ICT Manager Job Trends in the North East

ICT Manager
England > North East

The median ICT Manager salary in the North East is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.031% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £63,494 £40,000
% change year-on-year -37.00% +58.73% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 2,950 799 1,381
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 85.64% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,139 503 932
10th Percentile £31,850 £25,087 £25,525
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -9.77%
75th Percentile £74,985 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,375 £75,000 £76,800
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

ICT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'ICT Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

ICT Manager job vacancy trend in the North East

ICT Manager
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for ICT Manager job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for ICT Manager job vacancies in the North East

ICT Manager
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Manager within the North East region over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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
Durham - 1 £72,500 - 1
ICT Manager
England

ICT Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, ICT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North East region featuring ICT Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

ICT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST