Relationships Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Relationship Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Relationship Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 554 555
Rank change year-on-year +45 +1 +182
Permanent jobs requiring a Relationships Manager 13 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.011% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.012% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 13
10th Percentile - £55,100 £42,600
25th Percentile - £55,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,500 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% +5.93% -12.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,900 -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,500 £52,396
% change year-on-year -27.93% +5.93% -30.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,586 33,429 32,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,611 16,250 24,824
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Relationships Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Relationships Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Relationships Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Relationships Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Relationships Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Relationships Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Relationships Manager in the UK excluding London

Relationships 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 Relationships Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Midlands +26 6 £40,000 - 6
West Midlands +25 6 £40,000 - 1
North of England +16 4 £45,000 -19.64% 12
South East +28 2 £55,000 - 11
North West +24 2 £45,000 -19.64% 5
Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 - 6
Scotland - 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 6
Relationships Manager
UK

Relationships Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Relationships 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 UK excluding London region featuring Relationships Manager in the job title.

1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Commercialisation
1 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
1 2 (15.38%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 2 (15.38%) Vendor Relationship Management
1 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management

Relationships Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) NHS
2 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Commercialisation
1 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
1 2 (15.38%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 2 (15.38%) Vendor Relationship Management
1 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
2 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
2 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA