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 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 100 152
Rank change year-on-year -9 +52 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 366 523 371
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.67% 3.30% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 3.55% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 193 183 188
10th Percentile £49,200 £60,000 £54,588
25th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £118,125 £100,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +7.41% -10.00%

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 12,433 14,742 16,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.00% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 8,650 13,551
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 +45 80 £67,500 -32.50% 47
East London -9 6 £49,200 -24.31% 2
South London +32 4 £80,000 +39.13%
West London - 1 - - 7
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 86 (23.50%) Agile
2 78 (21.31%) Project Management
3 68 (18.58%) Coaching
4 64 (17.49%) Analytics
5 63 (17.21%) Business Development
6 56 (15.30%) Roadmaps
7 54 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (14.48%) Business Strategy
9 51 (13.93%) Risk Management
10 45 (12.30%) Degree
10 45 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 43 (11.75%) AI
12 42 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (11.20%) ACCA
14 40 (10.93%) Decision-Making
15 37 (10.11%) Project Delivery
16 36 (9.84%) Budgeting
17 33 (9.02%) B2B
18 32 (8.74%) Mentoring
19 31 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (7.92%) Quality Management
21 28 (7.65%) Creative Thinking
22 27 (7.38%) Data Analytics
23 26 (7.10%) Change Management
23 26 (7.10%) Scrum
23 26 (7.10%) Strategic Thinking
24 25 (6.83%) Budget Management
24 25 (6.83%) Budgeting and Forecasting
24 25 (6.83%) Microsoft
25 24 (6.56%) Cybersecurity

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 5 (1.37%) Confluence
2 3 (0.82%) SAS
3 2 (0.55%) CMS
3 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Drupal
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 14 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.82%) Sketch
4 3 (0.82%) Stata
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Maya
6 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.55%) Shopify
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.27%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.01%) AWS
2 19 (5.19%) Azure
2 19 (5.19%) SaaS
3 11 (3.01%) Figma
4 7 (1.91%) GCP
5 6 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (1.64%) Serverless
6 5 (1.37%) Amazon S3
6 5 (1.37%) CloudFront
6 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.09%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (1.09%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.82%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.55%) Miro
9 2 (0.55%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.55%) Slack
10 1 (0.27%) GitHub
10 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (3.01%) LAN
3 10 (2.73%) WAN
3 10 (2.73%) WebEx
4 5 (1.37%) Broadband
5 2 (0.55%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.27%) 5G
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.27%) Metadata
4 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (2.73%) JIRA
2 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.37%) Cypress.io
2 5 (1.37%) Git
2 5 (1.37%) Vite
General
1 162 (44.26%) Finance
2 126 (34.43%) Social Skills
3 64 (17.49%) Marketing
4 53 (14.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (14.48%) Law
5 50 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (10.66%) Legal
6 39 (10.66%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (8.74%) Banking
8 30 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (7.38%) Retail
10 18 (4.92%) Telecoms
11 17 (4.64%) Advertising
11 17 (4.64%) Public Sector
12 12 (3.28%) Automotive
13 10 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.37%) Games
14 5 (1.37%) International Banking
15 3 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.82%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.91%) REST
2 6 (1.64%) GraphQL
2 6 (1.64%) React
3 5 (1.37%) Jest
3 5 (1.37%) Next.js
3 5 (1.37%) Spring
3 5 (1.37%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.82%) Android Jetpack
4 3 (0.82%) gRPC
4 3 (0.82%) Jetpack Compose
4 3 (0.82%) WebSockets
5 2 (0.55%) .NET
5 2 (0.55%) EDI
5 2 (0.55%) Middleware
5 2 (0.55%) XML
6 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.27%) Node.js
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.92%) Onboarding
1 18 (4.92%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.55%) Social Media
4 11 (3.01%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.73%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.73%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.91%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.64%) CMDB
7 6 (1.64%) Derivative
7 6 (1.64%) Reinsurance
7 6 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 5 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.37%) FMCG
9 4 (1.09%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.09%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.82%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.73%) Windows
2 4 (1.09%) Android
2 4 (1.09%) Unix
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (23.50%) Agile
2 78 (21.31%) Project Management
3 68 (18.58%) Coaching
4 64 (17.49%) Analytics
5 63 (17.21%) Business Development
6 56 (15.30%) Roadmaps
7 54 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (14.48%) Business Strategy
9 51 (13.93%) Risk Management
10 45 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 43 (11.75%) AI
12 42 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (10.93%) Decision-Making
14 37 (10.11%) Project Delivery
15 36 (9.84%) Budgeting
16 33 (9.02%) B2B
17 32 (8.74%) Mentoring
18 31 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
19 29 (7.92%) Quality Management
20 28 (7.65%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.55%) JavaScript
2 8 (2.19%) Java
2 8 (2.19%) SQL
3 7 (1.91%) Python
4 6 (1.64%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.09%) C#
6 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
6 3 (0.82%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.82%) R
6 3 (0.82%) VBA
7 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (12.30%) Degree
2 41 (11.20%) ACCA
3 22 (6.01%) CIMA
4 15 (4.10%) CISM
4 15 (4.10%) CISSP
4 15 (4.10%) Master's Degree
5 13 (3.55%) CISA
6 12 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.46%) PMP
8 8 (2.19%) MBA
8 8 (2.19%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.19%) Security Cleared
9 7 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.91%) CRISC
10 6 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.64%) SC Cleared
11 5 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.10%) QA
2 14 (3.83%) IFRS
3 12 (3.28%) GDPR
4 11 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.73%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.64%) GRC
7 6 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) GxP
8 2 (0.55%) NIST
8 2 (0.55%) PERC
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (1.37%) Docker
2 4 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (6.83%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.83%) SAP
3 12 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.46%) Cisco
4 9 (2.46%) Meraki
4 9 (2.46%) Ruckus Wireless
5 8 (2.19%) Oracle
6 7 (1.91%) Adobe
6 7 (1.91%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.37%) Workday
8 4 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.09%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.09%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.82%) Google
9 3 (0.82%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.55%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.55%) NEC
10 2 (0.55%) YouTube
11 1 (0.27%) Revolut