IT Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Manager
England > West Midlands

The median IT Manager salary in the West Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 90 121
Rank change year-on-year -19 +31 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 97 201 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.17% 2.78% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 2.95% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 53 171 137
10th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,072 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -0.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year +12.75% -11.78% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,992 6,812 5,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.09% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 5,151 3,348
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the West Midlands

IT Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwickshire -13 32 £52,000 -9.57% 4
Birmingham -26 23 £55,000 +3.29% 20
Staffordshire +41 17 £60,000 +26.32% 7
Solihull -8 4 £52,161 -2.96% 8
Coventry - 3 - -
Shropshire +19 2 £45,000 +13.21%
Wolverhampton +10 2 £57,500 -4.17%
Sutton Coldfield +3 2 - -
Walsall 0 2 £72,500 +5.84%
Worcestershire +5 1 £55,000 +22.22% 3
Herefordshire - 1 £40,000 -
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 44 (45.36%) Degree
2 41 (42.27%) Computer Science
3 40 (41.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (41.24%) Customer-Centricity
4 14 (14.43%) Roadmaps
5 13 (13.40%) ITIL
6 12 (12.37%) Finance
6 12 (12.37%) Agile
7 11 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (11.34%) Project Delivery
8 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
8 10 (10.31%) Project Management
9 9 (9.28%) Change Management
9 9 (9.28%) DevOps
10 8 (8.25%) Social Skills
10 8 (8.25%) Retail
11 7 (7.22%) ITSM
11 7 (7.22%) Service Management
11 7 (7.22%) Azure
11 7 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (7.22%) Mentoring
11 7 (7.22%) SDLC
11 7 (7.22%) GDPR
12 6 (6.19%) Threat Modelling
12 6 (6.19%) Software Licensing
12 6 (6.19%) Contract Management
12 6 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (6.19%) Decision-Making
12 6 (6.19%) Contract Negotiation

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.06%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.03%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.03%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.22%) Azure
2 4 (4.12%) SaaS
3 3 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.06%) AWS
5 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.03%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
General
1 12 (12.37%) Finance
2 8 (8.25%) Retail
2 8 (8.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.12%) Police
4 3 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.09%) Law
4 3 (3.09%) Legal
4 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Banking
6 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) CodeIgniter
1 5 (5.15%) Laravel
1 5 (5.15%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.15%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.12%) Replication
3 3 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.06%) FMCG
4 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.06%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.03%) SCADA
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.15%) Android
1 5 (5.15%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.09%) Windows
3 2 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.27%) Computer Science
2 40 (41.24%) Customer-Centricity
3 14 (14.43%) Roadmaps
4 13 (13.40%) ITIL
5 12 (12.37%) Agile
6 11 (11.34%) Project Delivery
6 11 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (10.31%) Project Management
8 9 (9.28%) Change Management
8 9 (9.28%) DevOps
9 7 (7.22%) ITSM
9 7 (7.22%) Mentoring
9 7 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (7.22%) SDLC
9 7 (7.22%) Service Management
10 6 (6.19%) Contract Management
10 6 (6.19%) Contract Negotiation
10 6 (6.19%) Cost Reduction
10 6 (6.19%) Decision-Making
10 6 (6.19%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.19%) PHP
2 5 (5.15%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.09%) SQL
4 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (45.36%) Degree
2 40 (41.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.09%) CISM
4 2 (2.06%) CISSP
4 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.03%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.03%) CISA
5 1 (1.03%) CRISC
5 1 (1.03%) HND
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.22%) GDPR
3 6 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.09%) PMO
5 2 (2.06%) COBIT
5 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 1 (1.03%) GRC
6 1 (1.03%) QA
6 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.15%) OpenAI
2 5 (5.15%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.09%) Snow
4 2 (2.06%) Remedy
5 1 (1.03%) BMC
5 1 (1.03%) Cisco
5 1 (1.03%) Google
5 1 (1.03%) Infor
5 1 (1.03%) QAD
5 1 (1.03%) Sage
5 1 (1.03%) SAP