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 £370, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 164 204
Rank change year-on-year +7 +40 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 4 14 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.29% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.32% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £453 -
25th Percentile £360 £481 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £493 £575
Median % change year-on-year -24.95% -14.26% +4.55%
75th Percentile £380 £500 £600
90th Percentile - £520 -
England median daily rate £531 £544 £538
% change year-on-year -2.34% +1.21% -14.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 3,096 4,414 5,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.00% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,047 2,722 3,704
10th Percentile £250 £263 £269
25th Percentile £375 £386 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £579 £600
90th Percentile £638 £670 £688
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 438 162
10th Percentile £12.76 £11.10 £14.03
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.50 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -20.61% +45.48%
75th Percentile £46.89 £47.50 £44.92
90th Percentile £74.38 £66.61 £65.68
England median hourly rate £29.33 £37.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.30% -16.11% +88.21%

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 3 June 2025. 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
Yorkshire +13 2 - - 5
North West -2 2 £370 -24.53% 22
Software Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 2025, 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 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) MSMQ
1 2 (50.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) People Management
1 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (50.00%) People Management
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM