IT Manager Jobs in Cambridge

IT Manager
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median IT Manager salary in Cambridge is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 78 83
Rank change year-on-year +40 +5 +33
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 6 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.38% 0.88% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 0.90% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 6
10th Percentile - - £44,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,250 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.83% -28.22% -13.93%
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,463 £91,625
90th Percentile £56,250 £51,645 £97,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £41,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.15% -34.00% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 236 997 761
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 97.08% 84.18%
Number of salaries quoted 152 770 379
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,625 £85,000 £89,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Cambridge

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Cambridge

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Cambridge over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Cambridge

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 30 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 Cambridge region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) Law
2 5 (83.33%) Legal
2 5 (83.33%) Document Management
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Case Management
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) ERP

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Law
1 5 (83.33%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Case Management
1 5 (83.33%) Document Management
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP