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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 64 188
Rank change year-on-year -102 +124 -40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 181 576 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.58% 3.30% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 3.47% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 96 488 247
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,925 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,813 £40,000 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £69,625 £65,375 £71,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -11.30% +4.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,508 16,576 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 94.91% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,880 12,833 8,151
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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
Yorkshire +2 123 £55,000 +10.02% 25
North West -149 53 £56,000 +20.43% 47
North East -5 5 £45,000 -14.29% 5
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 North of England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 86 (47.51%) Degree
2 75 (41.44%) Computer Science
3 73 (40.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 72 (39.78%) Customer-Centricity
5 50 (27.62%) Project Management
6 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
7 33 (18.23%) Finance
8 32 (17.68%) Agile
9 31 (17.13%) PRINCE2
10 28 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (12.15%) Microsoft
13 20 (11.05%) Project Delivery
14 17 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (9.39%) ITIL
15 15 (8.29%) Service Delivery
15 15 (8.29%) Waterfall
16 14 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
16 14 (7.73%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (7.18%) Law
17 13 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
18 12 (6.63%) Process Improvement
18 12 (6.63%) IT Strategy
19 11 (6.08%) Mentoring
19 11 (6.08%) Management Information System
20 10 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
21 9 (4.97%) Agile Project Management
21 9 (4.97%) Programme Governance
21 9 (4.97%) Programme Delivery
21 9 (4.97%) Risk Management

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 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.31%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.42%) Azure
3 4 (2.21%) SaaS
4 3 (1.66%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Firewall
1 1 (0.55%) Internet
1 1 (0.55%) LAN
1 1 (0.55%) VPN
1 1 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.66%) Power BI
2 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.10%) Tableau
3 1 (0.55%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) JIRA
General
1 36 (19.89%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.23%) Finance
3 14 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.18%) Law
5 9 (4.97%) Legal
6 8 (4.42%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.76%) Retail
8 4 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.10%) Banking
10 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.10%) Local Government
10 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Advertising
11 1 (0.55%) Automotive
11 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) .NET
1 1 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.08%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.76%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.76%) PMI
5 4 (2.21%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.66%) FMCG
6 3 (1.66%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.10%) CMDB
7 2 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.10%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.55%) Clustering
8 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.55%) Robotics
8 1 (0.55%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.55%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.21%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (41.44%) Computer Science
2 72 (39.78%) Customer-Centricity
3 50 (27.62%) Project Management
4 32 (17.68%) Agile
5 31 (17.13%) PRINCE2
6 28 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (11.05%) Project Delivery
9 17 (9.39%) ITIL
10 15 (8.29%) Service Delivery
10 15 (8.29%) Waterfall
11 13 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (6.63%) IT Strategy
12 12 (6.63%) Process Improvement
13 11 (6.08%) Mentoring
14 10 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
15 9 (4.97%) Agile Project Management
15 9 (4.97%) Programme Delivery
15 9 (4.97%) Programme Governance
15 9 (4.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.76%) SQL
2 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.55%) Bash
Qualifications
1 86 (47.51%) Degree
2 73 (40.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (7.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.87%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.76%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.76%) MBA
5 5 (2.76%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.66%) CISA
6 3 (1.66%) CISSP
6 3 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.10%) CISM
7 2 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.10%) PMP
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.21%) GDPR
2 4 (2.21%) SLA
3 3 (1.66%) PMO
4 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.10%) NIST
4 2 (1.10%) QA
5 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.55%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 22 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.76%) SAP
2 5 (2.76%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.10%) iManage
3 2 (1.10%) Intapp
3 2 (1.10%) Sage
4 1 (0.55%) VMware