Senior Manager Job Trends in Bedford

Senior Manager
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Senior Manager salary in Bedford is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 0.61% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £55,407 - £53,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.46%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 133 50 143
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.10% 92.59% 98.62%
Number of salaries quoted 108 36 125
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £22,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,788 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +45.21% -35.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £61,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -17.39%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Bedford

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Bedford.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Bedford

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Senior Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedford region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility