IT Manager Jobs in the East Midlands

IT Manager
England > East Midlands

The median IT Manager salary in the East Midlands is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 57 136
Rank change year-on-year -54 +79 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 34 168 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.39% 3.88% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 4.10% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 23 149 37
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +9.68%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,500 £60,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year +12.75% -11.78% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,318 4,098 2,535
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 94.62% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 2,990 1,378
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the East Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the East Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the East Midlands

IT Manager
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Lincolnshire -17 9 £41,000 +9.33% 1
Leicestershire +24 8 £54,500 +17.85% 2
Derbyshire 0 8 £70,000 +40.00% 3
Nottinghamshire +3 5 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Northamptonshire -34 4 £48,750 -9.72% 1
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 11 (32.35%) Project Management
2 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
3 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (23.53%) Customer-Centricity
4 8 (23.53%) ITIL
4 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
5 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
6 5 (14.71%) Coaching
6 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
6 5 (14.71%) Finance
7 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
7 4 (11.76%) Incident Management
7 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
7 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (8.82%) Data Privacy
8 3 (8.82%) Roadmaps
8 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
8 3 (8.82%) SaaS
8 3 (8.82%) Data Management
8 3 (8.82%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (8.82%) Commvault
8 3 (8.82%) Law
8 3 (8.82%) Change Management
8 3 (8.82%) Management Information System

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) SaaS
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Internet
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
1 1 (2.94%) Wireless
General
1 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Games
3 3 (8.82%) Law
4 2 (5.88%) Billing
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
4 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.94%) FMCG
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Project Management
2 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
3 8 (23.53%) Customer-Centricity
3 8 (23.53%) ITIL
3 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Coaching
5 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
5 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Incident Management
6 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
7 3 (8.82%) Change Management
7 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.82%) Data Management
7 3 (8.82%) Data Privacy
7 3 (8.82%) Roadmaps
7 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (5.88%) Budgeting
8 2 (5.88%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 8 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.82%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Commvault