IT Manager Jobs in Scotland

IT Manager
UK > Scotland

The median IT Manager salary in Scotland is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 169 161
Rank change year-on-year -51 -8 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 69 55 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.03% 1.19% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.32% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 50 37 46
10th Percentile £41,200 £40,500 £43,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +3.96%
75th Percentile £58,438 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,124
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.31% +4.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,494 4,152 5,542
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 89.89% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,626 2,258 2,960
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Scotland

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Scotland

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Scotland

IT Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Glasgow -96 27 £42,500 -22.73% 7
Edinburgh +36 26 £51,250 -2.38% 7
Perth and Kinross - 5 £45,000 -
Dundee -10 3 £55,380 -30.78%
Clackmannanshire - 3 £51,500 -
Fife -7 2 £57,500 -11.54%
Midlothian - 2 - - 2
North Lanarkshire -6 1 £37,500 -
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Scotland region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 26 (37.68%) Windows
1 26 (37.68%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (34.78%) Windows Server
2 24 (34.78%) Service Delivery
3 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
4 20 (28.99%) Active Directory
5 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
5 17 (24.64%) Project Management
6 15 (21.74%) Degree
7 14 (20.29%) Finance
8 13 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (18.84%) IT Strategy
8 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
9 12 (17.39%) Linux
10 11 (15.94%) SQL
11 10 (14.49%) ITIL
11 10 (14.49%) Agile
12 9 (13.04%) Azure
12 9 (13.04%) Entra ID
12 9 (13.04%) IT Audit
12 9 (13.04%) Data Analytics
12 9 (13.04%) Analytics
13 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 8 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
14 7 (10.14%) CISA
14 7 (10.14%) SAN
14 7 (10.14%) Unit4 Business World
14 7 (10.14%) Sage

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (37.68%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.04%) Azure
2 9 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.35%) SaaS
6 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.14%) NAS
1 7 (10.14%) SAN
1 7 (10.14%) VoIP
2 5 (7.25%) Firewall
3 4 (5.80%) Internet
3 4 (5.80%) Wireless
4 3 (4.35%) DKIM
4 3 (4.35%) DMARC
5 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.14%) DB2
2 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.90%) Power BI
General
1 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.29%) Finance
3 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.25%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.80%) Retail
7 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Banking
8 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Local Government
9 1 (1.45%) Agriculture
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) PMI
2 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 26 (37.68%) Windows
2 24 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.39%) Linux
4 7 (10.14%) Unix
5 4 (5.80%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Service Delivery
2 17 (24.64%) Project Management
3 13 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (18.84%) IT Strategy
3 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.49%) Agile
4 10 (14.49%) ITIL
5 9 (13.04%) Analytics
5 9 (13.04%) Data Analytics
5 9 (13.04%) IT Audit
6 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (10.14%) Budget Management
7 7 (10.14%) Creative Thinking
7 7 (10.14%) Data Privacy
7 7 (10.14%) ERP
7 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (10.14%) ITSM
7 7 (10.14%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (10.14%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) SQL
2 5 (7.25%) Bash
2 5 (7.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) Degree
2 7 (10.14%) CISA
3 5 (7.25%) PMI Certification
3 5 (7.25%) PMP
4 3 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.90%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.14%) ITGC
2 7 (10.14%) PMO
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.90%) COBIT
5 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (28.99%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) ZABBIX
2 5 (7.25%) Ansible
2 5 (7.25%) Terraform
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Cisco
2 7 (10.14%) Mitel
2 7 (10.14%) Oracle
2 7 (10.14%) Sage
2 7 (10.14%) SAP
2 7 (10.14%) VMware
3 2 (2.90%) Meraki
4 1 (1.45%) Aruba