IT Technical Manager Jobs

IT Technical Manager
UK

The median IT Technical Manager salary in the UK is £45,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 700 835 947
Rank change year-on-year +135 +112 +262
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technical Manager 12 43 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.043% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.046% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 12 43 24
10th Percentile - £45,000 £51,200
25th Percentile £30,750 £47,500 £56,396
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.82% -12.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,887 £69,063
90th Percentile £67,500 £87,500 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% -16.00% +38.89%

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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
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 Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technical Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technical Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +112 12 £45,750 -16.82% 6
UK excluding London +162 10 £31,500 -40.00% 3
South East +105 10 £31,500 -37.00% 2
Work from Home +123 6 £65,000 -10.34% 5
London +106 2 £60,000 -29.41% 3

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, IT Technical 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 Technical Manager in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Finance
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Automotive
2 6 (50.00%) Retail
2 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (50.00%) Digital Signage
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (41.67%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco
4 3 (25.00%) Firewall
4 3 (25.00%) VMware
4 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (25.00%) IT Governance
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Meraki
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) SQL

IT Technical 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Automotive
2 6 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (8.33%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (25.00%) IT Governance
2 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Meraki
2 3 (25.00%) VMware