Software Manager Jobs in Leicester

Software Manager
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Software Manager salary in Leicester is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 54 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 1.07% 0.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.23% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £31,875 - -
25th Percentile £38,438 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% - -
75th Percentile £63,438 £50,000 -
90th Percentile £69,625 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £51,250 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year +13.89% - -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Leicester with a recognized job title 182 438 570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.33% 96.26% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 98 217 206
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,188 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £61,162
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -14.29% +23.53%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in Leicester

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Leicester.

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Leicester

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in Leicester over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in Leicester

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 Leicester region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing