ICT Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ICT Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median ICT Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 526 556
Rank change year-on-year +20 +30 +179
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Manager 16 32 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.089% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.096% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 11
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,253 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +11.11% +0.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £48,546
90th Percentile - £57,875 £52,500
UK median annual salary £64,239 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +28.48% - +11.73%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,586 33,429 32,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,611 16,250 24,824
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

ICT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'ICT Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ICT Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ICT Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for ICT Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for ICT Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ICT Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ICT Manager in the UK excluding London

ICT Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
North West +27 8 £75,000 +39.53% 2
North of England +9 8 £75,000 +50.00% 2
Midlands +25 7 £45,000 -10.00% 1
East Midlands - 5 £45,000 - 1
West Midlands +19 2 £45,000 -10.00%
South East +24 1 £65,000 +38.30% 1
ICT Manager
UK

ICT Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, ICT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring ICT Manager in the job title.

1 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Operations Management
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (6.25%) Change Control
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) Information Management
3 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Project Management
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Supplier Management

ICT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
2 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) Operations Management
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (6.25%) Change Control
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) Information Management
3 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Project Management
3 1 (6.25%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft