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 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 191 173
Rank change year-on-year +98 -18 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 227 41 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.57% 0.71% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.77% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 170 30 72
10th Percentile £45,000 £58,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,313 £60,625 £55,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +18.85% +0.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £76,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £105,125 £85,000
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 13,588 5,296 10,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 91.20% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,486 3,386 6,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -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 16 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 16 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 +67 149 £60,000 -17.24% 56
East Midlands +43 78 £59,650 -25.44% 15
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 47 (20.70%) Business Development
2 29 (12.78%) Agile
3 28 (12.33%) Analytics
4 23 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (9.25%) Roadmaps
6 20 (8.81%) Customer Experience
7 17 (7.49%) Coaching
8 16 (7.05%) Business Analytics
8 16 (7.05%) HOOD
8 16 (7.05%) Product Strategy
8 16 (7.05%) Thought Leadership
9 15 (6.61%) Business Transformation
10 14 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.17%) Mentoring
11 13 (5.73%) QA
12 12 (5.29%) Telematics
13 11 (4.85%) Business Strategy
13 11 (4.85%) Project Delivery
13 11 (4.85%) Service Management
14 9 (3.96%) Microsoft
14 9 (3.96%) Service Delivery
14 9 (3.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 9 (3.96%) Waterfall
15 8 (3.52%) AI
15 8 (3.52%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (3.52%) Data Analytics
15 8 (3.52%) ERP
15 8 (3.52%) ITSM
16 7 (3.08%) Business Intelligence
16 7 (3.08%) Creative Thinking

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
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.76%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (0.88%) SaaS
3 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
3 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Appium
1 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
1 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 38 (16.74%) Finance
2 34 (14.98%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.81%) Banking
4 14 (6.17%) Manufacturing
5 13 (5.73%) Retail
6 9 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.96%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.20%) Social Housing
8 4 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Law
9 2 (0.88%) Legal
9 2 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.44%) Games
10 1 (0.44%) iGaming
10 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.93%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (0.88%) Life Science
3 2 (0.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.44%) FMCG
4 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.44%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
1 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (20.70%) Business Development
2 29 (12.78%) Agile
3 28 (12.33%) Analytics
4 23 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (9.25%) Roadmaps
6 20 (8.81%) Customer Experience
7 17 (7.49%) Coaching
8 16 (7.05%) Business Analytics
8 16 (7.05%) HOOD
8 16 (7.05%) Product Strategy
8 16 (7.05%) Thought Leadership
9 15 (6.61%) Business Transformation
10 14 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.17%) Mentoring
11 12 (5.29%) Telematics
12 11 (4.85%) Business Strategy
12 11 (4.85%) Project Delivery
12 11 (4.85%) Service Management
13 9 (3.96%) Service Delivery
13 9 (3.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (2.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (0.88%) CCSP
3 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (0.88%) CISM
3 2 (0.88%) CISSP
3 2 (0.88%) CRISC
3 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.44%) CIPD
4 1 (0.44%) Degree
4 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.44%) HNC
4 1 (0.44%) HND
4 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.73%) QA
2 5 (2.20%) ITGC
3 2 (0.88%) NIST
3 2 (0.88%) PMO
3 2 (0.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (3.96%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.88%) Google
3 1 (0.44%) SAP
3 1 (0.44%) Screaming Frog