ICT Manager
UK

The median ICT Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 798 963 1199
Rank change year-on-year +165 +236 -297
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Manager 90 32 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.032% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.034% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 77 27 27
10th Percentile £38,550 £32,250 £39,424
25th Percentile - £42,056 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -8.26% +3.37%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £55,250
90th Percentile £57,000 £55,000 £68,504
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £41,557 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% -21.59% +11.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

ICT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ICT Manager in the UK

ICT Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
UK excluding London +55 75 £40,000 -3.75% 4
England +115 66 £40,000 -19.02% 5
Work from Home +107 40 £40,000 -42.86% 3
South East - 23 £39,721 -
North of England +50 12 £40,000 -2.94%
London +114 11 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 9 £42,500 -
Midlands +10 8 £40,000 -3.75% 3
South West -19 8 £40,000 +23.32%
Scotland - 7 £40,000 -
West Midlands +16 6 £42,500 +2.27% 2
North West +10 6 £40,000 -2.94%
Yorkshire - 6 £40,000 -
East of England +14 4 £55,000 - 1
Wales +11 4 £40,000 -42.86%
East Midlands - 2 £39,377 - 1

ICT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, ICT 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 featuring ICT Manager in the job title.

1 37 (41.11%) Public Sector
2 12 (13.33%) Project Management
3 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (7.78%) Fire and Rescue
4 7 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (7.78%) Contract Management
4 7 (7.78%) Data Protection
5 6 (6.67%) Degree
6 5 (5.56%) Social Skills
6 5 (5.56%) PRINCE
6 5 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (5.56%) PRINCE2
6 5 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (5.56%) Information Security
6 5 (5.56%) Local Government
6 5 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (5.56%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.44%) Knowledge Management
7 4 (4.44%) ITIL
7 4 (4.44%) Finance
7 4 (4.44%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.44%) Risk Register
7 4 (4.44%) Project Delivery
8 3 (3.33%) Service Delivery
8 3 (3.33%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (3.33%) DBS Check

ICT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.22%) LAN
1 2 (2.22%) WAN
1 2 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 37 (41.11%) Public Sector
2 7 (7.78%) Fire and Rescue
2 7 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (5.56%) Local Government
3 5 (5.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.44%) Finance
5 2 (2.22%) Agriculture
5 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.22%) NHS
3 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (13.33%) Project Management
2 9 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (7.78%) Contract Management
3 7 (7.78%) Data Protection
4 5 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (5.56%) Information Security
4 5 (5.56%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (5.56%) PRINCE
4 5 (5.56%) PRINCE2
5 4 (4.44%) ITIL
5 4 (4.44%) Knowledge Management
5 4 (4.44%) Project Delivery
5 4 (4.44%) Risk Register
6 3 (3.33%) Service Delivery
6 3 (3.33%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (2.22%) Agile
7 2 (2.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (2.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (6.67%) Degree
2 5 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft