IT Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

IT Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Manager salary in Edinburgh is £51,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 123 118
Rank change year-on-year +39 -5 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 26 25 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.73% 1.22% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 1.28% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 29
10th Percentile £41,975 £35,700 £44,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +0.96% -30.67%
75th Percentile £69,063 £56,663 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £61,650 £66,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,439 1,951 2,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.81% 95.03% 98.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,162 1,461
10th Percentile £32,675 £35,523 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024, 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 15 (57.69%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) Windows Server
3 12 (46.15%) Degree
4 11 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
5 10 (38.46%) Linux
5 10 (38.46%) SQL
5 10 (38.46%) Finance
6 8 (30.77%) Agile
6 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
7 7 (26.92%) Unit4 Business World
7 7 (26.92%) Sage
7 7 (26.92%) Project Management
7 7 (26.92%) CISA
7 7 (26.92%) Oracle
7 7 (26.92%) DB2
7 7 (26.92%) SAP
7 7 (26.92%) Unix
7 7 (26.92%) ERP
7 7 (26.92%) Technical Analysis
7 7 (26.92%) Data Privacy
7 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
7 7 (26.92%) IT Audit
7 7 (26.92%) Data Analytics
7 7 (26.92%) Analytics
7 7 (26.92%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (26.92%) PMO
7 7 (26.92%) Creative Thinking
7 7 (26.92%) ITGC
7 7 (26.92%) Public Sector

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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
3 4 (15.38%) Azure
4 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) DKIM
1 3 (11.54%) DMARC
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) Internet
1 3 (11.54%) Wireless
2 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) DB2
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Banking
3 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Agriculture
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 15 (57.69%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) Windows Server
3 10 (38.46%) Linux
4 7 (26.92%) Unix
5 3 (11.54%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 7 (26.92%) Analytics
2 7 (26.92%) Creative Thinking
2 7 (26.92%) Data Analytics
2 7 (26.92%) Data Privacy
2 7 (26.92%) ERP
2 7 (26.92%) IT Audit
2 7 (26.92%) Mobile Device Management
2 7 (26.92%) Project Management
2 7 (26.92%) Technical Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) IT Strategy
4 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
4 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (11.54%) DevOps
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
4 3 (11.54%) Network Design
4 3 (11.54%) Ticket Management
5 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) Bash
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ITGC
1 7 (26.92%) PMO
2 5 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.69%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Ansible
1 3 (11.54%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) Oracle
2 7 (26.92%) Sage
2 7 (26.92%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Aruba