Senior Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Manager
England > Midlands

The median Senior Manager salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 190 179
Rank change year-on-year +99 -11 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 228 40 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.57% 0.69% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.76% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 172 29 70
10th Percentile £45,000 £57,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £60,000 £55,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +19.83% -0.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,028
90th Percentile £85,000 £105,250 £85,125
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £64,080
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.24% +2.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 13,633 5,278 10,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 91.16% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9,527 3,357 6,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the Midlands

Senior Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
West Midlands +74 148 £60,000 -17.24% 49
East Midlands +47 80 £59,650 -27.70% 16
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 August 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 45 (19.74%) Business Development
2 28 (12.28%) Agile
3 26 (11.40%) Analytics
4 25 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (9.21%) Roadmaps
6 20 (8.77%) Customer Experience
7 16 (7.02%) Business Analytics
7 16 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (7.02%) HOOD
7 16 (7.02%) Product Strategy
7 16 (7.02%) Thought Leadership
8 14 (6.14%) Coaching
9 13 (5.70%) QA
9 13 (5.70%) Service Management
10 12 (5.26%) Business Transformation
10 12 (5.26%) Telematics
11 11 (4.82%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.82%) Microsoft
11 11 (4.82%) Project Delivery
11 11 (4.82%) Service Delivery
11 11 (4.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (4.39%) AI
12 10 (4.39%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (4.39%) ITSM
13 9 (3.95%) Decision-Making
13 9 (3.95%) Waterfall
14 8 (3.51%) Business Strategy
14 8 (3.51%) ITIL
15 7 (3.07%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (3.07%) IT Strategy

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (1.75%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
3 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Appium
2 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 35 (15.35%) Finance
2 33 (14.47%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.77%) Banking
4 14 (6.14%) Manufacturing
5 13 (5.70%) Retail
6 11 (4.82%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.63%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.88%) Law
10 2 (0.88%) Legal
10 2 (0.88%) Marketing
11 1 (0.44%) Games
11 1 (0.44%) iGaming
11 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.46%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (1.32%) Life Science
3 3 (1.32%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.88%) CMDB
4 2 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (0.88%) IoT
4 2 (0.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.44%) FMCG
5 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
1 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (19.74%) Business Development
2 28 (12.28%) Agile
3 26 (11.40%) Analytics
4 25 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (9.21%) Roadmaps
6 20 (8.77%) Customer Experience
7 16 (7.02%) Business Analytics
7 16 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (7.02%) HOOD
7 16 (7.02%) Product Strategy
7 16 (7.02%) Thought Leadership
8 14 (6.14%) Coaching
9 13 (5.70%) Service Management
10 12 (5.26%) Business Transformation
10 12 (5.26%) Telematics
11 11 (4.82%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.82%) Project Delivery
11 11 (4.82%) Service Delivery
11 11 (4.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (4.39%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (3.07%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (1.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.32%) Degree
4 2 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (0.88%) CCSP
4 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (0.88%) CISM
4 2 (0.88%) CISSP
4 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.88%) CRISC
4 2 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.44%) CIPD
5 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.44%) HNC
5 1 (0.44%) HND
5 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.70%) QA
2 2 (0.88%) ITGC
2 2 (0.88%) NCSC
2 2 (0.88%) NIST
2 2 (0.88%) PMO
2 2 (0.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (4.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.88%) Google
2 2 (0.88%) Planon
2 2 (0.88%) Salesforce
2 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.44%) SAP
3 1 (0.44%) Screaming Frog