IT Manager Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

IT Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median IT Manager salary in Buckinghamshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 78 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 14 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.08% 1.62% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.76% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 9
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,300
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £68,750 £79,500
South East median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% -4.17% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,179 854 779
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 92.03% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 728 401 573
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Buckinghamshire

IT Manager
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -2 4 £65,000 +1.96% 5
Aylesbury - 3 £40,000 - 2
Newport Pagnell -8 2 £75,000 +25.00%
IT Manager
South East

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) GDPR
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Change Management
3 3 (21.43%) Contract Management
3 3 (21.43%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) E-Procurement
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) Pricing Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (21.43%) SaaS
3 3 (21.43%) Software Licensing
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Azure
5 1 (7.14%) Business Case
5 1 (7.14%) Business Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (42.86%) Legal
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Change Management
2 3 (21.43%) Contract Management
2 3 (21.43%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) E-Procurement
2 3 (21.43%) Information Security
2 3 (21.43%) Pricing Strategy
2 3 (21.43%) Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (21.43%) Software Licensing
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) CRM
3 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
4 1 (7.14%) ERP
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) GRC
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft