IT Manager Job Trends in Lancashire

IT Manager
North West > Lancashire

The median IT Manager salary in Lancashire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 56 14
Rank change year-on-year +12 -42 +46
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 18 19 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 1.60% 2.32% 8.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 2.45% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 18 13 26
10th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £39,720 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +28.57% -26.91%
75th Percentile £58,381 £68,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,000 £70,000 £61,620
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 922 774 370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.88% 94.51% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 348 489 303
10th Percentile £25,250 £36,250 £27,600
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +8.81% +2.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,575 £68,000 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.94%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Lancashire

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Lancashire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Lancashire

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Lancashire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Lancashire

IT Manager
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Blackpool 0 8 £42,500 -15.00% 3
Lancaster +7 3 £45,000 +9.13%
Blackburn +7 3 £60,000 -
Preston +6 3 £45,000 -34.78%
Burnley - 1 £65,000 -
IT Manager
North West

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancashire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) ITIL
1 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 5 (27.78%) LAN
2 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Service Management
2 5 (27.78%) VLAN
2 5 (27.78%) VPN
2 5 (27.78%) WAN
3 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (16.67%) Azure
4 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (16.67%) Sage
4 3 (16.67%) Server Management
4 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (16.67%) VMware
4 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (16.67%) Windows
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 2 (11.11%) BGP
5 2 (11.11%) CCIE
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.11%) CISSP
5 2 (11.11%) Coaching

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
1 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
1 5 (27.78%) LAN
1 5 (27.78%) VLAN
1 5 (27.78%) VPN
1 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 2 (11.11%) BGP
2 2 (11.11%) DHCP
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 2 (11.11%) OSPF
2 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) ITIL
1 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Service Management
3 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Server Management
4 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.11%) Coaching
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.11%) Network Management
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Register
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 2 (11.11%) User Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Validation
5 2 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CCIE
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) CISA
2 1 (5.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) COBIT
1 1 (5.56%) ITGC
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) Sage
1 3 (16.67%) VMware