Senior Manager Jobs in Scotland

Senior Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Manager salary in Scotland is £84,892 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 164 176
Rank change year-on-year +77 +12 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 82 119 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.61% 1.73% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% 1.78% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 16 60 33
10th Percentile £59,144 £49,900 £53,500
25th Percentile £64,375 £54,930 £60,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,892 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.19% +15.38% -3.11%
75th Percentile £104,438 £80,000 £80,627
90th Percentile £113,750 £98,750 £101,879
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,659 6,679 3,872
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.71% 97.01% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,206 2,894 2,106
10th Percentile £27,375 £27,825 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £63,562 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,250 £80,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in Scotland.

Salary trend for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

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 10 June 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
Glasgow +101 39 £82,500 +26.92% 17
North Lanarkshire - 11 - -
Edinburgh +7 10 £87,283 +9.10% 13
Fife - 8 - - 3
Midlothian - 5 - -
Moray - 3 - - 1
East Ayrshire - 3 - - 1
South Ayrshire - 3 - - 1
Senior Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 62 (75.61%) Finance
2 44 (53.66%) Agile
3 41 (50.00%) Coaching
4 34 (41.46%) Public Sector
5 33 (40.24%) ACCA
5 33 (40.24%) GAAP
5 33 (40.24%) IFRS
5 33 (40.24%) Local Government
6 23 (28.05%) Project Management
7 19 (23.17%) Mentoring
8 15 (18.29%) Degree
9 13 (15.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (14.63%) Information Security
10 12 (14.63%) Management Information System
10 12 (14.63%) CISSP
10 12 (14.63%) Social Skills
11 11 (13.41%) Analytics
12 10 (12.20%) Customer Service
13 9 (10.98%) Banking
14 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
14 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
15 6 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
15 6 (7.32%) Java
15 6 (7.32%) SQL
15 6 (7.32%) Migration
16 5 (6.10%) Security Management
16 5 (6.10%) Tandem
16 5 (6.10%) SSH

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.44%) Aladdin
2 2 (2.44%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.44%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.10%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.44%) Azure
3 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.10%) SSH
1 5 (6.10%) SSL
2 1 (1.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) NonStop SQL
2 4 (4.88%) Power BI
2 4 (4.88%) Tableau
3 2 (2.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 62 (75.61%) Finance
2 34 (41.46%) Public Sector
3 33 (40.24%) Local Government
4 12 (14.63%) Social Skills
5 9 (10.98%) Banking
6 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Law
8 2 (2.44%) Retail
9 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) .NET
1 1 (1.22%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.22%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.22%) CSS
1 1 (1.22%) CSS3
1 1 (1.22%) HTML
1 1 (1.22%) HTML5
1 1 (1.22%) React
1 1 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.10%) Tandem
4 1 (1.22%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.22%) PMI
4 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Windows
1 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.66%) Agile
2 41 (50.00%) Coaching
3 23 (28.05%) Project Management
4 19 (23.17%) Mentoring
5 12 (14.63%) Information Security
6 11 (13.41%) Analytics
7 10 (12.20%) Customer Service
8 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.32%) Migration
9 6 (7.32%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (6.10%) IT Audit
10 5 (6.10%) Patch Management
10 5 (6.10%) Security Management
11 4 (4.88%) Asset Management
11 4 (4.88%) Business Development
11 4 (4.88%) Creative Thinking
11 4 (4.88%) Data Analysis
11 4 (4.88%) Data Strategy
11 4 (4.88%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) Java
1 6 (7.32%) SQL
2 1 (1.22%) C#
2 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (40.24%) ACCA
2 15 (18.29%) Degree
3 13 (15.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (14.63%) CISSP
5 4 (4.88%) CISA
6 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.22%) PMP
6 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (40.24%) GAAP
1 33 (40.24%) IFRS
2 4 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.44%) PMO
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.66%) SAP
3 2 (2.44%) Charles River
4 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow