IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 151 220 238
Rank change year-on-year +69 +18 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 1,198 2,163 2,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.21% 1.72% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% 1.80% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 1,728 1,680
10th Percentile £42,200 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,125 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 51,668 119,945 122,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 95.32% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 37,837 75,409 83,805
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
England +70 1,121 £60,000 +3.45% 493
UK excluding London +31 729 £55,000 - 377
Work from Home +60 541 £57,500 - 196
London +105 429 £70,000 +7.28% 150
North of England +52 210 £52,500 - 121
South East +30 152 £60,000 - 110
Midlands +35 143 £54,000 -1.82% 60
South West +30 119 £55,000 +10.00% 44
Yorkshire +47 108 £50,000 -4.76% 55
North West +82 85 £55,000 - 61
West Midlands +19 78 £55,750 +1.36% 37
East Midlands +38 61 £54,000 -0.27% 23
East of England +78 56 £54,000 -1.82% 30
Scotland +22 33 £58,750 +17.50% 17
North East +18 17 £52,000 +4.00% 11
Wales -7 10 £65,000 +24.54% 5
Northern Ireland +27 7 £42,288 -21.33% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2023, 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 featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 430 (35.89%) Social Skills
2 369 (30.80%) Project Management
3 318 (26.54%) Finance
4 304 (25.38%) Agile
5 288 (24.04%) ITIL
6 266 (22.20%) Microsoft
7 223 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 207 (17.28%) Azure
9 182 (15.19%) Service Delivery
9 182 (15.19%) Microsoft 365
10 180 (15.03%) Project Delivery
11 161 (13.44%) Waterfall
12 150 (12.52%) Degree
13 149 (12.44%) Windows
14 146 (12.19%) Service Management
15 145 (12.10%) PRINCE2
16 140 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
17 123 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
18 120 (10.02%) Roadmaps
19 116 (9.68%) Change Management
20 114 (9.52%) Retail
21 113 (9.43%) Active Directory
22 108 (9.02%) Customer Service
23 107 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
24 105 (8.76%) ITSM
24 105 (8.76%) Risk Management
25 88 (7.35%) IT Strategy
26 86 (7.18%) Windows Server
27 85 (7.10%) Management Information System
28 82 (6.84%) Information Security

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 47 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.59%) Confluence
3 7 (0.58%) MS Exchange
4 6 (0.50%) CMS
5 3 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.083%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (3.34%) Microsoft Project
3 39 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.25%) Trello
7 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.083%) Revit
7 1 (0.083%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 9 (0.75%) SAP EWM
2 6 (0.50%) Primavera
3 5 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.17%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.083%) Eikon
7 1 (0.083%) Maximo
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.083%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.083%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.083%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 207 (17.28%) Azure
2 182 (15.19%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 47 (3.92%) AWS
5 38 (3.17%) Power Platform
6 31 (2.59%) SaaS
7 20 (1.67%) GCP
8 18 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.34%) PaaS
11 14 (1.17%) OneDrive
12 13 (1.09%) IaaS
13 11 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.83%) WhatsApp
15 9 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (0.75%) Datadog
15 9 (0.75%) PowerApps
16 5 (0.42%) Mimecast
17 4 (0.33%) Power Automate
18 3 (0.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 79 (6.59%) Firewall
2 42 (3.51%) LAN
3 34 (2.84%) WAN
4 30 (2.50%) DNS
5 26 (2.17%) VPN
6 25 (2.09%) DHCP
7 22 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (1.84%) WLAN
8 21 (1.75%) Network Security
9 19 (1.59%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.42%) VLAN
10 17 (1.42%) VoIP
11 16 (1.34%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.00%) SAN
13 10 (0.83%) Wireless
14 9 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
15 8 (0.67%) Internet
16 6 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
17 5 (0.42%) NAS
17 5 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.50%) Power BI
2 19 (1.59%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.34%) Metadata
4 8 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (0.42%) DB2
7 4 (0.33%) FileMaker
8 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.25%) GIS
8 3 (0.25%) MySQL
8 3 (0.25%) Tableau
9 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.17%) Power Query
9 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.083%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.083%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (3.67%) JIRA
2 4 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.083%) Git
3 1 (0.083%) MSI
General
1 430 (35.89%) Social Skills
2 318 (26.54%) Finance
3 114 (9.52%) Retail
4 107 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (6.59%) Legal
6 73 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 73 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
7 69 (5.76%) Law
8 56 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 42 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 37 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
11 35 (2.92%) Telecoms
12 26 (2.17%) Banking
12 26 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.75%) Back Office
15 17 (1.42%) Marketing
16 10 (0.83%) Local Government
16 10 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.67%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.42%) .NET
2 4 (0.33%) EDI
3 2 (0.17%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.17%) HTML
3 2 (0.17%) SAML
3 2 (0.17%) Web Services
4 1 (0.083%) ADO
4 1 (0.083%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.083%) FIDO
4 1 (0.083%) Middleware
4 1 (0.083%) OAuth
4 1 (0.083%) REST
4 1 (0.083%) Velocity
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.10%) Management Information System
2 55 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.42%) Data Centre
4 29 (2.42%) Onboarding
5 23 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 22 (1.84%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.17%) PMI
8 12 (1.00%) Cyberattack
9 10 (0.83%) Data Structures
9 10 (0.83%) Operational Technology
10 9 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (0.75%) Security Posture
11 8 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (0.67%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.50%) CMDB
12 6 (0.50%) FMCG
12 6 (0.50%) Life Science
12 6 (0.50%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 149 (12.44%) Windows
2 86 (7.18%) Windows Server
3 37 (3.09%) Linux
4 30 (2.50%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.92%) AIX
5 11 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.67%) Unix
9 6 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.33%) CentOS
12 3 (0.25%) Android
12 3 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.17%) VMS
14 1 (0.083%) Debian
14 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (30.80%) Project Management
2 304 (25.38%) Agile
3 288 (24.04%) ITIL
4 223 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 182 (15.19%) Service Delivery
6 180 (15.03%) Project Delivery
7 161 (13.44%) Waterfall
8 146 (12.19%) Service Management
9 145 (12.10%) PRINCE2
10 140 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
11 123 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
12 120 (10.02%) Roadmaps
13 116 (9.68%) Change Management
14 108 (9.02%) Customer Service
15 105 (8.76%) ITSM
15 105 (8.76%) Risk Management
16 88 (7.35%) IT Strategy
17 82 (6.84%) Information Security
18 81 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 79 (6.59%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 35 (2.92%) PowerShell
2 34 (2.84%) SQL
3 16 (1.34%) Bash
3 16 (1.34%) Python
4 9 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
5 7 (0.58%) C#
6 5 (0.42%) C++
7 4 (0.33%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.25%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.17%) VBA
10 1 (0.083%) C
10 1 (0.083%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.083%) Go
10 1 (0.083%) Java
10 1 (0.083%) PHP
10 1 (0.083%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (12.52%) Degree
2 49 (4.09%) ITIL Certification
3 41 (3.42%) Security Cleared
4 36 (3.01%) CISSP
4 36 (3.01%) PMI Certification
4 36 (3.01%) SC Cleared
5 29 (2.42%) PMP
6 24 (2.00%) DBS Check
7 23 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 20 (1.67%) CISM
9 17 (1.42%) CISA
9 17 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 13 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.00%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.83%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.75%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (4.01%) PMO
3 45 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 36 (3.01%) SLA
5 29 (2.42%) GDPR
6 25 (2.09%) QA
7 22 (1.84%) NIST
8 21 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 20 (1.67%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.09%) ITGC
11 12 (1.00%) GRC
12 10 (0.83%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.67%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.67%) COBIT
14 7 (0.58%) GxP
14 7 (0.58%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.42%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
16 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 113 (9.43%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.75%) Docker
5 9 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.33%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.75%) SCCM
3 12 (1.00%) Ansible
3 12 (1.00%) Terraform
4 10 (0.83%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 8 (0.67%) WSUS
6 6 (0.50%) PaperCut
6 6 (0.50%) SmoothWall
7 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.083%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.083%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.083%) Nessus
9 1 (0.083%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.083%) SCOM
9 1 (0.083%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.083%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 266 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.92%) VMware
3 42 (3.51%) SAP
4 31 (2.59%) Oracle
5 24 (2.00%) Cisco
5 24 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.92%) Google
7 16 (1.34%) Meraki
8 10 (0.83%) New Relic
9 9 (0.75%) AppDynamics
9 9 (0.75%) Citrix
9 9 (0.75%) iManage
9 9 (0.75%) Sage
9 9 (0.75%) Splunk
10 8 (0.67%) Aderant
10 8 (0.67%) Intapp
11 7 (0.58%) Anaplan
11 7 (0.58%) Cadence
11 7 (0.58%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.58%) Palo Alto