Senior Manager Jobs in Scotland

Senior Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Manager salary in Scotland is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 175 197
Rank change year-on-year +14 +22 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Manager 124 40 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.81% 0.93% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.04% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 61 33 35
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,500 £51,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,800 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £67,086
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.11% +21.97%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £73,125
90th Percentile £98,750 £101,879 £87,520
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +2.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,634 3,842 6,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.72% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,931 2,088 3,091
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Manager in Scotland

Senior Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Glasgow -22 95 £65,000 - 22
Edinburgh +25 21 £80,000 +4.74% 9
Argyll and Bute - 5 £75,000 -
West Lothian - 3 £70,000 -
Senior Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 across the Scotland region featuring Senior Manager in the job title.

1 55 (44.35%) Finance
2 49 (39.52%) Coaching
3 48 (38.71%) Law
3 48 (38.71%) Software Engineering
4 46 (37.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (36.29%) Mathematics
5 45 (36.29%) Computer Science
6 42 (33.87%) Cloud Native
7 31 (25.00%) Project Management
8 28 (22.58%) Banking
9 27 (21.77%) Investment Banking
10 25 (20.16%) Marketing
11 23 (18.55%) Java
12 21 (16.94%) Agile
13 20 (16.13%) Social Skills
14 18 (14.52%) Observability
15 17 (13.71%) Business Case
16 14 (11.29%) Change Management
17 11 (8.87%) DevOps
17 11 (8.87%) Programme Management
18 10 (8.06%) Risk Management
18 10 (8.06%) PRINCE2
18 10 (8.06%) Actionable Insight
19 9 (7.26%) Decision-Making
19 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
19 9 (7.26%) Security Cleared
19 9 (7.26%) Agile Project Management
20 8 (6.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
20 8 (6.45%) Knowledge Management
20 8 (6.45%) Collaborative Working

Senior Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) SAP HCM
1 2 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.84%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.42%) GCP
2 3 (2.42%) SaaS
3 2 (1.61%) Azure
3 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.81%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.42%) Big Data
2 1 (0.81%) Power BI
2 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 55 (44.35%) Finance
2 48 (38.71%) Law
3 46 (37.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (22.58%) Banking
5 27 (21.77%) Investment Banking
6 25 (20.16%) Marketing
7 20 (16.13%) Social Skills
8 6 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (3.23%) Electronics
11 3 (2.42%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 42 (33.87%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.42%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.81%) Credit Risk
3 1 (0.81%) PMI
3 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (39.52%) Coaching
2 48 (38.71%) Software Engineering
3 45 (36.29%) Computer Science
3 45 (36.29%) Mathematics
4 31 (25.00%) Project Management
5 21 (16.94%) Agile
6 18 (14.52%) Observability
7 17 (13.71%) Business Case
8 14 (11.29%) Change Management
9 11 (8.87%) DevOps
9 11 (8.87%) Programme Management
10 10 (8.06%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (8.06%) PRINCE2
10 10 (8.06%) Risk Management
11 9 (7.26%) Agile Project Management
11 9 (7.26%) Decision-Making
12 8 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (6.45%) Knowledge Management
13 7 (5.65%) CI/CD
13 7 (5.65%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.55%) Java
2 5 (4.03%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.81%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
1 9 (7.26%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (3.23%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.42%) Degree
4 3 (2.42%) PMP
5 1 (0.81%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.81%) Basel III
1 1 (0.81%) PMO
1 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.42%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (2.42%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (4.03%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle
3 2 (1.61%) SAP
3 2 (1.61%) Workday
4 1 (0.81%) Google