The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Development Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Development Manager
Rank 632 659 682
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 209 216 157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.205% 0.188% 0.136%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.218% 0.198% 0.144%
Number of salaries quoted 183 194 127
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £78,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-8.69% +15.00%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Software Development Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend

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

England Software Development Manager Salary Trend

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Development Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Software Development Manager Salary Histogram

Software Development Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +83 77 £57,500 -4.16%
East Midlands +23 25 £50,000 -2.43%
South East -26 24 £60,000 -7.69%
South West -4 20 £50,000 -4.76%
East of England +6 15 £58,750 +30.55%
Yorkshire -4 14 £51,250 +10.21%
North East +9 13 £55,000 -12.00%
West Midlands -20 13 £58,750 -6.00%
North West -34 8 £42,500 -17.07%
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Software Development 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 Development Manager in their job title.

1 220 (48.89%) .NET
2 154 (34.22%) C#
3 150 (33.33%) Java
4 121 (26.89%) Project Management
5 117 (26.00%) Agile Software Development
6 107 (23.78%) Scrum
7 95 (21.11%) Degree
8 85 (18.89%) Microsoft
9 84 (18.67%) SQL
10 83 (18.44%) ASP.NET
11 71 (15.78%) Finance
12 62 (13.78%) SQL Server
13 55 (12.22%) PRINCE2
14 49 (10.89%) MS Excel
15 48 (10.67%) Software Engineering
16 44 (9.778%) Visual Studio
16 44 (9.778%) HTML
17 42 (9.333%) PHP
18 41 (9.111%) Waterfall
19 40 (8.889%) Web Services
19 40 (8.889%) Computer Science
20 39 (8.667%) Retail
21 38 (8.444%) Windows
21 38 (8.444%) E-Commerce
21 38 (8.444%) C++
22 37 (8.222%) J2EE
23 36 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
24 33 (7.333%) JavaScript
24 33 (7.333%) ITIL
25 32 (7.111%) OO

Software Development Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Software Development 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 Development Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 220 (48.89%) .NET
2 83 (18.44%) ASP.NET
3 44 (9.778%) HTML
4 40 (8.889%) Web Services
5 37 (8.222%) J2EE
6 29 (6.444%) .NET Framework
7 21 (4.667%) XML
7 21 (4.667%) CSS
8 19 (4.222%) HTML5
9 16 (3.556%) ASP.NET MVC
10 15 (3.333%) Spring
11 14 (3.111%) jQuery
11 14 (3.111%) WCF
12 12 (2.667%) Silverlight
13 11 (2.444%) Ajax
14 9 (2.000%) Hibernate
14 9 (2.000%) ASP
15 7 (1.556%) Struts
16 6 (1.333%) POSIX
16 6 (1.333%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 12 (2.667%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.778%) IIS
2 8 (1.778%) Apache
3 5 (1.111%) CMS
4 4 (0.889%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.444%) ColdFusion
5 2 (0.444%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.222%) Drupal
6 1 (0.222%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.222%) ESB
6 1 (0.222%) SonicMQ
Applications
1 49 (10.89%) MS Excel
2 18 (4.000%) MS Office
3 13 (2.889%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.667%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.889%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.444%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.000%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.778%) BSS
3 6 (1.333%) Asterisk PBX
4 5 (1.111%) Internet
4 5 (1.111%) HTTP
5 4 (0.889%) SAN
5 4 (0.889%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.889%) NAS
6 2 (0.444%) Intranet
7 1 (0.222%) LTE
7 1 (0.222%) Wireless
7 1 (0.222%) DVB
7 1 (0.222%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (13.78%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.111%) MySQL
3 11 (2.444%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (2.222%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.333%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (1.111%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (1.111%) Oracle 9i
6 5 (1.111%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (1.111%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (0.889%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.889%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.667%) Pentaho
8 3 (0.667%) Big Data
8 3 (0.667%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.667%) OLTP
9 2 (0.444%) DB2
9 2 (0.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.444%) MarkLogic
9 2 (0.444%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.222%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (9.778%) Visual Studio
2 36 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (2.222%) JIRA
3 10 (2.222%) Subversion
4 3 (0.667%) TestNG
4 3 (0.667%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.667%) Selenium
4 3 (0.667%) Maven
5 2 (0.444%) Hudson
6 1 (0.222%) TeamCity
General
1 71 (15.78%) Finance
2 39 (8.667%) Retail
3 31 (6.889%) Telecoms
4 23 (5.111%) Music
4 23 (5.111%) Music Industry
5 16 (3.556%) Aerospace
6 14 (3.111%) Back Office
7 13 (2.889%) Law
8 10 (2.222%) Legal
9 8 (1.778%) Electronics
10 7 (1.556%) Publishing
10 7 (1.556%) Marketing
11 4 (0.889%) Military
12 3 (0.667%) Games
13 2 (0.444%) German Language
14 1 (0.222%) Banking
14 1 (0.222%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.889%) Computer Science
2 12 (2.667%) Digital Media
3 9 (2.000%) EPoS
4 8 (1.778%) PMI
4 8 (1.778%) Open Source
4 8 (1.778%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.556%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.333%) Pocket PC
7 4 (0.889%) Mathematics
7 4 (0.889%) Replication
7 4 (0.889%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.889%) SaaS
8 3 (0.667%) Data Integration
8 3 (0.667%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.667%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.444%) Statistics
9 2 (0.444%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.444%) AS400
9 2 (0.444%) Social Media
10 1 (0.222%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.444%) Windows
2 28 (6.222%) Linux
3 15 (3.333%) UNIX
4 9 (2.000%) Android
4 9 (2.000%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.556%) CentOS
6 6 (1.333%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (1.111%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (1.111%) Solaris
7 5 (1.111%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.889%) Debian
8 4 (0.889%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.667%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.444%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.222%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.222%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.222%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (26.89%) Project Management
2 117 (26.00%) Agile Software Development
3 107 (23.78%) Scrum
4 55 (12.22%) PRINCE2
5 48 (10.67%) Software Engineering
6 41 (9.111%) Waterfall
7 38 (8.444%) E-Commerce
8 33 (7.333%) ITIL
9 32 (7.111%) OO
9 32 (7.111%) TDD
10 29 (6.444%) Performance Management
11 27 (6.000%) MVC
12 26 (5.778%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (5.111%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (4.889%) Programme Management
15 21 (4.667%) UML
16 20 (4.444%) Kanban
16 20 (4.444%) Release Management
17 18 (4.000%) CRM
18 16 (3.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 154 (34.22%) C#
2 150 (33.33%) Java
3 84 (18.67%) SQL
4 42 (9.333%) PHP
5 38 (8.444%) C++
6 33 (7.333%) JavaScript
7 30 (6.667%) VB
8 18 (4.000%) T-SQL
8 18 (4.000%) Perl
9 16 (3.556%) C
10 15 (3.333%) VB6
11 9 (2.000%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.778%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.778%) Delphi
12 8 (1.778%) Python
13 5 (1.111%) AWK
14 4 (0.889%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.667%) Groovy
15 3 (0.667%) Bash shell
15 3 (0.667%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 95 (21.11%) Degree
2 9 (2.000%) PMI Certification
3 7 (1.556%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (1.111%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.444%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.444%) MCSE
6 2 (0.444%) MCSD
7 1 (0.222%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.222%) APMP
7 1 (0.222%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.556%) QA
2 16 (3.556%) TickIT
2 16 (3.556%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.667%) SLA
4 2 (0.444%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.222%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.222%) SCCM
1 1 (0.222%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 85 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.222%) Oracle
3 9 (2.000%) Google
4 7 (1.556%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.111%) Twitter
6 4 (0.889%) DevExpress
7 3 (0.667%) Perforce
7 3 (0.667%) Apple
8 2 (0.444%) Citrix
8 2 (0.444%) Sybase
8 2 (0.444%) SAP
9 1 (0.222%) Infragistics
9 1 (0.222%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.222%) Cadence
9 1 (0.222%) Zend
9 1 (0.222%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.222%) Cisco
Stockport, North West
Seeking a Software Development Manager in Stockport and paying up to £55k for the right person, plus Pension Plan, Profit Related Bonus and Private Health Ins.An IT...
OCC Computing
Salary: £45k - 55k per year + pension, health ins, bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Staffordshire
A software development and consultancy firm based in the West Midlands are currently seeking a new development manager to join their organisation and take the reigns on their...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: Bonus, Pension, Health and more
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
They code in C#, WPF and some C++ so technical knowledge in these areas is required... Experience of working to improve efficiency and quality within a commercial development...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
They are looking for a former Java software developer with experience of managing software development teams. You would join their expanding London office and manage their Java software...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum £40,000 - £50,000 plus discretionary
Posted: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Head of Software, Senior Team Leader, management, object orientated, SDLC, agile, design, development, release management, support, OO, programming, C#, ASP.net, MVC, Web, SQL server... You will therefore...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Gloucester, South West
You will take sole responsibility for driving the development strategy forward and recruiting skilled Developers to grow your team.The Development team is responsible for multiple systems and...
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + annual bonus + excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Gloucester, South West
You will take sole responsibility for driving the development strategy forward and recruiting skilled Developers to grow your team.The Development team is responsible for multiple systems and...
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus + excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Essential technology experience includes object orientated programming and Web development. Beneficial programming management experience in Java, Java script, HTML 5, SQL within Unix environment. Be proficient in software...
Catalyst
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
West Yorkshire
My client needs someone with strong SW Development methodologies - Waterfall, Agile, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development etc. It is essential you have worked in an embedded Linux C/...
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 1 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
e) Continuous improvement of Project Management and delivery process and procedures... j) Quality assurance of final project deliverables... c) Critical thinking and problem solving... DESIRABLE SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: a)...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 40000 - 45000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, South East
The working environment is characterised by the need to be responsive to customer needs whilst at the same time there is significant emphasis on working efficiently, and planning...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: 40000 - 45000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Backed by a portfolio of more than 400 patents and a network of millions of sensors spanning the Internet, McAfee Labs delivers unparalleled protection against both known and...
McAfee
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
As part of an aggressive growth strategy, they are presently searching for a software development Manager (SDP) to be based in of the UK head office in Liverpool...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £56000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
This is a role that would suit a person with proven track record in international technical B2B software sales. Required skills and experience:A degree or equivalent in...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £80000 per annum + Basic+Commision(OTE unlimited)
Posted: 2 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Java development... Working knowledge of Struts and Spring. JDBC and strong SQL (or Oracle or DB2) Experience of test driven development... KEYWORDS: Java | J2EE | Manager | Senior | Lead | Software |...
Harnham
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Preferably degree qualified. Knowledge and experience in many of : C, C++, Java, ODBC, JDBC, database specific APIs, Perl, Flex, ActionScript, Javascript, network programming and protocols, iOS, Objective-C,...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum depending on experience + excellent
Posted: 16 May 2013
West Yorkshire
To maintain awareness and understanding of appropriate development tools and techniques - Lead and motivate development, testing and support teams - Definition, promotion and adherence to quality standards - Definition, promotion...
Axica Recruitment
Salary: £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013