IT Manager Jobs in Manchester

IT Manager
North West > Manchester

The median IT Manager salary in Manchester is £60,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 104 171
Rank change year-on-year -55 +67 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 7 126 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.31% 2.30% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 2.43% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6 104 61
10th Percentile £52,250 £38,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £54,375 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,500 £54,333
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% -3.37% -1.21%
75th Percentile £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,125 £70,000 £69,000
North West median annual salary £61,000 £47,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +28.42% -12.84% -0.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,037 5,181 4,268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 94.72% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 3,964 2,576
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,988 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,503 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -6.95% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,305 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Manchester

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Manchester

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Manchester region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CISA
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) ITGC
4 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISA
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (14.29%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft