IT Manager Jobs in Birmingham

IT Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Manager salary in Birmingham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 95 103
Rank change year-on-year +35 +8 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 98 35 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.12% 1.95% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 2.10% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 85 35 78
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,200 £37,030
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £61,750
90th Percentile £68,250 £68,250 £70,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,969 1,669 3,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.88% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,354 1,299 2,256
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 45 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 39 (39.80%) ITIL
3 38 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (27.55%) Finance
5 25 (25.51%) Service Delivery
6 22 (22.45%) Microsoft
7 21 (21.43%) SharePoint
7 21 (21.43%) Data Governance
7 21 (21.43%) Line Management
8 20 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (20.41%) Agile
9 19 (19.39%) ITSM
10 18 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (18.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (16.33%) Information Governance
12 16 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (16.33%) Power BI
12 16 (16.33%) GDPR
12 16 (16.33%) Power Platform
12 16 (16.33%) Digital Strategy
12 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Excel
12 16 (16.33%) Intranet
12 16 (16.33%) Sophos
13 15 (15.31%) IT Strategy
14 14 (14.29%) Service Management
15 13 (13.27%) Project Management
15 13 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
16 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
16 11 (11.22%) PRINCE2

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 21 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (16.33%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.10%) Azure
4 4 (4.08%) AWS
4 4 (4.08%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.08%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.33%) Intranet
2 8 (8.16%) Firewall
3 6 (6.12%) Network Security
4 4 (4.08%) DHCP
4 4 (4.08%) DNS
4 4 (4.08%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (4.08%) iSCSI
4 4 (4.08%) SD-WAN
4 4 (4.08%) SNMP
4 4 (4.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.33%) Power BI
2 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 27 (27.55%) Finance
3 13 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.12%) Retail
6 5 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.08%) Legal
7 4 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Electronics
10 1 (1.02%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) .NET
1 4 (4.08%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.02%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.08%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.04%) CMDB
3 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.02%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.02%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.08%) VMS
1 4 (4.08%) Windows
1 4 (4.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (39.80%) ITIL
2 38 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (25.51%) Service Delivery
4 21 (21.43%) Data Governance
4 21 (21.43%) Line Management
5 20 (20.41%) Agile
6 19 (19.39%) ITSM
7 18 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (16.33%) Digital Strategy
9 16 (16.33%) Information Governance
10 15 (15.31%) IT Strategy
11 14 (14.29%) Service Management
12 13 (13.27%) Project Management
13 11 (11.22%) PRINCE2
13 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (10.20%) Project Delivery
14 10 (10.20%) Waterfall
15 8 (8.16%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 8 (8.16%) Degree
3 6 (6.12%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (4.08%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.02%) APMP
5 1 (1.02%) CISSP
5 1 (1.02%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (16.33%) GDPR
3 5 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 5 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.10%) QA
3 5 (5.10%) SLA
4 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.08%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.08%) pfSense
2 4 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.33%) Sophos
3 7 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.10%) CheckPoint
5 4 (4.08%) BroadSoft
5 4 (4.08%) Brocade
5 4 (4.08%) Cisco
5 4 (4.08%) Dell
5 4 (4.08%) Dell Compellent
5 4 (4.08%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.08%) QNAP
5 4 (4.08%) SAP
5 4 (4.08%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (4.08%) Veeam
5 4 (4.08%) VMware
5 4 (4.08%) Zerto
6 1 (1.02%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.02%) Zscaler