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IT manager jobs
Running the technology function: the systems, the suppliers, the budget and the team that keeps it all up.
£56,438 median full-time pay, UK, ONS 2025
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What it manager jobs pay
Median full-time pay for it managers was £56,438 across the UK in 2025. Full-time work of every kind had a median of £39,039, so this occupation sits about 1.4 times that. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it describes the occupation nationally rather than any advert on this page.
That figure is the reason this role is on the board. Every role here has a published ONS median full-time salary at or above £50,000, and it is checked against the ONS table each time the site is built rather than asserted in the copy. A role that stopped clearing it would stop the build.
Pay varies more by region than most people expect. ONS publishes it for groups of related occupations rather than single job titles, so the table beside this covers software developers, IT managers, architects, analysts, cyber security specialists and IT project managers, not it manager jobs alone.
Median full-time pay by region, 2025
| Region | Median full-time pay |
|---|---|
| London | £70,000 |
| South East | £58,157 |
| East of England | £55,852 |
| South West | £54,150 |
| West Midlands | £53,320 |
| East Midlands | £49,599 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £50,876 |
| North West | £51,394 |
| North East | £53,152 |
| Wales | £48,344 |
| Scotland | £49,665 |
Why there are no area pages for this role
The census is the only source that publishes occupation down to local authority level, and it publishes it in groups of related jobs rather than one job at a time. IT manager jobs sit in group 213, alongside software developer jobs, solutions architect jobs, it project manager jobs, cyber security jobs.
So there is one number for all of them in any given area. Building a page per role per area would mean the same figure appearing under several different headings, in 175 places each, which is the doorway pattern this site is built to avoid. One role carries the local pages for the group and the rest say so plainly.
For local figures on this group, see software developer jobs. The pay figures above are specific to it manager jobs and are not shared with the rest of the group.
IT manager: the full picture
The shape of the job by company size
Under a few hundred staff, the IT manager is usually the whole function: infrastructure, support, security, procurement and whatever the finance system does on the last day of the month. It is broad, it is never finished, and it is excellent grounding.
Above that, the role narrows and deepens. You own a team, a service and a budget, you are measured on availability and delivery, and a good deal of the week goes on suppliers and other departments rather than on technology.
Moving up from technical into managing
The transition that catches people out is giving up the work you are best at. The team's output matters and yours stops being counted, which is uncomfortable for anybody who became a manager because they were the strongest engineer.
Budget and supplier management are the two skills most new IT managers have never been taught. Neither is difficult and both are learned in public, so it is worth asking at interview what support exists for the first year.
Before you apply
- Technical background plus people and budget responsibility
- Right to work in the UK
IT manager jobs: common questions
Does it manager work pay more than £50,000 a year?
On the national figures, yes, and that is why the role is on this board at all. Median full-time pay for it managers was £56,438 across the UK in 2025, against £39,039 for full-time work of every kind. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it says nothing about what any individual advert pays.
What qualifications do I need to work as a IT manager?
Technical background plus people and budget responsibility. Right to work in the UK.
Where does AceLeads Jobs have local figures for it manager jobs?
Nowhere, and the reason is worth stating. The census publishes occupation in groups of related jobs, and it manager jobs share a group with software developer jobs, solutions architect jobs, it project manager jobs, cyber security jobs. Local pages for each of them would show the same figure under different headings, so only one role carries them. For local figures on this group, see software developer jobs. Adverts themselves are UK wide.
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No. You read the adverts, you choose one, and you apply to that employer yourself. Nothing on this site forwards a person to a job they did not apply to, and no employer is given a list of people.
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