IT Manager Jobs in the North West

IT Manager
England > North West

The median IT Manager salary in the North West is £46,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 197 139
Rank change year-on-year +125 -58 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 295 106 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.03% 1.34% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.20% 1.50% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 241 98 158
10th Percentile £36,000 £33,700 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% -5.83% +7.21%
75th Percentile £60,741 £66,563 £67,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,162
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.24% +5.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,209 7,066 9,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.06% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,068 4,119 5,473
10th Percentile £27,175 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,575 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the North West

IT Manager
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Manchester +77 120 £51,674 -1.57% 23
Lancashire +37 100 £41,774 -38.11% 6
Cheshire +22 40 £50,000 -13.42% 10
Merseyside +33 32 £40,000 -11.11% 2
Cumbria - 3 £75,000 - 1
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 103 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 68 (23.05%) Project Management
3 60 (20.34%) Microsoft
4 46 (15.59%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (15.25%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (13.22%) Azure
7 38 (12.88%) ITIL
8 35 (11.86%) Service Delivery
9 34 (11.53%) Change Management
9 34 (11.53%) Agile
9 34 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (10.51%) Mentoring
12 28 (9.49%) Coaching
12 28 (9.49%) Degree
13 27 (9.15%) Service Management
13 27 (9.15%) ERP
13 27 (9.15%) Active Directory
14 26 (8.81%) Finance
15 24 (8.14%) Windows
16 22 (7.46%) Project Delivery
17 21 (7.12%) IT Strategy
17 21 (7.12%) PRINCE2
17 21 (7.12%) Firewall
18 20 (6.78%) ITSM
19 19 (6.44%) Disaster Recovery
19 19 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
20 18 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
21 17 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
22 16 (5.42%) Risk Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.36%) CMS
3 4 (1.36%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.34%) Epicor Tropos
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.59%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (13.22%) Azure
3 14 (4.75%) AWS
4 11 (3.73%) OneDrive
5 10 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.03%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.03%) SaaS
7 5 (1.69%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.36%) IaaS
8 4 (1.36%) PaaS
9 3 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.02%) Dropbox
9 3 (1.02%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.34%) GCP
10 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.12%) Firewall
2 8 (2.71%) VoIP
3 5 (1.69%) LAN
3 5 (1.69%) Network Security
3 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.69%) WAN
4 4 (1.36%) Skype
4 4 (1.36%) VPN
5 3 (1.02%) VLAN
5 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.68%) DNS
6 2 (0.68%) Wireless
7 1 (0.34%) Broadband
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.36%) Power BI
2 1 (0.34%) MySQL
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.68%) JIRA
1 2 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 103 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.81%) Finance
3 18 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.39%) Retail
7 9 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.71%) Publishing
9 7 (2.37%) Local Government
9 7 (2.37%) Military
10 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.36%) Legal
11 4 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.68%) iGaming
12 2 (0.68%) Marketing
12 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.36%) CSS
1 4 (1.36%) HTML
2 2 (0.68%) EDI
3 1 (0.34%) Laravel
3 1 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.37%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.03%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (1.36%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.36%) iPad
5 3 (1.02%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.02%) NHS
6 2 (0.68%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (0.68%) CMDB
6 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.68%) EPoS
6 2 (0.68%) Life Science
6 2 (0.68%) PMI
7 1 (0.34%) AS400
7 1 (0.34%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.34%) iSeries
7 1 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.14%) Windows
2 15 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.03%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.34%) CentOS
5 1 (0.34%) Debian
5 1 (0.34%) Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.05%) Project Management
2 45 (15.25%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (12.88%) ITIL
4 35 (11.86%) Service Delivery
5 34 (11.53%) Agile
5 34 (11.53%) Change Management
5 34 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (10.51%) Mentoring
8 28 (9.49%) Coaching
9 27 (9.15%) ERP
9 27 (9.15%) Service Management
10 22 (7.46%) Project Delivery
11 21 (7.12%) IT Strategy
11 21 (7.12%) PRINCE2
12 20 (6.78%) ITSM
13 19 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (6.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (5.42%) Risk Management
15 14 (4.75%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.07%) SQL
2 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.36%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.34%) C#
4 1 (0.34%) Go
4 1 (0.34%) Python
4 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (9.49%) Degree
2 11 (3.73%) PMP
3 10 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.05%) CISSP
5 8 (2.71%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.37%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.37%) CCNA
6 7 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (2.03%) MCSE
7 6 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.69%) CISM
8 5 (1.69%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.02%) CCNP
9 3 (1.02%) MCSA
9 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.68%) APMP
10 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.73%) SLA
3 9 (3.05%) QA
4 3 (1.02%) PMO
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.68%) NIST
5 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) GAMP
6 1 (0.34%) GxP
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.68%) IAG
3 2 (0.68%) vSphere
4 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.02%) Terraform
3 2 (0.68%) Nessus
4 1 (0.34%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.05%) VMware
3 8 (2.71%) Cisco
3 8 (2.71%) SAP
4 7 (2.37%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.69%) Meraki
6 4 (1.36%) Sophos
6 4 (1.36%) Sun
6 4 (1.36%) Veeam
7 3 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.02%) Google
7 3 (1.02%) IBM
7 3 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.68%) CA
8 2 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.34%) Apple
9 1 (0.34%) Epicor
9 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.34%) Pardot
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat