Software Manager Jobs in Manchester

Software Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Software Manager salary in Manchester is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 223 225
Rank change year-on-year +45 +2 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 41 23 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.81% 0.45% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.50% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 26 17 22
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £55,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +14.58%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £82,188
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £89,750
North West median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,818 4,646 5,525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 91.73% 97.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,743 2,707 3,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,325 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +4.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in Manchester

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Manager in Manchester

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in Manchester

Software Manager
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Salford +17 3 - -
Stalybridge - 1 £47,500 -
Software Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 25 (60.98%) Software Engineering
2 17 (41.46%) Agile
3 16 (39.02%) Degree
4 13 (31.71%) .NET
4 13 (31.71%) Project Management
5 11 (26.83%) Computer Science
6 10 (24.39%) Scrum
7 9 (21.95%) Coaching
8 8 (19.51%) DevOps
9 6 (14.63%) Law
9 6 (14.63%) PMP
9 6 (14.63%) PRINCE2
9 6 (14.63%) SQL
9 6 (14.63%) C#
9 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
9 6 (14.63%) Technology Strategy
10 5 (12.20%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (12.20%) People Management
10 5 (12.20%) Clang
10 5 (12.20%) C
10 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
10 5 (12.20%) OLAP
10 5 (12.20%) Linux
10 5 (12.20%) Fortran
10 5 (12.20%) Line Management
10 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
10 5 (12.20%) Ansible
10 5 (12.20%) Jenkins

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (12.20%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) SaaS
3 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Clang
1 5 (12.20%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (14.63%) Law
2 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (31.71%) .NET
2 5 (12.20%) LLVM
3 4 (9.76%) Node.js
4 3 (7.32%) RESTful
4 3 (7.32%) SOAP
5 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.44%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) CMDB
4 1 (2.44%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (60.98%) Software Engineering
2 17 (41.46%) Agile
3 13 (31.71%) Project Management
4 11 (26.83%) Computer Science
5 10 (24.39%) Scrum
6 9 (21.95%) Coaching
7 8 (19.51%) DevOps
8 6 (14.63%) PRINCE2
8 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
8 6 (14.63%) Technology Strategy
9 5 (12.20%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (12.20%) Kanban
9 5 (12.20%) Line Management
9 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
9 5 (12.20%) Open Source
9 5 (12.20%) People Management
9 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.20%) Test Automation
10 4 (9.76%) Mathematics
10 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) C#
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) C
2 5 (12.20%) Fortran
2 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.88%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) Python
4 1 (2.44%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) PMP
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Ansible
1 5 (12.20%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) Google
1 1 (2.44%) Snow