IT Manager Job Trends in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 222 102
Rank change year-on-year +135 -120 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 1,724 655 2,210
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.97% 1.51% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 1.67% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,468 530 1,836
10th Percentile £39,818 £40,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -10.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £87,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -10.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 82,580 39,236 83,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.36% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,047 23,648 61,154
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in England

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

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 13 July 2026. 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 +57 416 £67,500 +3.05% 58
North of England +115 391 £50,000 -9.09% 68
South East +111 352 £57,500 +4.55% 84
Midlands +96 326 £55,000 +0.92% 39
North West +112 220 £50,000 -10.71% 28
West Midlands +63 191 £55,000 - 18
Yorkshire +28 144 £46,499 -15.46% 35
East Midlands +59 131 £55,000 +10.00% 21
South West +11 123 £65,000 +15.30% 13
East of England +25 98 £53,375 +12.37% 14
North East -37 27 £45,497 -5.71% 5
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 295 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 285 (16.53%) Microsoft
3 232 (13.46%) Service Delivery
4 219 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 197 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
7 187 (10.85%) ITIL
8 174 (10.09%) Service Management
9 167 (9.69%) Project Management
10 150 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
11 141 (8.18%) Azure
12 134 (7.77%) ERP
13 130 (7.54%) Agile
14 117 (6.79%) Project Delivery
15 115 (6.67%) ITSM
16 99 (5.74%) CRM
16 99 (5.74%) Risk Management
17 92 (5.34%) Windows
18 91 (5.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 90 (5.22%) IT Strategy
20 88 (5.10%) Mentoring
21 84 (4.87%) PRINCE2
22 78 (4.52%) Disaster Recovery
23 74 (4.29%) Decision-Making
24 73 (4.23%) Change Management
25 72 (4.18%) Roadmaps
26 69 (4.00%) Active Directory
26 69 (4.00%) Business Development
27 68 (3.94%) Waterfall
28 65 (3.77%) ServiceNow

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 47 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.41%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.17%) IIS
4 3 (0.17%) WordPress
5 2 (0.12%) Confluence
6 1 (0.058%) Apache
Applications
1 43 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) PrintSoft PReS
5 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.058%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.29%) Magento
4 5 (0.29%) Shopify
5 4 (0.23%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.058%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.058%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.058%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 197 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
2 141 (8.18%) Azure
3 61 (3.54%) Entra ID
4 39 (2.26%) Power Platform
5 36 (2.09%) SaaS
6 28 (1.62%) AWS
7 23 (1.33%) Power Automate
8 20 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (0.52%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
12 7 (0.41%) GCP
13 5 (0.29%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.23%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.17%) OCI
15 3 (0.17%) PaaS
16 2 (0.12%) IaaS
16 2 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.13%) Firewall
2 27 (1.57%) VLAN
3 21 (1.22%) DNS
3 21 (1.22%) LAN
4 18 (1.04%) VPN
4 18 (1.04%) WAN
4 18 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (0.81%) VoIP
6 12 (0.70%) DHCP
7 9 (0.52%) Network Security
8 7 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.35%) Wireless
10 5 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.29%) DMARC
11 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.17%) DKIM
12 3 (0.17%) NGFW
12 3 (0.17%) PBX
12 3 (0.17%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.12%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (1.62%) Power BI
2 7 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.23%) MySQL
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.058%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.058%) Metadata
5 1 (0.058%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.058%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.058%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (2.20%) JIRA
2 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 351 (20.36%) Social Skills
2 249 (14.44%) Finance
3 96 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (5.10%) Public Sector
5 87 (5.05%) Telecoms
6 84 (4.87%) Law
7 72 (4.18%) Legal
8 62 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 60 (3.48%) Retail
10 49 (2.84%) Marketing
11 40 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 30 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.22%) Banking
15 19 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.52%) Advertising
17 8 (0.46%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.46%) Electronics
18 7 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
19 6 (0.35%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.23%) .NET
1 4 (0.23%) CSS
1 4 (0.23%) HTML
2 3 (0.17%) BREW
2 3 (0.17%) OpenID
2 3 (0.17%) RESTful
2 3 (0.17%) SAML
3 2 (0.12%) REST
4 1 (0.058%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.058%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.36%) Onboarding
2 50 (2.90%) Driving Licence
3 42 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 37 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 34 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.10%) EPoS
8 18 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 13 (0.75%) Product Ownership
10 11 (0.64%) PMI
11 10 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (0.58%) CMDB
11 10 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.46%) FMCG
13 8 (0.46%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.41%) CSOC
15 6 (0.35%) Security Posture
16 5 (0.29%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 92 (5.34%) Windows
2 45 (2.61%) Windows Server
3 16 (0.93%) Linux
4 13 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.058%) Android
7 1 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.058%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 232 (13.46%) Service Delivery
3 219 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
4 201 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 187 (10.85%) ITIL
6 174 (10.09%) Service Management
7 167 (9.69%) Project Management
8 150 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
9 134 (7.77%) ERP
10 130 (7.54%) Agile
11 117 (6.79%) Project Delivery
12 115 (6.67%) ITSM
13 99 (5.74%) CRM
13 99 (5.74%) Risk Management
14 91 (5.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 90 (5.22%) IT Strategy
16 88 (5.10%) Mentoring
17 84 (4.87%) PRINCE2
18 78 (4.52%) Disaster Recovery
19 74 (4.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 39 (2.26%) SQL
2 8 (0.46%) Python
3 7 (0.41%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.23%) C#
5 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.12%) Bash
6 2 (0.12%) PHP
6 2 (0.12%) XAML
7 1 (0.058%) C++
7 1 (0.058%) Java
7 1 (0.058%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.058%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 64 (3.71%) Security Cleared
2 48 (2.78%) Degree
3 44 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 43 (2.49%) PMP
5 41 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 33 (1.91%) CISSP
7 26 (1.51%) CISA
7 26 (1.51%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.33%) CISM
9 16 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.87%) CRISC
11 14 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.64%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 6 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 4 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
17 4 (0.23%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (3.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (2.32%) GDPR
4 39 (2.26%) SLA
5 32 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 30 (1.74%) NIST
7 28 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 27 (1.57%) ITGC
9 20 (1.16%) COBIT
10 18 (1.04%) PMO
11 14 (0.81%) QA
12 9 (0.52%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.41%) GRC
13 7 (0.41%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.35%) SOC 1
15 5 (0.29%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
17 2 (0.12%) EMIR
18 1 (0.058%) AICPA
System Software
1 69 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.45%) Hyper-V
3 24 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.17%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.058%) Docker
5 1 (0.058%) Firmware
5 1 (0.058%) vSphere
5 1 (0.058%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.23%) Terraform
5 3 (0.17%) cPanel
5 3 (0.17%) Plesk
5 3 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.058%) Ansible
6 1 (0.058%) Autotask
6 1 (0.058%) Grafana
6 1 (0.058%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.058%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 285 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 65 (3.77%) ServiceNow
3 63 (3.65%) SAP
4 51 (2.96%) Oracle
5 30 (1.74%) VMware
6 20 (1.16%) Cisco
7 15 (0.87%) BMC
7 15 (0.87%) IFS
7 15 (0.87%) Remedy
8 14 (0.81%) HP
8 14 (0.81%) Sage
9 13 (0.75%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.70%) Google
11 11 (0.64%) Apple
12 9 (0.52%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.46%) Veeam
14 6 (0.35%) WatchGuard
15 5 (0.29%) Adobe
15 5 (0.29%) Aruba
15 5 (0.29%) Atlassian