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 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 189 158
Rank change year-on-year +34 -31 +70
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 251 280 364
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.77% 1.80% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.94% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 168 170 317
10th Percentile £42,125 £51,250 £49,050
25th Percentile £62,188 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,625 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -3.52%

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 12,906 14,408 17,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.72% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,555 8,332 13,847
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,060
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 15 January 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 15 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
Central London +31 62 £70,000 -1.75% 10
West London +6 14 £67,500 +5.88% 4
South London +48 11 £39,000 -32.17% 2
East London -10 2 - - 1
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 77 (30.68%) Agile
2 75 (29.88%) ITIL
3 70 (27.89%) Microsoft
4 68 (27.09%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (24.70%) Project Management
6 56 (22.31%) Azure
7 55 (21.91%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (18.33%) AI
9 43 (17.13%) Risk Management
9 43 (17.13%) Roadmaps
10 41 (16.33%) Service Management
11 39 (15.54%) ITSM
12 38 (15.14%) Analytics
13 37 (14.74%) Degree
13 37 (14.74%) ServiceNow
14 36 (14.34%) Service Delivery
15 35 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
15 35 (13.94%) Project Delivery
16 34 (13.55%) Business Strategy
16 34 (13.55%) Mentoring
17 33 (13.15%) Change Management
17 33 (13.15%) PMP
18 31 (12.35%) CISSP
18 31 (12.35%) PMI Certification
19 30 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
20 29 (11.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 29 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
21 28 (11.16%) Computer Science
21 28 (11.16%) Incident Response
22 25 (9.96%) Coaching

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 11 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.98%) Maya
2 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.39%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.59%) Endur
2 4 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.40%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.31%) Azure
2 35 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (7.97%) AWS
3 20 (7.97%) Power Platform
4 17 (6.77%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.38%) SaaS
6 10 (3.98%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (3.59%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (3.59%) PaaS
8 7 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.39%) GCP
10 5 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.99%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.59%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.59%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.59%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.20%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.38%) Firewall
2 8 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (2.79%) Broadband
4 6 (2.39%) Network Security
5 5 (1.99%) LAN
5 5 (1.99%) WAN
6 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.80%) VPN
8 1 (0.40%) DMARC
8 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.78%) Power BI
2 7 (2.79%) Tableau
3 5 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.59%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.20%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.58%) JIRA
General
1 100 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 98 (39.04%) Finance
3 59 (23.51%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (20.32%) Law
5 23 (9.16%) Banking
5 23 (9.16%) Legal
5 23 (9.16%) Marketing
6 15 (5.98%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.58%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.98%) Dutch Language
8 10 (3.98%) French Language
8 10 (3.98%) Games
9 8 (3.19%) Electronics
9 8 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.99%) Retail
12 4 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.98%) REST
2 6 (2.39%) GraphQL
3 3 (1.20%) .NET
3 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.20%) JSON
3 3 (1.20%) React
4 2 (0.80%) CSS
4 2 (0.80%) HTML
4 2 (0.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.37%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.77%) CMDB
3 17 (6.77%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.58%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.98%) Blockchain
7 9 (3.59%) Virtual Team
8 8 (3.19%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.39%) Culture of Ownership
10 6 (2.39%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.39%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.59%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.59%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.59%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.20%) FMCG
12 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.17%) Windows
2 11 (4.38%) Unix
3 7 (2.79%) Linux
4 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.68%) Agile
2 75 (29.88%) ITIL
3 68 (27.09%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (24.70%) Project Management
5 55 (21.91%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (18.33%) AI
7 43 (17.13%) Risk Management
7 43 (17.13%) Roadmaps
8 41 (16.33%) Service Management
9 39 (15.54%) ITSM
10 38 (15.14%) Analytics
11 36 (14.34%) Service Delivery
12 35 (13.94%) Project Delivery
13 34 (13.55%) Business Strategy
13 34 (13.55%) Mentoring
14 33 (13.15%) Change Management
15 30 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (11.16%) Computer Science
17 28 (11.16%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.17%) SQL
2 10 (3.98%) JavaScript
3 9 (3.59%) Python
4 7 (2.79%) R
5 4 (1.59%) C#
6 3 (1.20%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.80%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (14.74%) Degree
2 33 (13.15%) PMP
3 31 (12.35%) CISSP
3 31 (12.35%) PMI Certification
4 12 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.98%) CISM
6 9 (3.59%) CISA
7 8 (3.19%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.79%) ACCA
8 7 (2.79%) CIMA
8 7 (2.79%) HND
9 6 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.59%) CCSP
10 4 (1.59%) GCIH
10 4 (1.59%) IIBA
10 4 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.80%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.96%) GDPR
3 18 (7.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 13 (5.18%) QA
5 12 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (3.19%) ISAE 3402
7 7 (2.79%) NIST
8 6 (2.39%) PMO
8 6 (2.39%) SLA
9 4 (1.59%) COBIT
9 4 (1.59%) EMIR
10 2 (0.80%) Basel III
10 2 (0.80%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.80%) MiFID
10 2 (0.80%) NCSC
11 1 (0.40%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.40%) FINRA
System Software
1 20 (7.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.40%) Autotask
3 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (27.89%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.74%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.98%) Oracle
3 15 (5.98%) SAP
4 10 (3.98%) iManage
5 4 (1.59%) Alteryx
5 4 (1.59%) Anaplan
5 4 (1.59%) Google
5 4 (1.59%) OpenLink
5 4 (1.59%) Workday
6 3 (1.20%) Citrix
6 3 (1.20%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.80%) Epicor
7 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.40%) Apple
8 1 (0.40%) Kronos
8 1 (0.40%) Remedy
8 1 (0.40%) Veeam