IT Manager Jobs in South Wales

IT Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median IT Manager salary in South Wales is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 88 84
Rank change year-on-year +41 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 16 17 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.09% 1.16% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.42% 1.28% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 18
10th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £62,000 £47,500 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,225 £47,419
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% +18.57% -9.68%
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,450 £61,650
90th Percentile - £57,705 £67,625
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £47,083
% change year-on-year +30.00% +6.20% -10.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 660 1,333 1,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.16% 90.87% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 417 887 569
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £29,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £46,350 £45,456
Median % change year-on-year +8.35% +1.97% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,873 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £49,104 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.12% - -5.26%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in South Wales

IT Manager
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in South Wales

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in South Wales

IT Manager
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
Bridgend - 8 £37,500 - 1
Glamorgan - 4 £75,000 - 8
Newport -17 2 £64,500 +12.27% 3
Cardiff +28 1 £40,000 -20.00% 7
Gwent - 1 £64,000 - 1
IT Manager
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Wales region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (68.75%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (62.50%) Degree
4 9 (56.25%) Project Management
5 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 8 (50.00%) Manufacturing
6 7 (43.75%) Epicor
6 7 (43.75%) ERP
6 7 (43.75%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 7 (43.75%) Incident Management
6 7 (43.75%) Database Security
7 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
7 6 (37.50%) Finance
8 5 (31.25%) CRM
8 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (31.25%) Business Development
9 4 (25.00%) IP Telephony
9 4 (25.00%) Marketing
9 4 (25.00%) HubSpot
9 4 (25.00%) Private Cloud
9 4 (25.00%) Lead Generation
9 4 (25.00%) Customer Acquisition
9 4 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
9 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
9 4 (25.00%) Network Security
9 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (12.50%) ITIL
10 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
10 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) IP Telephony
1 4 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
General
1 8 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
3 4 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (56.25%) Project Management
3 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (43.75%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 7 (43.75%) Database Security
4 7 (43.75%) ERP
4 7 (43.75%) Incident Management
5 5 (31.25%) Business Development
5 5 (31.25%) CRM
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (25.00%) Customer Acquisition
6 4 (25.00%) Lead Generation
7 2 (12.50%) Business Case
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL
7 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
8 1 (6.25%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Epicor
2 4 (25.00%) HubSpot
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Veeam
3 1 (6.25%) VMware