Senior Manager Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Senior Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 120 194
Rank change year-on-year +58 +74 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 121 46 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.26% 1.63% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 2.01% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 51 16 27
10th Percentile £45,000 £54,125 £50,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £58,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,813 £91,250
90th Percentile - £96,875 £122,500
South East median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +16.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 5,016 2,284 6,188
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 80.96% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,305 1,238 4,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £56,591 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +13.18% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Senior Manager job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the Thames Valley

Senior Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Berkshire +41 81 £90,000 +5.88% 19
Oxfordshire +6 23 £45,000 -19.64% 4
Buckinghamshire -9 17 £80,000 +7.38% 4
Senior Manager
South East

Senior Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 44 (36.36%) Agile
2 42 (34.71%) Biotechnology
3 41 (33.88%) Degree
4 40 (33.06%) Hematology
4 40 (33.06%) Immunology
5 34 (28.10%) Decision-Making
6 30 (24.79%) PMP
7 28 (23.14%) Microsoft
8 26 (21.49%) Project Management
9 25 (20.66%) Microsoft Project
9 25 (20.66%) PMI Certification
10 24 (19.83%) Risk Management
11 16 (13.22%) Business Development
12 12 (9.92%) Analytics
13 11 (9.09%) Biometrics
14 10 (8.26%) Logistics
15 8 (6.61%) Change Management
15 8 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
16 7 (5.79%) Accessibility
16 7 (5.79%) Data Science
16 7 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
17 6 (4.96%) AI
17 6 (4.96%) Customer Retention
17 6 (4.96%) Data Quality
17 6 (4.96%) Process Improvement
17 6 (4.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 6 (4.96%) Validation
18 5 (4.13%) Actionable Insight
18 5 (4.13%) Data Governance
18 5 (4.13%) E-Commerce

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (3.31%) Confluence
2 2 (1.65%) CMS
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 25 (20.66%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (1.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.31%) GCP
1 4 (3.31%) Miro
1 4 (3.31%) SaaS
2 2 (1.65%) Azure
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.65%) OneDrive
2 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.65%) Snowflake
2 2 (1.65%) Veeva
3 1 (0.83%) AWS
3 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.83%) dbt
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.83%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.65%) DHCP
2 2 (1.65%) DNS
2 2 (1.65%) Firewall
3 1 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.13%) Metadata
2 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.65%) Power BI
2 2 (1.65%) Tableau
3 1 (0.83%) GIS
3 1 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (3.31%) JIRA
General
1 40 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.10%) Influencing Skills
3 27 (22.31%) Pharmaceutical
4 25 (20.66%) Finance
5 8 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.79%) Marketing
7 6 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.13%) Retail
9 4 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Law
11 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.40%) Life Science
2 10 (8.26%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.13%) FMCG
4 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.65%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.65%) Windows
1 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.36%) Agile
2 42 (34.71%) Biotechnology
3 40 (33.06%) Hematology
3 40 (33.06%) Immunology
4 34 (28.10%) Decision-Making
5 26 (21.49%) Project Management
6 24 (19.83%) Risk Management
7 16 (13.22%) Business Development
8 12 (9.92%) Analytics
9 11 (9.09%) Biometrics
10 10 (8.26%) Logistics
11 8 (6.61%) Change Management
11 8 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (5.79%) Data Science
13 6 (4.96%) AI
13 6 (4.96%) Customer Retention
13 6 (4.96%) Process Improvement
13 6 (4.96%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (4.96%) Validation
14 5 (4.13%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.48%) SQL
2 2 (1.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (33.88%) Degree
2 30 (24.79%) PMP
3 25 (20.66%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.83%) ACCA
4 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.83%) MBA
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.83%) PhD
4 1 (0.83%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.13%) PMO
4 1 (0.83%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 28 (23.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.48%) Google
3 2 (1.65%) VMware
4 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.83%) Salesforce