The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 113 96 90
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 5 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.294% 0.270% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.311% 0.281% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 1
Average salary £42,500 £48,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.82% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Manager
West Midlands

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Manager across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Software Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Manager across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Software Manager Salary Trend

Software Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Manager across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Software Manager Salary Histogram

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Software Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Manager in their job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 3 (33.33%) Workflow
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (33.33%) Workflow Management
3 3 (33.33%) DevExpress
3 3 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) OO
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Logistics
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) MCTS
5 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) QA
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
5 1 (11.11%) Semantic Web
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) ISEB

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Software Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
1 1 (11.11%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Workflow
1 3 (33.33%) Workflow Management
2 1 (11.11%) OO
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Logistics
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Information Management
2 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCTS
1 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) DevExpress
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle