IT Manager Jobs in the North of England

IT Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Manager salary in the North of England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 206 147
Rank change year-on-year +138 -59 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 571 278 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.31% 1.59% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.48% 1.78% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 484 234 316
10th Percentile £34,825 £37,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,109 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,563
90th Percentile £65,875 £71,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,905 £55,185
% change year-on-year -11.92% +4.93% +5.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,395 15,661 17,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 89.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,676 8,279 11,110
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,649 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Manager 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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
North West +130 294 £45,750 -12.86% 36
Yorkshire +116 213 £50,000 - 29
North East +31 64 £51,250 +2.50% 11
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 North of England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 177 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 145 (25.39%) Project Management
3 132 (23.12%) Microsoft
4 108 (18.91%) ITIL
5 99 (17.34%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (13.66%) Agile
8 68 (11.91%) Degree
9 67 (11.73%) ERP
10 65 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 65 (11.38%) Azure
11 63 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (11.03%) Project Delivery
12 61 (10.68%) Finance
13 59 (10.33%) Windows
13 59 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
14 57 (9.98%) Mentoring
15 53 (9.28%) Active Directory
16 52 (9.11%) Change Management
17 51 (8.93%) Service Management
18 48 (8.41%) PRINCE2
18 48 (8.41%) Coaching
19 45 (7.88%) Service Delivery
20 43 (7.53%) IT Strategy
21 40 (7.01%) Budget Management
21 40 (7.01%) SQL
22 38 (6.65%) Firewall
23 37 (6.48%) ITSM
23 37 (6.48%) Information Security
24 36 (6.30%) Management Information System

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 29 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.75%) WordPress
4 4 (0.70%) CMS
4 4 (0.70%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.15%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.70%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.53%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.18%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (17.34%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (11.38%) Azure
3 22 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 21 (3.68%) AWS
5 17 (2.98%) SaaS
6 13 (2.28%) PowerApps
7 11 (1.93%) OneDrive
8 9 (1.58%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.40%) GCP
10 6 (1.05%) IaaS
11 4 (0.70%) PaaS
12 3 (0.53%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.53%) Google Drive
13 2 (0.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 1 (0.18%) Smartsheet
14 1 (0.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.65%) Firewall
2 31 (5.43%) WAN
3 24 (4.20%) LAN
4 12 (2.10%) VPN
5 10 (1.75%) Network Security
5 10 (1.75%) VLAN
5 10 (1.75%) VoIP
6 6 (1.05%) SAN
6 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.05%) Wireless
7 5 (0.88%) BIG-IP
7 5 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.70%) DNS
8 4 (0.70%) Skype
9 3 (0.53%) DHCP
9 3 (0.53%) Internet
9 3 (0.53%) Intranet
9 3 (0.53%) WLAN
10 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.75%) Power BI
2 9 (1.58%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.18%) MySQL
4 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (2.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.18%) Git
General
1 177 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 61 (10.68%) Finance
3 26 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (4.38%) Retail
5 24 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 15 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.28%) Marketing
9 12 (2.10%) Legal
9 12 (2.10%) Publishing
10 9 (1.58%) Law
11 8 (1.40%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.23%) Local Government
12 7 (1.23%) Military
13 6 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.88%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.23%) HTML
2 4 (0.70%) CSS
3 2 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.18%) Laravel
4 1 (0.18%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.98%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.40%) Driving Licence
4 8 (1.40%) PMI
4 8 (1.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 6 (1.05%) Algorithms
5 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
5 6 (1.05%) Onboarding
6 5 (0.88%) EPoS
6 5 (0.88%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.70%) iPad
7 4 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.53%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.53%) NHS
8 3 (0.53%) Social Media
8 3 (0.53%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.35%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.33%) Windows
2 25 (4.38%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.45%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.93%) Linux
5 10 (1.75%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) CentOS
8 1 (0.18%) Debian
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (25.39%) Project Management
2 108 (18.91%) ITIL
3 79 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
4 78 (13.66%) Agile
5 67 (11.73%) ERP
6 65 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (11.03%) Project Delivery
8 59 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (9.98%) Mentoring
10 52 (9.11%) Change Management
11 51 (8.93%) Service Management
12 48 (8.41%) Coaching
12 48 (8.41%) PRINCE2
13 45 (7.88%) Service Delivery
14 43 (7.53%) IT Strategy
15 40 (7.01%) Budget Management
16 37 (6.48%) Information Security
16 37 (6.48%) ITSM
17 34 (5.95%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.01%) SQL
2 12 (2.10%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.58%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.70%) Bash
5 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.53%) VBA
6 2 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.18%) Delphi
7 1 (0.18%) Go
7 1 (0.18%) Python
7 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (11.91%) Degree
2 35 (6.13%) PMP
3 30 (5.25%) PMI Certification
4 19 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 18 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.10%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.10%) CCNA
7 12 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (1.93%) CCNP
8 11 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.58%) CISSP
10 8 (1.40%) MCSE
11 7 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (1.23%) Security Cleared
12 5 (0.88%) CISM
12 5 (0.88%) MCSA
12 5 (0.88%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.53%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (3.85%) SLA
3 19 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.98%) PMO
5 11 (1.93%) GDPR
5 11 (1.93%) QA
6 4 (0.70%) NIST
7 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) GAMP
8 1 (0.18%) GxP
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (9.28%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.23%) IAG
4 6 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.88%) SCOM
2 5 (0.88%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) Nessus
4 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.18%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.18%) SafeCom
4 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 132 (23.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.85%) Cisco
3 19 (3.33%) VMware
4 15 (2.63%) Google
5 14 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.28%) SAP
7 11 (1.93%) Veeam
8 9 (1.58%) Fortinet
9 8 (1.40%) Epicor
10 7 (1.23%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.88%) AppDynamics
11 5 (0.88%) Automation Anywhere
11 5 (0.88%) Citrix
11 5 (0.88%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.88%) iManage
11 5 (0.88%) Meraki
11 5 (0.88%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.70%) Oracle
12 4 (0.70%) Sage
12 4 (0.70%) Sophos