The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 19 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 80 89 94
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 13 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.115% 0.378% 0.312%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.159% 0.395% 0.327%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
Average salary £45,000 £40,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.80% -5.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,200 £35,000 £40,600
10% offered a salary of more than £54,600 £52,150 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1122 1267 1528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 96.23% 95.77% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 673 894 1124
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £58,200 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Manager
Scotland

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Software Manager Salary Trend

Software Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Manager across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Software Manager Salary Histogram

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (23.81%) C#
4 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (14.29%) QA
5 3 (14.29%) Degree
5 3 (14.29%) C++
5 3 (14.29%) Java
5 3 (14.29%) .NET
5 3 (14.29%) Linux
5 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
6 2 (9.524%) Perl
6 2 (9.524%) PHP
6 2 (9.524%) C
6 2 (9.524%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (9.524%) Ruby
6 2 (9.524%) Stress Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Performance Management
6 2 (9.524%) Subversion
6 2 (9.524%) Jenkins
6 2 (9.524%) Hudson
7 1 (4.762%) Software Architecture
7 1 (4.762%) Business Process Improvement
7 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
7 1 (4.762%) Open Source
7 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (4.762%) SaaS

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 3 (14.29%) .NET
2 2 (9.524%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (4.762%) Grails
3 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.762%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (4.762%) Umbraco
1 1 (4.762%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) MySQL
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Subversion
1 2 (9.524%) Jenkins
1 2 (9.524%) Hudson
2 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
2 1 (4.762%) Retail
2 1 (4.762%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Open Source
1 1 (4.762%) SaaS
1 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.762%) PMI
1 1 (4.762%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (4.762%) Android
2 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Stress Testing
4 2 (9.524%) Performance Management
5 1 (4.762%) Software Architecture
5 1 (4.762%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.762%) Web Application Development
5 1 (4.762%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.762%) Product Management
5 1 (4.762%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) C#
2 3 (14.29%) C++
2 3 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (9.524%) Perl
3 2 (9.524%) PHP
3 2 (9.524%) C
3 2 (9.524%) Ruby
4 1 (4.762%) Groovy
4 1 (4.762%) SQL
4 1 (4.762%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Sitecore
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You will possess proven software development experience with C#, .Net, and ideally ASP.Net. You will have strong Object orientated skills with experience of designing and architectural knowledge.....
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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