IT Manager Jobs in the South West

IT Manager
England > South West

The median IT Manager salary in the South West is £49,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 126 183
Rank change year-on-year +2 +57 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 154 147 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.75% 2.36% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 2.64% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 122 136 122
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,938 £46,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,625 £64,063
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +5.26% +3.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,426 5,578 8,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 89.64% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,017 3,752 5,360
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,438 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,288 £36,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,725 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Somerset +4 36 £43,000 -25.22% 2
Bristol +21 34 £49,500 -10.00% 4
Devon -1 27 £51,250 +13.89% 3
Gloucestershire +19 24 £53,000 -15.20% 4
Wiltshire -21 21 £54,043 -9.93% 1
Dorset -17 9 £47,500 -26.92%
Cornwall -16 1 £50,000 +21.21%
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 South West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 36 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.13%) Service Delivery
3 23 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.29%) Project Management
5 21 (13.64%) Finance
5 21 (13.64%) ITIL
6 18 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (10.39%) Degree
8 15 (9.74%) Microsoft
8 15 (9.74%) Project Delivery
9 14 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (9.09%) PRINCE2
9 14 (9.09%) Service Management
9 14 (9.09%) Agile
10 13 (8.44%) Business Continuity
10 13 (8.44%) Legal
11 12 (7.79%) SLA
11 12 (7.79%) Business Strategy
12 11 (7.14%) JIRA
12 11 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
14 9 (5.84%) Waterfall
14 9 (5.84%) Business Continuity Management
14 9 (5.84%) Coaching
14 9 (5.84%) Knowledge Transfer
14 9 (5.84%) ISO 22301
14 9 (5.84%) Remediation Plan
14 9 (5.84%) Network Security

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 7 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.90%) Confluence
3 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.30%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Maximo
1 1 (0.65%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.25%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.60%) Azure
4 2 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.30%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.30%) Miro
4 2 (1.30%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.65%) AWS
5 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.84%) Network Security
1 9 (5.84%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (4.55%) LAN
3 5 (3.25%) Firewall
3 5 (3.25%) SD-WAN
3 5 (3.25%) VPN
3 5 (3.25%) WAN
4 2 (1.30%) VoIP
4 2 (1.30%) WLAN
5 1 (0.65%) DNS
5 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) Power BI
2 2 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 36 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (13.64%) Finance
4 14 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (8.44%) Legal
6 9 (5.84%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.19%) Retail
7 8 (5.19%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.95%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.30%) Back Office
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.30%) ADO
1 2 (1.30%) EDI
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.25%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.25%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.30%) CCTV
4 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.65%) EPoS
5 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.65%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.90%) Windows
2 5 (3.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.95%) Linux
4 2 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (20.13%) Service Delivery
2 23 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (14.29%) Project Management
4 21 (13.64%) ITIL
5 18 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (9.74%) Project Delivery
7 14 (9.09%) Agile
7 14 (9.09%) PRINCE2
7 14 (9.09%) Service Management
8 13 (8.44%) Business Continuity
9 12 (7.79%) Business Strategy
10 11 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.84%) BCP
11 9 (5.84%) Business Continuity Management
11 9 (5.84%) Coaching
11 9 (5.84%) Information Security
11 9 (5.84%) ITSM
11 9 (5.84%) Knowledge Transfer
11 9 (5.84%) Remediation Plan
11 9 (5.84%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (10.39%) Degree
2 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.90%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.95%) MCP
4 3 (1.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.79%) SLA
2 9 (5.84%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.30%) QA
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.65%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.25%) WSUS
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.90%) Cisco
3 5 (3.25%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.95%) BT
4 3 (1.95%) Citrix
4 3 (1.95%) Fujitsu
5 2 (1.30%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.30%) ESRI
5 2 (1.30%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.65%) Aruba
6 1 (0.65%) Facebook
6 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.65%) Instagram
6 1 (0.65%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.65%) Meraki
6 1 (0.65%) Sage
6 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.65%) Splunk
6 1 (0.65%) Veeam
6 1 (0.65%) YouTube