Software Development Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Development Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 441 501
Rank change year-on-year +50 +60 -81
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 12 16 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.067% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.071% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 20
10th Percentile £477 £508 £416
25th Percentile £501 £516 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +15.79% +15.15%
75th Percentile £572 £600 £592
90th Percentile £720 £646 £625
UK median daily rate £515 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -10.43% +12.20% +15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £87.39 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £89.78 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.09% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £92.16 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £89.78 -
% change year-on-year -47.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England +27 4 £510 -9.33% 1
North West +16 4 £510 -11.30%
South East +15 3 £650 +26.21% 4
Wales - 3 £515 -
Midlands +28 1 £525 +9.95% 3
East of England +16 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £525 -
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Scrum
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (41.67%) .NET
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
5 4 (33.33%) C#
5 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 4 (33.33%) Kanban
5 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 4 (33.33%) Software Architecture
5 4 (33.33%) Coaching
5 4 (33.33%) SDLC
6 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
6 3 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (25.00%) Atlassian
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) JIRA
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (16.67%) Azure
7 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (16.67%) DevOps
8 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (8.33%) Waterfall

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Scrum
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Project Management
4 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Kanban
4 4 (33.33%) SDLC
4 4 (33.33%) Software Architecture
4 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
6 2 (16.67%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
7 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C#
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Cadence
2 1 (8.33%) Progress