Software Manager
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Software Manager salary in Cardiff is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 29 | 56 | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | +3 | +34 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 1.55% | 1.45% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.56% | 1.53% | 0.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,500 | - | £60,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,250 | - | £60,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -4.00% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,375 | £67,500 | £65,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,450 | - | £66,750 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £75,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -4.00% | +25.00% |
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 | 192 | 782 | 494 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 98.97% | 94.79% | 91.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 132 | 660 | 378 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,614 | £28,113 | £31,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,625 | £37,101 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £54,882 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.90% | +4.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,794 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £30,000 | £45,000 | £49,053 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.33% | -8.26% | -1.89% |
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.
Software Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Manager in Cardiff.
Software Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 25 June 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.
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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: