Senior Manager Job Trends in the South East

Senior Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Manager salary in the South East is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 160 265
Rank change year-on-year +74 +105 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 261 120 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.82% 1.56% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.84% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 146 35 91
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,200 £48,406
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% -13.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 13,625 6,519 15,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 84.48% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 9,316 3,659 11,291
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the South East

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the South East

Senior Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Thames Valley +59 119 £80,000 -5.88% 9
Berkshire +22 74 £87,500 +2.94% 3
Surrey +28 61 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Hampshire +1 32 £92,500 +19.35% 9
Kent -11 29 £75,000 +57.89% 3
Oxfordshire +26 23 £45,000 -20.70% 4
Buckinghamshire +9 22 £90,000 +20.81% 2
West Sussex -16 9 £90,000 +24.14% 2
East Sussex -12 8 £61,250 -
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 South East region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 58 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 56 (21.46%) Degree
3 47 (18.01%) Business Development
4 45 (17.24%) Agile
5 41 (15.71%) Microsoft
6 34 (13.03%) PMP
7 33 (12.64%) Project Management
8 32 (12.26%) Biotechnology
8 32 (12.26%) Hematology
8 32 (12.26%) Immunology
8 32 (12.26%) Risk Management
9 29 (11.11%) PMI Certification
10 26 (9.96%) Analytics
10 26 (9.96%) Microsoft Project
11 20 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (7.66%) Project Delivery
12 19 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (6.90%) SaaS
14 16 (6.13%) B2B
14 16 (6.13%) Coaching
15 15 (5.75%) AI
15 15 (5.75%) Roadmaps
15 15 (5.75%) SQL
16 14 (5.36%) Security Cleared
17 13 (4.98%) Business Intelligence
17 13 (4.98%) Data Governance
17 13 (4.98%) DV Cleared
17 13 (4.98%) Logistics
17 13 (4.98%) Unified Communications

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.92%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (9.96%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.77%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.90%) SaaS
2 9 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.30%) AWS
3 6 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.30%) OneDrive
4 5 (1.92%) Azure
4 5 (1.92%) Snowflake
5 4 (1.53%) GCP
6 2 (0.77%) Figma
7 1 (0.38%) Miro
7 1 (0.38%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.98%) Unified Communications
2 7 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.30%) DHCP
3 6 (2.30%) DNS
3 6 (2.30%) Firewall
4 1 (0.38%) LTE
4 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.45%) Power BI
2 8 (3.07%) Metadata
3 6 (2.30%) Tableau
4 5 (1.92%) Big Data
4 5 (1.92%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.92%) Hadoop
4 5 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 65 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.84%) Finance
3 43 (16.48%) Influencing Skills
4 37 (14.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 30 (11.49%) Marketing
6 12 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.83%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.30%) Retail
10 6 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.92%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.92%) Local Government
11 5 (1.92%) Social Housing
12 4 (1.53%) Legal
13 3 (1.15%) Advertising
13 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Banking
14 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.92%) Play Framework
2 2 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.21%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.83%) Life Science
3 7 (2.68%) FMCG
4 6 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.30%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.92%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.15%) NHS
7 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.77%) CMDB
8 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.38%) Linked Data
9 1 (0.38%) Pharmacovigilance
9 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.30%) Windows
1 6 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 47 (18.01%) Business Development
3 45 (17.24%) Agile
4 33 (12.64%) Project Management
5 32 (12.26%) Biotechnology
5 32 (12.26%) Hematology
5 32 (12.26%) Immunology
5 32 (12.26%) Risk Management
6 26 (9.96%) Analytics
7 20 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (7.66%) Project Delivery
8 19 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (6.13%) B2B
9 16 (6.13%) Coaching
10 15 (5.75%) AI
10 15 (5.75%) Roadmaps
11 13 (4.98%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (4.98%) Data Governance
11 13 (4.98%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.75%) SQL
2 7 (2.68%) Java
3 6 (2.30%) Python
4 5 (1.92%) R
4 5 (1.92%) Scala
5 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 56 (21.46%) Degree
2 34 (13.03%) PMP
3 29 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 14 (5.36%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.98%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.83%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.83%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.30%) MBA
8 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.77%) CISM
9 2 (0.77%) CISSP
9 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.38%) ACCA
10 1 (0.38%) APMP
10 1 (0.38%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.83%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.45%) QA
3 8 (3.07%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.92%) GMP
4 5 (1.92%) PMO
5 4 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.77%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (2.30%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Vendors
1 41 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.07%) BT
3 6 (2.30%) VMware
4 5 (1.92%) Databricks
5 3 (1.15%) Fortinet
5 3 (1.15%) Google
5 3 (1.15%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.15%) Mitel
5 3 (1.15%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.77%) Cvent
6 2 (0.77%) Infor
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle
6 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.38%) SAP