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 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 107 211 236
Rank change year-on-year +104 +25 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,216 1,511 2,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.44% 1.80% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.57% 1.97% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,893 1,230 1,941
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +3.60% +3.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £55,140
% change year-on-year -12.17% +4.28% +3.06%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £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 1 June 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 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
North of England +127 602 £47,500 -9.52% 82
South East +67 459 £50,500 -12.17% 65
London +43 419 £65,000 - 87
Midlands +66 405 £50,000 -9.09% 62
North West +113 315 £47,500 -12.71% 31
Yorkshire +98 225 £50,000 - 45
West Midlands +30 214 £54,825 -0.32% 40
East Midlands +75 176 £50,000 -13.04% 22
South West +6 173 £49,000 -8.50% 15
East of England +37 154 £50,000 -9.09% 28
North East +27 62 £48,750 -7.14% 10
IT Manager
UK

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

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 England region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 636 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 493 (22.25%) Project Management
3 421 (19.00%) Microsoft
4 415 (18.73%) Finance
5 342 (15.43%) Microsoft 365
6 321 (14.49%) Agile
7 320 (14.44%) ITIL
8 263 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
9 261 (11.78%) Azure
10 239 (10.79%) Degree
11 235 (10.60%) Service Delivery
12 228 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 219 (9.88%) Windows
14 212 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
15 208 (9.39%) Project Delivery
16 199 (8.98%) Risk Management
17 194 (8.75%) ERP
18 186 (8.39%) Active Directory
19 185 (8.35%) Change Management
20 180 (8.12%) PRINCE2
21 164 (7.40%) Waterfall
22 163 (7.36%) Service Management
23 154 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
24 137 (6.18%) IT Strategy
25 136 (6.14%) ITSM
26 135 (6.09%) Mentoring
27 133 (6.00%) Firewall
28 132 (5.96%) Retail
28 132 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
29 129 (5.82%) Customer Service

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 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.63%) Confluence
4 13 (0.59%) Documentum
5 11 (0.50%) WordPress
6 10 (0.45%) CMS
7 5 (0.23%) Site Server
8 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.18%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.045%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.045%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.045%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.045%) IIS
10 1 (0.045%) Moodle
10 1 (0.045%) Totara
Applications
1 75 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.36%) Trello
5 2 (0.090%) CATIA
6 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.045%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.59%) TrackWise
3 8 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.32%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.32%) SAP Business One
4 7 (0.32%) Shopify
5 6 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.18%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.045%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.045%) Epicor Tropos
8 1 (0.045%) Magento
8 1 (0.045%) Maximo
8 1 (0.045%) Primavera
8 1 (0.045%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.045%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.045%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.045%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 342 (15.43%) Microsoft 365
2 261 (11.78%) Azure
3 64 (2.89%) AWS
4 61 (2.75%) Power Platform
5 50 (2.26%) Entra ID
6 45 (2.03%) SaaS
7 28 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
7 28 (1.26%) GCP
8 22 (0.99%) OneDrive
9 16 (0.72%) IaaS
10 15 (0.68%) WhatsApp
11 14 (0.63%) PaaS
12 13 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (0.54%) PowerApps
14 11 (0.50%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.27%) Dropbox
15 6 (0.27%) Mimecast
16 5 (0.23%) Azure Pipelines
17 4 (0.18%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 133 (6.00%) Firewall
2 65 (2.93%) WAN
3 61 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
4 54 (2.44%) LAN
5 53 (2.39%) Network Security
6 34 (1.53%) DNS
7 33 (1.49%) Intranet
7 33 (1.49%) VPN
8 30 (1.35%) VLAN
8 30 (1.35%) Wireless
9 27 (1.22%) DHCP
10 23 (1.04%) SAN
10 23 (1.04%) TCP/IP
11 21 (0.95%) Internet
12 14 (0.63%) SD-WAN
12 14 (0.63%) VoIP
13 10 (0.45%) NAS
14 9 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.36%) WLAN
16 7 (0.32%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.21%) Power BI
2 44 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (0.32%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.27%) DB2
5 6 (0.27%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.090%) GIS
8 2 (0.090%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.045%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.045%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.045%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (2.75%) JIRA
2 3 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.090%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.090%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 636 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 415 (18.73%) Finance
3 132 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (5.96%) Retail
4 103 (4.65%) Law
5 90 (4.06%) Legal
6 84 (3.79%) Public Sector
7 83 (3.75%) Manufacturing
8 61 (2.75%) Telecoms
9 55 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 47 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (1.99%) Banking
12 41 (1.85%) Marketing
13 38 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (0.99%) Aerospace
16 19 (0.86%) Billing
17 16 (0.72%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.63%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (0.50%) .NET
2 9 (0.41%) HTML
3 8 (0.36%) EDI
4 6 (0.27%) CSS
5 4 (0.18%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.18%) LDAP
5 4 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.18%) REST
5 4 (0.18%) XML
6 3 (0.14%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.14%) ADO
6 3 (0.14%) Flash
6 3 (0.14%) Web Services
7 2 (0.090%) Express.js
7 2 (0.090%) JSON
7 2 (0.090%) MERN Stack
7 2 (0.090%) Node.js
7 2 (0.090%) React
8 1 (0.045%) Laravel
8 1 (0.045%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 108 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
2 98 (4.42%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.62%) Data Centre
4 31 (1.40%) FMCG
5 30 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 30 (1.35%) Onboarding
6 20 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (0.72%) Security Posture
9 15 (0.68%) CCTV
9 15 (0.68%) PMI
10 14 (0.63%) Life Science
11 13 (0.59%) LIMS
11 13 (0.59%) NHS
12 12 (0.54%) Product Ownership
13 11 (0.50%) CMDB
13 11 (0.50%) EPoS
14 8 (0.36%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.36%) Cyberattack
14 8 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 219 (9.88%) Windows
2 104 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.94%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.13%) Linux
5 19 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 19 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (0.54%) Unix
7 10 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.27%) Android
10 6 (0.27%) VMS
11 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (22.25%) Project Management
2 321 (14.49%) Agile
3 320 (14.44%) ITIL
4 263 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
5 235 (10.60%) Service Delivery
6 228 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 212 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
8 208 (9.39%) Project Delivery
9 199 (8.98%) Risk Management
10 194 (8.75%) ERP
11 185 (8.35%) Change Management
12 180 (8.12%) PRINCE2
13 164 (7.40%) Waterfall
14 163 (7.36%) Service Management
15 154 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 137 (6.18%) IT Strategy
17 136 (6.14%) ITSM
18 135 (6.09%) Mentoring
19 129 (5.82%) Customer Service
20 126 (5.69%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (5.51%) SQL
2 24 (1.08%) PowerShell
3 8 (0.36%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.32%) T-SQL
5 5 (0.23%) Bash
6 3 (0.14%) Java
6 3 (0.14%) Python
6 3 (0.14%) VBA
7 1 (0.045%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.045%) C#
7 1 (0.045%) Solidity
7 1 (0.045%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 239 (10.79%) Degree
2 73 (3.29%) PMI Certification
3 72 (3.25%) PMP
4 50 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
5 48 (2.17%) CISSP
6 46 (2.08%) Security Cleared
7 44 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (1.85%) DBS Check
9 40 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 34 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 32 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
12 27 (1.22%) SC Cleared
13 25 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 23 (1.04%) CCNA
15 21 (0.95%) MCSE
16 19 (0.86%) CISM
17 17 (0.77%) CCNP
18 14 (0.63%) CISA
18 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (3.70%) GDPR
2 81 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (3.11%) SLA
4 67 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 49 (2.21%) QA
6 47 (2.12%) PMO
7 24 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 23 (1.04%) ITGC
9 19 (0.86%) GRC
10 17 (0.77%) NIST
11 15 (0.68%) GxP
12 14 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.59%) GMP
13 13 (0.59%) Good Clinical Practice
14 11 (0.50%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.45%) ISO 22301
16 9 (0.41%) PCI DSS
17 7 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.32%) ISO 9001
18 5 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 186 (8.39%) Active Directory
2 53 (2.39%) Hyper-V
3 50 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.32%) IAG
4 7 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.18%) pfSense
5 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.090%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.27%) SCCM
3 5 (0.23%) CASB
3 5 (0.23%) SCOM
3 5 (0.23%) SmoothWall
3 5 (0.23%) Terraform
3 5 (0.23%) WSUS
4 4 (0.18%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.14%) Nessus
5 3 (0.14%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.045%) Ansible
6 1 (0.045%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.045%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.045%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.045%) SafeCom
6 1 (0.045%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 421 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.15%) VMware
3 68 (3.07%) Cisco
4 44 (1.99%) ServiceNow
5 43 (1.94%) SAP
6 34 (1.53%) Veeam
7 33 (1.49%) Sophos
8 32 (1.44%) Google
9 26 (1.17%) Apple
10 24 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 23 (1.04%) Citrix
12 21 (0.95%) Meraki
12 21 (0.95%) Oracle
12 21 (0.95%) Sage
13 14 (0.63%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
14 13 (0.59%) Dell
15 9 (0.41%) Aruba
16 8 (0.36%) Anaplan
16 8 (0.36%) HubSpot