Senior Manager Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Manager salary in Scotland is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 81 169
Rank change year-on-year +37 +88 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 117 66 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.29% 2.47% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.84% 2.63% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 19
10th Percentile £46,125 - £49,000
25th Percentile - £55,801 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £89,063 £81,125
90th Percentile £71,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £64,250 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.38% +11.54% -13.33%

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 2,418 2,508 2,904
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.73% 94.04% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 1,110 1,826
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +6.80% -8.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +29 35 £50,000 -25.93% 6
North Lanarkshire -2 19 - -
Edinburgh -20 18 £65,000 -19.86% 6
Renfrewshire - 12 - -
South Lanarkshire - 8 - -
East Ayrshire - 5 - -
North Ayrshire -4 4 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 4 - -
Stirling - 4 - -
Ayrshire - 4 - -
Lanarkshire - 4 - - 4
Senior Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 January 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 73 (62.39%) Project Management
2 71 (60.68%) Coaching
3 69 (58.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (55.56%) Lean Six Sigma
4 65 (55.56%) Six Sigma
5 64 (54.70%) Customer Experience
5 64 (54.70%) Due Diligence
5 64 (54.70%) Microsoft
5 64 (54.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 64 (54.70%) Microsoft Office
5 64 (54.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 64 (54.70%) Performance Improvement
5 64 (54.70%) QA
5 64 (54.70%) Quality Management
5 64 (54.70%) SharePoint
5 64 (54.70%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6 10 (8.55%) Business Development
7 8 (6.84%) Budget Management
7 8 (6.84%) Project Delivery
8 7 (5.98%) Agile
8 7 (5.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 7 (5.98%) Contingency Planning
8 7 (5.98%) Customer Service
8 7 (5.98%) ITIL
9 6 (5.13%) ACCA
9 6 (5.13%) GAAP
9 6 (5.13%) IFRS
10 5 (4.27%) Problem Management
10 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow
11 4 (3.42%) Incident Management

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 64 (54.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.71%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (54.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 64 (54.70%) Microsoft Office
1 64 (54.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Firewall
1 1 (0.85%) LAN
1 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.85%) WAN
1 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Power BI
1 1 (0.85%) Tableau
General
1 70 (59.83%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.97%) Finance
3 9 (7.69%) Electronics
4 7 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.13%) Local Government
6 4 (3.42%) Law
7 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (62.39%) Project Management
2 71 (60.68%) Coaching
3 69 (58.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (55.56%) Lean Six Sigma
4 65 (55.56%) Six Sigma
5 64 (54.70%) Customer Experience
5 64 (54.70%) Due Diligence
5 64 (54.70%) Performance Improvement
5 64 (54.70%) Quality Management
6 10 (8.55%) Business Development
7 8 (6.84%) Budget Management
7 8 (6.84%) Project Delivery
8 7 (5.98%) Agile
8 7 (5.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 7 (5.98%) Contingency Planning
8 7 (5.98%) Customer Service
8 7 (5.98%) ITIL
9 5 (4.27%) Problem Management
10 4 (3.42%) Incident Management
10 4 (3.42%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 64 (54.70%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 6 (5.13%) ACCA
3 2 (1.71%) Degree
4 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.85%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (0.85%) CISM
4 1 (0.85%) CISSP
4 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (54.70%) QA
2 6 (5.13%) GAAP
2 6 (5.13%) IFRS
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
Vendors
1 64 (54.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.71%) Screaming Frog
4 1 (0.85%) Anaplan
4 1 (0.85%) Cisco
4 1 (0.85%) Genesys
4 1 (0.85%) Verint