IT Manager Jobs in the South East

IT Manager
England > South East

The median IT Manager salary in the South East is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 172 175
Rank change year-on-year +67 +3 +32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 459 264 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.58% 1.92% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.13% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 415 188 363
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +0.88% +14.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £76,000
England median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% +3.60% +3.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the South East

IT Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Thames Valley +25 126 £50,000 -9.09% 26
Kent +44 85 £36,000 -28.00% 8
West Sussex +52 69 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Surrey +7 69 £60,000 -4.00% 7
Hampshire -1 65 £52,500 +2.44% 7
Berkshire +22 44 £51,250 -6.82% 15
Buckinghamshire -11 44 £50,500 -8.18% 9
Oxfordshire +19 38 £42,000 -22.22% 2
East Sussex +16 23 £60,000 -29.41% 4
Sussex - 22 £60,000 -
Middlesex -14 2 £65,000 +23.81% 2
IT Manager
England

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 South East region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 127 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 93 (20.26%) Project Management
3 76 (16.56%) Finance
4 74 (16.12%) Microsoft
5 62 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (10.46%) Agile
7 48 (10.46%) Degree
8 47 (10.24%) ITIL
9 43 (9.37%) Azure
9 43 (9.37%) Customer Service
10 42 (9.15%) Windows
11 40 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
12 39 (8.50%) PRINCE2
13 37 (8.06%) SQL
14 36 (7.84%) Service Delivery
15 35 (7.63%) Firewall
16 34 (7.41%) Waterfall
16 34 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
17 33 (7.19%) ERP
18 32 (6.97%) Risk Management
18 32 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
19 31 (6.75%) Validation
20 29 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 29 (6.32%) Line Management
21 27 (5.88%) Active Directory
22 26 (5.66%) IT Strategy
23 25 (5.45%) Windows Server
23 25 (5.45%) VMware
24 24 (5.23%) Disaster Recovery

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (2.83%) Documentum
2 6 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) Confluence
3 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Moodle
4 1 (0.22%) Totara
Applications
1 14 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.09%) Trello
4 2 (0.44%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 13 (2.83%) TrackWise
2 4 (0.87%) SAP WM
3 3 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 62 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (9.37%) Azure
3 11 (2.40%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (1.09%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.87%) AWS
6 3 (0.65%) Asana
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.44%) CloudFront
7 2 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.44%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.22%) GCP
8 1 (0.22%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.22%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.22%) SaaS
8 1 (0.22%) Veeva
8 1 (0.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.63%) Firewall
2 11 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (1.74%) WAN
4 7 (1.53%) Network Security
4 7 (1.53%) VPN
5 6 (1.31%) LAN
5 6 (1.31%) Wireless
6 5 (1.09%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.87%) Internet
7 4 (0.87%) SAN
7 4 (0.87%) VLAN
8 2 (0.44%) DHCP
8 2 (0.44%) DNS
8 2 (0.44%) Intranet
8 2 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.44%) WLAN
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
9 1 (0.22%) SNMP
9 1 (0.22%) SSL
9 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.14%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (1.31%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.09%) Power BI
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.44%) GIS
5 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (1.53%) JIRA
General
1 127 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 76 (16.56%) Finance
3 22 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.58%) Manufacturing
5 18 (3.92%) Retail
6 17 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (2.61%) Legal
9 11 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.31%) Law
11 6 (1.31%) Marketing
12 5 (1.09%) Aviation
13 4 (0.87%) Advertising
14 3 (0.65%) Banking
14 3 (0.65%) Electronics
14 3 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.44%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) Flash
1 3 (0.65%) Web Services
2 2 (0.44%) CSS
2 2 (0.44%) EDI
2 2 (0.44%) HTML
2 2 (0.44%) JSON
2 2 (0.44%) LDAP
2 2 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.83%) Life Science
3 13 (2.83%) LIMS
4 10 (2.18%) Driving Licence
5 9 (1.96%) FMCG
6 7 (1.53%) PMI
7 6 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.31%) NHS
8 5 (1.09%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.87%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.87%) IPTV
10 3 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.65%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.65%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.65%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.15%) Windows
2 25 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.18%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.65%) Linux
4 3 (0.65%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (20.26%) Project Management
2 52 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (10.46%) Agile
4 47 (10.24%) ITIL
5 43 (9.37%) Customer Service
6 40 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
7 39 (8.50%) PRINCE2
8 36 (7.84%) Service Delivery
9 34 (7.41%) Waterfall
10 33 (7.19%) ERP
11 32 (6.97%) Risk Management
11 32 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (6.75%) Validation
13 29 (6.32%) Line Management
14 26 (5.66%) IT Strategy
15 24 (5.23%) Disaster Recovery
15 24 (5.23%) Project Delivery
16 19 (4.14%) Business Continuity
17 17 (3.70%) Asset Management
17 17 (3.70%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (10.46%) Degree
2 22 (4.79%) DBS Check
3 20 (4.36%) PMI Certification
4 16 (3.49%) CISSP
5 13 (2.83%) PMP
6 7 (1.53%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.53%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.31%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.09%) CISM
8 5 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.87%) CRISC
9 4 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.65%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.65%) MCSE
10 3 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (4.79%) QA
3 20 (4.36%) GDPR
4 17 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (3.27%) SLA
6 14 (3.05%) GxP
7 13 (2.83%) GMP
7 13 (2.83%) Good Clinical Practice
8 8 (1.74%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.31%) PMO
10 5 (1.09%) GRC
10 5 (1.09%) NCSC
11 4 (0.87%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.87%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.44%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.22%) COBIT
14 1 (0.22%) NIST
14 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.61%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.65%) SmoothWall
3 2 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.45%) VMware
3 15 (3.27%) ServiceNow
4 9 (1.96%) Cisco
5 6 (1.31%) Apple
5 6 (1.31%) Meraki
6 5 (1.09%) Anaplan
6 5 (1.09%) SAP
6 5 (1.09%) Veeam
6 5 (1.09%) Workday
7 4 (0.87%) YouTube
8 3 (0.65%) Acronis
8 3 (0.65%) Aruba
8 3 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.44%) Civica
9 2 (0.44%) Commvault
9 2 (0.44%) IFS
9 2 (0.44%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.44%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.44%) WatchGuard