Senior Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Senior Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Manager salary in Cardiff is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 63 51
Rank change year-on-year +42 -12 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 9 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.00% 0.80% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.03% 0.85% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - - £50,049
25th Percentile - £35,500 £50,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -29.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £40,500 £60,800
90th Percentile - £53,520 £61,059
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.21% -29.09% -0.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 179 704 499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.44% 94.24% 91.39%
Number of salaries quoted 122 607 386
10th Percentile £23,614 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,101 £40,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,037 £50,000 £52,746
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.21% +0.47%
75th Percentile £63,438 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £46,154 £45,569 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.28% -4.07% -5.00%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Cardiff

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Cardiff region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
3 7 (77.78%) Balanced Scorecard
3 7 (77.78%) Risk Management
3 7 (77.78%) Driving Licence
3 7 (77.78%) Scorecard
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (11.11%) Twitter
5 1 (11.11%) Line Management
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
5 1 (11.11%) Business Development
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Social Media
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (11.11%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Salesforce

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

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 7 (77.78%) Balanced Scorecard
2 7 (77.78%) Risk Management
2 7 (77.78%) Scorecard
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
4 1 (11.11%) Business Development
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Coaching
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Instagram
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
1 1 (11.11%) Twitter