IT Manager Jobs in England

IT Manager
UK > England

The median IT Manager salary in England is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 218 229
Rank change year-on-year +106 +11 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,110 1,511 2,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.46% 1.70% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 1.86% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 1,227 1,901
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,104
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,810 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% +4.84% +4.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £55,124
% change year-on-year -12.17% +4.31% +4.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,168 81,168 129,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.48% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,490 51,509 74,747
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in England

IT Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +119 572 £47,500 -9.52% 84
South East +73 426 £50,500 -12.17% 71
London +39 414 £63,264 -2.67% 74
Midlands +67 386 £50,000 -9.09% 54
North West +123 300 £47,000 -12.15% 40
Yorkshire +109 210 £49,990 -2.46% 39
West Midlands +40 203 £54,000 -1.82% 34
East Midlands +81 168 £50,000 -9.09% 20
South West +20 167 £49,250 -6.19% 20
East of England +35 142 £50,000 -9.50% 15
North East +30 62 £52,500 +5.00% 11
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 629 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 512 (24.27%) Project Management
3 413 (19.57%) Microsoft
4 408 (19.34%) Finance
5 348 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
6 336 (15.92%) Agile
7 314 (14.88%) ITIL
8 265 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
9 263 (12.46%) Azure
10 243 (11.52%) Service Delivery
11 240 (11.37%) Degree
12 232 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 227 (10.76%) Windows
14 214 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
15 211 (10.00%) Project Delivery
16 197 (9.34%) ERP
17 193 (9.15%) Active Directory
18 191 (9.05%) Risk Management
19 187 (8.86%) Change Management
20 186 (8.82%) PRINCE2
21 171 (8.10%) Waterfall
22 156 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
23 155 (7.35%) Service Management
24 139 (6.59%) Mentoring
25 137 (6.49%) IT Strategy
25 137 (6.49%) Firewall
26 135 (6.40%) Retail
27 133 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
28 131 (6.21%) ITSM
29 126 (5.97%) Line Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 92 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.76%) Confluence
4 13 (0.62%) Documentum
5 12 (0.57%) WordPress
6 8 (0.38%) CMS
7 5 (0.24%) Site Server
8 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.047%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.047%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.047%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.047%) IIS
10 1 (0.047%) Moodle
10 1 (0.047%) Totara
Applications
1 72 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.38%) Trello
5 2 (0.095%) CATIA
6 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.047%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 13 (0.62%) TrackWise
2 8 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.33%) Sage 200
3 7 (0.33%) SAP Business One
3 7 (0.33%) Shopify
4 6 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.19%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.047%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.047%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.047%) Magento
7 1 (0.047%) Primavera
7 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.047%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 348 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
2 263 (12.46%) Azure
3 66 (3.13%) AWS
4 63 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 53 (2.51%) Entra ID
6 49 (2.32%) SaaS
7 31 (1.47%) GCP
8 27 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.00%) OneDrive
10 16 (0.76%) IaaS
10 16 (0.76%) WhatsApp
11 15 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (0.71%) PaaS
12 13 (0.62%) PowerApps
13 11 (0.52%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.28%) Dropbox
14 6 (0.28%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.24%) Azure Pipelines
16 4 (0.19%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 137 (6.49%) Firewall
2 70 (3.32%) WAN
3 60 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
4 59 (2.80%) LAN
5 51 (2.42%) Network Security
6 39 (1.85%) DNS
7 37 (1.75%) VPN
8 33 (1.56%) Intranet
9 32 (1.52%) VLAN
10 31 (1.47%) DHCP
11 29 (1.37%) Wireless
12 27 (1.28%) TCP/IP
13 24 (1.14%) SAN
14 20 (0.95%) Internet
15 19 (0.90%) VoIP
16 13 (0.62%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.47%) NAS
17 10 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.47%) WLAN
18 7 (0.33%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (2.37%) Power BI
2 45 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.28%) DB2
4 6 (0.28%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.095%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.047%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.047%) GIS
8 1 (0.047%) MySQL
8 1 (0.047%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.047%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 61 (2.89%) JIRA
2 3 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.095%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.095%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.047%) Git
General
1 629 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 408 (19.34%) Finance
3 135 (6.40%) Retail
4 133 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (4.55%) Law
6 93 (4.41%) Legal
7 86 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 83 (3.93%) Manufacturing
9 63 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 59 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (2.09%) Banking
13 43 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 42 (1.99%) Marketing
15 38 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 22 (1.04%) Aerospace
18 17 (0.81%) Billing
18 17 (0.81%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.66%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.47%) EDI
1 10 (0.47%) HTML
2 9 (0.43%) .NET
3 6 (0.28%) CSS
4 4 (0.19%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.19%) LDAP
4 4 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.19%) REST
4 4 (0.19%) XML
5 3 (0.14%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.14%) Flash
5 3 (0.14%) Web Services
6 2 (0.095%) ADO
6 2 (0.095%) Express.js
6 2 (0.095%) JSON
6 2 (0.095%) MERN Stack
6 2 (0.095%) Node.js
6 2 (0.095%) React
7 1 (0.047%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (0.047%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 110 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
2 101 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 61 (2.89%) Data Centre
4 31 (1.47%) Driving Licence
4 31 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 28 (1.33%) FMCG
6 20 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
7 17 (0.81%) PMI
8 16 (0.76%) Security Posture
9 15 (0.71%) CCTV
9 15 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (0.71%) Life Science
10 13 (0.62%) LIMS
10 13 (0.62%) NHS
11 12 (0.57%) Product Ownership
12 11 (0.52%) EPoS
13 9 (0.43%) Cyberattack
14 8 (0.38%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 227 (10.76%) Windows
2 113 (5.36%) Windows Server
3 43 (2.04%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.23%) Linux
5 19 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 19 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (0.62%) Unix
7 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.28%) Android
10 6 (0.28%) VMS
11 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.047%) AIX
12 1 (0.047%) CentOS
12 1 (0.047%) Debian
12 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (24.27%) Project Management
2 336 (15.92%) Agile
3 314 (14.88%) ITIL
4 265 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
5 243 (11.52%) Service Delivery
6 232 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 214 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
8 211 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 197 (9.34%) ERP
10 191 (9.05%) Risk Management
11 187 (8.86%) Change Management
12 186 (8.82%) PRINCE2
13 171 (8.10%) Waterfall
14 156 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
15 155 (7.35%) Service Management
16 139 (6.59%) Mentoring
17 137 (6.49%) IT Strategy
18 131 (6.21%) ITSM
19 126 (5.97%) Line Management
20 121 (5.73%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 122 (5.78%) SQL
2 24 (1.14%) PowerShell
3 9 (0.43%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.33%) T-SQL
5 5 (0.24%) Bash
6 3 (0.14%) Java
6 3 (0.14%) Python
6 3 (0.14%) VBA
7 2 (0.095%) C#
8 1 (0.047%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.047%) Delphi
8 1 (0.047%) Go
8 1 (0.047%) Solidity
8 1 (0.047%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.047%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 240 (11.37%) Degree
2 76 (3.60%) PMI Certification
3 74 (3.51%) PMP
4 48 (2.27%) CISSP
5 45 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
5 45 (2.13%) Security Cleared
6 42 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (1.99%) DBS Check
7 38 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 32 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 25 (1.18%) SC Cleared
13 21 (1.00%) CISM
13 21 (1.00%) MCSE
14 20 (0.95%) CCNA
15 15 (0.71%) CISA
16 14 (0.66%) CCNP
17 13 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (3.93%) GDPR
3 70 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 69 (3.27%) SLA
5 50 (2.37%) PMO
6 49 (2.32%) QA
7 24 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.14%) ITGC
8 21 (1.00%) GRC
9 19 (0.90%) NIST
10 14 (0.66%) GxP
11 13 (0.62%) GMP
11 13 (0.62%) Good Clinical Practice
11 13 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.52%) ISO 14000
12 11 (0.52%) ISO 22301
13 9 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 193 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 57 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.65%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.33%) IAG
5 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.19%) pfSense
7 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.14%) vSphere
9 2 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.095%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 56 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.38%) WSUS
3 7 (0.33%) SmoothWall
4 6 (0.28%) SCCM
5 5 (0.24%) CASB
5 5 (0.24%) PaperCut
5 5 (0.24%) SCOM
5 5 (0.24%) Terraform
6 4 (0.19%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.19%) Nessus
7 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.047%) Ansible
8 1 (0.047%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.047%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.047%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.047%) SafeCom
8 1 (0.047%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 413 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.64%) VMware
3 69 (3.27%) Cisco
4 44 (2.09%) SAP
5 35 (1.66%) ServiceNow
5 35 (1.66%) Veeam
6 34 (1.61%) Google
7 33 (1.56%) Sophos
8 26 (1.23%) Apple
9 24 (1.14%) Meraki
10 23 (1.09%) Citrix
10 23 (1.09%) Oracle
10 23 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 21 (1.00%) Sage
12 14 (0.66%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (0.57%) Dell
15 10 (0.47%) iManage
16 8 (0.38%) BT
16 8 (0.38%) Epicor