Software Manager Contracts in the North of England

Software Manager
England > North of England

The median Software Manager daily rate in the North of England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 214 226
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 13 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.068% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.072% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £470 £560 -
25th Percentile £481 £575 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £463
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +29.73% -28.85%
75th Percentile £521 £669 £538
90th Percentile £541 £710 £563
England median daily rate £700 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +33.33% -19.23% +44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £30.79
25th Percentile - - £31.69
Median hourly rate - - £34.38
75th Percentile - - £36.16
90th Percentile - - £36.51
England median hourly rate - £65.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year - +90.55% -20.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,414 5,565 7,029
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.14% 96.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,794 3,933 5,191
10th Percentile £263 £275 £200
25th Percentile £381 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 173 301
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.16 £11.17
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.56 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.75 £30.54 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.33% +65.08% +3.35%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.40 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.75 £65.95 £50.78
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in the North of England

Software Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Manager in the North of England

Software Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Manager in the North of England

Software Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +31 9 £488 -15.22% 10
Yorkshire +21 3 £525 -20.75% 4
North East - 1 - -
Software Manager
England

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 North of England region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
3 5 (38.46%) Statistics
3 5 (38.46%) CMDB
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Service Management
3 5 (38.46%) Quality Management
3 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
3 5 (38.46%) Scrum
3 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
3 5 (38.46%) Virtual Team Management
3 5 (38.46%) Virtual Team
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Coaching
4 4 (30.77%) Internal Audit
4 4 (30.77%) IT Asset Management
4 4 (30.77%) Software Architecture
4 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
4 4 (30.77%) C#
4 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
5 3 (23.08%) Software Asset Management
6 2 (15.38%) Public Sector

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) Laravel
2 1 (7.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) CMDB
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
1 5 (38.46%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
2 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Quality Management
2 5 (38.46%) Scrum
2 5 (38.46%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
2 5 (38.46%) Service Management
2 5 (38.46%) Statistics
2 5 (38.46%) Virtual Team Management
3 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 4 (30.77%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) Internal Audit
3 4 (30.77%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (30.77%) Software Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
4 3 (23.08%) Software Asset Management
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C#
1 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality