Software Manager Contracts in England

Software Manager
UK > England

The median Software Manager daily rate in England is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 580 636
Rank change year-on-year +122 +56 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 79 71 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 43 107
10th Percentile £443 £416 £400
25th Percentile £500 £478 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £530 £625
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -15.20% +38.89%
75th Percentile £775 £653 £738
90th Percentile £800 £685 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £530 £575
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 18 3
10th Percentile - £63.88 £30.79
25th Percentile £46.25 £65.00 £31.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% +90.55% -20.06%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 £36.16
90th Percentile - - £36.51
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -27.48% +90.55% -20.06%

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 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £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 £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in England

Software Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Manager in England

Software Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Manager in England

Software Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Manager in England

Software 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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +115 38 £725 +28.89% 18
North of England +38 14 £493 -14.26% 9
North West +30 12 £490 -14.74% 5
South West +9 9 £501 - 6
West Midlands +29 7 £526 +14.97% 7
Midlands +28 7 £526 +14.97% 13
East of England +3 5 £388 -40.38% 3
South East +1 2 £563 +6.13% 12
Yorkshire +14 1 £525 - 4
North East - 1 - -
Software Manager
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Software Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Software 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 Manager in the job title.

1 38 (48.10%) Agile
2 37 (46.84%) Asset Management
3 36 (45.57%) Finance
4 32 (40.51%) AWS
5 31 (39.24%) .NET
6 29 (36.71%) C#
6 29 (36.71%) DevOps
6 29 (36.71%) Software Engineering
7 28 (35.44%) JavaScript
8 27 (34.18%) Azure
8 27 (34.18%) Fintech
9 24 (30.38%) React
9 24 (30.38%) TypeScript
9 24 (30.38%) QA
10 23 (29.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 23 (29.11%) Front Office
10 23 (29.11%) Fixed Income
10 23 (29.11%) Equities
10 23 (29.11%) Derivative
10 23 (29.11%) Investment Management
10 23 (29.11%) TDD
10 23 (29.11%) Hedge funds
10 23 (29.11%) GCP
10 23 (29.11%) Redux
10 23 (29.11%) Full Stack Development
11 17 (21.52%) Security Cleared
12 16 (20.25%) SC Cleared
12 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
13 15 (18.99%) .NET Core
14 12 (15.19%) Software Asset Management

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) CANalyzer
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Magento
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (40.51%) AWS
2 27 (34.18%) Azure
3 23 (29.11%) GCP
4 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) Ethernet
1 4 (5.06%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) CANoe
General
1 36 (45.57%) Finance
2 23 (29.11%) Front Office
3 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
4 9 (11.39%) Manufacturing
5 8 (10.13%) Electronics
5 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (6.33%) Automotive
8 4 (5.06%) Marketing
8 4 (5.06%) Retail
9 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.53%) Banking
10 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.27%) Law
11 1 (1.27%) Legal
11 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (39.24%) .NET
2 24 (30.38%) React
3 23 (29.11%) Redux
4 15 (18.99%) .NET Core
5 9 (11.39%) AngularJS
6 8 (10.13%) ASP.NET
6 8 (10.13%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (10.13%) Vue
7 2 (2.53%) React Native
8 1 (1.27%) ADO
8 1 (1.27%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.11%) Derivative
1 23 (29.11%) Equities
1 23 (29.11%) Fixed Income
1 23 (29.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 23 (29.11%) Hedge funds
2 8 (10.13%) CMDB
2 8 (10.13%) Virtual Team
3 7 (8.86%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.06%) Infotainment
5 2 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Smartcard
6 1 (1.27%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (48.10%) Agile
2 37 (46.84%) Asset Management
3 29 (36.71%) DevOps
3 29 (36.71%) Software Engineering
4 27 (34.18%) Fintech
5 23 (29.11%) Full Stack Development
5 23 (29.11%) Investment Management
5 23 (29.11%) TDD
6 12 (15.19%) Software Asset Management
7 9 (11.39%) Mentoring
7 9 (11.39%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
8 8 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (10.13%) Quality Management
8 8 (10.13%) Software Delivery
8 8 (10.13%) Virtual Team Management
9 7 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.86%) Service Management
9 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (8.86%) Statistics
10 6 (7.59%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (36.71%) C#
2 28 (35.44%) JavaScript
3 24 (30.38%) TypeScript
4 7 (8.86%) Python
5 4 (5.06%) VBA
6 3 (3.80%) Java
7 2 (2.53%) SQL
8 1 (1.27%) C
8 1 (1.27%) C++
8 1 (1.27%) Go
8 1 (1.27%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.27%) PHP
8 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 16 (20.25%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.33%) Degree
4 3 (3.80%) MCP
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (30.38%) QA
2 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.80%) SAP
2 3 (3.80%) ServiceNow
2 3 (3.80%) VMware
3 1 (1.27%) Blue Prism
3 1 (1.27%) Cadence
3 1 (1.27%) IBM
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle
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