Support Manager Jobs in Manchester

Support Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Support Manager salary in Manchester is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 209 235
Rank change year-on-year +61 +26 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Manager 20 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.87% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 5
10th Percentile - - £51,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% -37.04% +25.54%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £49,875 - £72,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +11.76% -33.33% +44.89%

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 2,076 4,951 4,431
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.36% 92.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 3,818 2,608
10th Percentile £31,438 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,063 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,125 £82,221 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Manager in Manchester

Support Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Support Manager in Manchester

Support Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Manager in Manchester

Support Manager
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Altrincham - 12 £47,500 - 2
Oldham - 5 £33,000 -
Support Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (65.00%) Agile
3 12 (60.00%) Finance
4 11 (55.00%) Change Management
4 11 (55.00%) PRINCE2
4 11 (55.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (55.00%) Facebook
5 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (35.00%) ITIL
7 6 (30.00%) Six Sigma
7 6 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
7 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
7 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
7 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (30.00%) User Experience
8 5 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 5 (25.00%) Case Management
8 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
8 5 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (25.00%) Liquidlogic
8 5 (25.00%) Contract Management
8 5 (25.00%) Project Management
8 5 (25.00%) CRM
8 5 (25.00%) ERP
8 5 (25.00%) Wireless
8 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
8 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (25.00%) Data Management
8 5 (25.00%) Supplier Management

Support 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 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (60.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (5.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Agile
2 11 (55.00%) Change Management
2 11 (55.00%) PRINCE2
2 11 (55.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (35.00%) ITIL
5 6 (30.00%) Budgeting
5 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
5 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (30.00%) Six Sigma
5 6 (30.00%) User Experience
6 5 (25.00%) Case Management
6 5 (25.00%) Contract Management
6 5 (25.00%) CRM
6 5 (25.00%) ERP
6 5 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 5 (25.00%) Project Management
6 5 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Facebook
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (25.00%) Liquidlogic