Software Development Manager Jobs in London

Software Development Manager
England > London

The median Software Development Manager salary in London is £117,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 449 599
Rank change year-on-year +63 +150 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 15 56 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.24% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.25% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 34 33
10th Percentile £76,250 - £65,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £50,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 £84,250 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.47% -3.71% -7.89%
75th Percentile £120,000 £111,250 £107,500
90th Percentile - £133,500 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £73,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +15.25% +1.72% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in London

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in London

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in London

Software Development Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London +1 3 £85,000 -34.62%
Central London +26 2 £107,500 +115.00% 3
Software Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 London region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) .NET
2 10 (66.67%) Agile
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 9 (60.00%) JIRA
3 9 (60.00%) SDLC
3 9 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (60.00%) Finance
3 9 (60.00%) Java
3 9 (60.00%) Python
4 8 (53.33%) Risk Management
4 8 (53.33%) Reinsurance
4 8 (53.33%) Master's Degree
5 5 (33.33%) C#
6 4 (26.67%) Azure
6 4 (26.67%) AWS
6 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
7 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
7 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (20.00%) Mobile Development
7 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (13.33%) Project Management
8 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 2 (13.33%) People Management
8 2 (13.33%) Scrum
8 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
9 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (6.67%) Power BI
9 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team Management

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) AWS
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Boomi
2 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Front Office
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.67%) Law
2 1 (6.67%) Legal
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (86.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
2 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Reinsurance
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Low-Code
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Agile
2 9 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (60.00%) SDLC
3 8 (53.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (20.00%) Mobile Development
6 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (13.33%) People Management
6 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (13.33%) Scrum
7 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
7 1 (6.67%) ETL
7 1 (6.67%) ITIL
7 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
7 1 (6.67%) Service Management
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Java
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 5 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Aderant
2 1 (6.67%) Intapp
2 1 (6.67%) MuleSoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow