IT Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Manager
England > West Midlands

The median IT Manager salary in the West Midlands is £54,325 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 120 121
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 -20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 202 166 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.78% 2.60% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.95% 2.88% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 172 139 166
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,313
25th Percentile £40,054 £46,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,325 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £64,375 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,140
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.28% +4.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,838 5,770 6,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 90.24% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,164 3,275 4,763
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 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
Birmingham +30 90 £54,000 +2.86% 14
Warwickshire +34 20 £58,750 -9.62% 3
Solihull +9 19 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Worcestershire -11 19 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Wolverhampton +12 8 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Staffordshire -28 8 £47,500 -24.00% 5
Shropshire - 5 £39,750 -
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £40,000 -
Halesowen - 2 £42,500 - 1
Walsall - 1 £68,500 -
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 72 (35.64%) Finance
2 64 (31.68%) Social Skills
3 53 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (21.29%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (20.79%) ITIL
5 42 (20.79%) Microsoft
6 39 (19.31%) Project Management
7 36 (17.82%) Service Delivery
8 33 (16.34%) Risk Management
9 32 (15.84%) Agile
10 30 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (12.87%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (12.87%) Line Management
12 25 (12.38%) Sophos
12 25 (12.38%) Retail
13 24 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (11.88%) ERP
13 24 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (10.89%) Azure
14 22 (10.89%) SharePoint
14 22 (10.89%) Active Directory
14 22 (10.89%) IT Audit
15 21 (10.40%) IT Strategy
15 21 (10.40%) Windows
15 21 (10.40%) Data Governance
16 20 (9.90%) Process Improvement
16 20 (9.90%) Law
16 20 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
16 20 (9.90%) Power BI
16 20 (9.90%) Power Platform

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 22 (10.89%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) Confluence
3 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.99%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.29%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (10.89%) Azure
3 20 (9.90%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.95%) AWS
5 6 (2.97%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.97%) GCP
6 5 (2.48%) SaaS
7 4 (1.98%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.99%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.50%) Discord
9 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.91%) Intranet
2 15 (7.43%) Firewall
3 11 (5.45%) Network Security
4 8 (3.96%) DHCP
4 8 (3.96%) DNS
4 8 (3.96%) WAN
5 6 (2.97%) VPN
5 6 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.48%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.98%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (1.98%) iSCSI
7 4 (1.98%) LAN
7 4 (1.98%) SNMP
7 4 (1.98%) VLAN
8 3 (1.49%) Internet
9 2 (0.99%) MPLS
9 2 (0.99%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.99%) VoIP
9 2 (0.99%) Wireless
10 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.90%) Power BI
2 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 72 (35.64%) Finance
2 64 (31.68%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.38%) Retail
4 20 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.90%) Law
5 13 (6.44%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.46%) Legal
7 8 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.96%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.48%) Marketing
8 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.98%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.49%) Banking
10 3 (1.49%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Billing
11 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) .NET
1 4 (1.98%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.50%) EDI
2 1 (0.50%) HTML
2 1 (0.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.46%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.98%) CCTV
5 4 (1.98%) FMCG
6 3 (1.49%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.99%) EPoS
7 2 (0.99%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.50%) CMDB
8 1 (0.50%) IoT
8 1 (0.50%) PMI
8 1 (0.50%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.40%) Windows
2 15 (7.43%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.98%) VMS
3 4 (1.98%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.99%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (20.79%) ITIL
3 39 (19.31%) Project Management
4 36 (17.82%) Service Delivery
5 33 (16.34%) Risk Management
6 32 (15.84%) Agile
7 30 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (12.87%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (12.87%) Line Management
9 24 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (11.88%) ERP
10 22 (10.89%) IT Audit
11 21 (10.40%) Data Governance
11 21 (10.40%) IT Strategy
12 20 (9.90%) Process Improvement
13 18 (8.91%) Change Management
13 18 (8.91%) ITSM
13 18 (8.91%) Supplier Management
14 17 (8.42%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (4.46%) Degree
2 8 (3.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 6 (2.97%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.99%) CCIE
5 2 (0.99%) CCNA
5 2 (0.99%) CCNP
5 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.99%) MCSE
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.99%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.50%) APMP
6 1 (0.50%) CISSP
6 1 (0.50%) PMP
6 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.91%) GDPR
2 16 (7.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (6.93%) SLA
4 12 (5.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (5.45%) ITGC
6 5 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.48%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.98%) QA
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (10.89%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.95%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.98%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.50%) Nessus
1 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.38%) Sophos
3 12 (5.94%) Cisco
4 11 (5.45%) VMware
5 6 (2.97%) Dell
5 6 (2.97%) Veeam
6 5 (2.48%) CheckPoint
6 5 (2.48%) SAP
7 4 (1.98%) Avaya
7 4 (1.98%) BroadSoft
7 4 (1.98%) Brocade
7 4 (1.98%) Dell Compellent
7 4 (1.98%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.98%) QNAP
7 4 (1.98%) Sage
7 4 (1.98%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (1.98%) WatchGuard
7 4 (1.98%) Zerto
8 2 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.99%) Kaspersky