Senior Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Senior Manager
England > Midlands

The median Senior Manager salary in the Midlands is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 167 214
Rank change year-on-year -33 +47 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 59 177 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.87% 1.27% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.35% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 31 115 70
10th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £47,450
25th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +2.80% +5.74%
75th Percentile £97,500 £72,500 £77,188
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £92,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £67,514
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.43% -3.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,266 13,150 7,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.29% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 9,190 4,511
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,256 £34,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the Midlands

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior Manager 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 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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
West Midlands -17 30 £72,500 +18.85% 138
East Midlands +17 28 £80,000 +28.00% 75
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, Senior 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 25 (42.37%) Project Management
2 23 (38.98%) Finance
3 20 (33.90%) Mentoring
4 18 (30.51%) Degree
5 16 (27.12%) Management Information System
5 16 (27.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (25.42%) Information Security
7 14 (23.73%) Agile
7 14 (23.73%) CISSP
8 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
9 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
10 8 (13.56%) Azure
10 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (11.86%) Coaching
11 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (10.17%) Risk Management
12 6 (10.17%) PRINCE2
12 6 (10.17%) Games
12 6 (10.17%) Migration
13 5 (8.47%) Programme Management
13 5 (8.47%) Change Management
13 5 (8.47%) SaaS
13 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 5 (8.47%) Waterfall
13 5 (8.47%) Data Privacy
13 5 (8.47%) Analytics
13 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
13 5 (8.47%) PMO
13 5 (8.47%) Roadmaps
14 4 (6.78%) Tech for Good

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.39%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.39%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.39%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.56%) Azure
2 5 (8.47%) SaaS
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
1 4 (6.78%) WAN
1 4 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.39%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
General
1 23 (38.98%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Games
4 4 (6.78%) Billing
4 4 (6.78%) Tech for Good
5 3 (5.08%) Law
6 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Banking
6 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.39%) Marketing
6 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.39%) Retail
6 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.69%) Automotive
7 1 (1.69%) Local Government
7 1 (1.69%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.12%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.39%) Blockchain
2 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.39%) Robotics
2 2 (3.39%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.69%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.69%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Project Management
2 20 (33.90%) Mentoring
3 15 (25.42%) Information Security
4 14 (23.73%) Agile
5 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
6 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (11.86%) Coaching
7 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.17%) Migration
8 6 (10.17%) PRINCE2
8 6 (10.17%) Risk Management
9 5 (8.47%) Analytics
9 5 (8.47%) Change Management
9 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.47%) Data Privacy
9 5 (8.47%) Programme Management
9 5 (8.47%) Roadmaps
9 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (8.47%) Waterfall
10 4 (6.78%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 18 (30.51%) Degree
2 16 (27.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (23.73%) CISSP
4 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.39%) HND
5 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.39%) PMP
6 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) ITGC
2 2 (3.39%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) Commvault
1 4 (6.78%) SAP
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle