IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager salary in the UK is £51,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 227 243
Rank change year-on-year +108 +16 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,299 1,701 2,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.34% 1.64% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 1.79% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,961 1,371 2,079
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £41,200
25th Percentile £40,988 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £55,124
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +4.31% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +107 2,113 £51,000 -11.78% 330
UK excluding London +102 1,795 £50,000 -9.09% 256
Work from Home +48 715 £55,000 -8.33% 115
North of England +128 572 £47,500 -9.52% 76
South East +77 424 £51,000 -11.30% 65
London +48 420 £65,000 - 92
Midlands +75 383 £50,000 -9.09% 51
North West +121 295 £45,750 -12.86% 37
Yorkshire +114 213 £50,000 - 31
West Midlands +39 200 £54,650 -0.64% 35
East Midlands +82 168 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South West +28 165 £49,500 -1.00% 25
East of England +48 147 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland -36 68 £45,000 -16.28% 14
North East +30 64 £51,250 +2.50% 12
Wales +21 33 £50,000 +11.94% 13
Northern Ireland +34 7 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Channel Islands - 2 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 722 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 585 (25.45%) Project Management
3 464 (20.18%) Finance
4 448 (19.49%) Microsoft
5 398 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
6 386 (16.79%) Agile
7 343 (14.92%) ITIL
8 287 (12.48%) Azure
8 287 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
9 282 (12.27%) Service Delivery
10 279 (12.14%) Windows
11 276 (12.01%) Degree
12 262 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 237 (10.31%) Project Delivery
13 237 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
14 228 (9.92%) Active Directory
15 207 (9.00%) PRINCE2
16 205 (8.92%) ERP
17 202 (8.79%) Risk Management
18 200 (8.70%) Change Management
19 198 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
20 183 (7.96%) Waterfall
21 177 (7.70%) IT Strategy
22 164 (7.13%) Service Management
23 158 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
24 148 (6.44%) Firewall
25 147 (6.39%) Retail
25 147 (6.39%) Mentoring
26 146 (6.35%) Windows Server
26 146 (6.35%) ITSM

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 98 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (0.74%) Confluence
4 12 (0.52%) WordPress
5 11 (0.48%) Documentum
6 7 (0.30%) CMS
7 5 (0.22%) Site Server
8 4 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.043%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.043%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.043%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.043%) IIS
10 1 (0.043%) Moodle
10 1 (0.043%) Totara
Applications
1 78 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.35%) Trello
5 2 (0.087%) CATIA
6 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.043%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.043%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.48%) TrackWise
4 8 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 7 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 7 (0.30%) Shopify
6 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.17%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.043%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.043%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.043%) Epicor Tropos
9 1 (0.043%) Magento
9 1 (0.043%) Primavera
9 1 (0.043%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.043%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.043%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 398 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
2 287 (12.48%) Azure
3 71 (3.09%) Power Platform
4 69 (3.00%) AWS
5 67 (2.91%) Entra ID
6 56 (2.44%) SaaS
7 32 (1.39%) GCP
8 26 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (0.87%) OneDrive
10 17 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (0.70%) IaaS
12 15 (0.65%) PaaS
12 15 (0.65%) PowerApps
13 14 (0.61%) WhatsApp
14 11 (0.48%) Google Workspace
15 8 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.26%) Dropbox
16 6 (0.26%) Mimecast
17 5 (0.22%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 148 (6.44%) Firewall
2 72 (3.13%) WAN
3 64 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
4 63 (2.74%) LAN
5 49 (2.13%) Network Security
6 41 (1.78%) VPN
7 40 (1.74%) DNS
8 37 (1.61%) Wireless
9 34 (1.48%) Intranet
9 34 (1.48%) VLAN
10 32 (1.39%) DHCP
11 30 (1.30%) SAN
11 30 (1.30%) TCP/IP
11 30 (1.30%) VoIP
12 27 (1.17%) Internet
13 17 (0.74%) NAS
14 13 (0.57%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.48%) WLAN
16 10 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.30%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (2.48%) Power BI
2 51 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
4 14 (0.61%) DB2
5 8 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.26%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.087%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.087%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.043%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.043%) MySQL
10 1 (0.043%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.043%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (2.70%) JIRA
2 3 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.087%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.087%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.043%) Git
General
1 722 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 464 (20.18%) Finance
3 158 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (6.39%) Retail
5 107 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 102 (4.44%) Legal
7 99 (4.31%) Law
8 88 (3.83%) Manufacturing
9 76 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 74 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
11 52 (2.26%) Marketing
12 45 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 45 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (1.87%) Banking
14 40 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (0.96%) Aerospace
17 19 (0.83%) Billing
18 18 (0.78%) Financial Institution
19 15 (0.65%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.43%) .NET
1 10 (0.43%) EDI
1 10 (0.43%) HTML
2 6 (0.26%) CSS
3 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
3 4 (0.17%) LDAP
3 4 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (0.17%) REST
3 4 (0.17%) XML
4 3 (0.13%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.13%) Flash
4 3 (0.13%) SAML
4 3 (0.13%) Web Services
5 2 (0.087%) ADO
5 2 (0.087%) Express.js
5 2 (0.087%) JSON
5 2 (0.087%) MERN Stack
5 2 (0.087%) Node.js
5 2 (0.087%) React
6 1 (0.043%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
2 109 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 66 (2.87%) Data Centre
4 38 (1.65%) Driving Licence
5 36 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 24 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (1.04%) FMCG
6 24 (1.04%) PMI
7 19 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (0.74%) Security Posture
9 15 (0.65%) CCTV
10 14 (0.61%) Product Ownership
11 13 (0.57%) Life Science
11 13 (0.57%) NHS
12 11 (0.48%) EPoS
12 11 (0.48%) LIMS
13 10 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 9 (0.39%) Cyberattack
14 9 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
15 8 (0.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 279 (12.14%) Windows
2 146 (6.35%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.87%) Windows 10
4 39 (1.70%) Linux
5 22 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 21 (0.91%) Unix
7 18 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Vista
10 6 (0.26%) Android
10 6 (0.26%) VMS
10 6 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.22%) CentOS
12 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.043%) AIX
13 1 (0.043%) Debian
13 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (25.45%) Project Management
2 386 (16.79%) Agile
3 343 (14.92%) ITIL
4 287 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
5 282 (12.27%) Service Delivery
6 262 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 237 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
7 237 (10.31%) Project Delivery
8 207 (9.00%) PRINCE2
9 205 (8.92%) ERP
10 202 (8.79%) Risk Management
11 200 (8.70%) Change Management
12 198 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 183 (7.96%) Waterfall
14 177 (7.70%) IT Strategy
15 164 (7.13%) Service Management
16 147 (6.39%) Mentoring
17 146 (6.35%) ITSM
18 134 (5.83%) Customer Service
18 134 (5.83%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (5.87%) SQL
2 29 (1.26%) PowerShell
3 10 (0.43%) Bash
4 9 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.17%) Java
7 3 (0.13%) Python
7 3 (0.13%) VBA
8 2 (0.087%) C#
9 1 (0.043%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.043%) Delphi
9 1 (0.043%) Go
9 1 (0.043%) Solidity
9 1 (0.043%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 276 (12.01%) Degree
2 88 (3.83%) PMI Certification
3 84 (3.65%) PMP
4 54 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
5 52 (2.26%) CISSP
6 45 (1.96%) Security Cleared
7 44 (1.91%) DBS Check
8 39 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 31 (1.35%) Azure Certification
12 29 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 28 (1.22%) CISA
14 26 (1.13%) CISM
14 26 (1.13%) Master's Degree
14 26 (1.13%) SC Cleared
15 21 (0.91%) MCSE
16 20 (0.87%) CCNA
17 16 (0.70%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (3.70%) GDPR
3 78 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (3.09%) SLA
5 62 (2.70%) PMO
6 45 (1.96%) QA
7 35 (1.52%) ITGC
8 24 (1.04%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.04%) GRC
9 21 (0.91%) NIST
10 13 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (0.52%) Data Quality
11 12 (0.52%) GxP
12 11 (0.48%) GMP
12 11 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
12 11 (0.48%) ISO 14000
12 11 (0.48%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.43%) COBIT
14 9 (0.39%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 228 (9.92%) Active Directory
2 64 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.48%) IAG
4 11 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.17%) pfSense
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.13%) vSphere
8 2 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.087%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 59 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.43%) Terraform
3 9 (0.39%) WSUS
4 8 (0.35%) SmoothWall
5 7 (0.30%) SCCM
5 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
6 6 (0.26%) Ansible
6 6 (0.26%) PaperCut
7 5 (0.22%) CASB
7 5 (0.22%) SCOM
8 4 (0.17%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.043%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.043%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.043%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.043%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 448 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 106 (4.61%) VMware
3 80 (3.48%) Cisco
4 56 (2.44%) SAP
5 36 (1.57%) Oracle
6 35 (1.52%) Google
6 35 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 35 (1.52%) Veeam
7 34 (1.48%) Sophos
8 29 (1.26%) Sage
9 28 (1.22%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.17%) Meraki
11 26 (1.13%) Apple
12 23 (1.00%) Citrix
13 16 (0.70%) Fortinet
14 15 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
15 12 (0.52%) Dell
16 10 (0.43%) iManage
17 9 (0.39%) Aruba
17 9 (0.39%) HubSpot