Software Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Software Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Software Manager salary in Cardiff is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 56 65
Rank change year-on-year +28 +9 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 3 9 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.59% 1.34% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 1.43% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile - - £60,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% -23.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,813
90th Percentile - - £63,375
South Wales median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -2.04% -23.44%

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 185 631 517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.88% 93.76% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 132 548 396
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,157 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,018
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,875
South Wales median annual salary £50,221 £46,138 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.85% +2.53% -8.16%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in Cardiff

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Software Manager in Cardiff

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Software 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 Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 13485
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) ColdFusion
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle

Software 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 (33.33%) ColdFusion
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 13485
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
4 Software Manager jobs in Wales