Category Manager Jobs in London

Category Manager
England > London

The median Category Manager salary in London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 625 850
Rank change year-on-year +145 +225 -267
Permanent jobs requiring a Category Manager 20 3 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.009% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.009% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile £50,550 - £55,500
25th Percentile £64,688 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £75,000
75th Percentile £73,750 - £95,000
90th Percentile £80,625 - £102,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.28% +34.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,274 32,686 65,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.09% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,684 24,117 34,486
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in London

Category Manager
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Category Manager in London.

Salary trend for Category Manager in London

Category Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Category Manager in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Category Manager in London

Category Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Category Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
South London - 2 £47,949 - 1
Category Manager
England

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Category 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 London region featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Benchmarking
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
2 6 (30.00%) Cost Reduction
3 5 (25.00%) Retail
3 5 (25.00%) Legal
4 4 (20.00%) ISO 14000
4 4 (20.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) Information Security
4 4 (20.00%) Facilities Management
4 4 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (20.00%) Indirect Procurement
4 4 (20.00%) Energy Management
4 4 (20.00%) Logistics
4 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
6 2 (10.00%) Spend Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Contract Management
6 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Games
6 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
7 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.00%) Cost Optimisation

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) GCP
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 5 (25.00%) Legal
3 5 (25.00%) Retail
4 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Games
6 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Benchmarking
1 6 (30.00%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (20.00%) Change Management
2 4 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (20.00%) Energy Management
2 4 (20.00%) Facilities Management
2 4 (20.00%) Indirect Procurement
2 4 (20.00%) Information Security
2 4 (20.00%) Logistics
3 3 (15.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Spend Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.00%) Data Management
5 1 (5.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.00%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO 14000