IT Technical Manager Jobs

IT Technical Manager
UK

The median IT Technical Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 770 742 1114
Rank change year-on-year -28 +372 -58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technical Manager 20 19 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.033% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.034% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 11
10th Percentile £46,350 £51,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,250 £54,500 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +26.09% +19.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £74,500 £88,750 £71,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 71,968 55,098 132,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.73% 95.65% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,505 40,133 78,004
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,604 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,525 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,404 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.99% - +5.00%

IT Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technical Manager over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technical Manager in the UK

IT Technical Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technical Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 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
England -35 19 £60,000 -17.24% 3
Work from Home +30 9 £60,000 +4.35% 1
London +23 9 £65,000 -23.53% 1
UK excluding London -24 9 £60,000 +9.09% 2
North of England -21 7 £60,000 +9.09%
Yorkshire +27 6 £60,000 +14.29%
South East -29 2 £59,500 -3.84% 2
North West -42 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, IT Technical 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 featuring IT Technical Manager in the job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Project Management
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (25.00%) ITIL
4 5 (25.00%) Azure
4 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (20.00%) Finance
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.00%) Scrum
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) SLA
6 3 (15.00%) Service Management
6 3 (15.00%) ITSM
6 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (15.00%) JIRA
6 3 (15.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
7 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
7 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation
7 2 (10.00%) Robotic Automation
7 2 (10.00%) 5G

IT Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) 5G
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Law
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) CCTV
1 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.00%) IPTV
1 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.00%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL
3 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (15.00%) Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) ITSM
4 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
4 3 (15.00%) Service Management
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Change Control
5 2 (10.00%) Kanban
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (10.00%) CCNA
1 2 (10.00%) CCNP
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (10.00%) CISSP
1 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (10.00%) PMO
2 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow