Senior Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Manager salary in Edinburgh is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 61 109
Rank change year-on-year +7 +48 +18
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 20 35 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.56% 2.42% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 2.55% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 11
10th Percentile £48,408 £51,263 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +31.58% -13.14%
75th Percentile £79,157 £84,375 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,164 £94,164 £100,000
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -10.00% +23.36% -9.37%

All DemandTrendPermanent 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 667 1,375 1,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.51% 95.02% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 311 847 876
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% +3.52%
75th Percentile £74,504 £73,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 August 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 27 August 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 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 13 (65.00%) Project Management
2 13 (65.00%) Project Delivery
3 11 (55.00%) Budget Management
4 10 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 10 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
4 10 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 7 (35.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Tableau
6 4 (20.00%) People Management
6 4 (20.00%) Banking
6 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Use Case
6 4 (20.00%) Dimensional Modelling
6 4 (20.00%) Power BI
6 4 (20.00%) Data Science
6 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
7 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 2 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
8 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (10.00%) Technology Transformation
8 2 (10.00%) Aladdin
8 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
8 2 (10.00%) Business Development
8 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
8 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.00%) Coaching
8 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

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 (5.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
1 4 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Project Delivery
1 13 (65.00%) Project Management
2 11 (55.00%) Budget Management
3 10 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 10 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
3 10 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 7 (35.00%) Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Data Science
5 4 (20.00%) Dimensional Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) People Management
5 4 (20.00%) Use Case
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.00%) Agile
7 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
7 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
7 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
7 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (10.00%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Charles River