IT Manager Jobs in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £51,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 224 232
Rank change year-on-year +114 +8 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,106 1,565 2,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.48% 1.68% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 1.83% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,809 1,262 1,905
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £47,500 £47,104
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,905 £55,185
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.93% +5.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,124
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.31% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +138 571 £47,500 -9.52% 74
South East +83 423 £51,000 -11.30% 65
London +41 418 £65,000 - 86
Midlands +73 382 £50,000 -9.09% 46
North West +130 294 £45,750 -12.86% 36
Yorkshire +116 213 £50,000 - 29
West Midlands +34 199 £54,825 -0.32% 30
East Midlands +77 168 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South West +39 164 £49,500 -1.00% 27
East of England +45 146 £50,000 -9.09% 17
North East +31 64 £51,250 +2.50% 11
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 642 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 534 (25.36%) Project Management
3 417 (19.80%) Finance
4 413 (19.61%) Microsoft
5 356 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
6 347 (16.48%) Agile
7 317 (15.05%) ITIL
8 265 (12.58%) Azure
9 261 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
10 241 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 239 (11.35%) Service Delivery
11 239 (11.35%) Degree
12 233 (11.06%) Windows
13 226 (10.73%) Project Delivery
14 216 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
15 200 (9.50%) Active Directory
16 195 (9.26%) ERP
17 194 (9.21%) PRINCE2
18 192 (9.12%) Change Management
19 190 (9.02%) Risk Management
20 179 (8.50%) Waterfall
21 157 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
22 151 (7.17%) Service Management
23 140 (6.65%) IT Strategy
24 136 (6.46%) Mentoring
25 135 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
25 135 (6.41%) Firewall
26 133 (6.32%) Retail
27 128 (6.08%) ITSM
28 127 (6.03%) Line Management

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 90 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.76%) Confluence
4 12 (0.57%) WordPress
5 10 (0.47%) Documentum
6 7 (0.33%) CMS
7 5 (0.24%) Site Server
8 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.047%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.047%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.047%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.047%) IIS
10 1 (0.047%) Moodle
10 1 (0.047%) Totara
Applications
1 73 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.38%) Trello
5 2 (0.095%) CATIA
6 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.047%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.47%) TrackWise
3 8 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.38%) SAP Business One
4 7 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.33%) Shopify
5 6 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.047%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.047%) Epicor Tropos
9 1 (0.047%) Magento
9 1 (0.047%) Primavera
9 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.047%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 356 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
2 265 (12.58%) Azure
3 67 (3.18%) AWS
3 67 (3.18%) Power Platform
4 53 (2.52%) Entra ID
5 49 (2.33%) SaaS
6 32 (1.52%) GCP
7 26 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (0.95%) OneDrive
9 16 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (0.76%) IaaS
10 15 (0.71%) PaaS
11 14 (0.66%) PowerApps
11 14 (0.66%) WhatsApp
12 11 (0.52%) Google Workspace
13 6 (0.28%) Dropbox
13 6 (0.28%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.24%) Azure Pipelines
15 4 (0.19%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.19%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 135 (6.41%) Firewall
2 68 (3.23%) WAN
3 64 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
4 59 (2.80%) LAN
5 44 (2.09%) Network Security
6 39 (1.85%) DNS
7 38 (1.80%) VPN
8 34 (1.61%) VLAN
9 33 (1.57%) Intranet
10 32 (1.52%) DHCP
11 30 (1.42%) Wireless
12 28 (1.33%) TCP/IP
13 23 (1.09%) SAN
14 21 (1.00%) VoIP
15 20 (0.95%) Internet
16 12 (0.57%) SD-WAN
17 11 (0.52%) WLAN
18 10 (0.47%) NAS
18 10 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
19 7 (0.33%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (2.52%) Power BI
2 46 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.28%) DB2
5 6 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.095%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.095%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.047%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.047%) MySQL
8 1 (0.047%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.047%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 61 (2.90%) JIRA
2 3 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.095%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.095%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.047%) Git
General
1 642 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 417 (19.80%) Finance
3 135 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (6.32%) Retail
5 97 (4.61%) Law
6 90 (4.27%) Legal
6 90 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 77 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 67 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
9 66 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.04%) Marketing
11 42 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 42 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (1.90%) Banking
13 38 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.04%) Aerospace
16 18 (0.85%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.81%) Billing
18 15 (0.71%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.47%) EDI
1 10 (0.47%) HTML
2 9 (0.43%) .NET
3 6 (0.28%) CSS
4 4 (0.19%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.19%) LDAP
4 4 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.19%) REST
4 4 (0.19%) XML
5 3 (0.14%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.14%) Flash
5 3 (0.14%) Web Services
6 2 (0.095%) ADO
6 2 (0.095%) Express.js
6 2 (0.095%) JSON
6 2 (0.095%) MERN Stack
6 2 (0.095%) Node.js
6 2 (0.095%) React
7 1 (0.047%) Laravel
7 1 (0.047%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 114 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
2 105 (4.99%) Management Information System
3 66 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 33 (1.57%) Driving Licence
4 33 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 24 (1.14%) FMCG
6 21 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (0.90%) PMI
8 17 (0.81%) Security Posture
9 15 (0.71%) CCTV
9 15 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (0.62%) NHS
11 12 (0.57%) Life Science
11 12 (0.57%) Product Ownership
12 11 (0.52%) EPoS
13 10 (0.47%) LIMS
13 10 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 9 (0.43%) Cyberattack
14 9 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
15 8 (0.38%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 233 (11.06%) Windows
2 118 (5.60%) Windows Server
3 43 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.23%) Linux
5 19 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (0.62%) Unix
8 11 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.28%) Android
10 6 (0.28%) VMS
10 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.047%) AIX
12 1 (0.047%) CentOS
12 1 (0.047%) Debian
12 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (25.36%) Project Management
2 347 (16.48%) Agile
3 317 (15.05%) ITIL
4 261 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
5 241 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 239 (11.35%) Service Delivery
7 226 (10.73%) Project Delivery
8 216 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
9 195 (9.26%) ERP
10 194 (9.21%) PRINCE2
11 192 (9.12%) Change Management
12 190 (9.02%) Risk Management
13 179 (8.50%) Waterfall
14 157 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 151 (7.17%) Service Management
16 140 (6.65%) IT Strategy
17 136 (6.46%) Mentoring
18 128 (6.08%) ITSM
19 127 (6.03%) Line Management
20 121 (5.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 123 (5.84%) SQL
2 23 (1.09%) PowerShell
3 9 (0.43%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.33%) T-SQL
5 5 (0.24%) Bash
6 3 (0.14%) Java
6 3 (0.14%) Python
6 3 (0.14%) VBA
7 2 (0.095%) C#
8 1 (0.047%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.047%) Delphi
8 1 (0.047%) Go
8 1 (0.047%) Solidity
8 1 (0.047%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 239 (11.35%) Degree
2 78 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 74 (3.51%) PMP
4 50 (2.37%) CISSP
5 49 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
6 44 (2.09%) DBS Check
7 42 (1.99%) Security Cleared
8 38 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 31 (1.47%) Azure Certification
12 28 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (1.19%) SC Cleared
14 24 (1.14%) CISM
14 24 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 21 (1.00%) MCSE
16 19 (0.90%) CCNA
17 18 (0.85%) CISA
18 13 (0.62%) CCNP
19 12 (0.57%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (3.99%) GDPR
3 70 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 69 (3.28%) SLA
5 49 (2.33%) PMO
6 43 (2.04%) QA
7 27 (1.28%) ITGC
8 24 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 23 (1.09%) GRC
10 20 (0.95%) NIST
11 13 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.52%) GxP
12 11 (0.52%) ISO 14000
13 10 (0.47%) GMP
13 10 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
14 9 (0.43%) ISO 22301
14 9 (0.43%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 200 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 57 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.66%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.33%) IAG
5 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.19%) pfSense
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.14%) vSphere
8 2 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.095%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 57 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.43%) WSUS
3 8 (0.38%) SmoothWall
4 7 (0.33%) SCCM
5 6 (0.28%) PaperCut
6 5 (0.24%) CASB
6 5 (0.24%) SCOM
6 5 (0.24%) Terraform
7 4 (0.19%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) Nessus
9 1 (0.047%) Ansible
9 1 (0.047%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.047%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.047%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.047%) SafeCom
9 1 (0.047%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 413 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.70%) VMware
3 70 (3.32%) Cisco
4 46 (2.18%) SAP
5 35 (1.66%) Google
5 35 (1.66%) Veeam
6 33 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 33 (1.57%) Sophos
7 26 (1.23%) Apple
8 25 (1.19%) Meraki
9 24 (1.14%) Oracle
10 23 (1.09%) Citrix
10 23 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 21 (1.00%) Sage
12 14 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
13 13 (0.62%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.57%) Dell
15 10 (0.47%) iManage
16 8 (0.38%) AppDynamics
16 8 (0.38%) HubSpot