IT Technical Manager
UK

The median IT Technical Manager salary in the UK is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 966 1181
Rank change year-on-year +114 +215 -320
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technical Manager 42 27 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.026% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.028% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 42 24 27
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,498 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £54,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £67,887 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 £73,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +38.89% -10.00%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Top 13 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 26 April 2024. 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 +133 41 £55,000 -12.00% 5
UK excluding London +6 31 £52,500 -16.00% 6
London +146 10 £85,000 +41.67%
Midlands +5 9 £50,000 -23.08%
North of England +51 8 £55,000 -4.06% 1
East of England +30 8 £52,500 -
South East +30 5 £50,000 -16.67% 3
East Midlands -21 5 £50,000 -23.08%
West Midlands +29 4 £67,500 +6.30%
North West +10 4 £52,500 -8.42%
North East - 4 £55,000 -
Work from Home +86 2 £72,500 -6.45% 1
South West -25 1 £60,000 +50.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 16 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 11 (26.19%) Project Management
4 10 (23.81%) Firewall
4 10 (23.81%) Finance
5 9 (21.43%) Change Management
5 9 (21.43%) Azure
5 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 7 (16.67%) VMware
6 7 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (16.67%) Service Management
6 7 (16.67%) Cisco
6 7 (16.67%) ITIL
6 7 (16.67%) PaaS
6 7 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (16.67%) IaaS
6 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.67%) Batch Processing
7 6 (14.29%) Tech Ops
7 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 6 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
8 5 (11.90%) Document Management
8 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
8 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (11.90%) SaaS
8 5 (11.90%) Translating Business Requirements

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 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (21.43%) Azure
3 7 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (16.67%) IaaS
3 7 (16.67%) PaaS
4 5 (11.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) Internet
2 2 (4.76%) LAN
2 2 (4.76%) Network Security
2 2 (4.76%) VoIP
2 2 (4.76%) WAN
2 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (23.81%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) IPTV
1 4 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.76%) EPoS
3 2 (4.76%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Android
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
1 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 11 (26.19%) Project Management
3 9 (21.43%) Change Management
3 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Batch Processing
4 7 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (16.67%) ITIL
4 7 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.67%) Service Management
5 6 (14.29%) Tech Ops
6 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
6 5 (11.90%) Document Management
6 5 (11.90%) Innovative Thinking
6 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
6 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (11.90%) Storage Management
6 5 (11.90%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (11.90%) Azure Certification
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.76%) CCIE
3 2 (4.76%) CCNA
3 2 (4.76%) CCNP
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) MCSE
4 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco
2 7 (16.67%) VMware
3 5 (11.90%) Facebook
4 4 (9.52%) Google
5 2 (4.76%) Apple
6 1 (2.38%) Salesforce