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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 107 213
Rank change year-on-year -131 +106 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 695 2,182 1,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.41% 2.43% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 2.57% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 451 1,867 1,218
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,875 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -12.17% +3.60%
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.81% -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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 31 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 31 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 -3 241 £66,750 +2.69% 163
North of England -142 150 £55,000 +15.79% 69
Yorkshire -4 123 £55,000 +10.00% 26
Midlands -74 116 £55,000 +10.00% 63
South East -112 103 £57,500 +13.50% 64
West Midlands -26 86 £56,800 +5.19% 37
East of England -41 45 £47,500 -5.00% 25
South West 0 36 £58,373 +19.13% 21
East Midlands -66 30 £50,000 - 26
North West -196 22 £61,000 +28.42% 34
North East -7 5 £51,500 +5.64% 9
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 238 (34.24%) Degree
2 187 (26.91%) Finance
3 184 (26.47%) Social Skills
4 175 (25.18%) Computer Science
5 168 (24.17%) Project Management
6 161 (23.17%) Microsoft
7 154 (22.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 147 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
9 130 (18.71%) Customer-Centricity
10 125 (17.99%) ITIL
11 124 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
12 118 (16.98%) Service Delivery
13 109 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 106 (15.25%) Project Delivery
15 103 (14.82%) Agile
16 92 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
17 91 (13.09%) Mentoring
18 90 (12.95%) Azure
19 87 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
20 86 (12.37%) Service Management
21 82 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
22 74 (10.65%) ITSM
23 66 (9.50%) Roadmaps
24 65 (9.35%) IT Strategy
25 63 (9.06%) Risk Management
26 61 (8.78%) Windows
26 61 (8.78%) CISSP
27 55 (7.91%) Budget Management
28 53 (7.63%) Law
29 51 (7.34%) PRINCE2

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 42 (6.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.86%) Confluence
4 5 (0.72%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Moodle
6 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.14%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.58%) Maya
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.58%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.43%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.29%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (12.95%) Azure
3 29 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 28 (4.03%) SaaS
5 27 (3.88%) AWS
6 15 (2.16%) Power Platform
7 12 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.15%) GCP
10 7 (1.01%) Google Analytics
11 5 (0.72%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.72%) Serverless
12 4 (0.58%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.43%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.29%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.29%) Datadog
14 2 (0.29%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.89%) Firewall
2 19 (2.73%) VLAN
3 12 (1.73%) Internet
4 11 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (1.44%) VPN
6 9 (1.29%) DNS
6 9 (1.29%) Network Security
7 8 (1.15%) WAN
8 7 (1.01%) DHCP
8 7 (1.01%) VoIP
9 6 (0.86%) LAN
10 4 (0.58%) IP Telephony
10 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.58%) Wireless
11 3 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.29%) Intranet
12 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.14%) 5G
13 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.44%) Power BI
2 9 (1.29%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.43%) MS Access
4 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.14%) GIS
5 1 (0.14%) Metadata
5 1 (0.14%) MySQL
5 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (3.02%) JIRA
General
1 187 (26.91%) Finance
2 184 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 87 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.63%) Law
5 44 (6.33%) Retail
6 43 (6.19%) Marketing
7 36 (5.18%) Legal
8 34 (4.89%) Manufacturing
9 32 (4.60%) Banking
10 29 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (3.74%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.88%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.16%) Electronics
13 15 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (2.01%) Advertising
14 14 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.29%) Automotive
15 9 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.15%) .NET
2 5 (0.72%) CodeIgniter
2 5 (0.72%) CSS
2 5 (0.72%) HTML
2 5 (0.72%) LangChain
2 5 (0.72%) Laravel
2 5 (0.72%) Node.js
3 4 (0.58%) React
4 3 (0.43%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.43%) Middleware
5 2 (0.29%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.14%) Entity Framework
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%) WPF
6 1 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.02%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.16%) Driving Licence
5 13 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.58%) Operational Technology
6 11 (1.58%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.15%) CMDB
8 8 (1.15%) Social Media
9 7 (1.01%) Digital Signage
9 7 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.01%) Replication
9 7 (1.01%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.72%) Clustering
10 5 (0.72%) FMCG
10 5 (0.72%) iPhone
10 5 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.78%) Windows
2 23 (3.31%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.73%) Android
4 8 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.43%) Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (25.18%) Computer Science
2 168 (24.17%) Project Management
3 147 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (18.71%) Customer-Centricity
5 125 (17.99%) ITIL
6 118 (16.98%) Service Delivery
7 109 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 106 (15.25%) Project Delivery
9 103 (14.82%) Agile
10 92 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
11 91 (13.09%) Mentoring
12 86 (12.37%) Service Management
13 82 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 74 (10.65%) ITSM
15 66 (9.50%) Roadmaps
16 65 (9.35%) IT Strategy
17 63 (9.06%) Risk Management
18 55 (7.91%) Budget Management
19 51 (7.34%) Customer Service
19 51 (7.34%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 18 (2.59%) SQL
2 16 (2.30%) Python
3 15 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.01%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.29%) Java
6 6 (0.86%) PHP
7 5 (0.72%) C#
7 5 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.58%) C
8 4 (0.58%) C++
9 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.29%) Bash
11 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 238 (34.24%) Degree
2 154 (22.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (8.78%) CISSP
4 41 (5.90%) PMP
5 40 (5.76%) PMI Certification
6 23 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
7 22 (3.17%) CISA
8 13 (1.87%) CISM
9 8 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (1.15%) Security Cleared
10 6 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.86%) CRISC
10 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.72%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.43%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.90%) GDPR
2 33 (4.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 33 (4.75%) QA
3 29 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 19 (2.73%) ITGC
6 14 (2.01%) PMO
7 13 (1.87%) NIST
7 13 (1.87%) SLA
8 12 (1.73%) GxP
9 6 (0.86%) GRC
10 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.58%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.43%) COBIT
12 2 (0.29%) GLP
12 2 (0.29%) NCSC
12 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.14%) COSO
13 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.29%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.58%) Docker
4 4 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) Firmware
5 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
2 4 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.43%) CASB
3 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (0.43%) SCCM
4 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.29%) Terraform
4 2 (0.29%) WSUS
5 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.14%) Netcool
Vendors
1 161 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.32%) SAP
3 24 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.45%) Salesforce
4 17 (2.45%) VMware
5 15 (2.16%) Cisco
6 12 (1.73%) Google
7 11 (1.58%) HubSpot
8 10 (1.44%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.29%) Meraki
10 8 (1.15%) Apple
11 6 (0.86%) Remedy
12 5 (0.72%) Aderant
12 5 (0.72%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.58%) BT
13 4 (0.58%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.58%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.58%) Intapp
13 4 (0.58%) Oracle
14 3 (0.43%) ZyXEL