IT Manager Jobs in the North of England

IT Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Manager salary in the North of England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 191 151
Rank change year-on-year +123 -40 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 588 281 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.23% 1.70% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.40% 1.90% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 499 246 323
10th Percentile £34,950 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,210 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% +3.60% +4.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,298 14,787 17,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 89.36% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,332 8,028 10,986
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the North of England

IT Manager
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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 West +118 305 £47,500 -12.71% 36
Yorkshire +106 220 £50,000 - 41
North East +32 63 £50,000 - 11
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 North of England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 173 (29.42%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.13%) Project Management
3 130 (22.11%) Microsoft
4 104 (17.69%) ITIL
5 97 (16.50%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (13.27%) Agile
6 78 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
7 71 (12.07%) Degree
8 68 (11.56%) ERP
8 68 (11.56%) Azure
9 62 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (10.20%) Mentoring
10 60 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 58 (9.86%) Project Delivery
12 55 (9.35%) Finance
13 52 (8.84%) Windows
13 52 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
14 51 (8.67%) Change Management
15 50 (8.50%) Active Directory
16 49 (8.33%) PRINCE2
17 48 (8.16%) Service Management
17 48 (8.16%) Coaching
18 43 (7.31%) Service Delivery
19 42 (7.14%) IT Strategy
20 39 (6.63%) Firewall
21 38 (6.46%) SQL
21 38 (6.46%) Budget Management
22 35 (5.95%) Information Security
23 34 (5.78%) PMP
23 34 (5.78%) ITSM

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 28 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.70%) WordPress
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
4 4 (0.68%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.17%) Site Server
Applications
1 23 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.68%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.51%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (16.50%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (11.56%) Azure
3 20 (3.40%) AWS
4 17 (2.89%) SaaS
5 16 (2.72%) Power Platform
6 11 (1.87%) OneDrive
6 11 (1.87%) PowerApps
7 9 (1.53%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.36%) GCP
9 7 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.02%) IaaS
11 4 (0.68%) PaaS
12 3 (0.51%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.51%) Google Drive
13 2 (0.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 1 (0.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 1 (0.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.63%) Firewall
2 30 (5.10%) WAN
3 21 (3.57%) LAN
4 16 (2.72%) Network Security
5 10 (1.70%) VLAN
6 9 (1.53%) VPN
7 7 (1.19%) VoIP
7 7 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.19%) Wireless
8 6 (1.02%) SAN
9 5 (0.85%) BIG-IP
9 5 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (0.85%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.68%) Skype
11 3 (0.51%) DNS
11 3 (0.51%) Internet
11 3 (0.51%) Intranet
11 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.34%) DHCP
13 1 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.02%) Power BI
3 3 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (2.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 173 (29.42%) Social Skills
2 55 (9.35%) Finance
3 25 (4.25%) Retail
4 24 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (3.91%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.74%) Public Sector
7 16 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.38%) Marketing
10 12 (2.04%) Publishing
11 11 (1.87%) Legal
12 10 (1.70%) Law
13 8 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.19%) Local Government
14 7 (1.19%) Military
15 6 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.85%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.19%) HTML
2 4 (0.68%) CSS
3 1 (0.17%) Laravel
3 1 (0.17%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.27%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 10 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.36%) Driving Licence
4 8 (1.36%) PMI
5 7 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.02%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.02%) AS400
6 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
6 6 (1.02%) iSeries
7 5 (0.85%) EPoS
7 5 (0.85%) Low-Code
7 5 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (0.68%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.68%) iPad
8 4 (0.68%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.51%) NHS
9 3 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.84%) Windows
2 19 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.21%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.70%) Linux
4 10 (1.70%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (23.13%) Project Management
2 104 (17.69%) ITIL
3 78 (13.27%) Agile
3 78 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
4 68 (11.56%) ERP
5 62 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (10.20%) Mentoring
6 60 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 58 (9.86%) Project Delivery
8 52 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (8.67%) Change Management
10 49 (8.33%) PRINCE2
11 48 (8.16%) Coaching
11 48 (8.16%) Service Management
12 43 (7.31%) Service Delivery
13 42 (7.14%) IT Strategy
14 38 (6.46%) Budget Management
15 35 (5.95%) Information Security
16 34 (5.78%) ITSM
17 31 (5.27%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (6.46%) SQL
2 12 (2.04%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.36%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.68%) Bash
5 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.51%) VBA
6 2 (0.34%) C#
7 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.17%) Delphi
7 1 (0.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 71 (12.07%) Degree
2 34 (5.78%) PMP
3 29 (4.93%) PMI Certification
4 21 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 15 (2.55%) CCNA
7 14 (2.38%) CCNP
7 14 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.70%) Security Cleared
12 9 (1.53%) CISSP
13 8 (1.36%) MCSE
13 8 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (0.85%) CISM
14 5 (0.85%) MCSA
14 5 (0.85%) SC Cleared
15 3 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (3.23%) SLA
3 18 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.89%) PMO
5 11 (1.87%) GDPR
5 11 (1.87%) QA
6 4 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.17%) GAMP
8 1 (0.17%) GxP
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (8.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.19%) IAG
4 6 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.85%) SCOM
2 5 (0.85%) Terraform
3 2 (0.34%) Nessus
4 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.17%) SafeCom
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 130 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.91%) Cisco
3 15 (2.55%) Google
3 15 (2.55%) ServiceNow
3 15 (2.55%) VMware
4 13 (2.21%) SAP
5 11 (1.87%) Veeam
6 9 (1.53%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.36%) Epicor
8 6 (1.02%) SolarWinds
9 5 (0.85%) AppDynamics
9 5 (0.85%) Automation Anywhere
9 5 (0.85%) Citrix
9 5 (0.85%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.85%) iManage
10 4 (0.68%) Anaplan
10 4 (0.68%) Oracle
10 4 (0.68%) Sage
10 4 (0.68%) Sophos
10 4 (0.68%) Sun