Category Manager Jobs in England

Category Manager
UK > England

The median Category Manager salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 756 1094
Rank change year-on-year +30 +338 -260
Permanent jobs requiring a Category Manager 107 171 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.18% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.20% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 59 3 16
10th Percentile - £41,600 £48,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -12.28% +34.12%
75th Percentile £62,250 - £58,000
90th Percentile £73,750 - £76,375
UK median annual salary £47,949 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.10% -12.28% +34.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,510 84,770 126,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,250 53,679 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Category Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Category Manager in England

Category Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Category Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands - 27 £45,000 - 5
South East +35 26 £55,000 - 5
London +144 20 £72,500 - 12
North of England -98 17 £40,000 -20.00% 3
East Midlands - 16 £45,000 - 2
East of England - 12 £57,500 - 2
North West +17 11 £40,000 - 3
West Midlands - 11 £40,000 - 3
Yorkshire -60 6 £40,000 -
South West - 5 £40,000 - 3
Category Manager
UK

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Category 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 across the England region featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 34 (31.78%) Public Sector
2 31 (28.97%) Social Skills
3 30 (28.04%) Finance
4 22 (20.56%) Legal
5 20 (18.69%) Cost Reduction
5 20 (18.69%) Contract Management
6 18 (16.82%) Information Security
7 15 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (13.08%) Retail
9 13 (12.15%) Benchmarking
9 13 (12.15%) Change Management
9 13 (12.15%) Contract Negotiation
10 12 (11.21%) Logistics
10 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (11.21%) Indirect Procurement
11 11 (10.28%) Energy Management
11 11 (10.28%) Supplier Management
11 11 (10.28%) Facilities Management
11 11 (10.28%) Data Protection
11 11 (10.28%) ISO 14000
11 11 (10.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (10.28%) Supplier Relationship Management
11 11 (10.28%) Strategic Thinking
12 10 (9.35%) Marketing
13 9 (8.41%) SC Cleared
13 9 (8.41%) Security Cleared
13 9 (8.41%) Demand Management
13 9 (8.41%) Telecoms
13 9 (8.41%) Cost Optimisation
14 8 (7.48%) Risk Register

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (0.93%) AWS
1 1 (0.93%) Azure
1 1 (0.93%) GCP
General
1 34 (31.78%) Public Sector
2 31 (28.97%) Social Skills
3 30 (28.04%) Finance
4 22 (20.56%) Legal
5 14 (13.08%) Retail
6 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (10.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (9.35%) Marketing
9 9 (8.41%) Telecoms
10 6 (5.61%) Banking
11 5 (4.67%) Games
12 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.61%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.87%) FMCG
2 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.93%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.69%) Contract Management
1 20 (18.69%) Cost Reduction
2 18 (16.82%) Information Security
3 15 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (12.15%) Benchmarking
4 13 (12.15%) Change Management
4 13 (12.15%) Contract Negotiation
5 12 (11.21%) Indirect Procurement
5 12 (11.21%) Logistics
6 11 (10.28%) Data Protection
6 11 (10.28%) Energy Management
6 11 (10.28%) Facilities Management
6 11 (10.28%) Strategic Thinking
6 11 (10.28%) Supplier Management
6 11 (10.28%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 9 (8.41%) Cost Optimisation
7 9 (8.41%) Demand Management
8 8 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (7.48%) Risk Register
9 7 (6.54%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 9 (8.41%) SC Cleared
1 9 (8.41%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (0.93%) IBM
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.93%) Veeam
1 1 (0.93%) VMware