Software Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 414 534
Rank change year-on-year +98 +120 -84
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 25 53 85
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.22% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 26 67
10th Percentile £425 £400 £400
25th Percentile £465 £467 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -2.95% +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £813
90th Percentile £775 £681 -
UK median daily rate £650 £523 £575
% change year-on-year +24.40% -9.13% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 17 0
Median hourly rate - £65.50 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -27.48% +90.55% -20.06%

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 14,049 23,953 42,349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.34% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,416 16,906 30,628
10th Percentile £325 £360 £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 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 553 596
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.61 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.34 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.74 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.15% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Software Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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 Manager.

Software Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Manager over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Software Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (24.00%) Agile
5 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 5 (20.00%) AWS
5 5 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 5 (20.00%) Project Management
5 5 (20.00%) Software Asset Management
5 5 (20.00%) DevOps
5 5 (20.00%) Software Delivery
6 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.00%) Fintech
6 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team Management
6 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team
6 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (16.00%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
6 4 (16.00%) Service Management
6 4 (16.00%) Quality Management
6 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
6 4 (16.00%) Electronics
6 4 (16.00%) Azure
6 4 (16.00%) Marketing
6 4 (16.00%) CMDB
7 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (12.00%) Programme Management

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) AWS
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Hadoop
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (16.00%) Electronics
3 4 (16.00%) Marketing
3 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
6 1 (4.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) React Native
2 1 (4.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) CMDB
1 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Agile
2 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (20.00%) DevOps
2 5 (20.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.00%) Software Asset Management
2 5 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (16.00%) Fintech
3 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.00%) Quality Management
3 4 (16.00%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
3 4 (16.00%) Service Management
3 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (12.00%) ITSM
4 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Python
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
1 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (12.00%) VMware
2 1 (4.00%) Blue Prism