IT Manager Jobs in London

IT Manager
England > London

The median IT Manager salary in London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 225 322
Rank change year-on-year +41 +97 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 419 576 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.78% 1.64% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.72% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 341 473 714
10th Percentile £41,500 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £54,377 £51,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,162
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.24% +5.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,176 33,447 64,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 24,574 34,911
10th Percentile £38,084 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London +13 51 £76,250 +29.79% 8
South London +30 34 £55,000 -12.00% 6
West London -6 21 £50,000 -23.08% 7
East London +10 11 £49,500 -20.80% 1
North London +1 3 £47,500 -18.80%
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 137 (32.70%) Finance
2 111 (26.49%) Social Skills
3 105 (25.06%) Microsoft
4 101 (24.11%) Project Management
5 82 (19.57%) Azure
6 77 (18.38%) Agile
7 75 (17.90%) ITIL
7 75 (17.90%) Microsoft 365
8 67 (15.99%) Degree
9 66 (15.75%) Windows
10 64 (15.27%) Service Delivery
11 57 (13.60%) Service Management
12 51 (12.17%) ITSM
13 49 (11.69%) Risk Management
14 45 (10.74%) Active Directory
14 45 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (10.50%) Legal
15 44 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
16 43 (10.26%) Information Security
16 43 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
16 43 (10.26%) Project Delivery
17 40 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
18 39 (9.31%) Line Management
19 35 (8.35%) ERP
19 35 (8.35%) Retail
20 34 (8.11%) Banking
20 34 (8.11%) PRINCE2
21 33 (7.88%) Change Management
22 32 (7.64%) Law
23 31 (7.40%) IT Strategy

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.72%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.43%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.95%) Shopify
4 3 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.24%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 82 (19.57%) Azure
2 75 (17.90%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (5.01%) AWS
4 13 (3.10%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.39%) GCP
7 9 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.15%) IaaS
7 9 (2.15%) PaaS
7 9 (2.15%) SaaS
8 8 (1.91%) WhatsApp
9 5 (1.19%) Azure Pipelines
10 4 (0.95%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.72%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.72%) Intacct
11 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (0.48%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.30%) Firewall
2 16 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.34%) DNS
4 13 (3.10%) LAN
4 13 (3.10%) WAN
5 10 (2.39%) DHCP
5 10 (2.39%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.67%) VLAN
7 6 (1.43%) NAS
7 6 (1.43%) SAN
8 5 (1.19%) Internet
9 3 (0.72%) Wireless
10 2 (0.48%) 5G
10 2 (0.48%) Broadband
10 2 (0.48%) Network Security
10 2 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.48%) VoIP
10 2 (0.48%) VPLS
11 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.63%) Power BI
3 6 (1.43%) DB2
3 6 (1.43%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.43%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Eclipse
General
1 137 (32.70%) Finance
2 111 (26.49%) Social Skills
3 44 (10.50%) Legal
4 40 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.35%) Retail
6 34 (8.11%) Banking
7 32 (7.64%) Law
8 27 (6.44%) Public Sector
9 20 (4.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (4.53%) Telecoms
11 13 (3.10%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.39%) Marketing
12 10 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.19%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.19%) Electronics
16 5 (1.19%) Military
17 4 (0.95%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.19%) .NET
2 3 (0.72%) .NET Framework
2 3 (0.72%) EDI
3 2 (0.48%) ADO
3 2 (0.48%) Express.js
3 2 (0.48%) LDAP
3 2 (0.48%) MERN Stack
3 2 (0.48%) Node.js
3 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.48%) React
3 2 (0.48%) REST
4 1 (0.24%) Spring
4 1 (0.24%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.73%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.25%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.58%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.10%) FMCG
6 8 (1.91%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.19%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.95%) EPoS
9 4 (0.95%) PKI
9 4 (0.95%) Social Network
10 3 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.72%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.72%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.72%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.48%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.48%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (15.75%) Windows
2 24 (5.73%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.39%) Linux
4 7 (1.67%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.43%) Unix
6 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.24%) AIX
7 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (24.11%) Project Management
2 77 (18.38%) Agile
3 75 (17.90%) ITIL
4 64 (15.27%) Service Delivery
5 57 (13.60%) Service Management
6 51 (12.17%) ITSM
7 49 (11.69%) Risk Management
8 45 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 43 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
10 43 (10.26%) Information Security
10 43 (10.26%) Project Delivery
11 39 (9.31%) Line Management
12 35 (8.35%) ERP
13 34 (8.11%) PRINCE2
14 33 (7.88%) Change Management
15 31 (7.40%) IT Strategy
16 30 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (6.21%) Computer Science
17 26 (6.21%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.53%) SQL
2 10 (2.39%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.95%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.72%) Java
5 2 (0.48%) Python
6 1 (0.24%) Bash
6 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (15.99%) Degree
2 21 (5.01%) ITIL Certification
3 17 (4.06%) CISSP
4 14 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.86%) CISA
6 11 (2.63%) DBS Check
7 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.39%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.67%) CISM
9 7 (1.67%) PMP
10 6 (1.43%) MCSE
11 5 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.19%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.19%) Postgraduate
11 5 (1.19%) SC Cleared
12 4 (0.95%) ISACA
12 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.95%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.21%) GDPR
2 19 (4.53%) PMO
3 18 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (4.06%) GRC
5 14 (3.34%) ITGC
6 11 (2.63%) QA
7 10 (2.39%) NIST
8 6 (1.43%) SLA
9 5 (1.19%) COBIT
10 4 (0.95%) COSO
10 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.95%) ISO 14000
11 3 (0.72%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.72%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.24%) PSD2
13 1 (0.24%) SOC 1
System Software
1 45 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.72%) CASB
2 3 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.48%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) SCCM
4 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (25.06%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.73%) VMware
3 17 (4.06%) SAP
4 11 (2.63%) Sage
5 10 (2.39%) Cisco
6 9 (2.15%) Google
7 8 (1.91%) Apple
8 7 (1.67%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.67%) Oracle
9 6 (1.43%) Citrix
9 6 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.43%) Qualys
10 5 (1.19%) iManage
10 5 (1.19%) Meraki
10 5 (1.19%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.95%) Intapp
12 3 (0.72%) Netskope
12 3 (0.72%) Symantec
12 3 (0.72%) Zscaler