Category Manager
UK

The median Category Manager salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 841 1182
Rank change year-on-year +95 +341 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Category Manager 144 136 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.15% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 96 3 17
10th Percentile - £41,600 £48,850
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -12.28% +34.12%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £58,000
90th Percentile £73,750 - £70,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.28% +34.12%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Category Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Category Manager in the UK

Category Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Category Manager in the UK

Category Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Category Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Category Manager in the UK

Category 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 Category Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +63 110 £45,000 -10.00% 39
UK excluding London -53 104 £40,000 -20.00% 26
Work from Home +26 81 £40,000 -20.00% 21
South East +27 26 £55,000 - 7
Midlands - 24 £45,000 - 6
North of England -49 22 £40,000 -20.00% 5
London +126 20 £72,500 - 11
North West +17 14 £40,000 - 3
East Midlands - 12 £45,000 - 2
East of England - 12 £57,500 - 4
West Midlands - 12 £40,000 - 4
Yorkshire -27 8 £40,000 - 2
South West - 6 £40,000 - 3
Scotland - 5 £40,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 5 £40,000 - 1
Wales - 4 £40,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Category 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 Category Manager in the job title.

1 58 (40.28%) Public Sector
2 41 (28.47%) Social Skills
3 35 (24.31%) Finance
4 25 (17.36%) Legal
5 21 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (14.58%) Cost Reduction
6 20 (13.89%) Supplier Management
7 19 (13.19%) Contract Management
8 18 (12.50%) Information Security
9 17 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (11.11%) Degree
11 14 (9.72%) Retail
11 14 (9.72%) Indirect Procurement
11 14 (9.72%) Contract Negotiation
12 13 (9.03%) Supplier Relationship Management
12 13 (9.03%) Benchmarking
12 13 (9.03%) Change Management
13 12 (8.33%) Agile
13 12 (8.33%) Logistics
13 12 (8.33%) Marketing
13 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (7.64%) Facilities Management
14 11 (7.64%) Data Protection
14 11 (7.64%) Telecoms
14 11 (7.64%) ISO 14000
14 11 (7.64%) Decision-Making
14 11 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (7.64%) Energy Management
14 11 (7.64%) Strategic Thinking
15 10 (6.94%) Master's Degree

Category 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (0.69%) AWS
1 1 (0.69%) Azure
1 1 (0.69%) GCP
General
1 58 (40.28%) Public Sector
2 41 (28.47%) Social Skills
3 35 (24.31%) Finance
4 25 (17.36%) Legal
5 21 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (9.72%) Retail
7 12 (8.33%) Marketing
8 11 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (7.64%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.17%) Banking
10 4 (2.78%) Games
11 3 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.39%) FMCG
2 2 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.39%) Solar Energy
3 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (14.58%) Cost Reduction
2 20 (13.89%) Supplier Management
3 19 (13.19%) Contract Management
4 18 (12.50%) Information Security
5 17 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (9.72%) Contract Negotiation
6 14 (9.72%) Indirect Procurement
7 13 (9.03%) Benchmarking
7 13 (9.03%) Change Management
7 13 (9.03%) Supplier Relationship Management
8 12 (8.33%) Agile
8 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.33%) Logistics
9 11 (7.64%) Data Protection
9 11 (7.64%) Decision-Making
9 11 (7.64%) Energy Management
9 11 (7.64%) Facilities Management
9 11 (7.64%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (6.94%) Business Development
10 10 (6.94%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 16 (11.11%) Degree
2 10 (6.94%) Master's Degree
2 10 (6.94%) MBA
3 9 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.64%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (2.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.39%) Oracle
2 2 (1.39%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.69%) IBM
3 1 (0.69%) Veeam
3 1 (0.69%) VMware