Software Development Manager Jobs in England

Software Development Manager
UK > England

The median Software Development Manager salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 672 813 866
Rank change year-on-year +141 +53 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 159 123 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 135 109 220
10th Percentile £53,250 £52,250 £56,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £91,875 £95,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £107,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

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

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in England

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in England

Software Development Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +135 55 £84,250 -3.71% 6
Midlands +19 38 £68,500 +5.38% 2
North of England +46 26 £75,000 +3.45%
South East +15 26 £90,000 +12.50% 4
West Midlands +21 20 £70,000 +7.69%
East Midlands +10 18 £66,750 +13.62% 2
North West +1 11 £70,000 +3.70%
Yorkshire +77 9 £75,000 -16.67%
East of England +11 7 £120,000 -
North East +1 6 £80,000 +42.86%
South West -20 5 £60,000 -14.29% 2
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 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 84 (52.83%) Agile
2 41 (25.79%) Software Engineering
3 40 (25.16%) .NET
4 36 (22.64%) Mentoring
5 35 (22.01%) SDLC
6 34 (21.38%) Java
7 33 (20.75%) Roadmaps
8 31 (19.50%) People Management
9 30 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (18.24%) C#
11 28 (17.61%) Social Skills
12 27 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (16.98%) Business Transformation
13 26 (16.35%) SQL Server
14 23 (14.47%) Relational Database
14 23 (14.47%) IT Strategy
15 22 (13.84%) Games
16 21 (13.21%) RDBMS
16 21 (13.21%) TIBCO
16 21 (13.21%) OpenLink
16 21 (13.21%) Endur
16 21 (13.21%) Scrum
16 21 (13.21%) Sybase
16 21 (13.21%) Oracle
16 21 (13.21%) VB
16 21 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
16 21 (13.21%) Data Modelling
16 21 (13.21%) Swaptions
16 21 (13.21%) Creative Thinking
17 20 (12.58%) Technology Strategy

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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.77%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.26%) Confluence
4 1 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.63%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (13.21%) Endur
2 5 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.89%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.58%) Azure
2 5 (3.14%) AWS
2 5 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (3.14%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.26%) Amazon S3
3 2 (1.26%) SaaS
3 2 (1.26%) Serverless
4 1 (0.63%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.63%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.63%) GitHub
4 1 (0.63%) IaaS
4 1 (0.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.26%) Internet
2 1 (0.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.35%) SQL Server
2 23 (14.47%) Relational Database
3 21 (13.21%) RDBMS
4 9 (5.66%) OLAP
5 2 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.26%) MySQL
5 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.14%) Git
2 4 (2.52%) JIRA
3 2 (1.26%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.26%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.26%) Selenium
3 2 (1.26%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.26%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (17.61%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.84%) Games
3 18 (11.32%) Marketing
4 14 (8.81%) Finance
5 13 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.66%) Law
7 3 (1.89%) Back Office
8 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.26%) Retail
9 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.63%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (25.16%) .NET
2 5 (3.14%) LAMP
2 5 (3.14%) Laravel
3 4 (2.52%) React
4 3 (1.89%) RESTful
4 3 (1.89%) Vue
4 3 (1.89%) Web Services
5 2 (1.26%) CSS
5 2 (1.26%) CSS3
5 2 (1.26%) HTML
5 2 (1.26%) HTML5
5 2 (1.26%) Jest
5 2 (1.26%) jQuery
5 2 (1.26%) Node.js
6 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.63%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.63%) Nuxt
6 1 (0.63%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.63%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.63%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.21%) Swaptions
2 15 (9.43%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.40%) 3D Graphics
3 7 (4.40%) Client/Server
4 6 (3.77%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.77%) PropTech
4 6 (3.77%) RISC-V
5 5 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Reality
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.89%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) NHS
9 1 (0.63%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (52.83%) Agile
2 41 (25.79%) Software Engineering
3 36 (22.64%) Mentoring
4 35 (22.01%) SDLC
5 33 (20.75%) Roadmaps
6 31 (19.50%) People Management
7 30 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (16.98%) Business Transformation
8 27 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (14.47%) IT Strategy
10 21 (13.21%) Creative Thinking
10 21 (13.21%) Data Modelling
10 21 (13.21%) Scrum
11 20 (12.58%) Technology Strategy
12 19 (11.95%) Project Delivery
13 18 (11.32%) Strategic Roadmap
13 18 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
14 16 (10.06%) Project Management
15 15 (9.43%) DevOps
16 13 (8.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.38%) Java
2 29 (18.24%) C#
3 21 (13.21%) VB
4 17 (10.69%) SQL
5 11 (6.92%) PHP
6 10 (6.29%) C
7 9 (5.66%) Python
8 6 (3.77%) Embedded C
9 5 (3.14%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.52%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.89%) C++
12 2 (1.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (6.92%) Degree
2 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.26%) CISSP
3 2 (1.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.66%) QA
2 4 (2.52%) NCSC
3 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (5.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (13.21%) OpenLink
1 21 (13.21%) Oracle
1 21 (13.21%) Sybase
1 21 (13.21%) TIBCO
2 14 (8.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.26%) Google
4 1 (0.63%) Adobe
4 1 (0.63%) IFS
4 1 (0.63%) Marketo
4 1 (0.63%) SAP
4 1 (0.63%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.63%) Twitter