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 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 166 252
Rank change year-on-year -19 +86 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 64 160 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.91% 1.35% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 1.43% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 38 105 65
10th Percentile £51,672 £50,000 £48,273
25th Percentile £54,250 £55,000 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +2.63% +5.91%
75th Percentile £101,250 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £103,250 £79,030 £94,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% -

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 6,457 11,206 8,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.36% 89.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 8,325 4,631
10th Percentile £27,025 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -9 38 £91,250 +49.59% 50
East Midlands +13 25 £68,000 +8.80% 36
Senior Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 26 (40.63%) Project Management
2 24 (37.50%) Finance
3 20 (31.25%) Agile
3 20 (31.25%) Degree
4 15 (23.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (23.44%) Project Delivery
5 14 (21.88%) Azure
6 12 (18.75%) Mentoring
7 11 (17.19%) Programme Management
7 11 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.63%) SD-WAN
8 10 (15.63%) Tech for Good
8 10 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (15.63%) WAN
9 9 (14.06%) PRINCE2
9 9 (14.06%) Risk Management
9 9 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (12.50%) Social Skills
10 8 (12.50%) Coaching
11 7 (10.94%) MAPM
11 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (10.94%) Information Security
11 7 (10.94%) MRICS
12 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
12 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
12 6 (9.38%) CISSP
12 6 (9.38%) Waterfall
12 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.88%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.81%) SaaS
4 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.63%) SD-WAN
1 10 (15.63%) WAN
1 10 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 24 (37.50%) Finance
2 10 (15.63%) Tech for Good
3 9 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.81%) Retail
6 4 (6.25%) Billing
6 4 (6.25%) Games
7 3 (4.69%) Aviation
7 3 (4.69%) Banking
7 3 (4.69%) Marketing
7 3 (4.69%) Police
8 2 (3.13%) Law
8 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.56%) Automotive
9 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.13%) Blockchain
2 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.13%) Robotics
3 1 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.56%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.63%) Project Management
2 20 (31.25%) Agile
3 15 (23.44%) Project Delivery
3 15 (23.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (17.19%) Programme Management
6 9 (14.06%) PRINCE2
6 9 (14.06%) Risk Management
7 8 (12.50%) Coaching
8 7 (10.94%) Information Security
8 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (9.38%) Waterfall
10 5 (7.81%) CRM
10 5 (7.81%) Line Management
10 5 (7.81%) Migration
10 5 (7.81%) Resource Allocation
11 4 (6.25%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 4 (6.25%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 20 (31.25%) Degree
2 7 (10.94%) MAPM
2 7 (10.94%) MRICS
3 6 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (9.38%) CISSP
4 5 (7.81%) HND
5 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.69%) PMP
6 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) ITGC
3 1 (1.56%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Commvault
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle
3 1 (1.56%) SAP