Innovation Manager
UK

The median Innovation Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 878 962 1204
Rank change year-on-year +84 +242 -337
Permanent jobs requiring an Innovation Manager 11 16 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.017% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 10
10th Percentile - £63,375 £56,050
25th Percentile £53,150 £75,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +15.79% +1.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £86,375 - £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +32.00% -

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 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Innovation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovation Manager in the UK

Innovation Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Innovation Manager in the UK

Innovation Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovation Manager over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovation Manager in the UK

Innovation Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +110 11 £70,000 -15.15% 6
London +136 9 £67,500 - 4
Work from Home +77 3 £82,500 - 3
UK excluding London -5 2 £82,500 - 1
East of England - 1 £82,500 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 featuring Innovation Manager in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Degree
3 7 (63.64%) Budget Management
4 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (36.36%) Thought Leadership
5 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (36.36%) People Management
6 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
6 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
6 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
7 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 2 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (18.18%) Serverless
7 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (18.18%) Marketing
7 2 (18.18%) Design Thinking
7 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
7 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (18.18%) Business Case
7 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (18.18%) Blockchain
7 2 (18.18%) Innovation Management
7 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
7 2 (18.18%) AWS

Innovation 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (18.18%) Serverless
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Blockchain
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Educational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Budget Management
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) People Management
4 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (36.36%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
6 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 2 (18.18%) Business Case
6 2 (18.18%) Design Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Innovation Management
6 2 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) MBA
3 1 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA