The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 18 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Manager
Rank 180 170 198
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 35 47 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.657% 0.837% 0.432%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.683% 0.869% 0.455%
Number of salaries quoted 23 45 17
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +23.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £41,600 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5123 5409 5938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.15% 96.33% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4525 4683 5106
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
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
England

Software Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Software Manager Salary Trend

Software Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Manager across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 18 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Bristol -1 19 £47,500 - 4
Gloucestershire +10 6 £39,000 -22.00% 1
Wiltshire +14 5 £60,000 +20.00%
Somerset -20 4 £35,000 -33.33%
Devon +6 2 £40,000 +100.00%
Dorset -7 1 £50,000 -16.66%
Software Manager
England

Software Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 23 (35.94%) .NET
2 22 (34.38%) Project Management
2 22 (34.38%) Software Engineering
3 21 (32.81%) Scrum
4 15 (23.44%) Java
5 14 (21.88%) PHP
6 13 (20.31%) Telecoms
7 12 (18.75%) Kanban
8 11 (17.19%) PRINCE2
9 10 (15.63%) Digital Media
10 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
10 9 (14.06%) Degree
11 8 (12.50%) Finance
11 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
11 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (10.94%) ISO 9001
13 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (9.375%) CRM
13 6 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
13 6 (9.375%) Computer Science
13 6 (9.375%) Dynamics CRM
13 6 (9.375%) Marketing
14 5 (7.813%) Resource Management
14 5 (7.813%) C++
14 5 (7.813%) MySQL
14 5 (7.813%) MS Excel
14 5 (7.813%) SC Cleared
15 4 (6.250%) Change Control
15 4 (6.250%) TickIT

Software Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 23 (35.94%) .NET
2 4 (6.250%) HTML
3 3 (4.688%) CSS
4 2 (3.125%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.125%) LAMP
5 1 (1.563%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.563%) Application Packaging
5 1 (1.563%) jQuery
5 1 (1.563%) COM
5 1 (1.563%) COM+
5 1 (1.563%) ADO.NET
5 1 (1.563%) Web Services
5 1 (1.563%) XML
5 1 (1.563%) XSL
5 1 (1.563%) WSDL
5 1 (1.563%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.250%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.563%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (7.813%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.563%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (9.375%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.688%) Summit
2 3 (4.688%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.563%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.563%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.563%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.563%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.563%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.563%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.563%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.813%) MySQL
2 1 (1.563%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.563%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.563%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.563%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (20.31%) Telecoms
2 8 (12.50%) Finance
3 6 (9.375%) Marketing
4 3 (4.688%) Electronics
4 3 (4.688%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.563%) Retail
5 1 (1.563%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Digital Media
2 6 (9.375%) Computer Science
3 3 (4.688%) DTV
3 3 (4.688%) AS400
4 2 (3.125%) IPTV
4 2 (3.125%) PMI
4 2 (3.125%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.563%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.563%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.563%) CCTV
5 1 (1.563%) iPhone
5 1 (1.563%) iPad
5 1 (1.563%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.125%) Windows
1 2 (3.125%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.563%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.563%) Windows 8
2 1 (1.563%) Android
2 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.563%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Project Management
1 22 (34.38%) Software Engineering
2 21 (32.81%) Scrum
3 12 (18.75%) Kanban
4 11 (17.19%) PRINCE2
5 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.375%) CRM
6 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (7.813%) Resource Management
8 4 (6.250%) Business Development
8 4 (6.250%) E-Commerce
8 4 (6.250%) CMMI
8 4 (6.250%) Change Control
9 3 (4.688%) Waterfall
9 3 (4.688%) Service Delivery
9 3 (4.688%) Change Management
9 3 (4.688%) Programme Management
9 3 (4.688%) OO
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) Java
2 14 (21.88%) PHP
3 5 (7.813%) C++
4 4 (6.250%) C#
5 3 (4.688%) SQL
5 3 (4.688%) PHP5
6 1 (1.563%) R
6 1 (1.563%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.563%) VB
6 1 (1.563%) ABAP
6 1 (1.563%) VB6
6 1 (1.563%) C
6 1 (1.563%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
1 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.813%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.125%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (3.125%) APMP
4 1 (1.563%) MCP
4 1 (1.563%) MCSA
4 1 (1.563%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.563%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.563%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) ISO 9001
2 4 (6.250%) TickIT
2 4 (6.250%) QA
3 3 (4.688%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (4.688%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.563%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.250%) SAP
3 3 (4.688%) Oracle
4 1 (1.563%) Apple
4 1 (1.563%) VMware
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Salary: £45,000 to £50,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
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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...
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Salary: £50000.00 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
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Ability to use scripting languages (such as Python, Ruby, Perl) for testing and during the build process. - C/C++ - Familiarity with HTML, CSS and Javascript for Web 2...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Training & Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
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C/C++ - Familiarity with HTML, CSS and Javascript for Web 2.0 (Ajax) based user interface These roles are very urgent so suitable candidates will be interviewed immediately.
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 per annum + Benefits and Training
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Python, Ruby, Perl during the build process - HTML, CSS and Javascript for Web 2.0 (Aja Interface) - Degree in Computer Science, Electronics or Related sciences - Communication Skills Other...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 per annum + Benefits & Training
Posted: 12 June 2013
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