IT Manager Job Trends in London

IT Manager
England > London

The median IT Manager salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 193 164
Rank change year-on-year +22 -29 +53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 250 267 407
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.64% 1.78% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.94% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 176 163 342
10th Percentile £41,875 £51,250 £42,525
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £104,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 13,885 13,769 20,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 91.62% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,242 7,883 16,225
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in London

IT Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in London

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

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 10 February 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
Central London +23 71 £70,000 -3.45% 12
West London +5 15 £67,500 +5.88% 1
South London +48 11 £45,000 -17.43% 4
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 February 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 London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 66 (26.40%) ITIL
2 64 (25.60%) Agile
3 59 (23.60%) Microsoft
4 58 (23.20%) Project Management
5 52 (20.80%) Azure
5 52 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
7 45 (18.00%) Risk Management
8 43 (17.20%) Roadmaps
9 42 (16.80%) AI
10 38 (15.20%) ServiceNow
11 37 (14.80%) Change Management
11 37 (14.80%) ITSM
12 36 (14.40%) Degree
13 33 (13.20%) Analytics
13 33 (13.20%) Service Management
13 33 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (12.00%) Business Strategy
16 29 (11.60%) Project Delivery
17 28 (11.20%) Computer Science
18 27 (10.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 27 (10.80%) Mentoring
19 26 (10.40%) Microsoft 365
19 26 (10.40%) Service Delivery
20 24 (9.60%) IT Strategy
21 23 (9.20%) CISSP
21 23 (9.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
22 22 (8.80%) Active Directory
22 22 (8.80%) AWS

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

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.20%) Maya
3 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.40%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.60%) Endur
2 4 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.40%) Magento
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.80%) Azure
2 26 (10.40%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (8.80%) AWS
4 17 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.00%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.60%) SaaS
7 8 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.20%) GCP
8 7 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (2.80%) PaaS
9 5 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.60%) ChatGPT
10 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.20%) Kong
11 3 (1.20%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.20%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.40%) Firewall
2 8 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (2.80%) Broadband
4 6 (2.40%) Network Security
5 5 (2.00%) LAN
5 5 (2.00%) WAN
6 3 (1.20%) DMARC
6 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.80%) VPN
8 1 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.60%) Power BI
2 5 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.60%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.60%) Tableau
4 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.20%) Qlik Sense
4 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.20%) JIRA
General
1 92 (36.80%) Finance
2 84 (33.60%) Social Skills
3 50 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (19.20%) Law
5 23 (9.20%) Banking
6 21 (8.40%) Legal
7 16 (6.40%) Marketing
8 10 (4.00%) Retail
9 9 (3.60%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.20%) Dutch Language
10 8 (3.20%) French Language
10 8 (3.20%) Games
11 7 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.20%) REST
2 4 (1.60%) GraphQL
3 3 (1.20%) .NET
3 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.20%) React
4 2 (0.80%) CSS
4 2 (0.80%) HTML
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.60%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.60%) CMDB
2 19 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.40%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.20%) Blockchain
7 7 (2.80%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.80%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.40%) Culture of Ownership
8 6 (2.40%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.40%) FMCG
8 6 (2.40%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.60%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.60%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.60%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.40%) Windows
2 8 (3.20%) Unix
3 4 (1.60%) Linux
4 3 (1.20%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.40%) ITIL
2 64 (25.60%) Agile
3 58 (23.20%) Project Management
4 52 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (18.00%) Risk Management
7 43 (17.20%) Roadmaps
8 42 (16.80%) AI
9 37 (14.80%) Change Management
9 37 (14.80%) ITSM
10 33 (13.20%) Analytics
10 33 (13.20%) Service Management
10 33 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 32 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (12.00%) Business Strategy
13 29 (11.60%) Project Delivery
14 28 (11.20%) Computer Science
15 27 (10.80%) Mentoring
16 26 (10.40%) Service Delivery
17 24 (9.60%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.00%) SQL
2 8 (3.20%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.40%) Python
4 4 (1.60%) C#
4 4 (1.60%) R
5 2 (0.80%) Java
6 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (14.40%) Degree
2 23 (9.20%) CISSP
3 22 (8.80%) PMI Certification
3 22 (8.80%) PMP
4 12 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.00%) CISM
6 8 (3.20%) CISA
6 8 (3.20%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.80%) HND
8 6 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.60%) ACCA
9 4 (1.60%) CCSP
9 4 (1.60%) CIMA
9 4 (1.60%) GCIH
9 4 (1.60%) IIBA
9 4 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.80%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (9.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 19 (7.60%) GDPR
4 8 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (3.20%) ISAE 3402
5 7 (2.80%) NIST
5 7 (2.80%) QA
6 6 (2.40%) COBIT
7 4 (1.60%) EMIR
7 4 (1.60%) SOC 1
7 4 (1.60%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.20%) ITGC
8 3 (1.20%) SLA
9 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.80%) Basel III
9 2 (0.80%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.80%) MiFID
9 2 (0.80%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (8.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.20%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.40%) Autotask
4 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (23.60%) Microsoft
2 38 (15.20%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.20%) Oracle
4 11 (4.40%) SAP
5 10 (4.00%) iManage
6 4 (1.60%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.60%) Anaplan
6 4 (1.60%) OpenLink
6 4 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.60%) Workday
7 3 (1.20%) Google
7 3 (1.20%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.20%) Veeam
8 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.80%) Citrix
8 2 (0.80%) Epicor
8 2 (0.80%) Remedy
8 2 (0.80%) Sage
8 2 (0.80%) Xero
9 1 (0.40%) Dell