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 to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 141 129
Rank change year-on-year +73 -12 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 388 212 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.31% 2.22% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.51% 2.48% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 338 178 249
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,906 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,625 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,810 £55,140
% change year-on-year -11.78% +4.84% +5.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,044 8,539 10,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 89.54% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8,253 4,765 7,104
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +29 204 £54,325 -1.23% 38
East Midlands +90 169 £50,000 -9.09% 16
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 120 (30.93%) Finance
3 115 (29.64%) Project Management
4 79 (20.36%) Agile
4 79 (20.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (18.04%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (15.72%) Risk Management
8 56 (14.43%) Microsoft
9 54 (13.92%) Service Delivery
9 54 (13.92%) Law
10 53 (13.66%) Change Management
10 53 (13.66%) Project Delivery
11 51 (13.14%) Azure
12 49 (12.63%) ITIL
13 48 (12.37%) ERP
14 44 (11.34%) Business Case
14 44 (11.34%) Waterfall
15 42 (10.82%) Retail
16 39 (10.05%) Active Directory
16 39 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (9.79%) Business Change Management
18 36 (9.28%) Mentoring
19 34 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
19 34 (8.76%) Windows
20 33 (8.51%) Process Improvement
21 32 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
22 31 (7.99%) Firewall
23 29 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
24 27 (6.96%) Intranet

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 24 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) CMS
3 1 (0.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.77%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.52%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.52%) Shopify
3 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (18.04%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (13.14%) Azure
3 23 (5.93%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.12%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.87%) AWS
6 11 (2.84%) GCP
7 6 (1.55%) SaaS
8 4 (1.03%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.52%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.52%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.52%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.26%) Discord
11 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.99%) Firewall
2 27 (6.96%) Intranet
3 17 (4.38%) DHCP
3 17 (4.38%) DNS
4 13 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (2.84%) Network Security
6 10 (2.58%) VPN
6 10 (2.58%) WAN
7 9 (2.32%) VLAN
8 7 (1.80%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.55%) LAN
10 5 (1.29%) Internet
10 5 (1.29%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.29%) VoIP
11 4 (1.03%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.03%) iSCSI
11 4 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.03%) SNMP
12 3 (0.77%) SAN
13 2 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.93%) Power BI
2 13 (3.35%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.29%) JIRA
General
1 127 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 120 (30.93%) Finance
3 54 (13.92%) Law
4 42 (10.82%) Retail
5 29 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (6.44%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.09%) Legal
8 11 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.29%) Marketing
13 4 (1.03%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.77%) Automotive
14 3 (0.77%) Banking
14 3 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.77%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.03%) .NET
1 4 (1.03%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.52%) EDI
3 1 (0.26%) ERC20
3 1 (0.26%) HTML
3 1 (0.26%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.26%) Truffle
3 1 (0.26%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.09%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.58%) CCTV
5 8 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (2.06%) FMCG
6 5 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.03%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.03%) Replication
8 3 (0.77%) Cyberattack
8 3 (0.77%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.52%) EPoS
9 2 (0.52%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.52%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.26%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.26%) CMDB
10 1 (0.26%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.76%) Windows
2 24 (6.19%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.55%) VMS
3 6 (1.55%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.29%) Android
5 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (29.64%) Project Management
2 79 (20.36%) Agile
2 79 (20.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 75 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (15.72%) Risk Management
5 54 (13.92%) Service Delivery
6 53 (13.66%) Change Management
6 53 (13.66%) Project Delivery
7 49 (12.63%) ITIL
8 48 (12.37%) ERP
9 44 (11.34%) Business Case
9 44 (11.34%) Waterfall
10 39 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (9.79%) Business Change Management
12 36 (9.28%) Mentoring
13 34 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (8.51%) Process Improvement
15 26 (6.70%) Budget Management
15 26 (6.70%) Line Management
16 25 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.41%) SQL
2 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.26%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 20 (5.15%) Degree
2 8 (2.06%) PMI Certification
2 8 (2.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 7 (1.80%) CISSP
3 7 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.80%) PMP
4 6 (1.55%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.55%) CISM
5 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.03%) CISA
6 4 (1.03%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.03%) MCSE
6 4 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.52%) CCIE
7 2 (0.52%) CCNA
7 2 (0.52%) CCNP
7 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.52%) MCSA
8 1 (0.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.15%) GDPR
2 19 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (4.12%) SLA
4 12 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.09%) ITGC
4 12 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (2.32%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.55%) ISO 9001
6 6 (1.55%) PMO
7 5 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.03%) QA
9 2 (0.52%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.87%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.03%) pfSense
5 3 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.29%) SmoothWall
3 3 (0.77%) PaperCut
3 3 (0.77%) WSUS
4 2 (0.52%) SCCM
5 1 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 56 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.96%) Sophos
3 24 (6.19%) VMware
4 23 (5.93%) Cisco
5 12 (3.09%) Veeam
6 10 (2.58%) Dell
7 7 (1.80%) Meraki
8 5 (1.29%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.29%) Facebook
8 5 (1.29%) Google
8 5 (1.29%) SAP
8 5 (1.29%) SYSPRO
9 4 (1.03%) Apple
9 4 (1.03%) Avaya
9 4 (1.03%) Brocade
9 4 (1.03%) Citrix
9 4 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.03%) QNAP
9 4 (1.03%) Sage
9 4 (1.03%) WatchGuard