Senior Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Manager
England > Midlands

The median Senior Manager salary in the Midlands is £60,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 137 167
Rank change year-on-year -18 +30 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 58 145 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.03% 1.64% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.75% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 34 57 50
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,600 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,797 £55,400 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% +8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £84,688 £80,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £93,500 £105,000 £85,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% -13.33%

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 5,199 8,295 4,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.86% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,437 4,188 3,808
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,999 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 9 November 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 9 November 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 -13 44 £60,000 -7.69% 24
East Midlands -5 14 £85,000 +54.55% 21
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 November 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 14 (24.14%) Project Management
2 11 (18.97%) Analytics
3 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
4 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.07%) Agile
5 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.07%) PRINCE2
6 6 (10.34%) Change Management
6 6 (10.34%) Degree
6 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (8.62%) Budget Management
7 5 (8.62%) Contract Management
7 5 (8.62%) JIRA
7 5 (8.62%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.90%) Azure
8 4 (6.90%) Business Development
8 4 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (6.90%) Logistics
8 4 (6.90%) PMI Certification
8 4 (6.90%) PMO
8 4 (6.90%) PMP
8 4 (6.90%) QA
8 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
8 4 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (5.17%) Econometrics
9 3 (5.17%) Line Management
9 3 (5.17%) Migration

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 2 (3.45%) WordPress
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Trello
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP CO
1 2 (3.45%) SAP FI
1 2 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (3.45%) Shopify
2 1 (1.72%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.72%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.72%) AWS
3 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Power BI
1 2 (3.45%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 12 (20.69%) Finance
2 8 (13.79%) Marketing
2 8 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Automotive
4 4 (6.90%) Law
4 4 (6.90%) Legal
5 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.45%) Banking
6 2 (3.45%) Games
6 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.72%) Police
7 1 (1.72%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (1.72%) Credit Risk
1 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
1 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
1 1 (1.72%) Housing Association
1 1 (1.72%) IoT
1 1 (1.72%) Life Science
1 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
1 1 (1.72%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Project Management
2 11 (18.97%) Analytics
3 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
4 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.07%) Agile
5 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.07%) PRINCE2
6 6 (10.34%) Change Management
7 5 (8.62%) Budget Management
7 5 (8.62%) Contract Management
7 5 (8.62%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (6.90%) Business Development
8 4 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (6.90%) Logistics
8 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (5.17%) Econometrics
9 3 (5.17%) Migration
9 3 (5.17%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) SQL
2 1 (1.72%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.90%) PMP
2 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) PMO
1 4 (6.90%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) GDPR
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) SAP
3 2 (3.45%) Screaming Frog
4 1 (1.72%) Databricks
4 1 (1.72%) Facebook
4 1 (1.72%) IBM
4 1 (1.72%) Instagram
4 1 (1.72%) Planon
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.72%) TikTok
4 1 (1.72%) YouTube