IT Manager Jobs in the North West

IT Manager
England > North West

The median IT Manager salary in the North West is £46,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 194 145
Rank change year-on-year +121 -49 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 296 108 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.03% 1.38% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.20% 1.55% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 242 100 157
10th Percentile £36,000 £33,900 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £53,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.02% -5.31% +8.65%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,140
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.28% +4.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,248 6,965 8,974
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 88.96% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,102 4,048 5,399
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
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 the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the North West.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Manchester +77 122 £51,674 -3.41% 23
Lancashire +32 99 £41,774 -38.11% 6
Cheshire +29 40 £50,000 -13.42% 10
Merseyside +26 32 £40,000 -11.11% 3
Cumbria - 3 £75,000 - 1
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 7 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 North West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 104 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.97%) Project Management
3 59 (19.93%) Microsoft
4 46 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (15.20%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (13.18%) Azure
6 39 (13.18%) ITIL
7 35 (11.82%) Service Delivery
7 35 (11.82%) Agile
8 34 (11.49%) Change Management
9 33 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (10.81%) Mentoring
11 28 (9.46%) Coaching
11 28 (9.46%) Degree
12 27 (9.12%) Service Management
12 27 (9.12%) ERP
12 27 (9.12%) Active Directory
13 25 (8.45%) Finance
14 24 (8.11%) Windows
15 21 (7.09%) Project Delivery
15 21 (7.09%) IT Strategy
15 21 (7.09%) PRINCE2
15 21 (7.09%) Firewall
16 20 (6.76%) ITSM
17 19 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
17 19 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
18 18 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
19 17 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
20 16 (5.41%) Risk Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.35%) CMS
3 4 (1.35%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.34%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (13.18%) Azure
3 14 (4.73%) AWS
4 11 (3.72%) OneDrive
5 9 (3.04%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.03%) SaaS
7 5 (1.69%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.69%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.35%) IaaS
8 4 (1.35%) PaaS
9 3 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.01%) Dropbox
9 3 (1.01%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.34%) GCP
10 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.09%) Firewall
2 8 (2.70%) VoIP
3 5 (1.69%) LAN
3 5 (1.69%) Network Security
3 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.69%) WAN
4 4 (1.35%) Skype
4 4 (1.35%) VPN
5 3 (1.01%) VLAN
5 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.68%) DNS
6 2 (0.68%) Wireless
7 1 (0.34%) Broadband
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.35%) Power BI
2 1 (0.34%) MySQL
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.68%) JIRA
1 2 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 104 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.45%) Finance
3 18 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.73%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.38%) Retail
7 9 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.70%) Publishing
9 7 (2.36%) Local Government
9 7 (2.36%) Military
10 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.35%) Law
11 4 (1.35%) Legal
11 4 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.68%) iGaming
12 2 (0.68%) Marketing
12 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.35%) CSS
1 4 (1.35%) HTML
2 2 (0.68%) EDI
3 1 (0.34%) Laravel
3 1 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.03%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (1.35%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.35%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.35%) iPad
5 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.01%) NHS
6 2 (0.68%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (0.68%) CMDB
6 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.68%) EPoS
6 2 (0.68%) Life Science
6 2 (0.68%) PMI
7 1 (0.34%) AS400
7 1 (0.34%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.34%) iSeries
7 1 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.11%) Windows
2 15 (5.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.03%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.01%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.34%) CentOS
5 1 (0.34%) Debian
5 1 (0.34%) Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (22.97%) Project Management
2 45 (15.20%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (13.18%) ITIL
4 35 (11.82%) Agile
4 35 (11.82%) Service Delivery
5 34 (11.49%) Change Management
6 33 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (10.81%) Mentoring
8 28 (9.46%) Coaching
9 27 (9.12%) ERP
9 27 (9.12%) Service Management
10 21 (7.09%) IT Strategy
10 21 (7.09%) PRINCE2
10 21 (7.09%) Project Delivery
11 20 (6.76%) ITSM
12 19 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (5.41%) Risk Management
14 14 (4.73%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.05%) SQL
2 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.35%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.34%) C#
4 1 (0.34%) Go
4 1 (0.34%) Python
4 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (9.46%) Degree
2 11 (3.72%) PMP
3 10 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.04%) CISSP
4 9 (3.04%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.36%) CCNA
5 7 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (2.03%) MCSE
6 6 (2.03%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.69%) CISM
7 5 (1.69%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.01%) CCNP
8 3 (1.01%) MCSA
8 3 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.68%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.72%) SLA
3 9 (3.04%) QA
4 3 (1.01%) PMO
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.68%) NIST
5 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) GAMP
6 1 (0.34%) GxP
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (9.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.68%) IAG
3 2 (0.68%) vSphere
4 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.01%) Terraform
3 2 (0.68%) Nessus
4 1 (0.34%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.04%) VMware
3 8 (2.70%) Cisco
3 8 (2.70%) SAP
4 7 (2.36%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.69%) Meraki
6 4 (1.35%) Sophos
6 4 (1.35%) Sun
6 4 (1.35%) Veeam
7 3 (1.01%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.01%) Google
7 3 (1.01%) IBM
7 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.68%) CA
8 2 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.34%) Apple
9 1 (0.34%) Epicor
9 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.34%) Pardot
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat