Senior Manager Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Manager salary in Scotland is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 77 137
Rank change year-on-year +46 +60 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 141 77 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.22% 3.08% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.48% 3.67% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 30 24 57
10th Percentile £39,750 £60,000 £54,719
25th Percentile £40,000 £62,188 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £71,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.09% -5.00% +23.15%
75th Percentile £60,000 £87,393 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,925 £93,993
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 3,144 2,100 5,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 83.97% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,741 925 2,615
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,929 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,625
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +3.70% -7.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Glasgow +17 50 £60,000 -17.24% 4
Edinburgh +39 47 £40,000 -38.46% 12
North Lanarkshire 0 8 - -
Highlands - 7 £35,000 -
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
Aberdeenshire - 5 - -
South Lanarkshire - 4 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 2 - - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Stirling - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 1 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 - -
Senior Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 41 (29.08%) Agile
2 39 (27.66%) Budget Management
3 37 (26.24%) Coaching
4 35 (24.82%) Project Delivery
5 33 (23.40%) PRINCE2
5 33 (23.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 33 (23.40%) Project Management
6 32 (22.70%) Conflict Management
6 32 (22.70%) Customer Experience
6 32 (22.70%) Degree
6 32 (22.70%) Impact Analysis
6 32 (22.70%) Microsoft Office
6 32 (22.70%) Microsoft Project
6 32 (22.70%) Operations Management
6 32 (22.70%) Programme Governance
7 29 (20.57%) Business Development
8 13 (9.22%) AI
8 13 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (5.67%) Information Security
11 7 (4.96%) Mentoring
12 6 (4.26%) Commercial Awareness
12 6 (4.26%) NIST
12 6 (4.26%) SaaS
12 6 (4.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (3.55%) Capacity Planning
13 5 (3.55%) CISM
13 5 (3.55%) CISSP
13 5 (3.55%) CRISC
13 5 (3.55%) Data Transformation

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (22.70%) Microsoft Office
1 32 (22.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.26%) SaaS
2 1 (0.71%) AWS
2 1 (0.71%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 43 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.02%) Finance
3 17 (12.06%) Electronics
4 9 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.55%) Local Government
6 5 (3.55%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.55%) Retail
7 4 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.84%) Legal
8 1 (0.71%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.55%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.84%) NHS
2 4 (2.84%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.71%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.08%) Agile
2 39 (27.66%) Budget Management
3 37 (26.24%) Coaching
4 35 (24.82%) Project Delivery
5 33 (23.40%) PRINCE2
5 33 (23.40%) Project Management
6 32 (22.70%) Conflict Management
6 32 (22.70%) Customer Experience
6 32 (22.70%) Impact Analysis
6 32 (22.70%) Operations Management
6 32 (22.70%) Programme Governance
7 29 (20.57%) Business Development
8 13 (9.22%) AI
8 13 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (5.67%) Information Security
11 7 (4.96%) Mentoring
12 6 (4.26%) Commercial Awareness
12 6 (4.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (3.55%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 33 (23.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 32 (22.70%) Degree
3 5 (3.55%) CISM
3 5 (3.55%) CISSP
3 5 (3.55%) CRISC
3 5 (3.55%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.71%) ACCA
4 1 (0.71%) CIMA
4 1 (0.71%) CIPFA
4 1 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.26%) NIST
2 5 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.84%) COBIT
4 1 (0.71%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.71%) Oracle
1 1 (0.71%) SAP