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 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 102 157 182
Rank change year-on-year +55 +25 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 474 264 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.54% 1.99% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 2.22% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 425 190 357
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £56,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.62% -0.88% +8.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,185
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.19% +0.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
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 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 12 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 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
Thames Valley +19 124 £50,000 -9.09% 22
Kent +37 91 £35,500 -29.00% 6
Hampshire -1 72 £55,000 +7.32% 8
West Sussex +51 69 £50,000 -13.04%
Surrey -2 68 £60,000 - 8
Buckinghamshire -4 44 £50,500 -8.18% 6
Berkshire +12 42 £50,000 -9.09% 15
Oxfordshire +7 38 £41,000 -24.07% 1
East Sussex +20 27 £60,000 - 2
Sussex - 23 £60,000 - 1
Middlesex -15 2 £65,000 +23.81%
IT Manager
England

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

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 South East region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 129 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 91 (19.20%) Project Management
3 81 (17.09%) Finance
4 77 (16.24%) Microsoft
5 61 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (10.55%) Degree
8 49 (10.34%) Agile
9 48 (10.13%) ITIL
10 42 (8.86%) Azure
10 42 (8.86%) Customer Service
11 40 (8.44%) PRINCE2
11 40 (8.44%) Windows
12 39 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
13 37 (7.81%) SQL
14 36 (7.59%) Service Delivery
15 35 (7.38%) Waterfall
15 35 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
16 34 (7.17%) Firewall
16 34 (7.17%) Risk Management
16 34 (7.17%) ERP
17 33 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
18 32 (6.75%) Validation
19 29 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 29 (6.12%) Line Management
20 27 (5.70%) Project Delivery
21 26 (5.49%) VMware
21 26 (5.49%) Active Directory
22 25 (5.27%) Disaster Recovery
23 24 (5.06%) IT Strategy

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 (2.74%) Documentum
2 6 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Confluence
3 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.21%) Moodle
4 1 (0.21%) Totara
Applications
1 14 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.05%) Trello
4 2 (0.42%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 13 (2.74%) TrackWise
2 4 (0.84%) SAP WM
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (8.86%) Azure
3 11 (2.32%) Entra ID
4 7 (1.48%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.84%) AWS
7 3 (0.63%) Asana
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.42%) CloudFront
8 2 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.42%) Veeva
9 1 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.21%) GCP
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.21%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.21%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.21%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.17%) Firewall
2 10 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.48%) Network Security
3 7 (1.48%) VPN
3 7 (1.48%) WAN
4 6 (1.27%) LAN
4 6 (1.27%) Wireless
5 5 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.84%) Internet
6 4 (0.84%) VLAN
7 3 (0.63%) SAN
8 2 (0.42%) DHCP
8 2 (0.42%) DNS
8 2 (0.42%) Intranet
8 2 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.42%) WLAN
9 1 (0.21%) NAS
9 1 (0.21%) SNMP
9 1 (0.21%) SSL
9 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.43%) Crystal Reports
2 8 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.48%) Power BI
4 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.63%) Tableau
5 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 129 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 81 (17.09%) Finance
3 22 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (4.64%) Manufacturing
4 18 (3.80%) Retail
5 17 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
6 16 (3.38%) Legal
6 16 (3.38%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.32%) Law
9 9 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.27%) Electronics
10 6 (1.27%) Marketing
11 5 (1.05%) Aviation
12 4 (0.84%) Advertising
13 3 (0.63%) Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.63%) Flash
1 3 (0.63%) Web Services
2 2 (0.42%) CSS
2 2 (0.42%) EDI
2 2 (0.42%) HTML
2 2 (0.42%) JSON
2 2 (0.42%) LDAP
2 2 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.74%) Life Science
3 13 (2.74%) LIMS
4 10 (2.11%) Driving Licence
5 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.90%) FMCG
6 8 (1.69%) PMI
7 6 (1.27%) NHS
8 5 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.84%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.84%) IPTV
9 4 (0.84%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.63%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.63%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.42%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.44%) Windows
2 24 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.63%) Linux
4 3 (0.63%) Mac OS X
4 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (19.20%) Project Management
2 53 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (10.34%) Agile
4 48 (10.13%) ITIL
5 42 (8.86%) Customer Service
6 40 (8.44%) PRINCE2
7 39 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
8 36 (7.59%) Service Delivery
9 35 (7.38%) Waterfall
10 34 (7.17%) ERP
10 34 (7.17%) Risk Management
11 33 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (6.75%) Validation
13 29 (6.12%) Line Management
14 27 (5.70%) Project Delivery
15 25 (5.27%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (5.06%) IT Strategy
17 21 (4.43%) Business Continuity
18 19 (4.01%) Computer Science
19 18 (3.80%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (10.55%) Degree
2 22 (4.64%) DBS Check
2 22 (4.64%) PMI Certification
3 16 (3.38%) CISSP
4 14 (2.95%) PMP
5 6 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.05%) CISM
6 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (0.84%) CRISC
7 4 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.84%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (0.84%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.84%) Security Cleared
8 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.63%) MCSE
9 2 (0.42%) CCNA
9 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (4.85%) QA
3 20 (4.22%) GDPR
4 17 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (3.16%) GxP
5 15 (3.16%) SLA
6 13 (2.74%) GMP
6 13 (2.74%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.27%) PMO
9 5 (1.05%) GRC
9 5 (1.05%) NCSC
10 4 (0.84%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.84%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.21%) NIST
13 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.53%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.63%) SmoothWall
3 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.49%) VMware
3 16 (3.38%) ServiceNow
4 9 (1.90%) Cisco
5 6 (1.27%) Apple
5 6 (1.27%) Meraki
5 6 (1.27%) SAP
5 6 (1.27%) Workday
6 5 (1.05%) Anaplan
6 5 (1.05%) Veeam
7 4 (0.84%) YouTube
8 3 (0.63%) Acronis
8 3 (0.63%) Aruba
8 3 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.42%) Civica
9 2 (0.42%) Commvault
9 2 (0.42%) IFS
9 2 (0.42%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.42%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.42%) WatchGuard