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 £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 March 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 70 192
Rank change year-on-year -46 +122 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 217 551 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.12% 3.46% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 3.63% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 125 467 247
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,900 £37,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.87% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,475 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £58,984 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.35% -8.70% +0.88%

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 9,523 15,185 16,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 95.29% 90.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,625 11,769 8,610
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -9.09% +0.83%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +7 117 £50,000 - 19
North West -78 95 £56,000 +17.89% 30
North East -16 5 £37,250 -27.32% 4
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 March 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 93 (42.86%) Degree
2 85 (39.17%) Project Management
3 82 (37.79%) Computer Science
4 74 (34.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (33.64%) Customer-Centricity
6 59 (27.19%) PRINCE2
7 50 (23.04%) Social Skills
8 49 (22.58%) Project Delivery
9 42 (19.35%) Management Information System
10 34 (15.67%) Agile
11 32 (14.75%) Finance
12 31 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
14 24 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (9.68%) ITIL
15 21 (9.68%) Microsoft
16 18 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
17 17 (7.83%) Waterfall
18 16 (7.37%) Law
18 16 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
19 15 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
19 15 (6.91%) Service Delivery
20 14 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
20 14 (6.45%) Process Improvement
21 13 (5.99%) Cybersecurity
22 12 (5.53%) Mentoring
23 11 (5.07%) Data Protection
23 11 (5.07%) Manufacturing
23 11 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
24 10 (4.61%) Legal

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 6 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.92%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.30%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.61%) Azure
3 5 (2.30%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.92%) AWS
5 2 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.92%) SaaS
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) VPN
2 1 (0.46%) Firewall
2 1 (0.46%) Internet
2 1 (0.46%) LAN
2 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.30%) Power BI
2 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.38%) Tableau
3 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) GIS
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) HP UFT
2 1 (0.46%) JUnit
2 1 (0.46%) Selenium
2 1 (0.46%) TestRail
General
1 50 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.75%) Finance
3 18 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.37%) Law
5 11 (5.07%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.61%) Legal
7 6 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.92%) Banking
9 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.92%) Local Government
9 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Advertising
10 1 (0.46%) Automotive
10 1 (0.46%) Marketing
10 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.46%) Police
10 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
10 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) .NET
1 1 (0.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.69%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.30%) PMI
5 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.38%) FMCG
5 3 (1.38%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (1.38%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.38%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.92%) CMDB
6 2 (0.92%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.46%) Life Science
7 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.46%) Robotics
7 1 (0.46%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.38%) Windows
2 2 (0.92%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.46%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (39.17%) Project Management
2 82 (37.79%) Computer Science
3 73 (33.64%) Customer-Centricity
4 59 (27.19%) PRINCE2
5 49 (22.58%) Project Delivery
6 34 (15.67%) Agile
7 31 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
9 24 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (9.68%) ITIL
11 17 (7.83%) Waterfall
12 16 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (6.91%) Service Delivery
14 14 (6.45%) Process Improvement
15 13 (5.99%) Cybersecurity
16 12 (5.53%) Mentoring
17 11 (5.07%) Data Protection
18 10 (4.61%) Budget Management
18 10 (4.61%) CRM
18 10 (4.61%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.23%) SQL
2 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) Bash
Qualifications
1 93 (42.86%) Degree
2 74 (34.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.69%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.76%) CISA
5 6 (2.76%) CISSP
5 6 (2.76%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.76%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.30%) CISM
6 5 (2.30%) MBA
7 3 (1.38%) CRISC
7 3 (1.38%) GSLC
7 3 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.38%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.38%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (0.92%) PMP
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.23%) GDPR
3 6 (2.76%) SLA
4 5 (2.30%) NIST
5 3 (1.38%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.38%) PMO
6 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) ITGC
7 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.92%) SCCM
2 1 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 21 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 5 (2.30%) SAP
4 2 (0.92%) iManage
4 2 (0.92%) Intapp
4 2 (0.92%) Sage
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe
5 1 (0.46%) ConnectWise
5 1 (0.46%) Draytek
5 1 (0.46%) Freshdesk
5 1 (0.46%) HP
5 1 (0.46%) VMware