Capability Manager Jobs

Capability Manager
UK

The median Capability Manager salary in the UK is £63,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 893 976
Rank change year-on-year +199 +83 +256
Permanent jobs requiring a Capability Manager 17 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.002% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 3
10th Percentile - - £70,000
25th Percentile - - £71,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,900 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.95%
75th Percentile - - £75,625
90th Percentile £77,340 - £76,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,900 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +21.95%

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Capability Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Capability Manager in the UK

Capability Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Capability Manager in the UK

Capability Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Capability Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Capability Manager in the UK

Capability Manager
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Capability Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +167 17 £63,900 - 1
UK excluding London +201 15 £63,900 - 1
North of England - 15 £63,900 - 1
North West - 15 £63,900 - 1
London - 2 £101,250 -

Capability Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Capability 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 Capability Manager in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (88.24%) Programme Management
2 15 (88.24%) HND
2 15 (88.24%) Service Delivery
2 15 (88.24%) Management Information System
2 15 (88.24%) Risk Management
2 15 (88.24%) Confluence
2 15 (88.24%) Project Governance
2 15 (88.24%) Dependency Management
2 15 (88.24%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (88.24%) Cyber Assurance
2 15 (88.24%) Project Delivery
2 15 (88.24%) Business Strategy
2 15 (88.24%) Budget Management
2 15 (88.24%) Information Management
2 15 (88.24%) Degree
2 15 (88.24%) JIRA
2 15 (88.24%) Atlassian
3 2 (11.76%) Product Management
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Financial Institution
3 2 (11.76%) Agile

Capability 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 15 (88.24%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 15 (88.24%) JIRA
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
1 2 (11.76%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 15 (88.24%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (88.24%) Budget Management
2 15 (88.24%) Business Strategy
2 15 (88.24%) Cyber Assurance
2 15 (88.24%) Dependency Management
2 15 (88.24%) Information Management
2 15 (88.24%) Programme Management
2 15 (88.24%) Project Delivery
2 15 (88.24%) Project Governance
2 15 (88.24%) Risk Management
2 15 (88.24%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) BPSS Clearance
1 15 (88.24%) Degree
1 15 (88.24%) HND
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Atlassian