IT Manager Jobs in London

IT Manager
England > London

The median IT Manager salary in London is £66,000 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 184 188 216
Rank change year-on-year +4 +28 +129
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 240 425 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.88% 1.73% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.84% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 171 342 433
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,875 £99,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% +4.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,532 23,160 30,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 94.52% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,946 17,072 22,541
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for IT Manager in London

IT Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the London 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
Central London +31 52 £63,000 -13.10% 27
West London +14 11 £80,000 +60.00% 6
East London -20 3 £85,000 +88.89% 3
North London -15 2 £60,000 +26.32%
South London -25 2 £48,250 -11.47% 4
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 99 (41.25%) Finance
2 87 (36.25%) Social Skills
3 78 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (30.83%) Project Management
5 64 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 64 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
6 57 (23.75%) ITIL
7 56 (23.33%) CISSP
8 55 (22.92%) Microsoft 365
9 54 (22.50%) Degree
10 52 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
10 52 (21.67%) Project Delivery
11 51 (21.25%) Agile
12 47 (19.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 46 (19.17%) Mentoring
14 45 (18.75%) Service Management
15 43 (17.92%) Azure
16 41 (17.08%) Roadmaps
17 37 (15.42%) ITSM
18 35 (14.58%) Service Delivery
18 35 (14.58%) Marketing
18 35 (14.58%) Budget Management
19 34 (14.17%) Strategic Planning
20 33 (13.75%) PMP
21 32 (13.33%) PMI Certification
21 32 (13.33%) IT Strategy
22 31 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
23 29 (12.08%) Risk Management
23 29 (12.08%) Law
24 28 (11.67%) Windows

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 27 (11.25%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.92%) Confluence
3 3 (1.25%) CMS
3 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.25%) Moodle
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.67%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.67%) Maya
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.25%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.92%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (17.92%) Azure
3 20 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.67%) SaaS
5 12 (5.00%) AWS
6 9 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.92%) GCP
8 5 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.08%) Serverless
9 4 (1.67%) Amazon Bedrock
10 3 (1.25%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.83%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.42%) Datadog
12 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.42%) ShareGate
12 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.92%) Firewall
2 14 (5.83%) VLAN
3 9 (3.75%) Internet
4 7 (2.92%) DNS
5 6 (2.50%) DHCP
6 5 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.67%) IP Telephony
7 4 (1.67%) Network Security
7 4 (1.67%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.67%) VPN
7 4 (1.67%) WAN
8 3 (1.25%) Wireless
9 2 (0.83%) Intranet
9 2 (0.83%) VoIP
10 1 (0.42%) 4G
10 1 (0.42%) 5G
10 1 (0.42%) IPsec
10 1 (0.42%) LAN
10 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.67%) Power BI
2 3 (1.25%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Metadata
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 99 (41.25%) Finance
2 87 (36.25%) Social Skills
3 52 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.58%) Marketing
5 29 (12.08%) Law
6 26 (10.83%) Banking
7 22 (9.17%) Legal
8 19 (7.92%) Telecoms
9 17 (7.08%) Electronics
9 17 (7.08%) Manufacturing
9 17 (7.08%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.50%) Advertising
13 6 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.50%) Retail
14 5 (2.08%) Dutch Language
14 5 (2.08%) French Language
15 4 (1.67%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.50%) .NET
2 5 (2.08%) LangChain
3 3 (1.25%) CSS
3 3 (1.25%) HTML
3 3 (1.25%) React
4 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.83%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.42%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.42%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.42%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.42%) REST
5 1 (0.42%) WPF
5 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.58%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.50%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.08%) iPhone
7 4 (1.67%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.67%) Blockchain
7 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.67%) Social Media
7 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.25%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.25%) PKI
8 3 (1.25%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.83%) NHS
9 2 (0.83%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.67%) Windows
2 9 (3.75%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.08%) Android
4 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.42%) Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (30.83%) Project Management
3 64 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
4 57 (23.75%) ITIL
5 52 (21.67%) Project Delivery
6 51 (21.25%) Agile
7 47 (19.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (19.17%) Mentoring
9 45 (18.75%) Service Management
10 41 (17.08%) Roadmaps
11 37 (15.42%) ITSM
12 35 (14.58%) Budget Management
12 35 (14.58%) Service Delivery
13 34 (14.17%) Strategic Planning
14 32 (13.33%) IT Strategy
15 31 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (12.08%) Risk Management
17 25 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
18 24 (10.00%) Computer Science
18 24 (10.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.25%) Python
2 9 (3.75%) Java
2 9 (3.75%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.92%) SQL
4 6 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.67%) C
5 4 (1.67%) C#
5 4 (1.67%) C++
5 4 (1.67%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.83%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 56 (23.33%) CISSP
2 54 (22.50%) Degree
3 33 (13.75%) PMP
4 32 (13.33%) PMI Certification
5 18 (7.50%) CISA
5 18 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.92%) CISM
7 5 (2.08%) CRISC
8 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.25%) CCSK
9 3 (1.25%) CCSP
9 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.83%) OSCE
10 2 (0.83%) OSCP
10 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 24 (10.00%) GDPR
3 20 (8.33%) QA
4 19 (7.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 18 (7.50%) ITGC
6 13 (5.42%) GxP
7 8 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (2.92%) PMO
9 6 (2.50%) NIST
10 5 (2.08%) GRC
11 3 (1.25%) SLA
12 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.83%) GLP
13 1 (0.42%) COBIT
13 1 (0.42%) COSO
13 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.42%) NCSC
13 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (9.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.25%) Docker
2 3 (1.25%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.83%) Firmware
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.25%) CASB
2 3 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.83%) WSUS
4 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.75%) SAP
3 11 (4.58%) Salesforce
3 11 (4.58%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.33%) Apple
5 7 (2.92%) Cisco
5 7 (2.92%) Google
5 7 (2.92%) HubSpot
5 7 (2.92%) VMware
6 6 (2.50%) Meraki
7 5 (2.08%) Aderant
7 5 (2.08%) CheckPoint
7 5 (2.08%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.67%) Remedy
9 3 (1.25%) Citrix
9 3 (1.25%) OpenText
9 3 (1.25%) Symantec
9 3 (1.25%) TP-LINK
9 3 (1.25%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.25%) ZyXEL