Software Manager Job Trends in Liverpool

Software Manager
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Software Manager salary in Liverpool is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 12 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 1.31% - 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% - 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile - - £47,500
25th Percentile - - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £71,000
Merseyside median annual salary £90,000 - £62,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 879 250 906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.07% 93.28% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 538 154 745
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,575 £26,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,688 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,250 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +2.16% -3.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Merseyside median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +3.33% +2.86% -7.89%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Software Manager job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Liverpool.

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Liverpool

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 30 May 2026, Software Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Liverpool region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) API Management
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure App Service
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) Case Management
2 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (8.33%) CRM
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (8.33%) Microservices
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Next.js
2 1 (8.33%) Node.js
2 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.33%) React
2 1 (8.33%) SDLC
2 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (8.33%) TypeScript

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure App Service
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
General
1 12 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) Next.js
1 1 (8.33%) Node.js
1 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) API Management
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.33%) Case Management
2 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (8.33%) CRM
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (8.33%) Microservices
2 1 (8.33%) SDLC
2 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Databricks
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft