IT Manager
UK

The median IT Manager salary in the UK is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 230 255
Rank change year-on-year +110 +25 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 2,314 1,635 2,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 1.65% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 1.80% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,968 1,325 2,097
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +4.28% +4.04%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in the UK

IT Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +108 2,126 £50,500 -12.17% 357
UK excluding London +98 1,821 £50,000 -9.09% 289
Work from Home +46 716 £55,000 -7.72% 133
North of England +120 579 £47,500 -9.52% 85
South East +80 429 £50,500 -12.17% 86
London +45 411 £63,132 -2.87% 99
Midlands +71 390 £50,000 -9.09% 60
North West +117 300 £46,000 -12.38% 38
Yorkshire +104 217 £49,990 -4.78% 42
West Midlands +36 205 £54,000 -1.82% 42
East Midlands +85 170 £50,000 -13.04% 18
South West +13 168 £49,500 -1.00% 22
East of England +36 146 £50,000 -9.91% 14
Scotland -45 71 £45,000 -14.29% 16
North East +28 62 £52,500 +5.00% 10
Wales +18 35 £50,000 +11.94% 13
Northern Ireland +25 7 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Channel Islands - 2 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 701 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 557 (24.07%) Project Management
3 453 (19.58%) Finance
4 448 (19.36%) Microsoft
5 389 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
6 359 (15.51%) Agile
7 344 (14.87%) ITIL
8 290 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
9 283 (12.23%) Azure
10 282 (12.19%) Service Delivery
11 273 (11.80%) Windows
12 271 (11.71%) Degree
13 248 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 234 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
15 222 (9.59%) Active Directory
16 221 (9.55%) Project Delivery
17 204 (8.82%) Risk Management
18 203 (8.77%) ERP
19 200 (8.64%) PRINCE2
20 192 (8.30%) Change Management
21 191 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
22 172 (7.43%) Service Management
23 171 (7.39%) Waterfall
24 170 (7.35%) IT Strategy
25 152 (6.57%) ITSM
26 151 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
27 150 (6.48%) Firewall
28 149 (6.44%) Mentoring
29 148 (6.40%) Retail
30 140 (6.05%) Windows Server

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
1 100 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.69%) Confluence
4 13 (0.56%) Documentum
5 12 (0.52%) WordPress
6 9 (0.39%) CMS
7 5 (0.22%) Site Server
8 4 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.043%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.043%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.043%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.043%) IIS
10 1 (0.043%) Moodle
10 1 (0.043%) Totara
Applications
1 79 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.35%) Trello
5 2 (0.086%) CATIA
6 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.043%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.043%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.56%) TrackWise
2 13 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.30%) Sage 200
4 7 (0.30%) SAP Business One
4 7 (0.30%) Shopify
5 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.17%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.043%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.043%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.043%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.043%) Magento
7 1 (0.043%) Primavera
7 1 (0.043%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.043%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.043%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.043%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 389 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
2 283 (12.23%) Azure
3 67 (2.90%) AWS
3 67 (2.90%) Power Platform
4 66 (2.85%) Entra ID
5 55 (2.38%) SaaS
6 31 (1.34%) GCP
7 27 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (0.91%) OneDrive
9 16 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (0.69%) IaaS
9 16 (0.69%) WhatsApp
10 15 (0.65%) PaaS
11 14 (0.61%) PowerApps
12 11 (0.48%) Google Workspace
13 8 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.26%) Dropbox
14 6 (0.26%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.22%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 150 (6.48%) Firewall
2 75 (3.24%) WAN
3 63 (2.72%) LAN
4 60 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
5 57 (2.46%) Network Security
6 40 (1.73%) DNS
6 40 (1.73%) VPN
7 37 (1.60%) Wireless
8 34 (1.47%) Intranet
9 32 (1.38%) VLAN
10 31 (1.34%) DHCP
10 31 (1.34%) SAN
11 29 (1.25%) TCP/IP
12 28 (1.21%) VoIP
13 27 (1.17%) Internet
14 17 (0.73%) NAS
15 14 (0.61%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.43%) WLAN
17 7 (0.30%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (2.33%) Power BI
2 50 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
4 13 (0.56%) DB2
5 7 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.26%) SAP HANA
7 4 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.086%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.043%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.043%) GIS
9 1 (0.043%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (2.68%) JIRA
2 3 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.086%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.086%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 701 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 453 (19.58%) Finance
3 151 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (6.40%) Retail
5 105 (4.54%) Legal
6 101 (4.36%) Public Sector
7 97 (4.19%) Law
8 93 (4.02%) Manufacturing
9 72 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 65 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.16%) Marketing
12 49 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (2.03%) Banking
13 47 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 40 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (0.95%) Aerospace
17 19 (0.82%) Billing
18 17 (0.73%) Financial Institution
19 16 (0.69%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.43%) .NET
1 10 (0.43%) EDI
1 10 (0.43%) HTML
2 6 (0.26%) CSS
3 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
3 4 (0.17%) LDAP
3 4 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (0.17%) REST
3 4 (0.17%) XML
4 3 (0.13%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.13%) Flash
4 3 (0.13%) SAML
4 3 (0.13%) Web Services
5 2 (0.086%) ADO
5 2 (0.086%) Express.js
5 2 (0.086%) JSON
5 2 (0.086%) MERN Stack
5 2 (0.086%) Node.js
5 2 (0.086%) React
6 1 (0.043%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 110 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
2 105 (4.54%) Management Information System
3 60 (2.59%) Data Centre
4 36 (1.56%) Driving Licence
5 34 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 28 (1.21%) FMCG
7 23 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (0.91%) PMI
9 18 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (0.65%) CCTV
10 15 (0.65%) Life Science
10 15 (0.65%) Security Posture
11 14 (0.61%) Product Ownership
12 13 (0.56%) LIMS
12 13 (0.56%) NHS
13 11 (0.48%) EPoS
14 9 (0.39%) CMDB
14 9 (0.39%) Cyberattack
15 8 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 273 (11.80%) Windows
2 140 (6.05%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.86%) Windows 10
4 37 (1.60%) Linux
5 22 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 19 (0.82%) Unix
6 19 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.30%) Windows Vista
10 6 (0.26%) Android
10 6 (0.26%) VMS
11 4 (0.17%) CentOS
12 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.043%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (24.07%) Project Management
2 359 (15.51%) Agile
3 344 (14.87%) ITIL
4 290 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
5 282 (12.19%) Service Delivery
6 248 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 234 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
8 221 (9.55%) Project Delivery
9 204 (8.82%) Risk Management
10 203 (8.77%) ERP
11 200 (8.64%) PRINCE2
12 192 (8.30%) Change Management
13 191 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 172 (7.43%) Service Management
15 171 (7.39%) Waterfall
16 170 (7.35%) IT Strategy
17 152 (6.57%) ITSM
18 149 (6.44%) Mentoring
19 137 (5.92%) Customer Service
20 134 (5.79%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (5.75%) SQL
2 30 (1.30%) PowerShell
3 10 (0.43%) Bash
4 8 (0.35%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.17%) Java
7 3 (0.13%) Python
7 3 (0.13%) VBA
8 2 (0.086%) C#
9 1 (0.043%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.043%) Delphi
9 1 (0.043%) Solidity
9 1 (0.043%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 271 (11.71%) Degree
2 85 (3.67%) PMI Certification
3 84 (3.63%) PMP
4 53 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
5 50 (2.16%) CISSP
6 46 (1.99%) Security Cleared
7 42 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.82%) DBS Check
8 39 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 32 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 31 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 26 (1.12%) SC Cleared
14 23 (0.99%) CISA
14 23 (0.99%) Master's Degree
15 22 (0.95%) CCNA
15 22 (0.95%) CISM
16 21 (0.91%) MCSE
17 15 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (3.59%) GDPR
3 77 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 72 (3.11%) SLA
5 61 (2.64%) PMO
6 50 (2.16%) QA
7 31 (1.34%) ITGC
8 24 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 21 (0.91%) GRC
10 19 (0.82%) NIST
11 14 (0.61%) GxP
12 13 (0.56%) GMP
12 13 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
12 13 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.48%) Data Quality
14 11 (0.48%) ISO 14000
14 11 (0.48%) ISO 22301
14 11 (0.48%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 222 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 64 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.48%) IAG
4 11 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.17%) pfSense
6 4 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.13%) vSphere
8 2 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.086%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 58 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.43%) Terraform
3 8 (0.35%) WSUS
4 7 (0.30%) SmoothWall
4 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
5 6 (0.26%) Ansible
5 6 (0.26%) SCCM
6 5 (0.22%) CASB
6 5 (0.22%) PaperCut
6 5 (0.22%) SCOM
7 4 (0.17%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.13%) Nessus
9 1 (0.043%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.043%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.043%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.043%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 448 (19.36%) Microsoft
2 105 (4.54%) VMware
3 80 (3.46%) Cisco
4 53 (2.29%) SAP
5 41 (1.77%) ServiceNow
6 35 (1.51%) Veeam
7 34 (1.47%) Google
7 34 (1.47%) Oracle
7 34 (1.47%) Sophos
8 28 (1.21%) Sage
8 28 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.12%) Apple
9 26 (1.12%) Meraki
10 23 (0.99%) Citrix
11 17 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (0.52%) Dell
14 9 (0.39%) Aruba
14 9 (0.39%) HubSpot
14 9 (0.39%) iManage