IT Manager Job Trends in the North of England

IT Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Manager salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 82 96
Rank change year-on-year -41 +14 +85
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 152 257 222
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.45% 2.71% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 2.87% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 127 103 189
10th Percentile £36,500 £38,944 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,475 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,600 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -2.54%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 9,292 8,946 7,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.62% 94.19% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,301 4,308 5,636
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -2.81% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,642 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IT Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in the North of England

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
North West +12 84 £55,000 +7.84% 29
Yorkshire -54 59 £50,000 +5.26% 13
North East -2 9 £45,497 -9.01% 7
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, IT 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 of England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 34 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 32 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (21.05%) ITIL
2 32 (21.05%) Service Delivery
3 31 (20.39%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (19.08%) Project Management
5 25 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 22 (14.47%) Project Delivery
7 22 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (13.16%) Service Management
10 19 (12.50%) Azure
11 17 (11.18%) Active Directory
12 16 (10.53%) Degree
12 16 (10.53%) IT Strategy
12 16 (10.53%) Windows
13 14 (9.21%) ITSM
14 13 (8.55%) Coaching
14 13 (8.55%) Firewall
15 12 (7.89%) Server Management
15 12 (7.89%) Windows Server
16 11 (7.24%) Agile
16 11 (7.24%) Asset Management
16 11 (7.24%) Risk Management
16 11 (7.24%) SharePoint
17 10 (6.58%) Data Protection
17 10 (6.58%) PRINCE2
18 9 (5.92%) Change Management
18 9 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (7.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.66%) Site Server
Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.39%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (12.50%) Azure
3 6 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.97%) AWS
5 2 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.55%) Firewall
2 8 (5.26%) WAN
3 7 (4.61%) VPN
4 6 (3.95%) LAN
4 6 (3.95%) VLAN
5 4 (2.63%) Network Security
6 3 (1.97%) BGP
6 3 (1.97%) DHCP
6 3 (1.97%) DNS
6 3 (1.97%) OSPF
6 3 (1.97%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.32%) Internet
8 1 (0.66%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.66%) Power BI
1 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
General
1 46 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.84%) Finance
3 13 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.24%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.61%) Legal
6 6 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.97%) Law
8 3 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.97%) Retail
9 2 (1.32%) Local Government
9 2 (1.32%) Police
10 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.92%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.29%) CMDB
2 5 (3.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.97%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.32%) Life Science
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.66%) FMCG
6 1 (0.66%) Replication
6 1 (0.66%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.53%) Windows
2 12 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 32 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (21.05%) ITIL
2 32 (21.05%) Service Delivery
3 29 (19.08%) Project Management
4 25 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (14.47%) Project Delivery
5 22 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (13.16%) Service Management
8 16 (10.53%) IT Strategy
9 14 (9.21%) ITSM
10 13 (8.55%) Coaching
11 12 (7.89%) Server Management
12 11 (7.24%) Agile
12 11 (7.24%) Asset Management
12 11 (7.24%) Risk Management
13 10 (6.58%) Data Protection
13 10 (6.58%) PRINCE2
14 9 (5.92%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.63%) SQL
1 4 (2.63%) VBA
2 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (10.53%) Degree
2 7 (4.61%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (3.29%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.97%) CCIE
4 3 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.97%) CISSP
4 3 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.32%) CISA
5 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.32%) CRISC
6 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.66%) CISM
6 1 (0.66%) GCFA
6 1 (0.66%) GCFE
6 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.61%) GDPR
2 6 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.95%) SLA
3 5 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.32%) COBIT
5 2 (1.32%) ITGC
5 2 (1.32%) NIST
5 2 (1.32%) QA
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.66%) IASME
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (11.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.29%) Firmware
3 4 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.32%) Docker
5 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.32%) Ansible
2 2 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.32%) Puppet
2 2 (1.32%) Terraform
3 1 (0.66%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.92%) VMware
3 8 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.95%) Cisco
5 4 (2.63%) Citrix
6 3 (1.97%) Sage
7 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.66%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.66%) F5
8 1 (0.66%) HP
8 1 (0.66%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.66%) Snow