IT Manager Jobs in the South West

IT Manager
England > South West

The median IT Manager salary in the South West is £58,373 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 143 152
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 36 169 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.01% 1.73% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.79% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 30 144 110
10th Percentile £42,250 £33,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,736 £39,688 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,373 £49,000 £53,550
Median % change year-on-year +19.13% -8.50% +7.10%
75th Percentile £68,568 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile - £63,375 £70,125
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 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 3,318 9,419 5,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.16% 88.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 6,904 3,661
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,808 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Bristol +40 14 £56,373 +12.75% 9
Wiltshire +38 14 £64,627 +19.58% 3
Gloucestershire +38 2 - - 4
Dorset +32 2 - - 5
Cornwall +10 2 £20,000 -60.00% 1
Somerset -22 2 £60,348 +38.73% 2
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 16 (44.44%) Service Management
2 14 (38.89%) Retail
2 14 (38.89%) Project Delivery
3 13 (36.11%) Service Delivery
4 12 (33.33%) ITIL
5 11 (30.56%) ITSM
5 11 (30.56%) Agile
6 10 (27.78%) Product Management
7 8 (22.22%) QA
7 8 (22.22%) Release Management
7 8 (22.22%) DevOps
7 8 (22.22%) Project Management
8 7 (19.44%) Finance
8 7 (19.44%) Degree
9 6 (16.67%) Azure
9 6 (16.67%) Change Management
9 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
10 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (13.89%) AWS
10 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
11 4 (11.11%) Line Management
11 4 (11.11%) AWS Certification
11 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
11 4 (11.11%) GDPR
11 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
11 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
11 4 (11.11%) Risk Management

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 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.56%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) MS Access
2 1 (2.78%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 14 (38.89%) Retail
2 7 (19.44%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Advertising
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Aviation
4 2 (5.56%) Brand Awareness
4 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.56%) Marketing
4 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Police
5 1 (2.78%) Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.56%) Educational Technology
2 2 (5.56%) Social Media
3 1 (2.78%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
1 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Service Management
2 14 (38.89%) Project Delivery
3 13 (36.11%) Service Delivery
4 12 (33.33%) ITIL
5 11 (30.56%) Agile
5 11 (30.56%) ITSM
6 10 (27.78%) Product Management
7 8 (22.22%) DevOps
7 8 (22.22%) Project Management
7 8 (22.22%) Release Management
8 6 (16.67%) Change Management
9 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
9 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
10 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 4 (11.11%) Configuration Management
10 4 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
10 4 (11.11%) Line Management
10 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 4 (11.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 4 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (5.56%) CISM
3 2 (5.56%) CISSP
4 1 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) QA
2 4 (11.11%) GDPR
3 2 (5.56%) NIST
3 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (2.78%) SAP