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 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 827 917
Rank change year-on-year +189 +90 +191
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Manager 73 68 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.069% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.072% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 71 63 55
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,184 £31,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £43,250
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 £51,250 £70,625
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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 16 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 16 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 +165 72 £51,500 +19.77% 21
UK excluding London +183 41 £47,500 +11.76% 15
Work from Home +141 32 £50,000 +17.65% 9
London +117 32 £65,000 +44.44% 15
East of England +57 16 £47,500 -9.52% 4
South East +105 11 £31,500 -37.00% 4
Yorkshire +72 8 £57,500 +76.92% 1
North of England +40 8 £57,500 +49.35% 2
Midlands +60 3 £47,500 +18.75% 2
East Midlands +31 3 £47,500 +7.96%
South West +107 2 £45,000 -5.26%
Scotland +105 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 37 (50.68%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (34.25%) Service Delivery
3 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
4 24 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (28.77%) Finance
5 21 (28.77%) ITIL
5 21 (28.77%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (27.40%) Project Management
7 19 (26.03%) ITSM
8 17 (23.29%) Mentoring
8 17 (23.29%) Incident Management
8 17 (23.29%) Azure
9 16 (21.92%) Telecoms
10 15 (20.55%) Service Management
10 15 (20.55%) Windows
10 15 (20.55%) High Availability
10 15 (20.55%) GDPR
11 14 (19.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (19.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (17.81%) Electronics
12 13 (17.81%) Programme Management
12 13 (17.81%) Manufacturing
12 13 (17.81%) SAP
12 13 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (17.81%) CISSP
12 13 (17.81%) PMP
12 13 (17.81%) PMI Certification
12 13 (17.81%) QA

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 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 37 (50.68%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (23.29%) Azure
3 10 (13.70%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.11%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.74%) AWS
6 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.07%) Firewall
2 9 (12.33%) VLAN
3 4 (5.48%) WAN
4 3 (4.11%) DHCP
4 3 (4.11%) DNS
4 3 (4.11%) Network Security
4 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.74%) IP Telephony
5 2 (2.74%) VPN
6 1 (1.37%) IPv4
6 1 (1.37%) LAN
General
1 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (28.77%) Finance
3 16 (21.92%) Telecoms
4 13 (17.81%) Electronics
4 13 (17.81%) Manufacturing
4 13 (17.81%) Marketing
4 13 (17.81%) Public Sector
5 12 (16.44%) Retail
6 11 (15.07%) Legal
7 8 (10.96%) Law
8 6 (8.22%) Automotive
9 3 (4.11%) Advertising
10 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.37%) Banking
11 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.22%) Digital Signage
3 2 (2.74%) Educational Technology
3 2 (2.74%) iPhone
4 1 (1.37%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.55%) Windows
2 6 (8.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.74%) Android
4 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.37%) Linux
4 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) Service Delivery
2 24 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.77%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (28.77%) ITIL
4 20 (27.40%) Project Management
5 19 (26.03%) ITSM
6 17 (23.29%) Incident Management
6 17 (23.29%) Mentoring
7 15 (20.55%) High Availability
7 15 (20.55%) Service Management
8 13 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (17.81%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (17.81%) Digital Marketing
8 13 (17.81%) Incident Response
8 13 (17.81%) Programme Management
8 13 (17.81%) Project Delivery
8 13 (17.81%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (17.81%) Strategic Planning
9 12 (16.44%) Customer Service
9 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.44%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.22%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) CISSP
1 13 (17.81%) PMI Certification
1 13 (17.81%) PMP
2 9 (12.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.55%) GDPR
2 14 (19.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (19.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 13 (17.81%) QA
4 6 (8.22%) SLA
5 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.37%) Panaseer
Vendors
1 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.81%) SAP
3 3 (4.11%) CheckPoint
3 3 (4.11%) Cisco
3 3 (4.11%) Citrix
3 3 (4.11%) Meraki
3 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.11%) VMware
4 2 (2.74%) Apple