IT Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

IT Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Manager salary in Edinburgh is £57,500 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 81 86 123
Rank change year-on-year +5 +37 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 7 25 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 1.66% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.72% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 10
10th Percentile £45,250 - £35,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £42,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £67,188 £59,988
90th Percentile £99,950 £72,500 £71,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,451 1,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 96.16% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 336 1,026 1,083
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,366
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,563 £71,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Edinburgh

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Edinburgh

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Edinburgh

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

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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (28.57%) MS Access
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) Sage
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) People Management
4 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Software Audit
4 1 (14.29%) IT Audit
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MS Access
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) People Management
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Sage