Software Development Manager Contracts in England

Software Development Manager
UK > England

The median Software Development Manager daily rate in England is £518 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 624 727
Rank change year-on-year +95 +103 -128
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 12 21 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.043% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.045% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 36
10th Percentile £413 £501 £416
25th Percentile £441 £516 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.20% +20.59%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £709
90th Percentile £720 £640 £794
UK median daily rate £510 £588 £513
% change year-on-year -13.19% +14.63% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,898 46,550 67,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,460 33,060 48,164
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,372 1,874
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.51
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in England

Software Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Development Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Software Development Manager in England

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Development Manager in England

Software Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Development Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Development Manager in England

Software Development Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +23 4 £510 -11.30%
North of England +20 4 £510 -9.33%
South East +15 3 £650 +14.04% 4
London +82 1 £560 -6.67% 6
Midlands +32 1 £525 +9.95% 2
East of England +8 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £525 -
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Software Development Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Scrum
2 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 4 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Coaching
3 4 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (25.00%) Marketing
4 3 (25.00%) Microservices
4 3 (25.00%) Kanban
4 3 (25.00%) Cost Management
4 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Electronics
5 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 2 (16.67%) SAP
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Scrum
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Coaching
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Cost Management
4 3 (25.00%) Kanban
4 3 (25.00%) Microservices
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Product Management
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C#
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Cadence
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft