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Discover how well your profile matches a role as IT Manager. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.

Current market data
Medior salary
€ 6.496
gross per month
Job opportunities
1
Average
100%
hybrid / remote
Typical experience
3-6 years
IT

IT Manager in short

IT Manager is a function within IT, part of the branch Food manufacturing. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.

Domain
IT
Branch
Food manufacturing
Open job opportunities
1
Measured skills
6 · Measured for this function
Typical experience
3-6 years
Salary source
National benchmark, 18 observations

Salary & employment conditions

Junior · entry level € 5.263
Medior · a few years of experience € 6.496
Senior · experienced / specialist € 6.784

gross per month · National benchmark, 18 observations

Employment conditions

Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.

Pensioenregeling
90% of job opportunities
Reiskostenvergoeding
65% of job opportunities
Thuiswerken / hybride
70% of job opportunities
Opleidingsbudget
45% of job opportunities
Laptop van de zaak
40% of job opportunities
Telefoon van de zaak
30% of job opportunities

Day-to-day work

Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.

Employers have not described the tasks for this function yet.

Skills

Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.

Leiderschap & people management 90
Stakeholdermanagement 85
Communicatie (NL/EN) 82
IT-strategie & roadmap 80
Budgetbeheer & IT-financien 78
Projectmanagement (PRINCE2/Agile) 76

Next functions

The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.

40%
IT-Director
after 3-6 years
30%
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
after 4-8 years
20%
CTO / CISO
after 3-7 years

Frequently asked questions about IT Manager

What does a IT Manager earn?

A IT Manager earns between € 5.263 and € 6.784 gross per month in our market data, with € 6.496 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.

Can you become a IT Manager without experience?

Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 5.263 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Leiderschap & people management, Stakeholdermanagement, Communicatie (NL/EN) at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.

Which skills do you need as a IT Manager?

Employers hiring a IT Manager ask most often for Leiderschap & people management, Stakeholdermanagement, Communicatie (NL/EN). Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.

Which education fits a IT Manager?

Employers mention HBO Informatica / Bedrijfsinformatica, HBO most often in their IT Manager job opportunities, and 60% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.

What is the next step after IT Manager?

Professionals in our data move on from IT Manager to IT-Director, CIO (Chief Information Officer). That step usually takes 3-6 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 4%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.

Is there much demand for a IT Manager?

There is 1 open job opportunity for this role right now, which we label as average. It sits in Dordrecht, and 100% of the openings allows hybrid or remote work. That number shifts per season, so set an alert to keep following it.

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