IT Manager Jobs in Cambridgeshire

IT Manager
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median IT Manager salary in Cambridgeshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 84 95
Rank change year-on-year +30 +11 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 8 19 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.61% 1.15% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.23% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 9
10th Percentile - - £44,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -34.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £56,231 £48,063 £74,000
90th Percentile £71,625 £63,180 £97,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 474 1,548 1,113
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 93.82% 85.29%
Number of salaries quoted 305 1,184 556
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,400 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,723 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,788 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,001 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Cambridgeshire

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Cambridgeshire

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Cambridgeshire

IT Manager
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Cambridge +39 6 £47,500 +9.83% 4
Peterborough -1 1 £90,000 +157.14%
Ely - 1 £52,450 -
IT Manager
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (62.50%) Law
3 5 (62.50%) Legal
3 5 (62.50%) Document Management
3 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Case Management
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (12.50%) MS Access
5 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) IPv4
5 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) VLAN
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Migration

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) IPv4
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MS Access
General
1 5 (62.50%) Law
1 5 (62.50%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Case Management
1 5 (62.50%) Document Management
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) SAP