IT Manager Jobs in the South West

IT Manager
England > South West

The median IT Manager salary in the South West is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 144 176
Rank change year-on-year +3 +32 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 174 129 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.74% 1.95% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 2.19% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 149 116 113
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,063 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £54,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +9.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £62,750 £71,875 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% +3.60% +2.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,607 5,879 8,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 88.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,030 3,696 5,109
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,838 £37,971 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the South West

IT Manager
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Bristol +13 39 £49,000 -10.58% 7
Somerset +7 37 £43,500 -20.91% 2
Gloucestershire +1 35 £49,000 -17.65% 2
Devon -8 25 £55,000 +22.22%
Wiltshire -8 24 £54,043 +8.09% 4
Dorset -23 10 £40,000 -3.61%
Cornwall -17 1 £50,000 +10.19% 1
IT Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 West region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 47 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.24%) Service Delivery
3 24 (13.79%) Project Management
3 24 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 22 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (11.49%) Degree
5 20 (11.49%) ITIL
5 20 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (10.92%) Finance
7 18 (10.34%) PRINCE2
8 17 (9.77%) Agile
8 17 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (9.77%) Project Delivery
9 16 (9.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (8.62%) JIRA
11 14 (8.05%) Security Cleared
11 14 (8.05%) Customer Service
12 13 (7.47%) Network Security
12 13 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
13 12 (6.90%) Waterfall
13 12 (6.90%) Business Continuity
13 12 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (6.32%) Risk Management
14 11 (6.32%) Management Information System
14 11 (6.32%) SharePoint
14 11 (6.32%) Active Directory
14 11 (6.32%) SLA
14 11 (6.32%) Coaching
15 10 (5.75%) Process Improvement
15 10 (5.75%) Wi-Fi

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.60%) Confluence
3 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.30%) Site Server
5 1 (0.57%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Maximo
1 1 (0.57%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (5.17%) Azure
3 7 (4.02%) SaaS
4 5 (2.87%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.30%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.72%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.15%) AWS
7 2 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.15%) GCP
7 2 (1.15%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.15%) IaaS
7 2 (1.15%) OCI
7 2 (1.15%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.57%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.47%) Network Security
2 10 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (5.17%) LAN
4 5 (2.87%) Firewall
4 5 (2.87%) SD-WAN
4 5 (2.87%) VPN
4 5 (2.87%) WAN
5 4 (2.30%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (2.30%) WLAN
6 2 (1.15%) DNS
6 2 (1.15%) VoIP
6 2 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) Power BI
2 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 47 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.92%) Finance
3 13 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.45%) Legal
6 6 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.30%) Retail
8 2 (1.15%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.15%) Publishing
9 1 (0.57%) Back Office
9 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.15%) EDI
1 2 (1.15%) XML
2 1 (0.57%) ADO
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.32%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.30%) CCTV
5 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.57%) Robotics
6 1 (0.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.60%) Windows
2 6 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 6 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.72%) Unix
4 2 (1.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (17.24%) Service Delivery
2 24 (13.79%) Project Management
3 20 (11.49%) ITIL
3 20 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (10.34%) PRINCE2
5 17 (9.77%) Agile
5 17 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (9.77%) Project Delivery
6 16 (9.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (8.05%) Customer Service
8 12 (6.90%) Business Continuity
8 12 (6.90%) Waterfall
9 11 (6.32%) Coaching
9 11 (6.32%) Risk Management
10 10 (5.75%) Decision-Making
10 10 (5.75%) Process Improvement
10 10 (5.75%) Roadmaps
10 10 (5.75%) Service Management
11 9 (5.17%) Change Management
11 9 (5.17%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (11.49%) Degree
2 14 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.60%) MCP
4 7 (4.02%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.02%) PMP
5 5 (2.87%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.30%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.30%) CAPM
6 4 (2.30%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.30%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.15%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.32%) SLA
2 6 (3.45%) GDPR
3 4 (2.30%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.57%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 11 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.15%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.87%) WSUS
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.15%) CASB
Vendors
1 24 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.60%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.45%) Cisco
4 5 (2.87%) Citrix
5 4 (2.30%) Apple
6 3 (1.72%) AppDynamics
6 3 (1.72%) BT
6 3 (1.72%) Fujitsu
6 3 (1.72%) Oracle
7 2 (1.15%) Google
7 2 (1.15%) IBM
7 2 (1.15%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.57%) Facebook
8 1 (0.57%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.57%) Meraki
8 1 (0.57%) Sage
8 1 (0.57%) SAP
8 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.57%) Splunk
8 1 (0.57%) Veeam