IT Manager Job Trends in Leicestershire

IT Manager
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median IT Manager salary in Leicestershire is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 32 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 21 29 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 3.70% 6.67% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.98% 7.07% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 12
10th Percentile £50,500 - £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £46,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £51,995
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +0.97% +15.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £56,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £58,000 £57,350
East Midlands median annual salary £55,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.24% +2.86% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 527 410 475
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.25% 93.14%
Number of salaries quoted 375 166 359
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.48% +8.09%
75th Percentile £59,375 £57,500 £59,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.93%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Leicestershire

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Leicestershire

IT Manager
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Leicester -7 16 £77,500 +47.62% 5
Loughborough -3 1 £55,000 +1.85% 2
IT Manager
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 Leicestershire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) Change Management
1 8 (38.10%) Project Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 5 (23.81%) CRM
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Business Case
4 4 (19.05%) Business Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) ITSM
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
4 4 (19.05%) PMP
4 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
5 3 (14.29%) Azure
5 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) C#
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 3 (14.29%) Data Privacy
5 3 (14.29%) Data Security
5 3 (14.29%) Degree

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.76%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) GitHub
1 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 6 (28.57%) Electronics
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (9.52%) Retail
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) CMDB
3 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) Change Management
1 8 (38.10%) Project Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 5 (23.81%) CRM
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Business Case
4 4 (19.05%) Business Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) ITSM
4 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Privacy
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
5 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C#
1 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
1 4 (19.05%) PMP
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 3 (14.29%) MBA
3 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) GDPR
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) QAD
2 3 (14.29%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) HubSpot