Senior IT Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Manager salary in the UK is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 738 878 972
Rank change year-on-year +140 +94 -139
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 167 115 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 125 83 158
10th Percentile £40,988 £46,500 £50,525
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £53,616
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £67,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.13% +7.14% +8.62%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,732 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.78% - +4.35%

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 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT 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 Senior IT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +138 151 £57,965 -10.82% 21
UK excluding London +73 113 £57,732 -3.78% 11
Work from Home +124 82 £57,965 -17.19% 6
North of England +90 55 £57,965 +10.41% 1
London +119 44 £82,500 +13.79% 10
North West - 24 £57,965 - 1
South East +23 17 £65,000 +23.81% 7
Yorkshire +87 16 £41,774 -25.74%
West Midlands +23 16 £56,250 -16.67% 1
Midlands +13 16 £56,250 -19.64% 1
North East +3 15 £57,965 +10.41%
East of England +17 12 £55,000 -15.38% 1
South West -18 7 £47,657 -9.23%
Scotland -66 3 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Wales +8 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 54 (32.34%) Finance
2 50 (29.94%) Agile
3 47 (28.14%) Social Skills
4 46 (27.54%) Mentoring
5 45 (26.95%) Project Management
6 42 (25.15%) ITIL
7 37 (22.16%) Risk Management
7 37 (22.16%) Coaching
8 36 (21.56%) Degree
9 34 (20.36%) Project Delivery
10 30 (17.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (16.17%) Microsoft
11 27 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (15.57%) Waterfall
13 25 (14.97%) Service Management
13 25 (14.97%) ITSM
13 25 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
15 22 (13.17%) PRINCE2
16 20 (11.98%) Service Delivery
16 20 (11.98%) Change Management
16 20 (11.98%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (11.38%) Line Management
18 18 (10.78%) Scrum
18 18 (10.78%) Roadmaps
19 17 (10.18%) Budget Management
19 17 (10.18%) Azure
20 16 (9.58%) Programme Management
20 16 (9.58%) CRM
21 15 (8.98%) Legal

Senior 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 4 (2.40%) Site Server
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.80%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.18%) Azure
2 15 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.59%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.39%) AWS
5 6 (3.59%) SaaS
6 5 (2.99%) Azure Pipelines
6 5 (2.99%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.40%) GCP
8 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.99%) Firewall
2 3 (1.80%) LAN
3 2 (1.20%) 5G
3 2 (1.20%) Broadband
3 2 (1.20%) DNS
3 2 (1.20%) VLAN
3 2 (1.20%) WAN
3 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.20%) Wireless
3 2 (1.20%) WLAN
4 1 (0.60%) DHCP
4 1 (0.60%) Extranet
4 1 (0.60%) MPLS
4 1 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.60%) SAN
4 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.59%) Power BI
1 6 (3.59%) SAP HANA
1 6 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (4.19%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Eclipse
General
1 54 (32.34%) Finance
2 47 (28.14%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.98%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (8.98%) Legal
6 12 (7.19%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (7.19%) Publishing
7 11 (6.59%) Law
8 9 (5.39%) Billing
8 9 (5.39%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.39%) Retail
9 8 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (4.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.99%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.99%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.99%) Military
13 3 (1.80%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.20%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.39%) PMI
3 6 (3.59%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.99%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.80%) PKI
5 3 (1.80%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.60%) IoT
7 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.99%) Apple iOS
1 5 (2.99%) Windows
2 4 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.60%) Linux
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.94%) Agile
2 46 (27.54%) Mentoring
3 45 (26.95%) Project Management
4 42 (25.15%) ITIL
5 37 (22.16%) Coaching
5 37 (22.16%) Risk Management
6 34 (20.36%) Project Delivery
7 30 (17.96%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (15.57%) Waterfall
10 25 (14.97%) ITSM
10 25 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (14.97%) Service Management
11 22 (13.17%) PRINCE2
12 20 (11.98%) Change Management
12 20 (11.98%) Service Delivery
13 19 (11.38%) Line Management
14 18 (10.78%) Roadmaps
14 18 (10.78%) Scrum
15 17 (10.18%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (21.56%) Degree
2 14 (8.38%) PMI Certification
3 7 (4.19%) CISSP
3 7 (4.19%) PMP
4 5 (2.99%) CISA
4 5 (2.99%) Postgraduate
4 5 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.40%) CISM
5 4 (2.40%) ISACA
5 4 (2.40%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.80%) CCSK
6 3 (1.80%) CCSP
6 3 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.60%) MBA
8 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.78%) GDPR
2 8 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.59%) NIST
4 5 (2.99%) COBIT
5 4 (2.40%) PMO
6 3 (1.80%) GRC
6 3 (1.80%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.80%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.20%) COSO
7 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.60%) ITGC
8 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 11 (6.59%) IAG
2 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.80%) CASB
2 2 (1.20%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.19%) ServiceNow
3 9 (5.39%) SAP
4 6 (3.59%) iManage
5 5 (2.99%) Automation Anywhere
5 5 (2.99%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.40%) Apple
6 4 (2.40%) VMware
7 3 (1.80%) Netskope
7 3 (1.80%) Oracle
7 3 (1.80%) Symantec
7 3 (1.80%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.20%) Aruba
8 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.20%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco
9 1 (0.60%) Intapp
9 1 (0.60%) JDA
9 1 (0.60%) Sage
9 1 (0.60%) Veeam