IT Manager Jobs in Southampton

IT Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median IT Manager salary in Southampton is £62,500 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 24 57 64
Rank change year-on-year +33 +7 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 10 20 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 3.28% 2.14% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 2.20% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 7
10th Percentile £24,500 - -
25th Percentile £51,875 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% +8.42% -1.81%
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,125 £88,750
90th Percentile £66,375 £57,750 -
Hampshire median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £51,605
% change year-on-year +11.65% -0.20% -1.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 303 910 704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.34% 97.53% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 221 764 553
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,950
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% +1.90%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Southampton

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Southampton

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Southampton

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

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Southampton

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

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 Southampton region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) PMP
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Direct Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Time Management
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Smart Meter
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (10.00%) Quote-to-Cash
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (10.00%) Security Management
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce CRM
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Smart Meter
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (20.00%) Direct Marketing
1 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (10.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Quote-to-Cash
2 1 (10.00%) Security Management
2 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (10.00%) SAP