4 (5.19%) BCP
7 4 (5.19%) Business Continuity Planning
7 4 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (5.19%) Contingency Planning
7 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (5.19%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Degree
2 5 (6.49%) DBS Check
3 4 (5.19%) CISM
3 4 (5.19%) CISSP
3 4 (5.19%) CRISC
4 3 (3.90%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.90%) PMP
5 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) GRC
2 4 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.90%) GDPR
3 3 (3.90%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Cisco
2 5 (6.49%) Meraki
3 3 (3.90%) Apple
4 2 (2.60%) Civica