Senior Manager Jobs in Bristol

Senior Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Manager salary in Bristol is £69,018 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 103 136
Rank change year-on-year +14 +33 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 18 57 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.45% 1.84% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.89% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8 40 22
10th Percentile £42,125 £44,250 £60,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,958 £69,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,018 £57,500 £85,142
Median % change year-on-year +20.03% -32.47% +41.90%
75th Percentile £76,438 £97,500 £103,911
90th Percentile £89,600 - £106,275
South West median annual salary £58,393 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +6.17% -9.69% +1.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,178 3,012 2,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 97.13% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 796 2,262 1,509
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,933 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.54% +8.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Bristol

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in Bristol

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Project Management
2 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 5 (27.78%) SDLC
4 5 (27.78%) Driving Licence
4 5 (27.78%) QA
4 5 (27.78%) Product Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Business Development
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) Retail
5 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
6 3 (16.67%) Balanced Scorecard
6 3 (16.67%) Information Security
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (16.67%) CISSP
6 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (16.67%) Banking
6 3 (16.67%) Degree
6 3 (16.67%) Scorecard
7 2 (11.11%) A/B Testing
7 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
7 2 (11.11%) GDPR

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.11%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Back Office
4 1 (5.56%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Driving Licence
2 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Educational Technology
4 1 (5.56%) PMI
4 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Project Management
2 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 5 (27.78%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (27.78%) Product Strategy
3 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
3 5 (27.78%) SDLC
4 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Business Development
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Balanced Scorecard
5 3 (16.67%) Information Security
5 3 (16.67%) Scorecard
6 2 (11.11%) A/B Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Content Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) People Management
6 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (16.67%) CISSP
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) AAT
2 1 (5.56%) ACCA
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) SAP