Software Manager Jobs in the South West

Software Manager
England > South West

The median Software Manager salary in the South West is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 262 274
Rank change year-on-year +26 +12 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 51 17 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.55% 0.25% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.28% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 37 12 40
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,964 £59,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £54,375 £66,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £91,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -20.55% +58.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,063 £96,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £96,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £76,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -14.47% -10.59% +29.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 8,862 6,155 7,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.11% 89.15% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,471 3,849 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,200 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Software Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in the South West

Software Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Manager in the South West.

Salary trend for Software Manager in the South West

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in the South West

Software Manager
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Bristol +32 30 £40,000 -44.83% 2
Dorset - 17 £65,000 - 1
Software Manager
England

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Software 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 South West region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
2 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (21.57%) Agile
4 9 (17.65%) Degree
4 9 (17.65%) Git
4 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
5 8 (15.69%) JavaScript
5 8 (15.69%) C#
6 7 (13.73%) Contract Negotiation
6 7 (13.73%) Strategic Thinking
6 7 (13.73%) SDLC
7 6 (11.76%) LIMS
7 6 (11.76%) SaaS
7 6 (11.76%) Information Management
8 5 (9.80%) Azure
8 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
8 5 (9.80%) Project Management
8 5 (9.80%) B2C
8 5 (9.80%) PHP
8 5 (9.80%) MVC
8 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.80%) LAMP
8 5 (9.80%) Software Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 5 (9.80%) SOLID
9 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (7.84%) Data Science

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (1.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) SaaS
2 5 (9.80%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) AWS
3 4 (7.84%) GCP
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Git
2 4 (7.84%) Subversion
3 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Retail
4 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Finance
5 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) LAMP
2 4 (7.84%) .NET
2 4 (7.84%) .NET Framework
2 4 (7.84%) ADO.NET
2 4 (7.84%) ASP.NET
2 4 (7.84%) Entity Framework
2 4 (7.84%) jQuery
2 4 (7.84%) React
3 3 (5.88%) Laravel
4 1 (1.96%) J2EE
4 1 (1.96%) JSR 170
4 1 (1.96%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) LIMS
2 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
2 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (21.57%) Agile
4 9 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (13.73%) Contract Negotiation
6 7 (13.73%) SDLC
6 7 (13.73%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (11.76%) Information Management
8 5 (9.80%) B2C
8 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
8 5 (9.80%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 5 (9.80%) MVC
8 5 (9.80%) Project Management
8 5 (9.80%) Software Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) SOLID
8 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (7.84%) Defect Tracking
9 4 (7.84%) Gamification
9 4 (7.84%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) C#
1 8 (15.69%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.80%) PHP
3 4 (7.84%) Python
3 4 (7.84%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (7.84%) Databricks
1 4 (7.84%) Google
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe
2 1 (1.96%) Twitter