Senior Manager
UK

The median Senior Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 255 246
Rank change year-on-year +71 -9 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 1,582 1,390 2,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 1.43% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.56% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 948 834 1,305
10th Percentile £42,672 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,800 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +2.19%
75th Percentile £78,820 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,275 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% -2.56% +4.17%

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the UK

Senior Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in the UK

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +69 1,367 £62,500 -10.71% 531
UK excluding London +64 889 £60,000 -1.48% 320
London +75 608 £72,250 -15.98% 232
Work from Home +49 482 £60,000 -17.24% 226
North of England +74 233 £60,000 -1.32% 77
Midlands +78 164 £62,500 +2.63% 43
South West +39 159 £55,000 -9.54% 41
South East -51 129 £62,500 -3.85% 81
West Midlands +72 110 £61,000 -12.86% 29
Scotland +3 106 £70,000 +3.70% 38
North West +40 102 £57,965 -4.82% 38
Yorkshire +68 91 £64,080 +5.39% 26
East of England +8 64 £55,000 -9.54% 38
East Midlands +9 50 £62,500 +2.80% 14
North East +14 40 £58,800 -3.29% 13
Wales +7 22 £52,738 -8.28% 6
Northern Ireland - 12 £63,150 - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 587 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 539 (34.07%) Project Management
3 527 (33.31%) Finance
4 412 (26.04%) Agile
5 336 (21.24%) Mentoring
6 317 (20.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 293 (18.52%) Coaching
8 259 (16.37%) Degree
9 241 (15.23%) Microsoft
10 215 (13.59%) Law
11 204 (12.90%) Project Delivery
12 197 (12.45%) Risk Management
13 196 (12.39%) Decision-Making
14 188 (11.88%) PRINCE2
15 183 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
16 174 (11.00%) Marketing
17 168 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 158 (9.99%) Roadmaps
19 156 (9.86%) Service Delivery
20 148 (9.36%) SaaS
21 137 (8.66%) Change Management
22 135 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
23 133 (8.41%) Security Cleared
24 132 (8.34%) Analytics
25 130 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
26 125 (7.90%) ServiceNow
27 120 (7.59%) Line Management
28 116 (7.33%) Programme Management
29 113 (7.14%) Performance Management
30 111 (7.02%) Contract Negotiation

Senior 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 30 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.82%) Confluence
4 11 (0.70%) SAS
5 9 (0.57%) CMS
6 6 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.32%) WordPress
8 4 (0.25%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.25%) Site Server
9 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.13%) Drupal
10 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.13%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.063%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.063%) JCAPS
11 1 (0.063%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.063%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 66 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.76%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.19%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.19%) SPSS
6 3 (0.19%) Stata
7 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Trello
8 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.063%) InDesign
8 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (2.21%) Endur
2 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.44%) Shopify
4 6 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.38%) SAP HCM
4 6 (0.38%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.25%) Primavera
5 4 (0.25%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.063%) Adaptiv
8 1 (0.063%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.063%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.063%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 148 (9.36%) SaaS
2 71 (4.49%) Azure
3 44 (2.78%) AWS
4 39 (2.47%) Power Platform
5 38 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (1.52%) GCP
7 18 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (0.82%) Amazon S3
9 10 (0.63%) OCI
9 10 (0.63%) PaaS
10 9 (0.57%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (0.57%) AWS Step Functions
10 9 (0.57%) Entra ID
10 9 (0.57%) Serverless
11 8 (0.51%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.44%) GitHub
13 6 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.33%) LAN
2 19 (1.20%) WAN
3 17 (1.07%) 5G
4 10 (0.63%) Network Security
5 8 (0.51%) 4G
5 8 (0.51%) Broadband
5 8 (0.51%) DNS
6 7 (0.44%) SAN
6 7 (0.44%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.32%) Firewall
9 4 (0.25%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
9 4 (0.25%) WLAN
10 2 (0.13%) DHCP
10 2 (0.13%) PPP
10 2 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.13%) Wireless
11 1 (0.063%) Extranet
11 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.09%) Relational Database
3 26 (1.64%) Power BI
4 25 (1.58%) RDBMS
5 20 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.95%) Tableau
7 12 (0.76%) Big Data
8 10 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.44%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.38%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.38%) MySQL
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.25%) GIS
13 3 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (1.83%) JIRA
2 10 (0.63%) Git
3 6 (0.38%) PHPUnit
4 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.063%) Ant
6 1 (0.063%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.063%) JUnit
6 1 (0.063%) Maven
6 1 (0.063%) Subversion
6 1 (0.063%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 587 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 527 (33.31%) Finance
3 317 (20.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 215 (13.59%) Law
5 174 (11.00%) Marketing
6 135 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
7 94 (5.94%) Retail
8 89 (5.63%) Banking
9 88 (5.56%) Legal
10 86 (5.44%) Presentation Skills
11 61 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
12 56 (3.54%) Public Sector
13 51 (3.22%) Manufacturing
14 48 (3.03%) Games
15 42 (2.65%) Investment Banking
16 41 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
17 36 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
18 29 (1.83%) Telecoms
19 28 (1.77%) Front Office
20 19 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.82%) .NET
2 10 (0.63%) React
3 9 (0.57%) .NET Core
3 9 (0.57%) .NET Framework
3 9 (0.57%) HTML
3 9 (0.57%) Unity DI Container
3 9 (0.57%) XML
4 7 (0.44%) CSS
5 6 (0.38%) Doctrine
5 6 (0.38%) HTML5
5 6 (0.38%) jQuery
5 6 (0.38%) Laravel
5 6 (0.38%) Symfony
5 6 (0.38%) Vue
6 5 (0.32%) LDAP
6 5 (0.32%) Middleware
7 4 (0.25%) Kafka
7 4 (0.25%) PySpark
7 4 (0.25%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (3.35%) PMI
3 50 (3.16%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 30 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 29 (1.83%) Blog
7 28 (1.77%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.77%) Social Media
8 27 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 27 (1.71%) Driving Licence
9 23 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.39%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.26%) Derivative
11 20 (1.26%) Life Science
11 20 (1.26%) Swaptions
12 17 (1.07%) NHS
13 15 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 15 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (0.76%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.14%) Windows
2 12 (0.76%) Linux
3 6 (0.38%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.063%) Android
5 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (34.07%) Project Management
2 412 (26.04%) Agile
3 336 (21.24%) Mentoring
4 293 (18.52%) Coaching
5 204 (12.90%) Project Delivery
6 197 (12.45%) Risk Management
7 196 (12.39%) Decision-Making
8 188 (11.88%) PRINCE2
9 183 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
10 168 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 158 (9.99%) Roadmaps
12 156 (9.86%) Service Delivery
13 137 (8.66%) Change Management
14 132 (8.34%) Analytics
15 130 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 120 (7.59%) Line Management
17 116 (7.33%) Programme Management
18 113 (7.14%) Performance Management
19 111 (7.02%) Contract Negotiation
20 107 (6.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 62 (3.92%) Java
2 53 (3.35%) SQL
3 41 (2.59%) Python
4 20 (1.26%) VB
5 15 (0.95%) R
6 12 (0.76%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.63%) C#
8 9 (0.57%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.38%) PHP
10 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.063%) C
11 1 (0.063%) Scala
11 1 (0.063%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.063%) XPath
Qualifications
1 259 (16.37%) Degree
2 133 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 84 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 79 (4.99%) PMI Certification
5 57 (3.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 36 (2.28%) APMP
7 31 (1.96%) PMP
8 26 (1.64%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 19 (1.20%) ACCA
11 18 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (0.82%) CISM
13 12 (0.76%) CISSP
13 12 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.70%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.63%) CSPO
15 10 (0.63%) MBA
16 9 (0.57%) RIBA
17 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.51%) SLA
2 53 (3.35%) QA
3 42 (2.65%) PMO
4 30 (1.90%) IFRS
5 29 (1.83%) GDPR
6 16 (1.01%) IFRS 9
7 14 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 11 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.57%) NIST
11 8 (0.51%) CDISC
11 8 (0.51%) COBIT
12 7 (0.44%) Good Clinical Practice
13 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.25%) GRC
15 3 (0.19%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
17 1 (0.063%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 15 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.70%) IAG
3 5 (0.32%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.13%) Docker
7 1 (0.063%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.32%) Rancher
2 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (0.19%) CASB
4 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.13%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.063%) Consul
5 1 (0.063%) Control-M
5 1 (0.063%) Core Impact
5 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.063%) Nmap
5 1 (0.063%) Terraform
Vendors
1 241 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 125 (7.90%) ServiceNow
3 95 (6.01%) Dell
4 45 (2.84%) Oracle
5 40 (2.53%) SAP
6 35 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.26%) OpenLink
7 20 (1.26%) Sybase
7 20 (1.26%) TIBCO
8 17 (1.07%) CA
9 13 (0.82%) Google
10 11 (0.70%) iManage
11 10 (0.63%) Apple
12 8 (0.51%) Cisco
12 8 (0.51%) Virgin Media
12 8 (0.51%) Workday
13 7 (0.44%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.38%) Adobe
14 6 (0.38%) Databricks
15 5 (0.32%) Automation Anywhere