IT Manager Jobs in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £57,500 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 182 108 219
Rank change year-on-year -74 +111 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 769 2,112 1,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.67% 2.48% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 2.62% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 512 1,810 1,267
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £40,988 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -11.78% +4.84%
75th Percentile £72,813 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,125 £75,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -11.30% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the England 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
London -5 246 £71,000 +10.71% 187
North of England -81 181 £55,000 +15.79% 73
Midlands -56 131 £55,000 +10.00% 60
Yorkshire +8 122 £55,000 +10.00% 20
South East -58 118 £56,250 +10.29% 103
West Midlands -19 97 £55,000 +0.64% 46
North West -129 54 £56,000 +22.40% 49
South West +1 45 £56,745 +15.22% 26
East of England -30 43 £47,500 -5.00% 27
East Midlands -54 34 £54,000 +8.00% 12
North East -8 5 £45,000 -14.29% 4
IT Manager
UK

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

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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 252 (32.77%) Degree
2 214 (27.83%) Finance
3 212 (27.57%) Social Skills
4 201 (26.14%) Project Management
5 182 (23.67%) Computer Science
6 178 (23.15%) Microsoft
7 174 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
8 161 (20.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 152 (19.77%) ITIL
10 130 (16.91%) Customer-Centricity
11 124 (16.12%) Agile
11 124 (16.12%) Microsoft 365
12 119 (15.47%) Service Delivery
13 116 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 113 (14.69%) Project Delivery
15 109 (14.17%) Azure
16 99 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
17 93 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
18 89 (11.57%) Mentoring
19 87 (11.31%) Service Management
20 82 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
21 81 (10.53%) Roadmaps
22 75 (9.75%) ITSM
23 72 (9.36%) IT Strategy
24 67 (8.71%) Windows
25 66 (8.58%) Risk Management
26 62 (8.06%) CISSP
27 61 (7.93%) PRINCE2
28 59 (7.67%) Budget Management
29 53 (6.89%) Law

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 43 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.91%) CMS
4 4 (0.52%) WordPress
5 3 (0.39%) Moodle
6 2 (0.26%) Confluence
6 2 (0.26%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 26 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.52%) Maya
6 3 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.65%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.39%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.13%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (16.12%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (14.17%) Azure
3 38 (4.94%) SaaS
4 35 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 29 (3.77%) AWS
6 15 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (1.82%) Power Platform
8 10 (1.30%) GCP
9 9 (1.17%) Google Analytics
10 6 (0.78%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.65%) Serverless
12 4 (0.52%) Amazon Bedrock
12 4 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.52%) Datadog
12 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.52%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.26%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.03%) Firewall
2 20 (2.60%) Internet
3 17 (2.21%) VLAN
4 11 (1.43%) LAN
4 11 (1.43%) Network Security
4 11 (1.43%) VPN
4 11 (1.43%) WAN
5 10 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.91%) VoIP
7 6 (0.78%) DNS
7 6 (0.78%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.78%) Wireless
8 5 (0.65%) DHCP
8 5 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (0.39%) DKIM
9 3 (0.39%) DMARC
9 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.13%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.17%) Power BI
3 7 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.39%) MS Access
4 3 (0.39%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.26%) Tableau
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.13%) GIS
6 1 (0.13%) MySQL
6 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
2 1 (0.13%) JUnit
2 1 (0.13%) Selenium
2 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 214 (27.83%) Finance
2 212 (27.57%) Social Skills
3 99 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.89%) Law
5 47 (6.11%) Retail
6 41 (5.33%) Marketing
7 40 (5.20%) Legal
8 33 (4.29%) Banking
9 32 (4.16%) Manufacturing
10 28 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.99%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (1.95%) Public Sector
15 14 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.56%) Advertising
16 12 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.30%) Electronics
18 9 (1.17%) Automotive
19 7 (0.91%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.91%) CSS
1 7 (0.91%) HTML
2 6 (0.78%) .NET
3 5 (0.65%) CodeIgniter
3 5 (0.65%) LangChain
3 5 (0.65%) Laravel
3 5 (0.65%) Node.js
4 4 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (0.52%) Middleware
4 4 (0.52%) React
5 3 (0.39%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.39%) SAML
6 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.26%) EDI
7 1 (0.13%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.13%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.13%) REST
7 1 (0.13%) Restlet
7 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.12%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.21%) Virtual Team
5 15 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.56%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.30%) CMDB
10 9 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (1.17%) FMCG
10 9 (1.17%) Operational Technology
10 9 (1.17%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.04%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.04%) Replication
12 7 (0.91%) Digital Signage
12 7 (0.91%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.91%) Social Media
13 6 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (8.71%) Windows
2 31 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.30%) Linux
4 8 (1.04%) Android
4 8 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.39%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (26.14%) Project Management
2 182 (23.67%) Computer Science
3 174 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (19.77%) ITIL
5 130 (16.91%) Customer-Centricity
6 124 (16.12%) Agile
7 119 (15.47%) Service Delivery
8 116 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 113 (14.69%) Project Delivery
10 93 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
11 89 (11.57%) Mentoring
12 87 (11.31%) Service Management
13 82 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (10.53%) Roadmaps
15 75 (9.75%) ITSM
16 72 (9.36%) IT Strategy
17 66 (8.58%) Risk Management
18 61 (7.93%) PRINCE2
19 59 (7.67%) Budget Management
20 50 (6.50%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 26 (3.38%) SQL
2 19 (2.47%) JavaScript
2 19 (2.47%) PowerShell
3 18 (2.34%) Python
4 9 (1.17%) Java
5 7 (0.91%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.78%) PHP
7 5 (0.65%) Bash
8 4 (0.52%) C
8 4 (0.52%) C++
9 3 (0.39%) C#
10 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 252 (32.77%) Degree
2 161 (20.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 62 (8.06%) CISSP
4 43 (5.59%) PMI Certification
5 42 (5.46%) PMP
6 26 (3.38%) ITIL Certification
7 22 (2.86%) CISA
8 19 (2.47%) CISM
9 14 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.04%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.04%) CRISC
12 7 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.65%) MBA
15 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.07%) GDPR
2 34 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (3.90%) QA
5 18 (2.34%) ITGC
6 17 (2.21%) NIST
7 16 (2.08%) PMO
8 14 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (1.82%) SLA
9 12 (1.56%) GxP
10 8 (1.04%) COBIT
10 8 (1.04%) ISO 22301
11 7 (0.91%) GRC
12 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.26%) COSO
13 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.26%) GLP
13 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.56%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.17%) Docker
3 9 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) Firmware
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 22 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.78%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 4 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.52%) Terraform
5 3 (0.39%) CASB
5 3 (0.39%) SCCM
5 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.26%) WSUS
7 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) Netcool
7 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 178 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.64%) SAP
3 24 (3.12%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.21%) Cisco
5 17 (2.21%) VMware
6 14 (1.82%) Google
7 12 (1.56%) Meraki
8 11 (1.43%) HubSpot
9 10 (1.30%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.78%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.78%) Remedy
11 5 (0.65%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.52%) Apple
12 4 (0.52%) BT
12 4 (0.52%) Citrix
12 4 (0.52%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.52%) Intapp
12 4 (0.52%) Oracle
12 4 (0.52%) Snow