Software Development Manager Contracts

Software Development Manager
UK

The median Software Development Manager daily rate in the UK is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 696 789
Rank change year-on-year +125 +93 -138
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 15 26 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.043% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.046% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 34
10th Percentile £413 £514 £416
25th Percentile £469 £519 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% +18.92%
75th Percentile £549 £600 £709
90th Percentile £675 £675 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -5.45% +12.82% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £62.40 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £62.44 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £79.83 -
90th Percentile - £87.23 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -26.92% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 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
England +110 12 £518 -10.00% 15
UK excluding London +66 12 £520 -5.45% 9
Work from Home +120 5 £525 -12.50% 9
North of England +31 4 £510 -9.33% 1
North West +15 4 £510 -11.30%
South East +10 3 £650 +19.27% 3
Wales - 3 £515 -
London +99 1 £560 -6.67% 7
Midlands +25 1 £525 +9.95% 3
East of England - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £525 -

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Scrum
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 7 (46.67%) Project Management
3 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (40.00%) Kanban
5 5 (33.33%) .NET
6 4 (26.67%) C#
6 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
6 4 (26.67%) Azure
6 4 (26.67%) Software Architecture
6 4 (26.67%) Project Governance
6 4 (26.67%) DevOps
6 4 (26.67%) Coaching
6 4 (26.67%) SDLC
6 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
6 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
7 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
7 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (20.00%) Cost Management
7 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (20.00%) Microservices
7 3 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (20.00%) Atlassian
7 3 (20.00%) Marketing
7 3 (20.00%) Degree
7 3 (20.00%) JIRA
7 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Electronics
3 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Scrum
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 7 (46.67%) Project Management
4 6 (40.00%) Kanban
5 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (26.67%) Coaching
5 4 (26.67%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
5 4 (26.67%) Project Governance
5 4 (26.67%) SDLC
5 4 (26.67%) Software Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
6 3 (20.00%) Cost Management
6 3 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (20.00%) Microservices
6 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics
7 2 (13.33%) ITIL
7 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) C#
1 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Atlassian
3 2 (13.33%) SAP
4 1 (6.67%) Cadence
4 1 (6.67%) Progress