Senior Manager Job Trends in London

Senior Manager
England > London

The median Senior Manager salary in London is £78,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 113 120
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 452 418 542
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.66% 3.07% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 3.37% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 241 155 280
10th Percentile £45,000 £63,265 £47,425
25th Percentile £63,750 £81,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £90,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +16.13% -8.82%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £123,750 £116,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £64,080
% change year-on-year -16.13% +20.94% -14.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 15,563 12,392 20,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 90.94% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 10,397 7,645 16,360
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in London

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in London

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in London over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in London

Senior 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 Senior Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. 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
Central London +40 84 £67,500 -42.55% 31
West London -10 8 £45,000 - 7
East London - 5 £58,600 - 5
South London +27 3 £78,750 -1.56% 2
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Senior Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 91 (20.13%) Agile
2 83 (18.36%) Coaching
3 76 (16.81%) Analytics
4 67 (14.82%) Business Development
5 66 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 62 (13.72%) Roadmaps
7 55 (12.17%) Decision-Making
8 52 (11.50%) AI
8 52 (11.50%) Risk Management
9 49 (10.84%) Business Strategy
9 49 (10.84%) Project Management
10 46 (10.18%) ACCA
10 46 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (9.07%) Azure
12 40 (8.85%) Mentoring
13 38 (8.41%) Project Delivery
14 37 (8.19%) AWS
14 37 (8.19%) Degree
15 36 (7.96%) B2B
16 35 (7.74%) Budgeting
16 35 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (7.74%) SaaS
17 34 (7.52%) Budgeting and Forecasting
17 34 (7.52%) Microsoft
18 30 (6.64%) Data Analytics
18 30 (6.64%) Security Cleared
19 29 (6.42%) Creative Thinking
19 29 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
20 28 (6.19%) Product Management
20 28 (6.19%) Quality Management

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.88%) Confluence
2 2 (0.44%) CMS
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.22%) Drupal
3 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.88%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.66%) Sketch
4 1 (0.22%) Maya
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.22%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (9.07%) Azure
2 37 (8.19%) AWS
3 35 (7.74%) SaaS
4 17 (3.76%) GCP
5 9 (1.99%) Figma
6 8 (1.77%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (0.66%) Asana
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.44%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.22%) Collibra
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.22%) Serverless
10 1 (0.22%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.54%) LAN
2 15 (3.32%) WAN
2 15 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.10%) WebEx
4 8 (1.77%) Broadband
5 6 (1.33%) Network Security
6 5 (1.11%) Firewall
6 5 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.88%) DHCP
7 4 (0.88%) DNS
8 3 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.22%) 5G
9 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.22%) VPN
9 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.66%) Tableau
4 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.22%) Metadata
4 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (2.21%) JIRA
2 4 (0.88%) Git
2 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 176 (38.94%) Finance
2 119 (26.33%) Social Skills
3 82 (18.14%) Marketing
4 59 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (12.39%) Legal
6 51 (11.28%) Law
7 40 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (7.74%) Advertising
9 33 (7.30%) Public Sector
10 31 (6.86%) Banking
10 31 (6.86%) Retail
11 28 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (3.98%) Automotive
15 14 (3.10%) Publishing
16 9 (1.99%) Games
17 8 (1.77%) Multimedia
17 8 (1.77%) Telecoms
18 5 (1.11%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.88%) OAuth
1 4 (0.88%) OpenID
1 4 (0.88%) SAML
2 3 (0.66%) Android Jetpack
2 3 (0.66%) gRPC
2 3 (0.66%) Jetpack Compose
2 3 (0.66%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.44%) EDI
3 2 (0.44%) Middleware
3 2 (0.44%) XML
4 1 (0.22%) .NET
4 1 (0.22%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.22%) LangChain
4 1 (0.22%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.22%) Node.js
4 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.22%) REST
4 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.53%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.65%) Social Media
3 19 (4.20%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.99%) FMCG
6 9 (1.99%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.77%) Blog
7 8 (1.77%) Marketing Technology
8 7 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.55%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.55%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.11%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.11%) Over-the-Top Content
10 4 (0.88%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.66%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.66%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.10%) Windows
2 5 (1.11%) Android
3 4 (0.88%) Linux
3 4 (0.88%) Unix
4 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (20.13%) Agile
2 83 (18.36%) Coaching
3 76 (16.81%) Analytics
4 67 (14.82%) Business Development
5 66 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 62 (13.72%) Roadmaps
7 55 (12.17%) Decision-Making
8 52 (11.50%) AI
8 52 (11.50%) Risk Management
9 49 (10.84%) Business Strategy
9 49 (10.84%) Project Management
10 46 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (8.85%) Mentoring
12 38 (8.41%) Project Delivery
13 36 (7.96%) B2B
14 35 (7.74%) Budgeting
14 35 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
15 34 (7.52%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 30 (6.64%) Data Analytics
17 29 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.43%) SQL
2 7 (1.55%) Python
3 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
4 2 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.22%) C#
5 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (10.18%) ACCA
2 37 (8.19%) Degree
3 30 (6.64%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.75%) CIMA
5 24 (5.31%) CISSP
6 20 (4.42%) CISM
7 18 (3.98%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.54%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.10%) CISA
10 13 (2.88%) CRISC
11 10 (2.21%) PMP
12 9 (1.99%) PMI Certification
13 6 (1.33%) GIAC
14 5 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.11%) GSEC
14 5 (1.11%) ISACA
15 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (3.10%) IFRS
3 13 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.65%) NIST
5 11 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.43%) GDPR
6 8 (1.77%) QA
7 7 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 5 (1.11%) JSP 440
8 5 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.88%) GRC
10 3 (0.66%) ITGC
10 3 (0.66%) PMO
11 2 (0.44%) PERC
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 8 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.11%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.10%) Cisco
3 13 (2.88%) Google
3 13 (2.88%) Meraki
3 13 (2.88%) Ruckus Wireless
4 8 (1.77%) Adobe
4 8 (1.77%) Oracle
4 8 (1.77%) SAP
5 7 (1.55%) Palo Alto
5 7 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (1.11%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.11%) Workday
7 4 (0.88%) ForgeRock
7 4 (0.88%) Fortinet
7 4 (0.88%) Okta
8 3 (0.66%) Dell
8 3 (0.66%) NEC
8 3 (0.66%) Qualtrics
9 2 (0.44%) YouTube