Senior Manager
UK

The median Senior Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 258 262
Rank change year-on-year +69 +4 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 1,537 1,542 2,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.58% 1.43% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.56% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 934 832 1,237
10th Percentile £43,116 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,488 £60,899 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

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 91,973 98,868 146,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.69% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66,504 61,753 85,740
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in the UK

Senior Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in the UK

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in the UK

Senior Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +67 1,341 £62,500 -19.35% 453
UK excluding London +80 866 £60,000 -7.69% 221
London +66 589 £72,500 -14.71% 245
Work from Home +45 490 £62,500 -14.91% 170
North of England +83 237 £60,000 -1.48% 53
Midlands +106 164 £62,500 -3.85% 26
South West +61 145 £55,000 -25.12% 32
South East -32 133 £62,500 -16.67% 56
West Midlands +111 106 £61,000 -17.29% 17
Yorkshire +92 101 £64,080 +6.01% 16
North West +35 95 £60,000 -16.35% 33
Scotland -11 92 £65,000 -13.33% 22
East of England +21 63 £55,000 -12.70% 23
East Midlands +14 54 £62,500 +2.63% 9
North East +21 39 £59,250 +12.86% 5
Wales +13 21 £52,368 -4.79% 7
Northern Ireland - 11 £67,500 - 5
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Manager in the job title.

1 575 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 548 (35.65%) Project Management
3 520 (33.83%) Finance
4 406 (26.42%) Agile
5 309 (20.10%) Mentoring
6 287 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 273 (17.76%) Coaching
8 254 (16.53%) Degree
8 254 (16.53%) Microsoft
9 196 (12.75%) Law
10 192 (12.49%) Project Delivery
11 191 (12.43%) PRINCE2
12 182 (11.84%) Decision-Making
13 177 (11.52%) Risk Management
14 173 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
15 172 (11.19%) Marketing
16 162 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
17 159 (10.34%) Roadmaps
18 152 (9.89%) Service Delivery
18 152 (9.89%) SaaS
19 143 (9.30%) Change Management
20 128 (8.33%) Analytics
21 127 (8.26%) ServiceNow
22 126 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
23 124 (8.07%) Security Cleared
24 122 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
25 120 (7.81%) Programme Management
26 116 (7.55%) Performance Management
27 115 (7.48%) Line Management
28 110 (7.16%) Contract Negotiation

Senior 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 35 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.98%) Confluence
4 10 (0.65%) SAS
5 9 (0.59%) CMS
6 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.33%) WordPress
8 4 (0.26%) Apache
8 4 (0.26%) Site Server
9 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.13%) Drupal
10 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.13%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.065%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.065%) JCAPS
11 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.065%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 58 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.91%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.20%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.20%) SPSS
7 3 (0.20%) Stata
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.065%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 36 (2.34%) Endur
2 8 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.52%) Shopify
3 7 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.33%) Primavera
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.20%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.065%) Adaptiv
8 1 (0.065%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 152 (9.89%) SaaS
2 89 (5.79%) Azure
3 47 (3.06%) AWS
4 42 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (2.54%) Power Platform
6 29 (1.89%) GCP
7 19 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (0.98%) OCI
9 13 (0.85%) GitHub
9 13 (0.85%) PaaS
10 11 (0.72%) Entra ID
11 8 (0.52%) Azure Pipelines
11 8 (0.52%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.46%) IaaS
13 6 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.33%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.33%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.43%) 5G
1 22 (1.43%) WAN
2 21 (1.37%) LAN
3 14 (0.91%) DNS
4 10 (0.65%) Broadband
5 9 (0.59%) Network Security
6 8 (0.52%) 4G
6 8 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.46%) Firewall
7 7 (0.46%) SAN
7 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.33%) DHCP
9 4 (0.26%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
9 4 (0.26%) WLAN
10 3 (0.20%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.20%) VLAN
11 2 (0.13%) MPLS
11 2 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.73%) SQL Server
2 36 (2.34%) Relational Database
3 28 (1.82%) RDBMS
4 26 (1.69%) Power BI
5 16 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.65%) Tableau
7 9 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (0.52%) Big Data
9 7 (0.46%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.39%) MySQL
11 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.33%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.26%) GIS
13 3 (0.20%) DB2
13 3 (0.20%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (1.89%) JIRA
2 10 (0.65%) Git
3 6 (0.39%) PHPUnit
4 4 (0.26%) JUnit
5 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.20%) Gatling
5 3 (0.20%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.065%) Ant
7 1 (0.065%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.065%) Maven
7 1 (0.065%) Subversion
General
1 575 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 520 (33.83%) Finance
3 287 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 196 (12.75%) Law
5 172 (11.19%) Marketing
6 126 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (5.79%) Legal
8 85 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
9 83 (5.40%) Retail
10 75 (4.88%) Banking
11 64 (4.16%) Public Sector
12 60 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
13 51 (3.32%) Games
14 50 (3.25%) Manufacturing
15 41 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
16 37 (2.41%) Telecoms
17 33 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 30 (1.95%) Investment Banking
19 20 (1.30%) Local Government
20 19 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.78%) .NET
2 10 (0.65%) HTML
3 9 (0.59%) XML
4 7 (0.46%) CSS
4 7 (0.46%) React
5 6 (0.39%) Apache Beam
5 6 (0.39%) Doctrine
5 6 (0.39%) HTML5
5 6 (0.39%) jQuery
5 6 (0.39%) Laravel
5 6 (0.39%) Symfony
5 6 (0.39%) Vue
6 5 (0.33%) LDAP
7 4 (0.26%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.26%) EDI
7 4 (0.26%) Kafka
7 4 (0.26%) Middleware
7 4 (0.26%) PySpark
7 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
2 56 (3.64%) PMI
3 45 (2.93%) Product Ownership
4 43 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 30 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 25 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 24 (1.56%) Social Media
8 23 (1.50%) Driving Licence
8 23 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (1.50%) Swaptions
9 22 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.37%) Blog
11 19 (1.24%) Life Science
11 19 (1.24%) NHS
12 17 (1.11%) Virtual Team
13 16 (1.04%) Data Centre
14 15 (0.98%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
15 12 (0.78%) FMCG
16 10 (0.65%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.56%) Windows
2 15 (0.98%) Linux
3 11 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.20%) Unix
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (35.65%) Project Management
2 406 (26.42%) Agile
3 309 (20.10%) Mentoring
4 273 (17.76%) Coaching
5 192 (12.49%) Project Delivery
6 191 (12.43%) PRINCE2
7 182 (11.84%) Decision-Making
8 177 (11.52%) Risk Management
9 173 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
10 162 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 159 (10.34%) Roadmaps
12 152 (9.89%) Service Delivery
13 143 (9.30%) Change Management
14 128 (8.33%) Analytics
15 122 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 120 (7.81%) Programme Management
17 116 (7.55%) Performance Management
18 115 (7.48%) Line Management
19 110 (7.16%) Contract Negotiation
20 100 (6.51%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 61 (3.97%) Java
2 49 (3.19%) SQL
3 40 (2.60%) Python
4 23 (1.50%) VB
5 16 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.72%) R
7 9 (0.59%) Bash
7 9 (0.59%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.39%) C#
8 6 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.39%) PHP
8 6 (0.39%) Scala
8 6 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.20%) Bicep
9 3 (0.20%) Go
9 3 (0.20%) Groovy
9 3 (0.20%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.065%) C
10 1 (0.065%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.065%) XPath
Qualifications
1 254 (16.53%) Degree
2 124 (8.07%) Security Cleared
3 81 (5.27%) PMI Certification
4 77 (5.01%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 36 (2.34%) APMP
7 34 (2.21%) PMP
8 32 (2.08%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.56%) ACCA
10 18 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
11 16 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 15 (0.98%) CISM
12 15 (0.98%) CISSP
13 14 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.91%) MBA
14 12 (0.78%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.72%) CISA
15 11 (0.72%) DV Cleared
16 10 (0.65%) CSPO
17 9 (0.59%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.90%) SLA
2 51 (3.32%) QA
3 43 (2.80%) PMO
4 32 (2.08%) IFRS
5 29 (1.89%) GDPR
6 15 (0.98%) IFRS 9
7 14 (0.91%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.65%) COBIT
9 10 (0.65%) GRC
10 8 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.52%) CDISC
10 8 (0.52%) NIST
11 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.33%) GAAP
11 5 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.26%) ITGC
13 3 (0.20%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.13%) COSO
System Software
1 18 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.72%) IAG
3 8 (0.52%) Docker
4 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.33%) Firmware
5 5 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Flume
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.52%) Terraform
3 5 (0.33%) Rancher
4 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.20%) CASB
5 3 (0.20%) Istio
6 2 (0.13%) SmoothWall
6 2 (0.13%) WSUS
7 1 (0.065%) Control-M
7 1 (0.065%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.065%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.065%) Nmap
Vendors
1 254 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 127 (8.26%) ServiceNow
3 96 (6.25%) Dell
4 48 (3.12%) Oracle
5 39 (2.54%) SAP
6 30 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.50%) OpenLink
7 23 (1.50%) Sybase
7 23 (1.50%) TIBCO
8 22 (1.43%) CA
9 15 (0.98%) Google
10 13 (0.85%) iManage
11 10 (0.65%) Apple
11 10 (0.65%) Cisco
11 10 (0.65%) Virgin Media
12 7 (0.46%) CheckPoint
12 7 (0.46%) VMware
13 6 (0.39%) Databricks
14 5 (0.33%) Automation Anywhere
14 5 (0.33%) Openreach