Innovation Manager Job Trends in the North of England

Innovation Manager
England > North of England

The median Innovation Manager salary in the North of England is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Innovation Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.011% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £50,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -52.94% +96.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 8,155 13,343 8,294
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.02% 94.98% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,367 7,875 6,338
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,192 £81,475
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Innovation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Innovation Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Innovation Manager in the North of England

Innovation Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Innovation Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Innovation Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Innovation Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovation Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Yorkshire - 1 £48,500 - 1
Innovation Manager
England

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Innovation 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 North of England region featuring Innovation Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research