Market evidence report — bid-manager
Source: 66 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 66), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-09.
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Seniority distribution
| Seniority |
Ads |
Share |
| mid |
51 |
77 % |
| senior |
10 |
15 % |
| junior |
2 |
3 % |
| lead |
2 |
3 % |
| n/a |
1 |
2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
Microsoft Excel |
11 |
17 % |
| 2 |
Microsoft Office |
11 |
17 % |
| 3 |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
8 |
12 % |
| 4 |
Salesforce |
8 |
12 % |
| 5 |
Microsoft Word |
6 |
9 % |
| 6 |
Microsoft SharePoint |
4 |
6 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
proposal development |
17 |
26 % |
| 2 |
bid management |
14 |
21 % |
| 3 |
project management |
14 |
21 % |
| 4 |
competitive analysis |
10 |
15 % |
| 5 |
proposal management |
10 |
15 % |
| 6 |
technical writing |
10 |
15 % |
| 7 |
contract negotiation |
9 |
14 % |
| 8 |
editing |
8 |
12 % |
| 9 |
risk assessment |
8 |
12 % |
| 10 |
business development |
7 |
11 % |
| 11 |
risk management |
7 |
11 % |
| 12 |
bid preparation |
6 |
9 % |
| 13 |
proposal writing |
6 |
9 % |
| 14 |
opportunity qualification |
5 |
8 % |
| 15 |
schedule management |
5 |
8 % |
| 16 |
market analysis |
4 |
6 % |
| 17 |
pipeline management |
4 |
6 % |
| 18 |
pricing strategy |
4 |
6 % |
| 19 |
writing |
4 |
6 % |
| 20 |
capture analysis |
3 |
5 % |
| 21 |
capture management |
3 |
5 % |
| 22 |
compliance |
3 |
5 % |
| 23 |
content creation |
3 |
5 % |
| 24 |
contract lifecycle management |
3 |
5 % |
| 25 |
cost estimation |
3 |
5 % |
| 26 |
cost management |
3 |
5 % |
| 27 |
estimating |
3 |
5 % |
| 28 |
government contracting |
3 |
5 % |
| 29 |
market research |
3 |
5 % |
| 30 |
project coordination |
3 |
5 % |
| 31 |
proofreading |
3 |
5 % |
| 32 |
requirements assessment |
3 |
5 % |
| 33 |
rfp analysis |
3 |
5 % |
| 34 |
rfp response |
3 |
5 % |
| 35 |
tender management |
3 |
5 % |
| 36 |
win strategy development |
3 |
5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
far/dfars compliance |
3 |
5 % |
| 2 |
value engineering |
3 |
5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
proposal development |
8 |
12 % |
| 2 |
relationship building |
5 |
8 % |
| 3 |
compliance assurance |
4 |
6 % |
| 4 |
opportunity qualification |
4 |
6 % |
| 5 |
proposal creation |
4 |
6 % |
| 6 |
proposal submission |
4 |
6 % |
| 7 |
schedule management |
4 |
6 % |
| 8 |
cross-functional coordination |
3 |
5 % |
| 9 |
cross-functional team coordination |
3 |
5 % |
| 10 |
customer communication |
3 |
5 % |
| 11 |
customer engagement |
3 |
5 % |
| 12 |
data analysis |
3 |
5 % |
| 13 |
opportunity identification |
3 |
5 % |
| 14 |
proposal lifecycle management |
3 |
5 % |
| 15 |
proposal review |
3 |
5 % |
| 16 |
report generation |
3 |
5 % |
| 17 |
rfp review |
3 |
5 % |
| 18 |
stakeholder communication |
3 |
5 % |
| 19 |
stakeholder coordination |
3 |
5 % |
| 20 |
task order tracking |
3 |
5 % |
| 21 |
team collaboration |
3 |
5 % |
| 22 |
team mentoring |
3 |
5 % |
| 23 |
template development |
3 |
5 % |
Job title variants in the market
| Title |
Ads |
| Bid Manager |
6 |
| Senior Proposal Manager |
4 |
| Capture Manager |
3 |
| Proposal Manager |
2 |
| Senior Bid Manager |
2 |
| Strategic Pursuits Task Order Bid Manager - AWS US Department of War Markets, US Strategic Pursuit Team |
2 |
| Tender Manager |
2 |
| 1st Shift Machine Tender |
1 |
| BD Capture Manager |
1 |
| Bid Coordinator |
1 |
| Bid Technical Manager |
1 |
| Business Development Director - Navy C5ISR and Training |
1 |
| Capture and Proposal Manager, Government |
1 |
| Commercial Bid Executive |
1 |
| Commercial Lead – Sales & Tender Commercial Sales Manager |
1 |
| Commercial Manager — Tender Strategy & Cost Control |
1 |
| Commercial Sales Manager |
1 |
| Construction Bid & Preconstruction Coordinator |
1 |
| Contracts and Bids Coordinator |
1 |
| Estimating Manager |
1 |
| Federal Capture and Proposal Manager |
1 |
| Federal Proposals Lead - Strategic Bid Management |
1 |
| Federal Proposals Manager — AI-Driven, High-Impact Bids |
1 |
| Global Logistics Tender Manager |
1 |
| Government Contracts and Bid Manager |
1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
