IT Manager Jobs in Cheshire

IT Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Manager salary in Cheshire is £49,500 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 54 78 61
Rank change year-on-year +24 -17 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 48 8 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.66% 0.98% 4.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.77% 1.11% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 32 8 29
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £46,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -22.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £77,125 -
North West median annual salary £47,500 £54,416 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.71% -1.06% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,734 719 1,194
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.07% 87.68% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 457 605
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £70,813
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Cheshire

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in Cheshire

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

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

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Cheshire

IT Manager
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Chester +17 14 £60,000 -6.25%
Crewe +7 6 £49,500 -1.00%
Middlewich -7 5 £40,000 -44.83% 1
Runcorn - 5 £50,000 -
Warrington - 2 £45,500 - 1
Nantwich - 1 - -
Macclesfield - 1 £50,000 -
IT Manager
North West

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

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 Cheshire region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 23 (47.92%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.92%) Project Management
2 11 (22.92%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (22.92%) Finance
3 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (16.67%) Firewall
5 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (14.58%) Agile
5 7 (14.58%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (14.58%) ERP
5 7 (14.58%) Patch Management
5 7 (14.58%) Static Application Security Testing
5 7 (14.58%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 6 (12.50%) Validation
6 6 (12.50%) QA
7 5 (10.42%) Project Planning
7 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
7 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
7 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
7 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (10.42%) Sprint Retrospective
7 5 (10.42%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (10.42%) SDLC
7 5 (10.42%) Azure
7 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.42%) Adaptive Web Design
8 4 (8.33%) Veeam

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.42%) Azure
3 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.08%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Power BI
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 23 (47.92%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.33%) Retail
5 2 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.08%) EPoS
2 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.08%) Life Science
2 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (22.92%) Disaster Recovery
1 11 (22.92%) Project Management
2 7 (14.58%) Agile
2 7 (14.58%) ERP
2 7 (14.58%) Patch Management
2 7 (14.58%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (14.58%) Static Application Security Testing
2 7 (14.58%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 6 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 6 (12.50%) Validation
4 5 (10.42%) Adaptive Web Design
4 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (10.42%) Project Planning
4 5 (10.42%) SDLC
4 5 (10.42%) Sprint Planning
4 5 (10.42%) Sprint Retrospective
5 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) C#
1 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (8.33%) Degree
3 2 (4.17%) MCP
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (4.17%) SLA
3 1 (2.08%) GAMP
3 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) Sophos
2 4 (8.33%) Veeam
3 2 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) Epicor
4 1 (2.08%) IBM
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce