Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Software Engineering Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Software Engineering Manager salary in Cardiff is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 186 640 505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.41% 93.84% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 133 555 393
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,294 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,530 £46,000
% change year-on-year +6.52% -1.02% -8.00%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Manager in Cardiff

Software Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering Manager in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 Cardiff region featuring Software Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) MSMQ
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Focus Group

Software Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP