IT Manager Jobs in the South East

IT Manager
England > South East

The median IT Manager salary in the South East is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 104 173
Rank change year-on-year -107 +69 0
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 102 449 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.06% 2.56% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 2.72% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 81 407 189
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,825 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% -11.61% +0.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £67,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.81% -12.17% +3.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,376 16,502 12,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.09% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 11,730 7,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley -6 37 £60,000 +20.00% 85
Surrey +2 26 £55,000 -8.33% 19
Hampshire +39 25 £57,500 +11.65% 30
Oxfordshire +18 15 £58,750 +30.56% 8
Buckinghamshire -2 12 £65,000 +28.71% 20
Berkshire +5 10 £70,000 +36.59% 57
Middlesex -12 7 - -
Sussex +4 3 £32,500 -45.83% 1
West Sussex -18 2 £70,000 +40.00% 8
Kent -40 2 £91,500 +150.68% 17
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 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 South East region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 37 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 36 (35.29%) Finance
3 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
4 30 (29.41%) Service Delivery
5 29 (28.43%) ITIL
5 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (26.47%) Degree
7 23 (22.55%) Project Management
8 22 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (19.61%) Service Management
10 19 (18.63%) Windows
11 18 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (17.65%) Mentoring
11 18 (17.65%) Customer Service
12 17 (16.67%) Project Delivery
12 17 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
12 17 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (15.69%) ITSM
13 16 (15.69%) Computer Science
14 15 (14.71%) Azure
15 13 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
16 12 (11.76%) Decision-Making
17 11 (10.78%) Coaching
17 11 (10.78%) IT Strategy
17 11 (10.78%) Active Directory
18 10 (9.80%) ITIL Certification
18 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
18 10 (9.80%) Supplier Management
18 10 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 8 (7.84%) ServiceNow

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.98%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.98%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.71%) Azure
3 5 (4.90%) AWS
4 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.96%) SaaS
5 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.98%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.98%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.86%) Firewall
2 5 (4.90%) Network Security
2 5 (4.90%) VoIP
3 4 (3.92%) VLAN
4 3 (2.94%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.94%) VPN
5 2 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.96%) Power BI
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 37 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 36 (35.29%) Finance
3 17 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.86%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.88%) Automotive
6 6 (5.88%) Retail
7 5 (4.90%) Advertising
8 4 (3.92%) Legal
8 4 (3.92%) Marketing
8 4 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.96%) Billing
11 1 (0.98%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.88%) Digital Signage
2 5 (4.90%) CMDB
2 5 (4.90%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.90%) Operational Technology
2 5 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.92%) CCTV
3 4 (3.92%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.92%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.94%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.96%) Smart Meter
5 2 (1.96%) Social Media
6 1 (0.98%) IoT
6 1 (0.98%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.63%) Windows
2 6 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 6 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.96%) Android
3 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (29.41%) Service Delivery
2 29 (28.43%) ITIL
2 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (22.55%) Project Management
4 22 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (19.61%) Service Management
6 18 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 18 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 17 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 16 (15.69%) Computer Science
8 16 (15.69%) ITSM
9 13 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (11.76%) Decision-Making
11 11 (10.78%) Coaching
11 11 (10.78%) IT Strategy
12 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
12 10 (9.80%) Supplier Management
13 8 (7.84%) CRM
13 8 (7.84%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 27 (26.47%) Degree
2 10 (9.80%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.90%) PMP
4 5 (4.90%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.96%) MCSA
5 2 (1.96%) MCSE
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.96%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) APMP
6 1 (0.98%) CISM
6 1 (0.98%) CISSP
6 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.92%) SLA
4 3 (2.94%) GDPR
4 3 (2.94%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.96%) NIST
6 1 (0.98%) COBIT
6 1 (0.98%) QA
6 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.92%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.94%) FortiGate
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.98%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.98%) Netcool
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.84%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.88%) Cisco
3 6 (5.88%) VMware
4 4 (3.92%) BT
5 3 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.94%) Meraki
5 3 (2.94%) SAP
6 2 (1.96%) Facebook
6 2 (1.96%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.96%) IBM
7 1 (0.98%) Concur
7 1 (0.98%) Cramer
7 1 (0.98%) Oracle
7 1 (0.98%) Sage
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.98%) Snow
7 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.98%) Splunk