Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Software Engineering Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Software Engineering Manager salary in Birmingham is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 147 138
Rank change year-on-year +38 -9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 3 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.20% 0.037% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.039% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £66,250 - -
25th Percentile £68,125 - £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £100,000
75th Percentile £81,250 - £105,000
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £76,250 £71,000 £89,250
% change year-on-year +7.39% -20.45% +27.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,387 2,574 1,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.29% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 799 2,101 1,427
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,964 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Manager in Birmingham

Software Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering Manager in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Software Engineering Manager in Birmingham

Software Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering Manager in Birmingham

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Software Engineering Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Software Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) WFM
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 Software Engineering Manager jobs in the West Midlands