Software Manager Job Trends in Berkshire

Software Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Software Manager salary in Berkshire is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 109 131
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 2 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.10% 0.67% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.82% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 14
10th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £92,250
25th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £105,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% - +31.25%
75th Percentile £101,250 £112,500 £118,125
90th Percentile £105,000 - £120,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £83,750 £100,000
% change year-on-year -22.39% -16.25% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,805 1,347 1,952
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 82.49% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 914 691 1,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Software Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in Berkshire

Software Manager
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell +21 1 £105,000 -
Maidenhead - 1 £80,000 -
Software Manager
South East

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Software Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HubSpot
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft