Software Engineering Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering Manager
UK > UK excluding London

As of 29 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Engineering Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 396 429
Rank change year-on-year +63 +33 +84
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.005% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.005% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £519
25th Percentile - - £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £800 £606
Median % change year-on-year - +31.96% +10.23%
75th Percentile - - £703
90th Percentile - - £731
UK median daily rate - £713 £700
% change year-on-year - +1.79% -9.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,802 19,038 21,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,509 11,591 14,985
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,364 1,082
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Software Engineering 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 Engineering Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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 - 2 - - 25
North of England - 2 - - 67
Software Engineering Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Software Engineering 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 Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) MSMQ
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Focus Group

Software Engineering 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMP