IT Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 166 107
Rank change year-on-year +38 -59 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 118 96 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.75% 1.56% 2.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 1.74% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 105 72 158
10th Percentile £31,250 £44,558 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.93% +17.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £73,625 £72,725
South East median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.30% - +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,389 5,529 6,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.92% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,564 3,220 4,174
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the Thames Valley

IT Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Berkshire +21 46 £52,500 -19.23% 7
Buckinghamshire -9 42 £50,500 -19.20% 11
Oxfordshire +21 30 £41,000 -18.00% 3
IT Manager
South East

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 38 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 36 (30.51%) Project Management
3 22 (18.64%) Degree
4 21 (17.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (17.80%) Microsoft
5 20 (16.95%) Service Delivery
5 20 (16.95%) Agile
6 19 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (16.10%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (13.56%) Windows Server
7 16 (13.56%) ITIL
7 16 (13.56%) Windows
7 16 (13.56%) Active Directory
8 15 (12.71%) VMware
8 15 (12.71%) Firewall
8 15 (12.71%) Finance
8 15 (12.71%) IT Strategy
8 15 (12.71%) Project Delivery
8 15 (12.71%) Azure
9 12 (10.17%) Customer Service
10 11 (9.32%) Waterfall
11 10 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (8.47%) Data Management
11 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
11 10 (8.47%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
11 10 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (7.63%) Mentoring
12 9 (7.63%) PRINCE2
12 9 (7.63%) SLA

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) Moodle
2 1 (0.85%) Totara
Applications
1 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (12.71%) Azure
3 5 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.54%) Asana
5 2 (1.69%) AWS
5 2 (1.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.85%) GCP
6 1 (0.85%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.85%) SaaS
6 1 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.71%) Firewall
2 5 (4.24%) VPN
3 4 (3.39%) VLAN
3 4 (3.39%) WAN
3 4 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.54%) Network Security
5 2 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.69%) SAN
5 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.85%) Internet
6 1 (0.85%) Intranet
6 1 (0.85%) MPLS
6 1 (0.85%) SNMP
6 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
General
1 38 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.71%) Finance
3 9 (7.63%) Telecoms
4 8 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.54%) Banking
8 3 (2.54%) Legal
9 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Law
10 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) Flash
2 2 (1.69%) CSS
2 2 (1.69%) HTML
2 2 (1.69%) JSON
2 2 (1.69%) XML
3 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
1 8 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.69%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.69%) NHS
3 2 (1.69%) PMI
3 2 (1.69%) Replication
4 1 (0.85%) Clustering
4 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.85%) Genomics
4 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.85%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.56%) Windows
1 16 (13.56%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.08%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.85%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.51%) Project Management
2 21 (17.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (16.95%) Agile
3 20 (16.95%) Service Delivery
4 19 (16.10%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (13.56%) ITIL
6 15 (12.71%) IT Strategy
6 15 (12.71%) Project Delivery
7 12 (10.17%) Customer Service
8 11 (9.32%) Waterfall
9 10 (8.47%) Computer Science
9 10 (8.47%) Data Management
9 10 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (7.63%) Mentoring
10 9 (7.63%) PRINCE2
11 8 (6.78%) Risk Management
12 7 (5.93%) Business Change Management
12 7 (5.93%) Change Management
12 7 (5.93%) ERP
12 7 (5.93%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (18.64%) Degree
2 7 (5.93%) SC Cleared
2 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.54%) MCSE
4 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.69%) CCNA
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.85%) MCSA
6 1 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (7.63%) SLA
3 8 (6.78%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.08%) GDPR
5 3 (2.54%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.54%) PMO
6 2 (1.69%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (13.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.71%) VMware
3 4 (3.39%) Veeam
4 3 (2.54%) Acronis
4 3 (2.54%) Apple
4 3 (2.54%) Cisco
4 3 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.69%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.69%) WatchGuard
5 2 (1.69%) YouTube
6 1 (0.85%) Adobe
6 1 (0.85%) Aruba
6 1 (0.85%) Commvault
6 1 (0.85%) HP
6 1 (0.85%) Kaspersky
6 1 (0.85%) Meraki
6 1 (0.85%) Sage
6 1 (0.85%) Sophos
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas