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 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 190 259 252
Rank change year-on-year +69 -7 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 1,554 1,440 2,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.56% 1.45% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.59% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 934 853 1,276
10th Percentile £42,846 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,800 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +1.66%
75th Percentile £79,030 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,875 £106,275 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £61,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% -0.17% +1.67%

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%

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 18 May 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 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 +62 1,347 £62,500 -10.71% 552
UK excluding London +50 872 £60,000 -1.48% 315
London +76 599 £72,000 -16.27% 285
Work from Home +43 482 £62,500 -13.79% 237
North of England +71 230 £60,000 -1.32% 77
Midlands +70 160 £62,500 +2.63% 40
South West +32 158 £55,000 -9.69% 33
South East -58 126 £62,500 -3.85% 101
West Midlands +68 106 £61,000 -12.86% 32
Scotland -6 102 £70,000 +1.45% 32
North West +31 98 £57,965 -4.82% 40
Yorkshire +69 93 £64,080 +5.39% 25
East of England +13 64 £55,000 -9.54% 28
East Midlands +18 50 £62,500 +2.80% 8
North East +12 39 £59,250 -2.55% 13
Wales +12 21 £52,368 -8.93% 7
Northern Ireland - 11 £67,500 - 3
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 580 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 542 (34.88%) Project Management
3 518 (33.33%) Finance
4 406 (26.13%) Agile
5 321 (20.66%) Mentoring
6 310 (19.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 284 (18.28%) Coaching
8 252 (16.22%) Degree
9 242 (15.57%) Microsoft
10 209 (13.45%) Law
11 203 (13.06%) Project Delivery
12 193 (12.42%) Decision-Making
13 192 (12.36%) PRINCE2
14 188 (12.10%) Risk Management
15 183 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
16 174 (11.20%) Marketing
17 162 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
18 159 (10.23%) Roadmaps
19 157 (10.10%) Service Delivery
20 149 (9.59%) SaaS
21 141 (9.07%) Change Management
22 134 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
23 130 (8.37%) Analytics
24 125 (8.04%) ServiceNow
24 125 (8.04%) Security Cleared
25 123 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
26 118 (7.59%) Line Management
26 118 (7.59%) Programme Management
27 113 (7.27%) Performance Management
28 111 (7.14%) 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 32 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.84%) Confluence
4 11 (0.71%) SAS
5 10 (0.64%) CMS
6 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.39%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.32%) WordPress
8 4 (0.26%) Apache
8 4 (0.26%) Site Server
9 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.13%) Drupal
10 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.13%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.064%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.064%) JCAPS
11 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.064%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.064%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 65 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.77%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.19%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.19%) SPSS
7 3 (0.19%) Stata
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.064%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.064%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.064%) InDesign
9 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (2.38%) Endur
2 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.45%) Shopify
4 6 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.39%) SAP HCM
4 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.26%) Primavera
5 4 (0.26%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.13%) Magento
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.064%) Adaptiv
8 1 (0.064%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.064%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 149 (9.59%) SaaS
2 74 (4.76%) Azure
3 44 (2.83%) AWS
4 39 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (2.45%) Power Platform
6 26 (1.67%) GCP
7 18 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (0.77%) Amazon S3
9 10 (0.64%) OCI
9 10 (0.64%) PaaS
10 9 (0.58%) Entra ID
11 8 (0.51%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (0.51%) AWS Step Functions
11 8 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.51%) Serverless
12 7 (0.45%) GitHub
13 6 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.42%) LAN
2 21 (1.35%) WAN
3 17 (1.09%) 5G
4 10 (0.64%) Network Security
5 9 (0.58%) DNS
6 8 (0.51%) 4G
6 8 (0.51%) Broadband
7 7 (0.45%) SAN
7 7 (0.45%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.39%) Firewall
9 4 (0.26%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
9 4 (0.26%) WLAN
10 3 (0.19%) DHCP
11 2 (0.13%) PPP
11 2 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.13%) VLAN
11 2 (0.13%) Wireless
12 1 (0.064%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.19%) Relational Database
3 26 (1.67%) RDBMS
4 25 (1.61%) Power BI
5 20 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.97%) Tableau
7 12 (0.77%) Big Data
8 10 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.45%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.39%) MySQL
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.26%) GIS
13 3 (0.19%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 28 (1.80%) JIRA
2 9 (0.58%) Git
3 6 (0.39%) PHPUnit
4 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.064%) Ant
6 1 (0.064%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.064%) JUnit
6 1 (0.064%) Maven
6 1 (0.064%) Subversion
6 1 (0.064%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 580 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 518 (33.33%) Finance
3 310 (19.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 209 (13.45%) Law
5 174 (11.20%) Marketing
6 134 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (5.98%) Retail
8 91 (5.86%) Banking
9 86 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
10 84 (5.41%) Legal
11 62 (3.99%) Influencing Skills
12 56 (3.60%) Public Sector
13 51 (3.28%) Manufacturing
14 49 (3.15%) Games
15 42 (2.70%) Investment Banking
16 41 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
17 31 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
18 29 (1.87%) Telecoms
19 27 (1.74%) Front Office
20 19 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.84%) .NET
2 9 (0.58%) HTML
2 9 (0.58%) React
2 9 (0.58%) XML
3 8 (0.51%) .NET Core
3 8 (0.51%) .NET Framework
3 8 (0.51%) Unity DI Container
4 7 (0.45%) CSS
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 (0.32%) LDAP
6 5 (0.32%) Middleware
7 4 (0.26%) PySpark
7 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
2 56 (3.60%) PMI
3 50 (3.22%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.83%) Cloud Native
5 28 (1.80%) Management Information System
5 28 (1.80%) Social Media
6 27 (1.74%) Blog
6 27 (1.74%) Data Structures
6 27 (1.74%) Driving Licence
6 27 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 21 (1.35%) Swaptions
10 20 (1.29%) Life Science
11 19 (1.22%) Derivative
12 17 (1.09%) NHS
13 15 (0.97%) Data Centre
13 15 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.77%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.29%) Windows
2 12 (0.77%) Linux
3 7 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.064%) Android
7 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (34.88%) Project Management
2 406 (26.13%) Agile
3 321 (20.66%) Mentoring
4 284 (18.28%) Coaching
5 203 (13.06%) Project Delivery
6 193 (12.42%) Decision-Making
7 192 (12.36%) PRINCE2
8 188 (12.10%) Risk Management
9 183 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
10 162 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 159 (10.23%) Roadmaps
12 157 (10.10%) Service Delivery
13 141 (9.07%) Change Management
14 130 (8.37%) Analytics
15 123 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 118 (7.59%) Line Management
16 118 (7.59%) Programme Management
17 113 (7.27%) Performance Management
18 111 (7.14%) Contract Negotiation
19 107 (6.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 62 (3.99%) Java
2 52 (3.35%) SQL
3 40 (2.57%) Python
4 21 (1.35%) VB
5 15 (0.97%) R
6 11 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.64%) C#
8 8 (0.51%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.39%) PHP
10 3 (0.19%) Scala
10 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.064%) C
11 1 (0.064%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.064%) XPath
Qualifications
1 252 (16.22%) Degree
2 125 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.28%) PMI Certification
4 77 (4.95%) SC Cleared
5 59 (3.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 36 (2.32%) APMP
7 34 (2.19%) PMP
8 25 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 19 (1.22%) ACCA
11 18 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (0.84%) CISM
13 12 (0.77%) CISSP
13 12 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 10 (0.64%) CSPO
14 10 (0.64%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.64%) MBA
15 9 (0.58%) RIBA
16 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.63%) SLA
2 51 (3.28%) QA
3 42 (2.70%) PMO
4 30 (1.93%) IFRS
5 29 (1.87%) GDPR
6 16 (1.03%) IFRS 9
7 14 (0.90%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.58%) NIST
10 8 (0.51%) CDISC
10 8 (0.51%) COBIT
11 6 (0.39%) GRC
12 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.32%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.19%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.13%) GAAP
14 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.064%) P3O
System Software
1 17 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.71%) IAG
3 5 (0.32%) Firmware
3 5 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Flume
6 2 (0.13%) Docker
7 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.32%) Rancher
2 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (0.19%) CASB
4 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.13%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.064%) Control-M
5 1 (0.064%) Core Impact
5 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.064%) Nmap
5 1 (0.064%) Terraform
5 1 (0.064%) WSUS
Vendors
1 242 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 125 (8.04%) ServiceNow
3 95 (6.11%) Dell
4 47 (3.02%) Oracle
5 41 (2.64%) SAP
6 35 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.35%) OpenLink
7 21 (1.35%) Sybase
7 21 (1.35%) TIBCO
8 17 (1.09%) CA
9 15 (0.97%) Google
10 11 (0.71%) iManage
11 10 (0.64%) Apple
12 9 (0.58%) Cisco
13 8 (0.51%) Virgin Media
14 7 (0.45%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.45%) Workday
15 6 (0.39%) Adobe
15 6 (0.39%) Databricks
15 6 (0.39%) VMware