Software Manager Job Trends in the North of England

Software Manager
England > North of England

The median Software Manager salary in the North of England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 271 284
Rank change year-on-year +21 +13 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 102 31 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.49% 0.33% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.37% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 79 24 81
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £59,375 £67,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £83,577 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +33.72% -10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £140,677 £85,000
England median annual salary £86,250 £84,288 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% +29.67% -18.75%

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 19,792 8,296 16,751
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 88.23% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,431 4,456 12,525
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.97%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

Software Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in the North of England

Software 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 Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
North West +50 60 £90,000 +16.13% 14
Yorkshire -30 22 £80,000 -4.28% 3
North East -34 20 £68,750 +96.43% 2
Software Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 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 North of England region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 57 (55.88%) Software Engineering
2 15 (14.71%) Coaching
2 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (12.75%) Agile
3 13 (12.75%) Decision-Making
3 13 (12.75%) Mentoring
4 12 (11.76%) SaaS
5 11 (10.78%) Scrum
5 11 (10.78%) Software Delivery
6 10 (9.80%) DevOps
6 10 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (8.82%) Roadmaps
8 8 (7.84%) Project Management
8 8 (7.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 7 (6.86%) Continuous Delivery
10 6 (5.88%) Azure
10 6 (5.88%) CI/CD
11 5 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (4.90%) Code Quality
11 5 (4.90%) Confluence
11 5 (4.90%) Data Analysis
11 5 (4.90%) Fintech
11 5 (4.90%) HNC
11 5 (4.90%) JIRA
11 5 (4.90%) Kanban
11 5 (4.90%) Objectives and Key Results
11 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
11 5 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (4.90%) Process Improvement
11 5 (4.90%) Product Strategy

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.90%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.76%) SaaS
2 6 (5.88%) Azure
3 5 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.98%) Azure App Service
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
General
1 16 (15.69%) Legal
2 14 (13.73%) Electronics
3 12 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 10 (9.80%) Retail
5 9 (8.82%) Finance
6 5 (4.90%) Games
6 5 (4.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.98%) Back Office
8 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) Series 60
2 3 (2.94%) .NET
3 2 (1.96%) Node.js
4 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.98%) NestJS
4 1 (0.98%) Next.js
4 1 (0.98%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.86%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.86%) EPoS
3 5 (4.90%) PMI
4 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.96%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (55.88%) Software Engineering
2 15 (14.71%) Coaching
2 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (12.75%) Agile
3 13 (12.75%) Decision-Making
3 13 (12.75%) Mentoring
4 11 (10.78%) Scrum
4 11 (10.78%) Software Delivery
5 10 (9.80%) DevOps
5 10 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (8.82%) Roadmaps
7 8 (7.84%) Project Management
7 8 (7.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 7 (6.86%) Continuous Delivery
9 6 (5.88%) CI/CD
10 5 (4.90%) Code Quality
10 5 (4.90%) Objectives and Key Results
10 5 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (4.90%) Process Improvement
10 5 (4.90%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (0.98%) SQL
2 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (4.90%) HNC
1 5 (4.90%) PMI Certification
2 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) GDPR
1 3 (2.94%) QA
2 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.92%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (3.92%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.98%) Databricks
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft