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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 156 156 139
Rank change year-on-year
0 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 31 20 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.737% 0.532% 0.650%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.772% 0.554% 0.681%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 21
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,975 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4013 3607 3819
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.43% 95.98% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3458 3202 3491
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Manager
North West

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Software Manager Salary Trend

Software Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester Software Manager Salary Histogram

Software Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Altrincham - 7 £42,500 -
Stockport -9 5 £42,500 +18.05%
Bolton - 1 - -
Software Manager
North West

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 21 (52.50%) Project Management
2 13 (32.50%) Finance
3 12 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 9 (22.50%) QA
5 8 (20.00%) Scrum
5 8 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 6 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (15.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (15.00%) Business Development
6 6 (15.00%) Intranet
6 6 (15.00%) Test Strategy
7 5 (12.50%) .NET
7 5 (12.50%) Test Management
8 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (10.00%) Waterfall
9 3 (7.500%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (7.500%) Information Management
9 3 (7.500%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.500%) Military
9 3 (7.500%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (7.500%) Communications Security
9 3 (7.500%) Degree
9 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET
9 3 (7.500%) Microsoft
9 3 (7.500%) Management Information System
9 3 (7.500%) Telecoms
10 2 (5.000%) CSS
10 2 (5.000%) HTML
10 2 (5.000%) Java
10 2 (5.000%) SQL Server

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 5 (12.50%) .NET
2 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET
3 2 (5.000%) CSS
3 2 (5.000%) HTML
4 1 (2.500%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.500%) Java EE
4 1 (2.500%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (2.500%) ASP
4 1 (2.500%) J2EE
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) MS Project
1 2 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Intranet
2 1 (2.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.000%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (32.50%) Finance
2 3 (7.500%) Military
2 3 (7.500%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.500%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.000%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.500%) Open Source
3 1 (2.500%) Biotechnology
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Project Management
2 12 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 8 (20.00%) Scrum
3 8 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 6 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (15.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (15.00%) Business Development
4 6 (15.00%) Test Strategy
5 5 (12.50%) Test Management
6 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (10.00%) Waterfall
7 3 (7.500%) Information Management
7 3 (7.500%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.500%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (7.500%) Communications Security
8 2 (5.000%) OO
8 2 (5.000%) Time Management
8 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
9 1 (2.500%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.500%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) Java
2 1 (2.500%) Ruby
2 1 (2.500%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (7.500%) Degree
2 1 (2.500%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (7.500%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.500%) Twitter
2 1 (2.500%) Google
2 1 (2.500%) Symantec
Manchester, Lancashire
Project Manager (Prince2/Waterfall) are required for this rapidly expanding organisation based in Manchester - commutable from Manchester, Stockport, Chester, Wigan, Warrington, Bolton, Preston, St Helens, Halifax, Huddersfield You...
Mortimer Spinks
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
They require an experienced Test Manager with proven experience and expertise in software testing within a fast paced delivery environment... You will be required to implement a test...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013