IT Manager Jobs in Berkshire

IT Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Manager salary in Berkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 117 155
Rank change year-on-year +2 +38 -43
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 8 44 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.50% 1.43% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.50% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 40 19
10th Percentile £56,250 £43,350 £41,530
25th Percentile £61,875 £47,500 £45,077
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,563 £67,500
90th Percentile - £65,625 £67,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,663 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.50% -11.89% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,268 2,934 2,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.47% 95.45% 92.48%
Number of salaries quoted 575 2,086 1,650
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Berkshire

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Berkshire

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Berkshire

IT Manager
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Bracknell +34 4 - -
Slough -31 1 £55,000 +57.14% 3
IT Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
3 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
3 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (50.00%) CCTV
4 4 (50.00%) VLAN
4 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) VoIP
4 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (50.00%) Coaching
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (50.00%) Mac OS
4 4 (50.00%) Line Management
5 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
5 3 (37.50%) Business Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) FortiGate
5 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (37.50%) Network Security
5 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (37.50%) AWS
5 3 (37.50%) High Availability
5 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VLAN
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CCTV
2 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
2 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Mac OS
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) Coaching
3 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (50.00%) Line Management
3 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Business Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
4 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (37.50%) High Availability
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Server Management
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
2 3 (37.50%) VMware