IT Manager Jobs in Milton Keynes

IT Manager
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median IT Manager salary in Milton Keynes is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 60 75
Rank change year-on-year +34 +15 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 8 27 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.57% 2.53% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% 2.66% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7 23 13
10th Percentile £48,700 - £43,100
25th Percentile £55,375 £32,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £71,625 £56,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,950 £59,750 £68,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% -8.18% -1.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 208 1,016 758
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 95.04% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 109 667 519
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,890 £77,500 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Milton Keynes

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Milton Keynes

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Milton Keynes region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) SaaS
4 2 (25.00%) GDPR
4 2 (25.00%) Software Licensing
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Power Automate

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Software Licensing
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) APMP
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 22301
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (12.50%) Netcool
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Concur
2 1 (12.50%) Cramer
2 1 (12.50%) HubSpot
2 1 (12.50%) Sage
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk