Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Proposal Manager salary, United Kingdom
Advertised base salaries from Proposal Manager adverts in United Kingdom.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Proposal Manager adverts in United Kingdom.
Proposal Manager salary, United Kingdom
£55,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within £48,750–£70,000.
12 adverts12 employersIndicativeUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Average (mean)
£57,404
Range
£35,000–£90,000
Adverts stating pay
13%
12 of 92 adverts · Low data
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View BidMaster™£55,000–£60,000 and £70,000–£75,000 tie for the most adverts: 3 each, or 25% of the 12 apiece.
Median advertised base salary £55,000
Adverts per £5,000 band
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Every sector figure here is marked Low data, with too few adverts or employers to compare sectors, so they are listed by number of adverts.
| Sector | Median | Adverts | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | £70,000 (£70,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Defence & aerospace | £55,000 (£55,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Education & training | £53,250 (£53,250)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Facilities & support services | £35,000 (£35,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Financial & professional services | £57,600 (£57,600)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Healthcare & life sciences | £55,000 (£55,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
Based on the 7 of 12 adverts whose sector we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. 1 advert names a sector outside these groups and is not shown. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
United Kingdom ranks 9th of the 26 countries with salary figures in GBP for this role, based on 12 adverts. Austria has the highest available advertised median, based on 1 advert.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentFlexible working is named most often, in 72% of the 47 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 47 adverts that discuss benefits, from 92 permanent-role adverts for Proposal Manager in United Kingdom. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
Day rate
£510 /day
advertised day rate · from 1 advert
1 advert1 employerLow dataAdverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Day rates are advertised per day. We do not convert them to annual salaries.
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Not enough complete history: 2 complete months so far. We need two to measure a trend.
Oct 2026 so far: a median of £70,000 from 6 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend.
3 months so far
How many adverts say what they pay. 12 of the 92 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (13%, Low data): 7 in a structured field and 5 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Estimated posting dates. 2 of the 12 adverts behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on them, so we recorded the day we collected them instead. They count in every window on this page and are left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | No figure | No figure | No figure | 1 | No figure | No step |
| 2–5 years | £53,688 | £54,125 | £54,563 | 2 | Low data | –£4,125 (–8%) |
| 5–10 years | £37,500 | £50,000 | £66,250 | 6 | Indicative | +£40,000 (+80%) |
| 10+ years | £90,000 | £90,000 | £90,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| Not stated | £53,800 | £57,600 | £63,800 | 3 | Low data | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £35,000–£40,000 | 2 | 17% |
| £40,000–£45,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £45,000–£50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| £50,000–£55,000 | 2 | 17% |
| £55,000–£60,000 | 3 | 25% |
| £60,000–£65,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £65,000–£70,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £70,000–£75,000 | 3 | 25% |
| £75,000–£80,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £80,000–£85,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £85,000–£90,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £90,000–£95,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | £70,000 | £70,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Defence & aerospace | £55,000 | £55,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Education & training | £53,250 | £53,250 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Facilities & support services | £35,000 | £35,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Financial & professional services | £57,600 | £57,600 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Healthcare & life sciences | £55,000 | £55,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | £93,100 | $123,750 | 1 |
| Ireland | £87,600 | €102,500 | 1 |
| United States | £86,600 | $115,000 | 779 |
| Australia | £86,500 | A$165,000 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | £69,100 | HK$720,000 | 1 |
| Japan | £65,400 | C$123,200 | 1 |
| Netherlands | £61,500 | €72,000 | 18 |
| Canada | £59,900 | C$112,900 | 84 |
| United Kingdom | £55,000 | £55,000 | 12 |
| Mexico | £53,700 | MX$1,293,104 | 4 |
| Singapore | £49,500 | S$84,000 | 1 |
| South Africa | £49,489 | £49,489 | 2 |
| Switzerland | £49,200 | €57,600 | 1 |
| Germany | £48,200 | €56,420 | 75 |
| France | £48,100 | €56,250 | 14 |
| Italy | £47,900 | €56,000 | 73 |
| Spain | £44,000 | €51,500 | 12 |
| Romania | £39,700 | lei245,000 | 1 |
| Serbia | £39,700 | lei245,000 | 1 |
| Poland | £39,600 | zł202,500 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | £36,300 | €42,500 | 1 |
| Philippines | £23,000 | ₱1,920,000 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | £22,700 | AED111,000 | 2 |
| Portugal | £17,600 | €20,640 | 1 |
| India | £6,130 | ₹780,000 | 14 |
| Nigeria | £2,720 | ₦4,800,000 | 2 |
| Algeria | Shown in local currency only | DZD1,980,000 | 1 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 72% | 47 |
| Health & medical | 38% | 47 |
| Paid leave | 38% | 47 |
| Learning & development | 36% | 47 |
| Retirement & pension | 36% | 47 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 34% | 47 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 26% | 47 |
| Bonus & incentive | 23% | 47 |
| Life & disability insurance | 19% | 47 |
| Family & care leave | 15% | 47 |
| Allowances & stipends | 11% | 47 |
| Equity & ownership | 2% | 47 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | £47,500 | £46,250 | £48,750 | 2 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Sept 2026 | £44,125 | £39,563 | £48,688 | 2 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Oct 2026 | £70,000 | £58,750 | £72,250 | 6 | no | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal Manager in United Kingdom | 13% | 8%–21% | 7 | 5 | 92 |
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