Senior IT Manager
UK
The median Senior IT Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 638 | 735 | 858 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +97 | +123 | +93 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager | 67 | 162 | 119 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.17% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 123 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,250 | £40,988 | £48,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £54,250 | £43,125 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £57,965 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.14% | -14.13% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £86,250 | £73,750 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £99,750 | £105,000 | £97,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £57,500 | £58,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -2.13% | -2.08% |
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 | 49,982 | 93,747 | 91,844 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.62% | 94.66% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,989 | 67,111 | 57,934 |
| 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 | £74,014 | £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% | +6.00% |
Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior IT Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Manager.
Senior IT Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Manager over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
Senior IT 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 Senior IT Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 |
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| England | +65 | 63 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 29 |
| London | +99 | 36 | £82,500 | - | 22 |
| UK excluding London | +96 | 29 | £65,000 | +13.04% | 24 |
| Work from Home | +78 | 24 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 16 |
| South East | +91 | 11 | £65,000 | - | 9 |
| Midlands | +57 | 7 | £55,500 | -1.33% | 3 |
| North of England | +7 | 6 | £71,750 | +23.78% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +54 | 5 | £80,000 | +91.51% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £55,500 | - | 1 |
| South West | +114 | 3 | £45,000 | -5.57% | 1 |
| Scotland | +114 | 2 | £84,250 | +5.31% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +42 | 2 | £50,000 | -11.11% | 2 |
| North East | +28 | 1 | £45,000 | -22.37% |
Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior IT Manager in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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