Software Engineering Manager Contracts

Software Engineering Manager
UK

The median Software Engineering Manager daily rate in the UK is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 692 812
Rank change year-on-year +107 +120 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 5 7 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.012% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.013% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 26
10th Percentile £669 £519 £588
25th Percentile £689 £520 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £675 £775
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.90% +29.17%
75th Percentile £753 £750 £813
90th Percentile £781 £780 £819
UK excluding London median daily rate £800 £606 £550
% change year-on-year +31.96% +10.23% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Manager in the UK

Software Engineering Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering Manager in the UK

Software Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering Manager over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering Manager in the UK

Software Engineering Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering Manager in the UK

Software Engineering Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +105 5 £713 +17.53% 26
London +100 4 £700 - 13
Work from Home +115 2 £694 +29.07% 16
UK excluding London +50 1 £800 +31.96% 16
South West - 1 £800 -

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Software Engineering 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 featuring Software Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Go
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Kotlin
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Social Media
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Software Engineering 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Go
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Ruby
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript