Software Engineering Manager Jobs in London

Software Engineering Manager
England > London

The median Software Engineering Manager salary in London is £98,750 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 362 467 580
Rank change year-on-year +105 +113 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Manager 24 37 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.16% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16 33 33
10th Percentile £87,500 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £90,313 £71,250 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £98,750 £87,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -20.45% +2.33%
75th Percentile £111,250 £105,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £136,500
England median annual salary £87,500 £77,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% -13.89% -14.29%

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 11,479 22,260 31,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 94.24% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,949 16,595 23,518
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,419
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 £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Software Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Manager in London

Software Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering Manager in London

Software Engineering 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 Engineering Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London +37 5 £95,000 +13.43% 9
Software Engineering Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Software Engineering 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 Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (62.50%) Java
3 9 (37.50%) AWS
4 8 (33.33%) Python
4 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 7 (29.17%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (25.00%) Banking
6 6 (25.00%) .NET
6 6 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (25.00%) Product Ownership
6 6 (25.00%) Kafka
6 6 (25.00%) Microservices
6 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
6 6 (25.00%) React Native
7 5 (20.83%) DevOps
7 5 (20.83%) Software Delivery
7 5 (20.83%) Front Office
7 5 (20.83%) Derivative
8 4 (16.67%) Django
8 4 (16.67%) jQuery
8 4 (16.67%) CSS
8 4 (16.67%) Retail
8 4 (16.67%) HTML
8 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
8 4 (16.67%) API Development
8 4 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (16.67%) Mentoring

Software Engineering 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Elite 3E
1 1 (4.17%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (4.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (4.17%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub
3 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Serverless
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.17%) DynamoDB
1 1 (4.17%) OLAP
1 1 (4.17%) OLTP
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 6 (25.00%) Banking
2 5 (20.83%) Front Office
3 4 (16.67%) Retail
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Law
5 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.33%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) .NET
1 6 (25.00%) Kafka
1 6 (25.00%) React Native
2 4 (16.67%) CSS
2 4 (16.67%) Django
2 4 (16.67%) HTML
2 4 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.17%) Node.js
3 1 (4.17%) React
3 1 (4.17%) REST
3 1 (4.17%) Spring
3 1 (4.17%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.17%) Vue
3 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (20.83%) Derivative
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 7 (29.17%) Agile
3 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (25.00%) Microservices
5 5 (20.83%) DevOps
5 5 (20.83%) Software Delivery
6 4 (16.67%) API Development
6 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
6 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
6 4 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (12.50%) Fintech
7 3 (12.50%) Statistical Modelling
8 2 (8.33%) Code Quality
8 2 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
8 2 (8.33%) Line Management
8 2 (8.33%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) Java
2 8 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 3 (12.50%) PHP
4 3 (12.50%) Scala
5 2 (8.33%) C#
5 2 (8.33%) SQL
6 1 (4.17%) Kotlin
6 1 (4.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.17%) QA
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Aderant
1 1 (4.17%) Google
1 1 (4.17%) Intapp
1 1 (4.17%) Salesforce