IT Manager Jobs in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 173 262
Rank change year-on-year +70 +89 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 1,925 1,463 2,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.46% 2.06% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 2.24% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 1,218 1,943
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,144
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.19% +2.73%

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +98 496 £48,500 -7.62% 27
South East +74 410 £52,500 -4.55% 32
London -3 392 £65,000 - 29
Midlands +47 332 £50,000 -8.32% 33
North West +87 256 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Yorkshire +74 202 £47,500 -9.52% 6
West Midlands +24 182 £55,000 +1.85% 20
South West +2 154 £49,250 -10.45% 16
East of England +10 136 £53,500 -0.93% 11
East Midlands +46 134 £50,000 -9.09% 13
North East +13 38 £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 26 July 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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 538 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 419 (21.77%) Project Management
3 387 (20.10%) Microsoft
4 332 (17.25%) Finance
5 285 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
6 261 (13.56%) ITIL
7 241 (12.52%) Agile
8 218 (11.32%) Azure
9 217 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 210 (10.91%) Degree
11 194 (10.08%) Windows
12 190 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
13 182 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
14 174 (9.04%) Service Delivery
15 173 (8.99%) Project Delivery
16 166 (8.62%) ERP
17 163 (8.47%) Service Management
18 154 (8.00%) Active Directory
19 153 (7.95%) PRINCE2
20 150 (7.79%) Risk Management
21 148 (7.69%) Change Management
22 132 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
23 129 (6.70%) ITSM
24 127 (6.60%) Legal
25 126 (6.55%) Retail
26 124 (6.44%) Mentoring
27 122 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
28 121 (6.29%) Budget Management
29 119 (6.18%) Waterfall
30 117 (6.08%) SQL

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 75 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.62%) Documentum
4 11 (0.57%) Confluence
5 5 (0.26%) CMS
6 4 (0.21%) IIS
6 4 (0.21%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.16%) SAS
8 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.10%) WordPress
9 1 (0.052%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.052%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.052%) Site Server
Applications
1 83 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.31%) Trello
5 2 (0.10%) CATIA
5 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.052%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.62%) TrackWise
3 11 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
4 7 (0.36%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.31%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.21%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.21%) Shopify
7 3 (0.16%) Magento
7 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.16%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.052%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.052%) Maximo
8 1 (0.052%) Primavera
8 1 (0.052%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.052%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 285 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 218 (11.32%) Azure
3 50 (2.60%) AWS
4 43 (2.23%) Entra ID
5 41 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 32 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
6 32 (1.66%) SaaS
7 18 (0.94%) WhatsApp
8 15 (0.78%) GCP
9 14 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (0.73%) IaaS
10 13 (0.68%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.62%) PaaS
12 9 (0.47%) Google Workspace
13 5 (0.26%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.21%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.21%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.21%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.21%) CloudFront
14 4 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 114 (5.92%) Firewall
2 59 (3.06%) WAN
3 51 (2.65%) Network Security
4 50 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
5 49 (2.55%) LAN
6 34 (1.77%) VPN
7 30 (1.56%) DNS
8 29 (1.51%) VLAN
9 27 (1.40%) SAN
10 25 (1.30%) Wireless
11 24 (1.25%) DHCP
11 24 (1.25%) Internet
12 15 (0.78%) Intranet
12 15 (0.78%) TCP/IP
13 14 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 14 (0.73%) VoIP
14 7 (0.36%) iSCSI
14 7 (0.36%) NAS
14 7 (0.36%) WLAN
15 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.18%) SQL Server
2 37 (1.92%) Power BI
3 24 (1.25%) Crystal Reports
4 11 (0.57%) DB2
5 6 (0.31%) SAP HANA
6 5 (0.26%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.16%) GIS
8 3 (0.16%) Tableau
9 2 (0.10%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.052%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.052%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.052%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (2.49%) JIRA
2 3 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 538 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 332 (17.25%) Finance
3 132 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (6.60%) Legal
5 126 (6.55%) Retail
6 96 (4.99%) Law
7 69 (3.58%) Manufacturing
7 69 (3.58%) Public Sector
8 44 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
8 44 (2.29%) Telecoms
9 43 (2.23%) Marketing
10 42 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (2.13%) Banking
12 33 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (0.88%) Aerospace
15 16 (0.83%) Electronics
16 12 (0.62%) Billing
16 12 (0.62%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.62%) HTML
2 11 (0.57%) .NET
3 8 (0.42%) CSS
3 8 (0.42%) Web Services
4 6 (0.31%) EDI
4 6 (0.31%) Middleware
5 4 (0.21%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.21%) LDAP
5 4 (0.21%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.21%) REST
6 3 (0.16%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.16%) XML
7 2 (0.10%) ADO
7 2 (0.10%) JSON
8 1 (0.052%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.052%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.052%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.052%) Spring
8 1 (0.052%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.052%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 92 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
2 74 (3.84%) Management Information System
3 48 (2.49%) Data Centre
4 24 (1.25%) Driving Licence
5 23 (1.19%) FMCG
6 21 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 20 (1.04%) Product Ownership
8 18 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (0.73%) Life Science
10 12 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (0.62%) CCTV
10 12 (0.62%) LIMS
11 11 (0.57%) CMDB
12 10 (0.52%) AS400
12 10 (0.52%) iSeries
12 10 (0.52%) Security Posture
13 9 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.47%) NHS
13 9 (0.47%) PMI
14 8 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 194 (10.08%) Windows
2 91 (4.73%) Windows Server
3 34 (1.77%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.51%) Linux
5 18 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.83%) Unix
6 16 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (0.31%) VMS
8 6 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.26%) Android
9 5 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (21.77%) Project Management
2 261 (13.56%) ITIL
3 241 (12.52%) Agile
4 217 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 190 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
6 182 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
7 174 (9.04%) Service Delivery
8 173 (8.99%) Project Delivery
9 166 (8.62%) ERP
10 163 (8.47%) Service Management
11 153 (7.95%) PRINCE2
12 150 (7.79%) Risk Management
13 148 (7.69%) Change Management
14 129 (6.70%) ITSM
15 124 (6.44%) Mentoring
16 122 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
17 121 (6.29%) Budget Management
18 119 (6.18%) Waterfall
19 111 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
20 109 (5.66%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 117 (6.08%) SQL
2 16 (0.83%) PowerShell
3 10 (0.52%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
5 6 (0.31%) PHP
6 5 (0.26%) Python
7 3 (0.16%) Bash
7 3 (0.16%) Java
7 3 (0.16%) VBA
8 2 (0.10%) Perl
9 1 (0.052%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.052%) Solidity
9 1 (0.052%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 210 (10.91%) Degree
2 59 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (2.49%) PMI Certification
4 45 (2.34%) PMP
5 37 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 35 (1.82%) CISSP
6 35 (1.82%) Security Cleared
7 34 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
8 31 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 26 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (1.25%) CCNA
12 24 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 21 (1.09%) SC Cleared
14 18 (0.94%) CCNP
14 18 (0.94%) CISA
14 18 (0.94%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.73%) MCSE
16 13 (0.68%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (3.22%) SLA
3 60 (3.12%) PMO
4 57 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 54 (2.81%) GDPR
6 50 (2.60%) QA
7 24 (1.25%) ISO 22301
8 17 (0.88%) ITGC
8 17 (0.88%) NIST
9 15 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.78%) GxP
10 12 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (0.62%) GMP
10 12 (0.62%) Good Clinical Practice
10 12 (0.62%) GRC
11 10 (0.52%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.47%) ISO 14000
12 9 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.31%) Data Quality
14 5 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 154 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.97%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.36%) IAG
6 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.21%) pfSense
8 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.052%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.36%) SCCM
3 5 (0.26%) SCOM
3 5 (0.26%) SmoothWall
3 5 (0.26%) Terraform
3 5 (0.26%) WSUS
4 4 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.21%) Nessus
5 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.16%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.10%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.052%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.052%) SafeCom
7 1 (0.052%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 387 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.36%) VMware
3 62 (3.22%) Cisco
4 50 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.55%) SAP
6 31 (1.61%) Veeam
7 25 (1.30%) Google
7 25 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.25%) Sage
9 22 (1.14%) Planview
10 21 (1.09%) Oracle
11 18 (0.94%) Apple
12 17 (0.88%) Fortinet
13 16 (0.83%) Meraki
14 15 (0.78%) Citrix
14 15 (0.78%) Dell
15 13 (0.68%) Sophos
16 11 (0.57%) Aruba
16 11 (0.57%) iManage
17 9 (0.47%) CrowdStrike