Senior Manager Jobs in the South West

Senior Manager
England > South West

The median Senior Manager salary in the South West is £58,393 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 148 183
Rank change year-on-year +84 +35 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 130 157 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.65% 1.70% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.89% 1.76% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 22 97 65
10th Percentile £43,350 £40,000 £50,400
25th Percentile £51,000 £45,668 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,393 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +6.17% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £74,063 £72,500 £84,000
90th Percentile £104,000 £97,500 £103,911
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,343 8,908 5,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 96.24% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,001 6,530 3,737
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,279 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,150
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Manager in the South West.

Salary trend for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the South West

Senior Manager
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Somerset +45 59 - - 4
Devon +44 49 £51,000 +8.61% 6
Bristol +14 18 £69,018 +20.03% 21
Dorset +15 3 - -
Wiltshire +24 2 £59,515 +10.13% 5
Gloucestershire +47 1 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Senior Manager
England

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 South West region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 116 (89.23%) Project Management
2 113 (86.92%) Finance
3 101 (77.69%) Driving Licence
4 99 (76.15%) Social Skills
5 93 (71.54%) Risk Management
6 92 (70.77%) Balanced Scorecard
6 92 (70.77%) Scorecard
7 13 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 12 (9.23%) Mentoring
8 12 (9.23%) Degree
9 11 (8.46%) Retail
9 11 (8.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (7.69%) Management Information System
11 9 (6.92%) CISSP
11 9 (6.92%) Information Security
11 9 (6.92%) Product Strategy
11 9 (6.92%) Roadmaps
12 8 (6.15%) Agile
13 7 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (5.38%) QA
13 7 (5.38%) Time Management
13 7 (5.38%) Product Roadmap
13 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
13 7 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (5.38%) Budget Management
14 6 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
15 5 (3.85%) SDLC
15 5 (3.85%) Product Vision
15 5 (3.85%) Microsoft
16 4 (3.08%) Artificial Intelligence

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (1.54%) Confluence
1 2 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.31%) Azure
2 3 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.54%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (1.54%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 113 (86.92%) Finance
2 99 (76.15%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.46%) Retail
4 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.31%) Banking
6 3 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Back Office
8 1 (0.77%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 101 (77.69%) Driving Licence
2 10 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.54%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.77%) PMI
4 1 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.54%) Windows
1 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (89.23%) Project Management
2 93 (71.54%) Risk Management
3 92 (70.77%) Balanced Scorecard
3 92 (70.77%) Scorecard
4 13 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 12 (9.23%) Mentoring
6 9 (6.92%) Information Security
6 9 (6.92%) Product Strategy
6 9 (6.92%) Roadmaps
7 8 (6.15%) Agile
8 7 (5.38%) Budget Management
8 7 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (5.38%) Product Roadmap
8 7 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (5.38%) Time Management
9 5 (3.85%) Product Vision
9 5 (3.85%) SDLC
10 4 (3.08%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (3.08%) Resource Allocation
10 4 (3.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (9.23%) Degree
2 11 (8.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (6.92%) CISSP
4 3 (2.31%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.31%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.54%) CITP
6 1 (0.77%) AAT
6 1 (0.77%) ACCA
6 1 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.77%) HNC
6 1 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) QA
2 2 (1.54%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.54%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.31%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.54%) Adobe
3 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle
4 1 (0.77%) SAP