IT Manager Jobs in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 111 219
Rank change year-on-year -114 +108 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 730 2,123 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.47% 2.46% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 2.60% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 480 1,816 1,226
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,596 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -12.17% +4.19%
75th Percentile £73,188 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.86% -12.17% +4.28%

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 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 18 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 18 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 -2 239 £70,000 +10.65% 187
North of England -127 161 £55,000 +15.79% 77
Midlands -67 126 £55,000 +10.00% 79
Yorkshire +3 124 £55,000 +10.02% 30
South East -96 111 £60,000 +18.81% 107
West Midlands -27 93 £55,000 +1.85% 50
East of England -41 46 £47,500 -5.00% 36
South West 0 42 £56,745 +14.64% 21
East Midlands -74 33 £52,000 +4.00% 29
North West -192 33 £55,000 +19.57% 41
North East -20 4 £48,250 -8.10% 7
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 243 (33.29%) Degree
2 201 (27.53%) Finance
3 193 (26.44%) Social Skills
4 181 (24.79%) Microsoft
4 181 (24.79%) Computer Science
5 171 (23.42%) Project Management
6 165 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (21.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 140 (19.18%) ITIL
9 131 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
10 130 (17.81%) Customer-Centricity
11 117 (16.03%) Service Delivery
12 105 (14.38%) Azure
12 105 (14.38%) Project Delivery
13 104 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 102 (13.97%) Agile
15 94 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
16 91 (12.47%) Mentoring
17 89 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
18 87 (11.92%) Service Management
19 80 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
20 75 (10.27%) ITSM
20 75 (10.27%) Roadmaps
21 73 (10.00%) IT Strategy
22 67 (9.18%) Windows
23 65 (8.90%) CISSP
24 62 (8.49%) Risk Management
25 60 (8.22%) Budget Management
26 53 (7.26%) Customer Service
27 51 (6.99%) 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 44 (6.03%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.96%) CMS
4 4 (0.55%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) Moodle
5 3 (0.41%) WordPress
6 2 (0.27%) SugarCRM
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.55%) Maya
5 2 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.68%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.27%) Infor M3
5 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (14.38%) Azure
3 35 (4.79%) SaaS
4 33 (4.52%) Entra ID
5 29 (3.97%) AWS
6 16 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.05%) Power Platform
8 13 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (1.37%) GCP
10 9 (1.23%) Google Analytics
11 6 (0.82%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.68%) Serverless
13 4 (0.55%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.55%) Datadog
13 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.41%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.41%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.79%) Firewall
2 19 (2.60%) VLAN
3 16 (2.19%) Internet
4 13 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.51%) VPN
6 10 (1.37%) WAN
7 9 (1.23%) LAN
7 9 (1.23%) Network Security
8 8 (1.10%) DNS
9 7 (0.96%) DHCP
9 7 (0.96%) VoIP
10 5 (0.68%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.55%) Wireless
12 3 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
13 2 (0.27%) DKIM
13 2 (0.27%) DMARC
13 2 (0.27%) IP Telephony
13 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.14%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.37%) Power BI
3 6 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.41%) MS Access
4 3 (0.41%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.27%) Tableau
6 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.14%) GIS
6 1 (0.14%) Metadata
6 1 (0.14%) MySQL
6 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.88%) JIRA
General
1 201 (27.53%) Finance
2 193 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 89 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.99%) Law
5 45 (6.16%) Retail
6 43 (5.89%) Marketing
7 37 (5.07%) Legal
7 37 (5.07%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.93%) Banking
9 28 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (3.56%) Telecoms
11 17 (2.33%) Public Sector
12 16 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.92%) Advertising
15 13 (1.78%) Electronics
15 13 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.37%) Automotive
17 7 (0.96%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.96%) .NET
1 7 (0.96%) CSS
1 7 (0.96%) HTML
2 5 (0.68%) CodeIgniter
2 5 (0.68%) LangChain
2 5 (0.68%) Laravel
2 5 (0.68%) Node.js
3 4 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (0.55%) React
4 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.41%) Middleware
5 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.27%) SAML
6 1 (0.14%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.14%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.14%) REST
6 1 (0.14%) Restlet
6 1 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.25%) Management Information System
2 26 (3.56%) Onboarding
3 19 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.33%) Driving Licence
5 13 (1.78%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.64%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.51%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.23%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (1.23%) Replication
9 8 (1.10%) FMCG
9 8 (1.10%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.10%) Social Media
10 7 (0.96%) Clustering
10 7 (0.96%) CMDB
10 7 (0.96%) Digital Signage
10 7 (0.96%) Public Cloud
10 7 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.18%) Windows
2 28 (3.84%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.51%) Android
4 10 (1.37%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.23%) Linux
6 8 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (24.79%) Computer Science
2 171 (23.42%) Project Management
3 165 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
4 140 (19.18%) ITIL
5 130 (17.81%) Customer-Centricity
6 117 (16.03%) Service Delivery
7 105 (14.38%) Project Delivery
8 104 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 102 (13.97%) Agile
10 94 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
11 91 (12.47%) Mentoring
12 87 (11.92%) Service Management
13 80 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 75 (10.27%) ITSM
14 75 (10.27%) Roadmaps
15 73 (10.00%) IT Strategy
16 62 (8.49%) Risk Management
17 60 (8.22%) Budget Management
18 53 (7.26%) Customer Service
19 50 (6.85%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.42%) SQL
2 19 (2.60%) JavaScript
3 18 (2.47%) Python
4 16 (2.19%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.23%) Java
6 7 (0.96%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.82%) PHP
8 5 (0.68%) Bash
9 4 (0.55%) C
9 4 (0.55%) C#
9 4 (0.55%) C++
10 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 243 (33.29%) Degree
2 159 (21.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 65 (8.90%) CISSP
4 40 (5.48%) PMP
5 39 (5.34%) PMI Certification
6 25 (3.42%) CISA
7 24 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (2.19%) CISM
9 8 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.96%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.96%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.82%) CRISC
11 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.68%) Security Cleared
13 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.03%) GDPR
2 33 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 32 (4.38%) QA
4 30 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.88%) ITGC
6 17 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (1.92%) NIST
7 14 (1.92%) SLA
8 13 (1.78%) PMO
9 12 (1.64%) GxP
10 7 (0.96%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.82%) GRC
12 4 (0.55%) COBIT
13 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.27%) GLP
15 1 (0.14%) COSO
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.51%) Hyper-V
2 11 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.10%) Docker
4 5 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.14%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 20 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.55%) FortiGate
4 4 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.55%) Terraform
5 3 (0.41%) CASB
5 3 (0.41%) SCCM
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.27%) WSUS
7 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.14%) Netcool
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 181 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.11%) SAP
3 23 (3.15%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.74%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.60%) VMware
6 14 (1.92%) Cisco
6 14 (1.92%) Google
7 13 (1.78%) HubSpot
8 11 (1.51%) Meraki
9 10 (1.37%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.82%) Apple
10 6 (0.82%) Remedy
11 5 (0.68%) CheckPoint
11 5 (0.68%) Oracle
12 4 (0.55%) BT
12 4 (0.55%) Citrix
12 4 (0.55%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.55%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.55%) Intapp
12 4 (0.55%) Sage