IT Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 207 168
Rank change year-on-year +98 -39 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 1,803 1,037 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.55% 1.73% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 1.93% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 828 1,263
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,675 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,077 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £75,000
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
North of England +124 574 £47,500 -9.52% 91
South East +79 427 £50,663 -11.89% 75
Midlands +67 386 £50,000 -9.09% 59
North West +118 300 £46,500 -11.43% 41
Yorkshire +104 212 £49,995 -4.77% 44
West Midlands +35 202 £54,000 -1.82% 39
East Midlands +85 169 £50,000 -9.09% 20
South West +28 167 £49,500 -3.41% 24
East of England +47 143 £50,000 -9.50% 20
Scotland -40 69 £45,000 -14.29% 20
North East +30 62 £52,500 +5.00% 13
Wales +24 34 £50,000 +6.20% 12
Northern Ireland +30 7 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Channel Islands - 2 £85,000 -
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 553 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 435 (24.13%) Project Management
3 325 (18.03%) Microsoft
4 311 (17.25%) Microsoft 365
5 291 (16.14%) Finance
6 270 (14.98%) Agile
7 248 (13.75%) ITIL
8 236 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (11.54%) Service Delivery
10 201 (11.15%) Azure
11 198 (10.98%) Windows
12 195 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
13 191 (10.59%) Degree
14 188 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
15 177 (9.82%) Active Directory
16 175 (9.71%) Project Delivery
17 165 (9.15%) ERP
18 160 (8.87%) Change Management
19 158 (8.76%) PRINCE2
20 151 (8.37%) Risk Management
20 151 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
21 149 (8.26%) Waterfall
22 129 (7.15%) Firewall
23 126 (6.99%) Mentoring
24 122 (6.77%) IT Strategy
25 117 (6.49%) Windows Server
26 115 (6.38%) SQL
27 107 (5.93%) Customer Service
28 105 (5.82%) Retail
29 98 (5.44%) Analytical Skills

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 84 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.72%) Confluence
3 13 (0.72%) Documentum
4 11 (0.61%) WordPress
5 7 (0.39%) CMS
6 5 (0.28%) Site Server
7 4 (0.22%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.17%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.055%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.055%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.055%) IIS
10 1 (0.055%) Moodle
10 1 (0.055%) Totara
Applications
1 63 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.44%) Trello
4 2 (0.11%) CATIA
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.055%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (0.72%) TrackWise
2 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 7 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.22%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.055%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.055%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.055%) Magento
7 1 (0.055%) Primavera
7 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 311 (17.25%) Microsoft 365
2 201 (11.15%) Azure
3 54 (3.00%) Power Platform
4 53 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 46 (2.55%) AWS
6 42 (2.33%) SaaS
7 21 (1.16%) GCP
8 20 (1.11%) OneDrive
9 18 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (0.72%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (0.44%) IaaS
13 7 (0.39%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.39%) PaaS
13 7 (0.39%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.22%) Mimecast
16 3 (0.17%) Dropbox
16 3 (0.17%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 129 (7.15%) Firewall
2 58 (3.22%) WAN
3 53 (2.94%) Network Security
4 48 (2.66%) LAN
5 44 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
6 39 (2.16%) VPN
7 33 (1.83%) Wireless
8 32 (1.77%) Intranet
9 26 (1.44%) VoIP
10 25 (1.39%) DNS
10 25 (1.39%) VLAN
11 24 (1.33%) SAN
12 22 (1.22%) Internet
13 21 (1.16%) DHCP
14 18 (1.00%) TCP/IP
15 13 (0.72%) SD-WAN
16 11 (0.61%) NAS
17 10 (0.55%) WLAN
18 9 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
19 7 (0.39%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (2.38%) Power BI
2 35 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (0.39%) DB2
5 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.055%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.055%) GIS
8 1 (0.055%) MySQL
8 1 (0.055%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.055%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (3.00%) JIRA
2 3 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.055%) Git
General
1 553 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 291 (16.14%) Finance
3 105 (5.82%) Retail
4 98 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 72 (3.99%) Public Sector
7 68 (3.77%) Law
8 56 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
9 55 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 54 (3.00%) Legal
11 37 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.72%) Marketing
14 24 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (0.94%) Aerospace
17 14 (0.78%) Publishing
18 13 (0.72%) Billing
18 13 (0.72%) Local Government
19 9 (0.50%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.55%) HTML
2 7 (0.39%) EDI
3 6 (0.33%) CSS
4 4 (0.22%) .NET
4 4 (0.22%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.22%) XML
5 3 (0.17%) Flash
5 3 (0.17%) SAML
5 3 (0.17%) Web Services
6 2 (0.11%) JSON
6 2 (0.11%) LDAP
6 2 (0.11%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.11%) REST
7 1 (0.055%) ERC20
7 1 (0.055%) Laravel
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.055%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (0.055%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.055%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.055%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
2 86 (4.77%) Management Information System
3 37 (2.05%) Data Centre
4 33 (1.83%) Driving Licence
5 24 (1.33%) Onboarding
6 22 (1.22%) PMI
7 15 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (0.83%) FMCG
7 15 (0.83%) Life Science
8 14 (0.78%) CCTV
9 13 (0.72%) LIMS
9 13 (0.72%) NHS
10 12 (0.67%) Product Ownership
11 9 (0.50%) Cyberattack
12 8 (0.44%) Social Media
13 7 (0.39%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.39%) EPoS
13 7 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.39%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 198 (10.98%) Windows
2 117 (6.49%) Windows Server
3 36 (2.00%) Windows 10
4 28 (1.55%) Linux
5 21 (1.16%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (0.78%) Unix
8 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.33%) Android
10 6 (0.33%) VMS
11 5 (0.28%) CentOS
12 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.17%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.055%) Debian
14 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (24.13%) Project Management
2 270 (14.98%) Agile
3 248 (13.75%) ITIL
4 236 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
5 208 (11.54%) Service Delivery
6 195 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 188 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
8 175 (9.71%) Project Delivery
9 165 (9.15%) ERP
10 160 (8.87%) Change Management
11 158 (8.76%) PRINCE2
12 151 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 151 (8.37%) Risk Management
13 149 (8.26%) Waterfall
14 126 (6.99%) Mentoring
15 122 (6.77%) IT Strategy
16 107 (5.93%) Customer Service
17 97 (5.38%) Disaster Recovery
17 97 (5.38%) Service Management
18 93 (5.16%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (6.38%) SQL
2 19 (1.05%) PowerShell
3 9 (0.50%) Bash
3 9 (0.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.17%) VBA
5 2 (0.11%) C#
6 1 (0.055%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.055%) Delphi
6 1 (0.055%) Go
6 1 (0.055%) Python
6 1 (0.055%) Solidity
6 1 (0.055%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 191 (10.59%) Degree
2 75 (4.16%) PMI Certification
3 71 (3.94%) PMP
4 34 (1.89%) Security Cleared
5 33 (1.83%) CISSP
6 32 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 31 (1.72%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
9 29 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 24 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 24 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.05%) SC Cleared
14 18 (1.00%) CCNA
15 17 (0.94%) CISM
16 15 (0.83%) MCSE
17 13 (0.72%) CCNP
17 13 (0.72%) CISA
18 9 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 64 (3.55%) SLA
4 58 (3.22%) GDPR
5 41 (2.27%) PMO
6 38 (2.11%) QA
7 22 (1.22%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.05%) ITGC
9 14 (0.78%) GxP
10 13 (0.72%) GMP
10 13 (0.72%) Good Clinical Practice
11 12 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.61%) Data Quality
13 10 (0.55%) NIST
14 8 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.39%) ISO 14000
15 7 (0.39%) ISO 22301
16 6 (0.33%) GRC
16 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 177 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.55%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.39%) IAG
6 4 (0.22%) pfSense
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.55%) Terraform
3 7 (0.39%) SmoothWall
3 7 (0.39%) WSUS
3 7 (0.39%) ZABBIX
4 6 (0.33%) SCCM
5 5 (0.28%) Ansible
5 5 (0.28%) SCOM
6 4 (0.22%) Nessus
6 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.17%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.11%) CASB
8 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.055%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.055%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.055%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 325 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.49%) VMware
3 70 (3.88%) Cisco
4 33 (1.83%) Sophos
4 33 (1.83%) Veeam
5 31 (1.72%) SAP
6 30 (1.66%) ServiceNow
7 25 (1.39%) Google
8 24 (1.33%) Oracle
9 21 (1.16%) Meraki
10 18 (1.00%) Apple
10 18 (1.00%) Salesforce
11 17 (0.94%) Citrix
11 17 (0.94%) Sage
12 16 (0.89%) Fortinet
13 12 (0.67%) Dell
14 9 (0.50%) Aruba
15 8 (0.44%) Anaplan
15 8 (0.44%) BT
15 8 (0.44%) Epicor