IT Manager Jobs in the Midlands

IT Manager
England > Midlands

The median IT Manager salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 133 122
Rank change year-on-year +47 -11 -12
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 332 168 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.86% 2.21% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 2.46% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 261 144 282
10th Percentile £34,750 £39,013 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,072 £44,180 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,538 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +9.08% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +5.26% +3.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the Midlands

IT Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
West Midlands +24 182 £55,000 +1.85% 20
East Midlands +46 134 £50,000 -9.09% 13
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 127 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 93 (28.01%) Project Management
3 74 (22.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (20.78%) Finance
5 66 (19.88%) Microsoft
6 53 (15.96%) Retail
6 53 (15.96%) Budget Management
7 47 (14.16%) Mentoring
8 44 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (12.95%) Legal
10 42 (12.65%) ITIL
10 42 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (12.05%) Microsoft Office
12 38 (11.45%) Agile
12 38 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
13 34 (10.24%) Risk Management
13 34 (10.24%) Logistics
14 30 (9.04%) Azure
14 30 (9.04%) Firewall
15 29 (8.73%) Degree
15 29 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (8.73%) Project Delivery
16 28 (8.43%) Change Management
16 28 (8.43%) Law
16 28 (8.43%) Active Directory
17 26 (7.83%) ERP
17 26 (7.83%) Service Management
17 26 (7.83%) Business Case
18 24 (7.23%) VMware
19 23 (6.93%) Service Delivery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.20%) CMS
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 40 (12.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.90%) Trello
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.60%) Magento
2 2 (0.60%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (9.04%) Azure
3 12 (3.61%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.31%) AWS
5 10 (3.01%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.51%) GCP
6 5 (1.51%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.20%) SaaS
8 3 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.60%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.60%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.60%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.30%) Discord
10 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.30%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.04%) Firewall
2 14 (4.22%) DHCP
2 14 (4.22%) DNS
2 14 (4.22%) Network Security
3 11 (3.31%) WAN
4 10 (3.01%) VPN
5 9 (2.71%) Intranet
6 6 (1.81%) LAN
6 6 (1.81%) VLAN
6 6 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.51%) Internet
7 5 (1.51%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.20%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (1.20%) iSCSI
8 4 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.20%) SNMP
8 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.90%) SAN
10 2 (0.60%) MPLS
10 2 (0.60%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.01%) Power BI
2 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.60%) Pentaho
3 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.61%) JIRA
General
1 127 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 69 (20.78%) Finance
3 53 (15.96%) Retail
4 43 (12.95%) Legal
5 38 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (8.43%) Law
7 14 (4.22%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.61%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.81%) Marketing
12 5 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Banking
14 3 (0.90%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.60%) French Language
15 2 (0.60%) German Language
15 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.60%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) .NET
1 4 (1.20%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.30%) EDI
2 1 (0.30%) ERC20
2 1 (0.30%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.30%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.30%) Truffle
2 1 (0.30%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.82%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.22%) FMCG
3 13 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.01%) CCTV
5 9 (2.71%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.81%) CMDB
7 4 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Licensing
7 4 (1.20%) Replication
7 4 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.60%) EPoS
9 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.60%) Wiki
10 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.30%) NHS
10 1 (0.30%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.93%) Windows
2 12 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.81%) VMS
3 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.51%) Android
5 4 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (28.01%) Project Management
2 74 (22.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (15.96%) Budget Management
4 47 (14.16%) Mentoring
5 42 (12.65%) ITIL
5 42 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (11.45%) Agile
7 34 (10.24%) Logistics
7 34 (10.24%) Risk Management
8 29 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (8.73%) Project Delivery
9 28 (8.43%) Change Management
10 26 (7.83%) Business Case
10 26 (7.83%) ERP
10 26 (7.83%) Service Management
11 23 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (6.93%) Resource Allocation
11 23 (6.93%) Service Delivery
12 21 (6.33%) ITSM
12 21 (6.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.42%) SQL
2 4 (1.20%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.60%) Perl
3 2 (0.60%) Python
4 1 (0.30%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 29 (8.73%) Degree
2 16 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.51%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.51%) PMP
6 5 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (1.20%) CPIM
7 4 (1.20%) MCSE
7 4 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.90%) CISSP
8 3 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.60%) CCIE
9 2 (0.60%) CCNA
9 2 (0.60%) CCNP
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CISM
9 2 (0.60%) MCP
9 2 (0.60%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (3.31%) PMO
2 9 (2.71%) GDPR
2 9 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.11%) QA
4 6 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.51%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.51%) ITGC
6 4 (1.20%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.60%) NIST
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.20%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.60%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.30%) Nessus
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.23%) VMware
3 23 (6.93%) Cisco
4 21 (6.33%) Planview
5 12 (3.61%) Veeam
6 10 (3.01%) Dell
7 8 (2.41%) Sophos
8 6 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.51%) Facebook
10 4 (1.20%) Apple
10 4 (1.20%) Broadcom
10 4 (1.20%) BroadSoft
10 4 (1.20%) Brocade
10 4 (1.20%) Dell Compellent
10 4 (1.20%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.20%) Meraki
10 4 (1.20%) QNAP
10 4 (1.20%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.20%) WatchGuard
10 4 (1.20%) Zerto