Innovation Manager Job Trends in Leeds

Innovation Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Innovation Manager salary in Leeds is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Innovation Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £50,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £48,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 878 1,645 1,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.92% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 594 1,088 1,197
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,588 £31,209
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £88,200
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Innovation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovation Manager in Leeds

Innovation Manager
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Innovation Manager job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Innovation Manager job vacancies in Leeds

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Innovation 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 Leeds region featuring Innovation Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research