Senior Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Manager salary in Edinburgh is £87,283 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 84 116
Rank change year-on-year +9 +32 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 10 21 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.15% 1.34% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.39% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 15
10th Percentile £51,223 £53,331 £45,500
25th Percentile £59,144 £62,813 £56,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,283 £80,000 £76,383
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% +4.74% +5.36%
75th Percentile £112,625 - £92,269
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,822 £104,564
Scotland median annual salary £84,892 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.19% +15.38% -3.11%

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 758 1,514 1,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.33% 96.25% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 327 1,067 1,021
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £83,738 £71,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,584 £90,822 £87,419
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% -

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Analytics
3 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (50.00%) Banking
4 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (40.00%) Power BI
4 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) Use Case
4 4 (40.00%) Dimensional Modelling
4 4 (40.00%) Tableau
4 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (40.00%) People Management
4 4 (40.00%) Data Science
5 2 (20.00%) Charles River
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Business Development
5 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (20.00%) Aladdin
5 2 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC

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 (10.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Analytics
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) Data Science
3 4 (40.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) People Management
3 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) Use Case
4 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Development
4 2 (20.00%) Coaching
4 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Charles River