Senior IT Manager Jobs

Senior IT Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Manager salary in the UK is £57,965 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 744 830 962
Rank change year-on-year +86 +132 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Manager 161 116 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.13% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 119 82 181
10th Percentile - £47,625 £49,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £51,313 £53,616
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.82% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,375 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Senior IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior IT Manager in the UK

Senior IT Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Manager within the UK 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
England +110 147 £57,965 -10.82% 31
UK excluding London +17 115 £55,000 -4.35% 25
Work from Home +79 78 £57,965 -15.69% 9
North of England +75 58 £57,965 +10.41% 4
London +100 36 £82,500 +0.30% 15
North West - 27 £57,965 - 4
South East +3 18 £65,000 +34.08% 5
Yorkshire +70 16 £41,774 -24.05%
West Midlands -4 16 £56,250 -16.67% 5
Midlands -11 16 £56,250 -19.64% 7
North East -5 15 £57,965 +10.41%
East of England -8 12 £55,000 -15.38%
South West -26 7 £47,657 -9.23% 1
Wales +6 2 - -
Scotland -70 2 £80,000 +23.08% 8

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior IT Manager in the job title.

1 49 (30.43%) Finance
2 46 (28.57%) Agile
2 46 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 43 (26.71%) ITIL
3 43 (26.71%) Social Skills
4 40 (24.84%) Project Management
5 39 (24.22%) Risk Management
6 37 (22.98%) Coaching
7 33 (20.50%) Project Delivery
8 32 (19.88%) Degree
9 30 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (16.15%) Service Management
11 25 (15.53%) ITSM
11 25 (15.53%) Microsoft
12 24 (14.91%) Waterfall
12 24 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
14 21 (13.04%) Change Management
15 20 (12.42%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (11.80%) Roadmaps
17 18 (11.18%) Budget Management
17 18 (11.18%) PRINCE2
17 18 (11.18%) Scrum
17 18 (11.18%) Line Management
18 17 (10.56%) Service Delivery
19 16 (9.94%) CRM
20 15 (9.32%) Azure
21 14 (8.70%) Computer Science
21 14 (8.70%) Programme Management

Senior IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (2.48%) Site Server
2 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.32%) Azure
2 12 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.83%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.59%) AWS
5 6 (3.73%) SaaS
6 5 (3.11%) Azure Pipelines
6 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.48%) GCP
8 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.62%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.86%) Firewall
2 2 (1.24%) LAN
2 2 (1.24%) Wireless
2 2 (1.24%) WLAN
3 1 (0.62%) Extranet
3 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.73%) Power BI
1 6 (3.73%) SAP HANA
1 6 (3.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.35%) JIRA
2 2 (1.24%) Eclipse
General
1 49 (30.43%) Finance
2 43 (26.71%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.42%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (7.45%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (7.45%) Publishing
6 10 (6.21%) Legal
7 9 (5.59%) Billing
7 9 (5.59%) Retail
8 8 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (4.97%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.73%) Law
9 6 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.11%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.11%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.11%) Military
11 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.24%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.21%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.35%) PMI
2 7 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.11%) Low-Code
4 3 (1.86%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.86%) PKI
4 3 (1.86%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.62%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.62%) IoT
5 1 (0.62%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.57%) Agile
1 46 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 43 (26.71%) ITIL
3 40 (24.84%) Project Management
4 39 (24.22%) Risk Management
5 37 (22.98%) Coaching
6 33 (20.50%) Project Delivery
7 30 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (16.15%) Service Management
9 25 (15.53%) ITSM
10 24 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (14.91%) Waterfall
11 21 (13.04%) Change Management
12 19 (11.80%) Roadmaps
13 18 (11.18%) Budget Management
13 18 (11.18%) Line Management
13 18 (11.18%) PRINCE2
13 18 (11.18%) Scrum
14 17 (10.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (19.88%) Degree
2 12 (7.45%) PMI Certification
3 6 (3.73%) PMP
4 5 (3.11%) CISSP
4 5 (3.11%) Postgraduate
4 5 (3.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (3.11%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.48%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.86%) CCSK
6 3 (1.86%) CCSP
6 3 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.24%) CISA
7 2 (1.24%) CISM
7 2 (1.24%) ISACA
7 2 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.62%) MBA
8 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.07%) GDPR
2 6 (3.73%) NIST
3 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.86%) COBIT
4 3 (1.86%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.86%) PMO
5 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.24%) QA
6 1 (0.62%) GxP
6 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (6.83%) IAG
2 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.86%) CASB
2 2 (1.24%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.45%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.97%) SAP
4 5 (3.11%) Automation Anywhere
4 5 (3.11%) CheckPoint
4 5 (3.11%) iManage
5 4 (2.48%) Apple
6 3 (1.86%) Netskope
6 3 (1.86%) Symantec
6 3 (1.86%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.24%) Aruba
7 2 (1.24%) Oracle
7 2 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.24%) VMware
8 1 (0.62%) JDA