Senior IT Manager Jobs in England

Senior IT Manager
UK > England

The median Senior IT Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 703 796
Rank change year-on-year +73 +93 +104
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 68 150 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 27 108 69
10th Percentile £50,550 £40,988 £46,102
25th Percentile £61,750 £41,184 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,965 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -10.82% -
75th Percentile £93,125 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £99,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £57,965 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.45% -10.82% -

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 45,235 88,754 75,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 94.80% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 24,087 65,004 49,711
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior IT Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Manager in England.

Salary trend for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior IT Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Manager in England

Senior 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 Senior IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +126 39 £92,500 +12.12% 19
South East +93 10 £71,250 +9.62% 12
North of England +1 9 £65,000 +12.14% 9
Midlands +58 7 £64,000 +13.78% 5
Yorkshire +50 5 £80,000 +91.51% 3
East Midlands +41 5 £55,500 -
South West +105 3 £45,000 -5.57% 1
West Midlands +46 2 £72,500 +28.89% 5
North East +34 2 £55,000 -5.11% 4
North West -29 2 £65,000 +12.14% 2
Senior IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 43 (63.24%) Finance
2 38 (55.88%) Mentoring
3 33 (48.53%) Agile
4 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
5 22 (32.35%) Budget Management
6 20 (29.41%) CISSP
7 18 (26.47%) Banking
7 18 (26.47%) Azure
7 18 (26.47%) IT Audit
7 18 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (25.00%) ITGC
8 17 (25.00%) Degree
8 17 (25.00%) CISA
8 17 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 14 (20.59%) Legal
9 14 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (19.12%) Law
11 12 (17.65%) Windows
11 12 (17.65%) Marketing
11 12 (17.65%) Information Security
12 11 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
12 11 (16.18%) ITIL
12 11 (16.18%) Project Management
12 11 (16.18%) Coaching
13 10 (14.71%) AWS
13 10 (14.71%) Management Information System
13 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
13 10 (14.71%) CI/CD
14 9 (13.24%) Service Delivery
14 9 (13.24%) Project Delivery

Senior 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 4 (5.88%) Confluence
1 4 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (5.88%) Chatbot
4 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.47%) Azure
2 10 (14.71%) AWS
3 8 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (8.82%) GCP
4 6 (8.82%) SaaS
5 4 (5.88%) Amazon Bedrock
6 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (4.41%) Serverless
7 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.47%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.88%) VLAN
1 4 (5.88%) VoIP
2 2 (2.94%) Firewall
2 2 (2.94%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 43 (63.24%) Finance
2 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 18 (26.47%) Banking
4 14 (20.59%) Legal
5 13 (19.12%) Law
6 12 (17.65%) Marketing
7 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (7.35%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Billing
9 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Games
9 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) LangChain
2 1 (1.47%) .NET
2 1 (1.47%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.47%) React
2 1 (1.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.88%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.88%) CCTV
2 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.88%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.41%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (4.41%) PKI
3 3 (4.41%) PMI
3 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.41%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.94%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) IoT
5 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.65%) Windows
2 4 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (55.88%) Mentoring
2 33 (48.53%) Agile
3 22 (32.35%) Budget Management
4 18 (26.47%) IT Audit
4 18 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (17.65%) Information Security
7 11 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (16.18%) Coaching
7 11 (16.18%) ITIL
7 11 (16.18%) Project Management
8 10 (14.71%) CI/CD
9 9 (13.24%) Creative Thinking
9 9 (13.24%) Project Delivery
9 9 (13.24%) Service Delivery
10 8 (11.76%) Budgeting
10 8 (11.76%) PRINCE2
10 8 (11.76%) Risk Management
10 8 (11.76%) Roadmaps
11 7 (10.29%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) Python
2 6 (8.82%) Java
3 4 (5.88%) C
3 4 (5.88%) C++
4 3 (4.41%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (29.41%) CISSP
2 17 (25.00%) CISA
2 17 (25.00%) Degree
3 5 (7.35%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.41%) CCSK
5 3 (4.41%) CCSP
5 3 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.41%) MBA
6 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.94%) PMP
6 2 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.00%) ITGC
2 4 (5.88%) GDPR
2 4 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.41%) PMO
4 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.41%) CASB
3 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.35%) OpenAI
4 4 (5.88%) Remedy
5 3 (4.41%) Google
5 3 (4.41%) Symantec
5 3 (4.41%) Zscaler
6 2 (2.94%) Aderant
6 2 (2.94%) Commvault
6 2 (2.94%) SAP
7 1 (1.47%) Oracle
7 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.47%) Workday