Software Engineering Manager Contracts in England

Software Engineering Manager
UK > England

The median Software Engineering Manager daily rate in England is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 640 749
Rank change year-on-year +92 +109 -121
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 6 5 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.010% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.011% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 26
10th Percentile £669 £519 £588
25th Percentile £689 £520 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £606 £775
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% -21.77% -
75th Percentile £753 £703 £813
90th Percentile £781 £731 £819
UK median daily rate £713 £675 £775
% change year-on-year +5.56% -12.90% +29.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Manager in England

Software Engineering Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering Manager in England

Software Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering Manager in England

Software Engineering Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +105 5 £700 - 14
South West - 1 £800 -
Software Engineering Manager
UK

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Software Engineering Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Software Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Social Media
3 2 (33.33%) Ruby
3 2 (33.33%) Go
3 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) React
3 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 2 (33.33%) Kotlin
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
4 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (16.67%) Tech for Good
4 1 (16.67%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Agile

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 2 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Go
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Kotlin
2 2 (33.33%) Ruby
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL