Bid Manager
UK

The median Bid Manager salary in the UK is £53,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 826 977 1190
Rank change year-on-year +151 +213 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Bid Manager 62 18 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.018% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.019% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 30 14 21
10th Percentile £26,750 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £27,875 £43,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,625 £76,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% - +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Bid Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Bid Manager.

Salary trend for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bid Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Bid Manager in the UK

Bid Manager
Top 16 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 8 May 2024. 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
England +116 53 £47,500 -13.64% 46
UK excluding London +25 48 £37,500 -31.82% 39
Work from Home +76 20 £29,250 -51.25% 21
North of England +53 14 - - 10
North West +18 13 - - 5
South West - 11 £28,500 - 12
Midlands +9 10 £55,000 - 6
London +132 9 £65,000 -7.14% 6
South East +20 6 £62,500 -3.85% 7
West Midlands +15 5 £55,000 +12.82% 4
East Midlands -11 5 £30,000 -45.45% 2
East of England +11 2 £48,750 - 3
Scotland -57 2 - - 3
Wales - 2 - -
Yorkshire +80 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Bid Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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.

1 34 (54.84%) Public Sector
2 20 (32.26%) Degree
2 20 (32.26%) APMP
3 19 (30.65%) Project Management
4 18 (29.03%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
5 17 (27.42%) Management Information System
6 16 (25.81%) Time Management
7 14 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (20.97%) Presales
9 12 (19.35%) People Management
9 12 (19.35%) Information Management
9 12 (19.35%) CRM
10 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
10 8 (12.90%) Finance
10 8 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (12.90%) Budget Control
10 8 (12.90%) Marketing
11 7 (11.29%) Legal
12 6 (9.68%) Business Development
12 6 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
13 5 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (8.06%) Project Delivery
13 5 (8.06%) SD-WAN
13 5 (8.06%) Value Proposition
13 5 (8.06%) Ruckus Wireless
13 5 (8.06%) Wireless
13 5 (8.06%) WAN
13 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
13 5 (8.06%) Cisco

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.61%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) SD-WAN
1 5 (8.06%) WAN
1 5 (8.06%) Wireless
General
1 34 (54.84%) Public Sector
2 18 (29.03%) Organisational Skills
2 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Finance
3 8 (12.90%) Marketing
4 7 (11.29%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Local Government
6 1 (1.61%) Social Housing
6 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 17 (27.42%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.23%) NHS
4 1 (1.61%) CCTV
4 1 (1.61%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) Project Management
2 16 (25.81%) Time Management
3 14 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (20.97%) Presales
5 12 (19.35%) CRM
5 12 (19.35%) Information Management
5 12 (19.35%) People Management
6 8 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (12.90%) Budget Control
6 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
7 6 (9.68%) Business Development
7 6 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (8.06%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.06%) Value Proposition
9 4 (6.45%) Document Management
9 4 (6.45%) Technology Transformation
10 3 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (4.84%) DevSecOps
10 3 (4.84%) Programme Management
10 3 (4.84%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) APMP
1 20 (32.26%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.23%) PMP
4 1 (1.61%) MRICS
4 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.61%) RIBA
4 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (8.06%) Cisco
1 5 (8.06%) Juniper
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft
1 5 (8.06%) Ruckus Wireless
2 3 (4.84%) Siemens
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe