IT Manager Jobs in the North East

IT Manager
England > North East

The median IT Manager salary in the North East is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 62 84
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 12 60 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.88% 2.85% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 2.98% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 49 18
10th Percentile £43,000 £35,984 £47,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -14.29% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,250 £53,750 £57,182
90th Percentile £62,000 £60,148 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £51,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +16.50% -11.21% +2.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,049 2,011 891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 76.79% 95.40% 79.77%
Number of salaries quoted 596 1,591 570
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,586
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,249 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.70% -9.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £61,486
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North East

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the North East

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the North East

IT 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 IT Manager within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Tyne and Wear +1 12 £51,500 +14.44% 10
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 North East region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Retail
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Service Management
2 5 (41.67%) Accessibility
2 5 (41.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 4 (33.33%) ITSM
3 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 4 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 4 (33.33%) Billing
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 4 (33.33%) CMDB
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) PMO
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (41.67%) Retail
3 4 (33.33%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) CMDB
1 4 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 5 (41.67%) Service Management
3 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (33.33%) ITSM
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) CISM
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
1 1 (8.33%) CRISC
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce