Bid Manager
UK

The median Bid Manager salary in the UK is £51,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 846 980 1168
Rank change year-on-year +134 +188 -289
Permanent jobs requiring a Bid Manager 65 19 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.018% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.020% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 21
10th Percentile £26,750 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £43,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £76,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +22.22%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Bid Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bid Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +130 56 £49,500 -10.00% 54
UK excluding London +29 52 £45,000 -18.18% 46
Work from Home +85 20 £29,250 -51.25% 28
North of England +48 15 - - 11
North West +24 14 - - 6
South West - 11 £28,500 - 14
Midlands +22 10 £55,000 - 7
London +128 9 £65,000 -7.14% 5
South East +19 6 £62,500 -3.85% 10
East of England +24 5 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands +19 5 £55,000 +12.82% 5
East Midlands -10 5 £30,000 -45.45% 2
Scotland -63 2 - - 3
Wales - 2 - -
Yorkshire +90 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Bid 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 Bid Manager in the job title.

1 35 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 21 (32.31%) Degree
3 20 (30.77%) APMP
3 20 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (29.23%) Social Skills
4 19 (29.23%) Project Management
5 17 (26.15%) Management Information System
5 17 (26.15%) Time Management
6 13 (20.00%) Information Management
6 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (20.00%) People Management
6 13 (20.00%) Presales
6 13 (20.00%) CRM
7 9 (13.85%) Marketing
7 9 (13.85%) Finance
8 8 (12.31%) Service Delivery
8 8 (12.31%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (12.31%) Budget Control
9 7 (10.77%) Business Development
9 7 (10.77%) Legal
9 7 (10.77%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (9.23%) Value Proposition
11 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
11 5 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (7.69%) SD-WAN
11 5 (7.69%) Wireless
11 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
11 5 (7.69%) WAN
11 5 (7.69%) Cisco
11 5 (7.69%) Microsoft

Bid 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 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.62%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.54%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 5 (7.69%) WAN
1 5 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 35 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 20 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (29.23%) Social Skills
4 9 (13.85%) Finance
4 9 (13.85%) Marketing
5 7 (10.77%) Legal
6 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Local Government
8 1 (1.54%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.54%) CCTV
3 1 (1.54%) iPhone
3 1 (1.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) Project Management
2 17 (26.15%) Time Management
3 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (20.00%) CRM
3 13 (20.00%) Information Management
3 13 (20.00%) People Management
3 13 (20.00%) Presales
4 8 (12.31%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (12.31%) Budget Control
4 8 (12.31%) Service Delivery
5 7 (10.77%) Business Development
5 7 (10.77%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (9.23%) Value Proposition
7 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 4 (6.15%) Document Management
8 4 (6.15%) Technology Transformation
9 3 (4.62%) Programme Delivery
9 3 (4.62%) Programme Management
9 3 (4.62%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.62%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 21 (32.31%) Degree
2 20 (30.77%) APMP
3 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.08%) PMP
5 1 (1.54%) MRICS
5 1 (1.54%) RIBA
5 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (7.69%) Cisco
1 5 (7.69%) Juniper
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 5 (7.69%) Ruckus Wireless
2 3 (4.62%) Siemens
3 1 (1.54%) Adobe