Senior Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Manager salary in Edinburgh is £103,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 96 119
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 8 15 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.91% 0.99% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.03% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 18
10th Percentile £70,248 £51,136 £47,750
25th Percentile £83,745 £56,550 £60,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £103,500 £73,750 £76,383
Median % change year-on-year +40.34% -3.45% +5.36%
75th Percentile £115,000 £88,116 £80,627
90th Percentile - £92,164 £104,238
Scotland median annual salary £95,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +35.71% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,451 1,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 96.16% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 336 1,026 1,083
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,366
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,563 £71,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Edinburgh

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in Edinburgh

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Edinburgh region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) People Management
3 4 (50.00%) Use Case
3 4 (50.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Tableau
3 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (50.00%) Power BI
3 4 (50.00%) Data Science
4 3 (37.50%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Charles River
5 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (25.00%) Business Development
5 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
5 2 (25.00%) Aladdin
6 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) IT Audit
6 1 (12.50%) JIRA
6 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
6 1 (12.50%) Confluence
6 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
1 4 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Data Science
2 4 (50.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) People Management
2 4 (50.00%) Use Case
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Development
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) IT Audit
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Charles River