IT Support Manager Jobs

IT Support Manager
UK

The median IT Support Manager salary in the UK is £51,500 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 634 842 895
Rank change year-on-year +208 +53 +220
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Manager 75 70 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.068% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.071% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 73 65 59
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,400 £31,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £43,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.77% -21.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £57,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

IT Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Manager in the UK

IT Support Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Support Manager in the UK

IT Support Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for IT Support Manager in the UK

IT Support Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +171 74 £51,500 +19.77% 8
UK excluding London +183 39 £47,500 +11.76% 7
London +131 36 £65,000 +44.44% 3
Work from Home +137 32 £50,000 +14.29% 4
East of England +61 18 £47,500 -17.39% 1
South East +91 9 £31,500 -37.00% 2
Yorkshire +61 6 £57,500 +64.29%
North of England +39 6 £57,500 +49.35%
Midlands +80 3 £47,500 +26.67% 3
East Midlands +45 3 £47,500 +7.96%
South West +103 2 £45,000 -5.26%
Scotland +112 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 46 (61.33%) Microsoft
2 40 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 29 (38.67%) Social Skills
5 25 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (30.67%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (29.33%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (29.33%) Finance
7 22 (29.33%) Project Management
8 21 (28.00%) ITIL
9 20 (26.67%) ITSM
10 19 (25.33%) Mentoring
10 19 (25.33%) Incident Management
11 18 (24.00%) Telecoms
12 17 (22.67%) High Availability
12 17 (22.67%) Azure
12 17 (22.67%) GDPR
13 16 (21.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 16 (21.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 16 (21.33%) Service Management
13 16 (21.33%) Windows
14 15 (20.00%) SAP
14 15 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (20.00%) CISSP
14 15 (20.00%) PMP
14 15 (20.00%) PMI Certification
14 15 (20.00%) Electronics
14 15 (20.00%) Manufacturing
14 15 (20.00%) Programme Management
14 15 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis

IT Support 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 9 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (22.67%) Azure
3 10 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.67%) AWS
6 1 (1.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.00%) Firewall
2 11 (14.67%) VLAN
3 5 (6.67%) DHCP
3 5 (6.67%) DNS
4 4 (5.33%) IP Telephony
5 3 (4.00%) Network Security
5 3 (4.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.00%) WAN
6 1 (1.33%) IPv4
6 1 (1.33%) VPN
General
1 29 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.67%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (29.33%) Finance
4 18 (24.00%) Telecoms
5 15 (20.00%) Electronics
5 15 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 15 (20.00%) Marketing
5 15 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 12 (16.00%) Retail
7 9 (12.00%) Legal
8 8 (10.67%) Law
9 6 (8.00%) Automotive
10 3 (4.00%) Advertising
11 1 (1.33%) Banking
11 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.00%) Digital Signage
3 4 (5.33%) iPhone
4 2 (2.67%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.33%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 16 (21.33%) Windows
2 6 (8.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.33%) Android
4 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 25 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (29.33%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (29.33%) Project Management
4 21 (28.00%) ITIL
5 20 (26.67%) ITSM
6 19 (25.33%) Incident Management
6 19 (25.33%) Mentoring
7 17 (22.67%) High Availability
8 16 (21.33%) Service Management
9 15 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
9 15 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
9 15 (20.00%) Incident Response
9 15 (20.00%) Programme Management
9 15 (20.00%) Project Delivery
9 15 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 15 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
10 14 (18.67%) Customer Service
10 14 (18.67%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (20.00%) CISSP
1 15 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 15 (20.00%) PMP
2 11 (14.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.67%) GDPR
2 16 (21.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (21.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 15 (20.00%) QA
4 6 (8.00%) SLA
5 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (18.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.33%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 46 (61.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.00%) SAP
3 4 (5.33%) Apple
4 3 (4.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (4.00%) Cisco
4 3 (4.00%) Citrix
4 3 (4.00%) Meraki
4 3 (4.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.00%) VMware