Senior Manager Job Trends in the East Midlands

Senior Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Senior Manager salary in the East Midlands is £59,650 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 132 156
Rank change year-on-year +36 +24 -60
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 80 12 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.24% 0.52% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.55% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 38 8 3
10th Percentile - £62,850 £73,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £76,688 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,650 £82,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.70% -2.94% +41.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 -
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,500 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% +6.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 6,034 2,172 3,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 93.74% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,916 1,264 2,018
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the East Midlands

Senior Manager
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Leicestershire -9 33 £55,000 -31.25% 12
Nottinghamshire - 24 £56,875 - 25
Northamptonshire - 11 £60,000 - 6
Derbyshire -2 7 £42,500 -50.00% 7
Lincolnshire -11 5 £85,000 +47.83% 2
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 East Midlands region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 27 (33.75%) Analytics
2 22 (27.50%) Business Development
3 13 (16.25%) Roadmaps
4 12 (15.00%) Business Analytics
4 12 (15.00%) Customer Experience
4 12 (15.00%) HOOD
4 12 (15.00%) Product Strategy
4 12 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
5 10 (12.50%) Telematics
6 9 (11.25%) Data Analytics
7 6 (7.50%) AI
8 5 (6.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 5 (6.25%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (6.25%) QA
8 5 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (6.25%) Visualisation
9 4 (5.00%) Agile
9 4 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.00%) Data Engineering
9 4 (5.00%) Data Science
9 4 (5.00%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (5.00%) Power BI
9 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
10 3 (3.75%) Business Strategy
10 3 (3.75%) Business Transformation
10 3 (3.75%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (3.75%) Contract Negotiation
10 3 (3.75%) Data Protection
10 3 (3.75%) ERP

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 18 (22.50%) Finance
1 18 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.50%) Banking
3 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.00%) Retail
5 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.50%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Law
6 2 (2.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Life Science
2 4 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.25%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) Analytics
2 22 (27.50%) Business Development
3 13 (16.25%) Roadmaps
4 12 (15.00%) Business Analytics
4 12 (15.00%) Customer Experience
4 12 (15.00%) HOOD
4 12 (15.00%) Product Strategy
4 12 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
5 10 (12.50%) Telematics
6 9 (11.25%) Data Analytics
7 6 (7.50%) AI
8 5 (6.25%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 5 (6.25%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (6.25%) Visualisation
9 4 (5.00%) Agile
9 4 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.00%) Data Engineering
9 4 (5.00%) Data Science
9 4 (5.00%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.25%) Degree
1 1 (1.25%) HNC
1 1 (1.25%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) QA
2 2 (2.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.25%) Google
2 1 (1.25%) SAP
2 1 (1.25%) Screaming Frog