Software Development Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Development Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Development Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 461 598
Rank change year-on-year +118 +137 -126
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 5 15 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.059% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.062% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 19
10th Percentile - £506 £460
25th Percentile £413 £563 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% +42.42%
75th Percentile £560 £619 £688
90th Percentile £629 £650 £813
UK median daily rate £515 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -10.43% +12.20% +15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £89.78 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £89.78 -
% change year-on-year -47.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Software Development Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Software Development Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Development Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Development Manager.

Software Development Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Development Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Software Development Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Development
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Kanban
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Development
4 1 (20.00%) DataOps
4 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft