Bid Manager
UK
The median Bid Manager salary in the UK is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 690 | 847 | 948 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +157 | +101 | +271 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Bid Manager | 12 | 60 | 20 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.058% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.024% | 0.061% | 0.023% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 28 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,750 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £27,313 | £46,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,250 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -4.55% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,563 | £64,375 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,625 | £67,375 | £76,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £30,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +83.33% | -53.85% | +18.18% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Bid Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Bid Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Bid Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Bid Manager.
Bid Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Bid Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Bid Manager
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bid Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | +132 | 12 | £56,250 | +25.00% | 32 |
| UK excluding London | +146 | 9 | £55,000 | +83.33% | 17 |
| North of England | +31 | 6 | £70,000 | - | 2 |
| North West | -5 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| London | +99 | 3 | £57,500 | -11.54% | 15 |
| Midlands | +58 | 3 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 3 | £55,000 | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +56 | 1 | £70,000 | - | 1 |
Bid Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Bid 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 featuring Bid Manager in the job title.
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Bid Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: