The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 20 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank - 77 66
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 0 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.746% 0.436%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.770% 0.450%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 2
Average salary - £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
434 649 444
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.88% 96.87% 96.73%
Number of salaries quoted 364 583 360
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Software Manager Salary Trend

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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%) Java
2 10 (47.62%) Scrum
3 9 (42.86%) Retail
3 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 8 (38.10%) Law
5 7 (33.33%) LAMP
5 7 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 7 (33.33%) ERP
5 7 (33.33%) Oracle
5 7 (33.33%) Resource Management
5 7 (33.33%) QA
5 7 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 7 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 7 (33.33%) System Testing
5 7 (33.33%) TDD
6 6 (28.57%) Release Management
6 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (28.57%) Regression Testing
7 4 (19.05%) Project Management
7 4 (19.05%) .NET
8 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
8 3 (14.29%) PMI
8 3 (14.29%) PMI Certification
8 3 (14.29%) WebSphere
9 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
9 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (4.762%) Automotive
9 1 (4.762%) Sage

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 7 (33.33%) LAMP
2 4 (19.05%) .NET
3 3 (14.29%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (42.86%) Retail
2 8 (38.10%) Law
3 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.762%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.762%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Scrum
2 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 7 (33.33%) ERP
3 7 (33.33%) TDD
3 7 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 7 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 7 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 7 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 7 (33.33%) System Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Release Management
4 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Regression Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
6 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.762%) RUP
7 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.762%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Sage
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