IT Manager Jobs in Kent

IT Manager
South East > Kent

The median IT Manager salary in Kent is £91,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 34 76
Rank change year-on-year -33 +42 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2 82 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.25% 5.31% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 5.67% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 78 17
10th Percentile - £30,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £89,750 £33,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 £37,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +145.64% -25.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £93,250 £41,938 £57,250
90th Percentile - £58,750 £62,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,825 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.13% -11.61% +0.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 555 1,447 920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 68.69% 93.66% 85.58%
Number of salaries quoted 326 1,062 506
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,550 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,125 £68,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Kent

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Kent

IT Manager
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 29 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
Dartford +11 1 - - 6
IT Manager
South East

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 29 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 Kent region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) HubSpot
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HubSpot