The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Development Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Development Manager
Rank 192 160 168
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 12 25 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.239% 0.548% 0.192%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.249% 0.572% 0.200%
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 8
Average salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £64,750 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £57,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-8.29% +14.50%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Development Manager
England

Software Development Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Software Development Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Development Manager across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Software Development Manager Salary Trend

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Development Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Software Development Manager Salary Histogram

Software Development Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Birmingham -17 4 £42,500 -5.55%
Staffordshire -11 3 £70,000 +12.00%
Coventry - 2 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +1 1 - -
Software Development Manager
England

Software Development Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Software Development 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 Development Manager in their job title.

1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (57.69%) C#
3 14 (53.85%) .NET
4 11 (42.31%) SQL
5 10 (38.46%) Degree
6 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
7 7 (26.92%) T-SQL
7 7 (26.92%) VB
7 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
7 7 (26.92%) E-Commerce
7 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
7 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (19.23%) Scrum
8 5 (19.23%) Project Management
8 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET
9 4 (15.38%) XML
9 4 (15.38%) Programme Management
10 3 (11.54%) Workflow
10 3 (11.54%) Finance
10 3 (11.54%) Legal
10 3 (11.54%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (11.54%) Workflow Management
10 3 (11.54%) ITIL
10 3 (11.54%) MS Office
10 3 (11.54%) Visual Studio
10 3 (11.54%) Service Management
10 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
10 3 (11.54%) DevExpress
11 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework

Software Development Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Software Development 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 Development Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (53.85%) .NET
2 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET
3 4 (15.38%) XML
4 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework
4 2 (7.692%) CSS
5 1 (3.846%) HTML
5 1 (3.846%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (3.846%) CMS
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.54%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (11.54%) Finance
1 3 (11.54%) Legal
2 2 (7.692%) German Language
3 1 (3.846%) Games
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.846%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) Android
1 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) E-Commerce
1 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (19.23%) Scrum
2 5 (19.23%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 3 (11.54%) Workflow
4 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (11.54%) Workflow Management
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Service Management
4 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.692%) OO
5 2 (7.692%) Six Sigma
5 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
6 1 (3.846%) Content Management
6 1 (3.846%) Information Management
6 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.846%) Release Management
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.846%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) C#
2 11 (42.31%) SQL
3 7 (26.92%) T-SQL
3 7 (26.92%) VB
4 2 (7.692%) Java
4 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.846%) PHP
5 1 (3.846%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (7.692%) MCSE
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.692%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) DevExpress