Software Development Manager Jobs in the City of London

Software Development Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Software Development Manager salary in the City of London is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 172 220
Rank change year-on-year +32 +48 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 2 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.10% 0.15% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 14
10th Percentile £96,250 - £72,625
25th Percentile £98,125 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 £50,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +115.00% -47.37% -
75th Percentile £118,125 - £107,500
90th Percentile £120,750 - -
Central London median annual salary £107,500 £50,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +115.00% -47.37% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,805 3,197 4,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 96.09% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 2,522 3,703
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,480
% change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in the City of London

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Manager in the City of London.

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in the City of London

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Software Development 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 City of London region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Elite 3E
1 1 (50.00%) Intapp
1 1 (50.00%) Aderant
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) Python

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aderant
1 1 (50.00%) Intapp