IT Manager Job Trends in County Down

IT Manager
Northern Ireland > County Down

As of 3 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IT Manager salary in County Down.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 2.89% - 17.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.11% - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £37,500
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary - £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
County Down

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in County Down. 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 County Down with a recognized job title 161 7 15
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 41.18% 88.24%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 6
10th Percentile £44,125 - -
25th Percentile £57,188 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £90,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +118.18% -13.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £51,250
90th Percentile - - £55,625
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +10.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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 County Down.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in County Down

IT Manager
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in County Down.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in County Down

IT Manager
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the County Down region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Donaghadee - 1 - -
IT Manager
Northern Ireland

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 County Down region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) Contingency Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Graceful Degradation
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
1 5 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Runbook
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
1 5 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall

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

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 5 (100.00%) Contingency Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Graceful Degradation
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Runbook
1 5 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 5 (100.00%) NIST