Senior Manager Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Senior Manager
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Senior Manager salary in Bedfordshire is £55,407 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 29 50 46
Rank change year-on-year +21 -4 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 8 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.96% 0.91% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 1.11% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,064 - £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,407 - £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £67,000
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £68,621 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.56% +24.77% -9.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 356 271 394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.04% 82.12% 96.81%
Number of salaries quoted 228 134 308
10th Percentile £27,850 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,925 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +11.34% -11.82%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in Bedfordshire

Senior Manager
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
Leighton Buzzard - 4 - -
Bedford - 1 £65,000 - 2
Senior Manager
East of England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) PMP
1 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (50.00%) PMO
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
3 2 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (25.00%) Miro

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (25.00%) Miro
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Marketing
3 4 (50.00%) Retail
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
3 2 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) PMP
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) PMO
2 2 (25.00%) Accessibility