Software Development Manager Contracts in London

Software Development Manager
England > London

The median Software Development Manager daily rate in London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 396 469
Rank change year-on-year +34 +73 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 3 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.022% 0.012% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.012% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £495
25th Percentile - - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -6.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £638
England median daily rate £750 £450 £588
% change year-on-year +66.67% -23.40% +6.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,646 16,186 24,044
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 94.08% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 11,551 17,581
10th Percentile £331 £331 £360
25th Percentile £425 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 275 272
10th Percentile £17.98 £16.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.86 £20.98 £23.27
Median hourly rate £31.25 £30.16 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -19.40% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £70.55 £82.50
England median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in London

Software Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Development Manager in London

Software Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Development Manager in London

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Software Development 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 London region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Google
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
48 Software Development Manager jobs in England