IT Manager Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Manager
England > East Midlands

The median IT Manager salary in the East Midlands is £55,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 56 42
Rank change year-on-year -10 -14 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 76 75 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.02% 3.39% 4.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.27% 3.55% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60 36 83
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £48,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,938 £60,313 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £62,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -3.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,325 2,115 1,809
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 95.70% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 932 1,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
Leicestershire -4 21 £62,500 +19.05% 8
Northamptonshire +14 20 £55,000 +1.85% 9
Nottinghamshire +19 13 £40,000 -33.33% 6
Lincolnshire -13 12 £45,000 -12.20% 2
Derbyshire -14 9 £90,000 +20.00% 1
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 15 (19.74%) Project Management
2 13 (17.11%) ITIL
2 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (14.47%) Agile
3 11 (14.47%) Change Management
3 11 (14.47%) Data Security
3 11 (14.47%) ITSM
3 11 (14.47%) Project Delivery
3 11 (14.47%) Service Delivery
4 10 (13.16%) Service Management
5 9 (11.84%) Azure
5 9 (11.84%) Risk Management
5 9 (11.84%) Waterfall
6 8 (10.53%) Active Directory
6 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 7 (9.21%) Business Continuity
7 7 (9.21%) CRM
7 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (9.21%) SaaS
8 6 (7.89%) Business Case
8 6 (7.89%) Business Change Management
8 6 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.89%) Degree
8 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (7.89%) PMI Certification
8 6 (7.89%) PMP
8 6 (7.89%) PowerShell
8 6 (7.89%) Problem-Solving

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.95%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.84%) Azure
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.21%) SaaS
3 5 (6.58%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.95%) GitHub
4 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.32%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Firewall
1 1 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.32%) Network Security
1 1 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
2 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 17 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.84%) Finance
3 8 (10.53%) Law
4 7 (9.21%) Games
5 6 (7.89%) Aerospace
5 6 (7.89%) Electronics
6 5 (6.58%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Automotive
7 3 (3.95%) Marketing
8 2 (2.63%) Banking
8 2 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.63%) Retail
9 1 (1.32%) Legal
9 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.95%) BREW
1 3 (3.95%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.58%) Replication
2 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.63%) CMDB
4 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.32%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.58%) Windows
2 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.74%) Project Management
2 13 (17.11%) ITIL
2 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (14.47%) Agile
3 11 (14.47%) Change Management
3 11 (14.47%) Data Security
3 11 (14.47%) ITSM
3 11 (14.47%) Project Delivery
3 11 (14.47%) Service Delivery
4 10 (13.16%) Service Management
5 9 (11.84%) Risk Management
5 9 (11.84%) Waterfall
6 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.21%) Business Continuity
7 7 (9.21%) CRM
8 6 (7.89%) Business Case
8 6 (7.89%) Business Change Management
8 6 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.95%) C#
2 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.89%) Degree
1 6 (7.89%) PMI Certification
1 6 (7.89%) PMP
2 3 (3.95%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.95%) MBA
3 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.32%) MCSE
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (5.26%) GDPR
3 4 (5.26%) QA
4 3 (3.95%) PMO
5 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.63%) GMP
5 2 (2.63%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.95%) Oracle
2 3 (3.95%) QAD
2 3 (3.95%) SAP
2 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
2 3 (3.95%) VMware
3 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.32%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.32%) IFS