Innovation Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Innovation Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Innovation Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 644 572
Rank change year-on-year +177 -72 +270
Permanent jobs requiring an Innovation Manager 81 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.007% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.008% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,750 - £62,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -37.50% +7.52%
75th Percentile £50,250 - £66,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £74,500
% change year-on-year +21.25% -46.31% +59.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 30,552 52,395 32,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.29% 95.23% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17,381 30,486 24,269
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Innovation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Innovation Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Innovation Manager in the UK excluding London

Innovation Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Innovation Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Innovation Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Innovation Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovation Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Scotland - 80 - -
North of England - 1 £48,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £48,500 - 1
Innovation Manager
UK

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Innovation 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 UK excluding London region featuring Innovation Manager in the job title.

1 81 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 81 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 80 (98.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (98.77%) Customer Experience
2 80 (98.77%) Analytical Skills
2 80 (98.77%) Decision-Making
2 80 (98.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 80 (98.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 80 (98.77%) Analytics
3 32 (39.51%) Critical Thinking
3 32 (39.51%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.23%) UX Research
4 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.23%) Power BI
4 1 (1.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (1.23%) Coaching
4 1 (1.23%) User Experience
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.23%) Business Analysis
4 1 (1.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (1.23%) ITIL
4 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.23%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.23%) Six Sigma
4 1 (1.23%) Project Management
4 1 (1.23%) Service Delivery
4 1 (1.23%) Change Management
4 1 (1.23%) Risk Management

Innovation Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
1 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) Power BI
General
1 81 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 80 (98.77%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 80 (98.77%) Analytics
2 80 (98.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 80 (98.77%) Customer Experience
2 80 (98.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 80 (98.77%) Decision-Making
2 80 (98.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (39.51%) Critical Thinking
3 32 (39.51%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (1.23%) Business Analysis
4 1 (1.23%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.23%) Change Management
4 1 (1.23%) Coaching
4 1 (1.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (1.23%) ITIL
4 1 (1.23%) Project Management
4 1 (1.23%) Service Delivery
4 1 (1.23%) Six Sigma
4 1 (1.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (1.23%) User Experience