IT Support Manager Jobs in the North West

IT Support Manager
England > North West

The median IT Support Manager salary in the North West is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 265 245
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +72
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an IT Support Manager 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.053% 0.012% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.012% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +27.27% +44.74%
75th Percentile - - £56,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +12.15%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 4,952 8,296 5,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.43% 95.53% 90.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,568 5,474 3,361
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

IT Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Manager in the North West

IT Support Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Manager job vacancies in the North West

IT Support 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 Support Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancashire - 3 £45,000 -
IT Support Manager
England

IT Support Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, IT Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Sage
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Server Management
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery

IT Support 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Server Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Sage
1 3 (100.00%) VMware