IT Manager Jobs in Bristol

IT Manager
South West > Bristol

The median IT Manager salary in Bristol is £58,187 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 125 138
Rank change year-on-year +34 +13 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 16 35 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.29% 1.13% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.16% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14 33 20
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,412 £45,000 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,187 £50,000 £54,800
Median % change year-on-year +16.37% -8.76% +4.38%
75th Percentile £63,438 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,425 £65,000 £62,750
South West median annual salary £56,745 £49,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.64% -5.71% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,178 3,012 2,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 97.13% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 796 2,262 1,509
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,933 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.54% +8.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Bristol

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Bristol

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Bristol

IT Manager
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 15 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
Avonmouth - 1 £62,500 -
IT Manager
South West

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Bristol region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) ITIL
3 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 5 (31.25%) GDPR
4 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Retail
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) PCI DSS
5 3 (18.75%) Azure
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) CISSP
5 3 (18.75%) Information Security
5 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 3 (18.75%) Security Management
5 3 (18.75%) CISM
5 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 3 (18.75%) Line Management
5 3 (18.75%) Security Patching
5 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Due Diligence
5 3 (18.75%) NIST
6 2 (12.50%) Educational Technology
6 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
2 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) MS Access
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 2 (12.50%) Educational Technology
1 2 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Due Diligence
4 3 (18.75%) Information Security
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) Line Management
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Security Management
4 3 (18.75%) Security Patching
4 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CISM
1 3 (18.75%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) GDPR
2 3 (18.75%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco