IT Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 186 171
Rank change year-on-year +85 -15 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 1,984 1,035 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.51% 1.86% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.65% 2.09% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 840 1,290
10th Percentile £32,525 £38,363 £37,989
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,140
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.28% +0.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +116 626 £47,500 -9.52% 79
South East +72 467 £50,500 -12.17% 52
Midlands +57 412 £50,000 -9.09% 90
North West +110 322 £47,500 -12.71% 37
Yorkshire +96 240 £50,000 - 37
West Midlands +37 217 £55,000 - 60
East Midlands +68 180 £50,000 -13.04% 30
South West -1 177 £49,250 -9.80% 21
East of England +29 163 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland -22 90 £45,000 -10.00% 18
North East +24 64 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Wales +33 45 £50,000 +11.94% 6
Northern Ireland +22 7 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 581 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 418 (21.07%) Project Management
3 340 (17.14%) Microsoft
4 306 (15.42%) Finance
4 306 (15.42%) Microsoft 365
5 259 (13.05%) Agile
6 258 (13.00%) ITIL
7 241 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (10.38%) Service Delivery
9 203 (10.23%) Azure
10 199 (10.03%) Degree
11 197 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 194 (9.78%) Windows
13 191 (9.63%) Cybersecurity
14 172 (8.67%) Project Delivery
14 172 (8.67%) Active Directory
15 161 (8.11%) Risk Management
16 160 (8.06%) Change Management
16 160 (8.06%) ERP
17 154 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
18 152 (7.66%) PRINCE2
19 142 (7.16%) Waterfall
20 128 (6.45%) Firewall
21 124 (6.25%) IT Strategy
22 118 (5.95%) Mentoring
23 115 (5.80%) Service Management
23 115 (5.80%) Customer Service
24 111 (5.59%) Windows Server
25 110 (5.54%) SQL
26 107 (5.39%) Retail

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 88 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.66%) Documentum
4 11 (0.55%) Confluence
5 10 (0.50%) WordPress
6 9 (0.45%) CMS
7 5 (0.25%) Site Server
8 4 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.15%) SAS
10 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.050%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.050%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.050%) IIS
11 1 (0.050%) Moodle
11 1 (0.050%) Totara
Applications
1 71 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.40%) Trello
5 2 (0.10%) CATIA
6 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.050%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (0.66%) TrackWise
2 9 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.35%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 6 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.20%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.15%) Shopify
8 2 (0.10%) Magento
9 1 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.050%) Epicor Tropos
9 1 (0.050%) Maximo
9 1 (0.050%) Primavera
9 1 (0.050%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 306 (15.42%) Microsoft 365
2 203 (10.23%) Azure
3 53 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 51 (2.57%) Entra ID
5 45 (2.27%) AWS
6 42 (2.12%) SaaS
7 22 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
7 22 (1.11%) OneDrive
8 19 (0.96%) GCP
9 12 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 10 (0.50%) IaaS
12 8 (0.40%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.35%) PaaS
14 6 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.25%) WhatsApp
16 4 (0.20%) Mimecast
17 3 (0.15%) Dropbox
17 3 (0.15%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 128 (6.45%) Firewall
2 63 (3.18%) Network Security
3 56 (2.82%) WAN
4 46 (2.32%) LAN
5 43 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (1.81%) VPN
7 32 (1.61%) Wireless
8 31 (1.56%) Intranet
9 24 (1.21%) DNS
9 24 (1.21%) VLAN
10 23 (1.16%) SAN
11 21 (1.06%) VoIP
12 20 (1.01%) DHCP
13 19 (0.96%) Internet
14 15 (0.76%) TCP/IP
15 12 (0.60%) SD-WAN
16 11 (0.55%) NAS
17 9 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.40%) WLAN
19 7 (0.35%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (2.17%) Power BI
2 33 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (0.35%) DB2
4 7 (0.35%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.10%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.10%) GIS
5 2 (0.10%) Tableau
6 1 (0.050%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.050%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (2.87%) JIRA
2 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 581 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 306 (15.42%) Finance
3 107 (5.39%) Retail
4 102 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 72 (3.63%) Law
7 69 (3.48%) Public Sector
8 61 (3.07%) Legal
9 55 (2.77%) Telecoms
10 53 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (1.61%) Marketing
14 26 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 25 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
16 17 (0.86%) Aerospace
17 14 (0.71%) Local Government
17 14 (0.71%) Publishing
18 13 (0.66%) Billing
19 12 (0.60%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.45%) HTML
2 6 (0.30%) CSS
3 5 (0.25%) EDI
4 4 (0.20%) .NET
4 4 (0.20%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.20%) XML
5 3 (0.15%) Flash
5 3 (0.15%) SAML
5 3 (0.15%) Web Services
6 2 (0.10%) ADO
6 2 (0.10%) JSON
6 2 (0.10%) LDAP
6 2 (0.10%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.10%) REST
7 1 (0.050%) ERC20
7 1 (0.050%) Laravel
7 1 (0.050%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.050%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (0.050%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.050%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 92 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 91 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
3 37 (1.86%) Data Centre
4 32 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 25 (1.26%) Onboarding
6 21 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (1.01%) PMI
8 19 (0.96%) FMCG
9 14 (0.71%) CCTV
9 14 (0.71%) Life Science
10 13 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (0.66%) LIMS
10 13 (0.66%) NHS
11 12 (0.60%) Product Ownership
12 9 (0.45%) AS400
12 9 (0.45%) CMDB
12 9 (0.45%) iSeries
13 8 (0.40%) Cyberattack
13 8 (0.40%) Social Media
14 7 (0.35%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 194 (9.78%) Windows
2 111 (5.59%) Windows Server
3 37 (1.86%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.31%) Linux
5 22 (1.11%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (0.66%) Unix
8 9 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.30%) Android
10 6 (0.30%) VMS
11 5 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.15%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.10%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (21.07%) Project Management
2 259 (13.05%) Agile
3 258 (13.00%) ITIL
4 241 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
5 206 (10.38%) Service Delivery
6 197 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 191 (9.63%) Cybersecurity
8 172 (8.67%) Project Delivery
9 161 (8.11%) Risk Management
10 160 (8.06%) Change Management
10 160 (8.06%) ERP
11 154 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 152 (7.66%) PRINCE2
13 142 (7.16%) Waterfall
14 124 (6.25%) IT Strategy
15 118 (5.95%) Mentoring
16 115 (5.80%) Customer Service
16 115 (5.80%) Service Management
17 102 (5.14%) ITSM
18 98 (4.94%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 110 (5.54%) SQL
2 17 (0.86%) PowerShell
3 8 (0.40%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.35%) Bash
5 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.15%) VBA
6 1 (0.050%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.050%) C#
6 1 (0.050%) Python
6 1 (0.050%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 199 (10.03%) Degree
2 73 (3.68%) PMI Certification
3 71 (3.58%) PMP
4 36 (1.81%) Security Cleared
5 34 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
7 32 (1.61%) CISSP
8 31 (1.56%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 28 (1.41%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 22 (1.11%) CCNA
12 22 (1.11%) SC Cleared
13 17 (0.86%) CCNP
14 15 (0.76%) MCSE
15 14 (0.71%) CISM
16 11 (0.55%) CISA
16 11 (0.55%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 66 (3.33%) SLA
4 57 (2.87%) GDPR
5 42 (2.12%) QA
6 37 (1.86%) PMO
7 22 (1.11%) Accessibility
8 19 (0.96%) ITGC
9 16 (0.81%) GxP
10 14 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.66%) GMP
11 13 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
12 11 (0.55%) Data Quality
13 9 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.40%) ISO 22301
15 7 (0.35%) ISO 14000
15 7 (0.35%) NIST
16 6 (0.30%) PCI DSS
17 5 (0.25%) ISO 9001
17 5 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 172 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 44 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.35%) IAG
6 4 (0.20%) pfSense
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.050%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.40%) Terraform
3 7 (0.35%) ZABBIX
4 5 (0.25%) SCCM
4 5 (0.25%) SCOM
4 5 (0.25%) SmoothWall
4 5 (0.25%) WSUS
5 4 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.15%) Ansible
6 3 (0.15%) Nessus
7 2 (0.10%) CASB
7 2 (0.10%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.10%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.050%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.050%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.050%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 340 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 77 (3.88%) VMware
3 73 (3.68%) Cisco
4 40 (2.02%) ServiceNow
5 34 (1.71%) Veeam
6 33 (1.66%) Sophos
7 31 (1.56%) SAP
8 24 (1.21%) Google
9 22 (1.11%) Oracle
10 20 (1.01%) Salesforce
11 19 (0.96%) Meraki
12 18 (0.91%) Apple
13 17 (0.86%) Citrix
13 17 (0.86%) Fortinet
13 17 (0.86%) Sage
14 14 (0.71%) Dell
15 10 (0.50%) Aruba
16 8 (0.40%) Anaplan
16 8 (0.40%) BT
16 8 (0.40%) Epicor