IT Specialist Managers

IT specialist managers plan, organise, manage and coordinate the provision of specialist IT services and functions in an organisation.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 27,816
£ 49,663
£ 83,105

Available jobs

In the past year there were 220,232 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Reports on IT activities to senior management.

  • Plans and monitors work and maintenance schedules to ensure agreed service levels are achieved.

  • Supervises the technical team and coordinates training.

  • Takes responsibility for managing the development of a specialist aspect of IT provision such as user support, network operations, service delivery or quality control.

  • Liaises with users, senior staff and internal/external clients to clarify IT requirements and development needs.

  • Plans, coordinates and manages the organisation.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Social Work

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Auditing

  • Life Coaching

  • Agile Methodology

  • Performance Management

  • Stock Management

  • Technical Support

  • Microsoft Azure

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Leadership

  • Customer Service

  • Planning

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

  • English Language

  • Detail Oriented

  • Coaching

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.