IT Manager Job Trends in Bedford

IT Manager
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median IT Manager salary in Bedford is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 22 18
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 1.75% 1.15% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.18% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% - +8.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,000 £56,000
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £82,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -30.30% +47.98% -7.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 45 85 58
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.95% 97.70% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 26 75 43
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,891 £28,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,158
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £58,313 £50,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £60,000 £65,000
Bedfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.28% +3.64%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Bedford

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bedford.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Bedford

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedford region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall