Software Development Manager Job Trends in the North of England

Software Development Manager
England > North of England

The median Software Development Manager salary in the North of England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 254 274
Rank change year-on-year +10 +20 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 18 20 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.23% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 15
10th Percentile £81,750 - £52,500
25th Percentile £88,750 £30,000 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £46,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +115.05% -25.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile - £59,063 £65,000
90th Percentile - £87,375 £72,950
England median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year - +11.48% -10.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,424 8,550 8,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 94.06% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 4,023 6,549
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £81,713 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Software Development Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in the North of England

Software Development Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Yorkshire +3 18 £100,000 +233.33% 4
Software Development Manager
England

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Software Development 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 North of England region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Agile
1 18 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (94.44%) SaaS
2 17 (94.44%) Software Engineering
3 16 (88.89%) SDLC
4 15 (83.33%) Product Vision
4 15 (83.33%) Resource Allocation
5 14 (77.78%) .NET
5 14 (77.78%) C#
5 14 (77.78%) SQL Server
6 13 (72.22%) AWS
7 3 (16.67%) B2C
7 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) B2B
8 2 (11.11%) Content Management
8 2 (11.11%) DevOps
8 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
8 2 (11.11%) GDPR
8 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
8 2 (11.11%) QA
8 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 2 (11.11%) User Experience
9 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
9 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
9 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
9 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (5.56%) Computer Science

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (94.44%) SaaS
2 13 (72.22%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Agile
1 18 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (94.44%) Software Engineering
3 16 (88.89%) SDLC
4 15 (83.33%) Product Vision
4 15 (83.33%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (16.67%) B2C
5 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) B2B
6 2 (11.11%) Content Management
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) User Experience
7 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
7 1 (5.56%) Kanban
7 1 (5.56%) MVC
7 1 (5.56%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
1 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft