Senior Manager Jobs in Scotland

Senior Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Manager salary in Scotland is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 176 172
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 95 46 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.41% 0.98% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.08% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 39 36 35
10th Percentile £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £54,719 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,627 £72,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £98,831 £74,600
UK median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,505 4,245 5,505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.17% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,309 2,967
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,530 £28,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,550 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Glasgow -40 80 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Edinburgh +19 12 £77,392 +1.32% 8
West Lothian - 3 £70,000 -
Senior Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 across the Scotland region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 54 (56.84%) Finance
2 46 (48.42%) Law
3 45 (47.37%) Coaching
4 44 (46.32%) Mathematics
4 44 (46.32%) Computer Science
4 44 (46.32%) Software Engineering
4 44 (46.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (44.21%) Cloud Native
6 28 (29.47%) Project Management
7 27 (28.42%) Banking
8 26 (27.37%) Investment Banking
9 24 (25.26%) Marketing
10 23 (24.21%) Java
11 20 (21.05%) Social Skills
12 18 (18.95%) Observability
12 18 (18.95%) Agile
13 17 (17.89%) Business Case
14 12 (12.63%) Change Management
15 10 (10.53%) Risk Management
15 10 (10.53%) Programme Management
15 10 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
16 9 (9.47%) Decision-Making
17 8 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
17 8 (8.42%) Knowledge Management
17 8 (8.42%) PRINCE2
17 8 (8.42%) Agile Project Management
17 8 (8.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 8 (8.42%) SC Cleared
17 8 (8.42%) Security Cleared
18 7 (7.37%) Waterfall

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) SAP HCM
1 1 (1.05%) Unit4 Business World
1 1 (1.05%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.21%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.16%) GCP
2 3 (3.16%) SaaS
3 1 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.05%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) Big Data
2 1 (1.05%) DB2
2 1 (1.05%) Power BI
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 54 (56.84%) Finance
2 46 (48.42%) Law
3 44 (46.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (28.42%) Banking
5 26 (27.37%) Investment Banking
6 24 (25.26%) Marketing
7 20 (21.05%) Social Skills
8 6 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (3.16%) Electronics
11 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.05%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.05%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 42 (44.21%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.16%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.05%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.05%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Unix
1 1 (1.05%) Windows
1 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (47.37%) Coaching
2 44 (46.32%) Computer Science
2 44 (46.32%) Mathematics
2 44 (46.32%) Software Engineering
3 28 (29.47%) Project Management
4 18 (18.95%) Agile
4 18 (18.95%) Observability
5 17 (17.89%) Business Case
6 12 (12.63%) Change Management
7 10 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
7 10 (10.53%) Programme Management
7 10 (10.53%) Risk Management
8 9 (9.47%) Decision-Making
9 8 (8.42%) Agile Project Management
9 8 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (8.42%) Knowledge Management
9 8 (8.42%) PRINCE2
10 7 (7.37%) Analytics
10 7 (7.37%) Waterfall
11 6 (6.32%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.21%) Java
2 4 (4.21%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.05%) R
3 1 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 8 (8.42%) SC Cleared
1 8 (8.42%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.21%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.16%) Degree
3 3 (3.16%) PMP
4 1 (1.05%) CISA
4 1 (1.05%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.05%) Basel III
1 1 (1.05%) ITGC
1 1 (1.05%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (3.16%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.16%) Oracle
3 2 (2.11%) SAP
4 1 (1.05%) Google
4 1 (1.05%) Sage
4 1 (1.05%) Workday