Software Manager Job Trends in Plymouth

Software Manager
Devon > Plymouth

The median Software Manager salary in Plymouth is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £62,500 £28,121 £32,100
% change year-on-year +122.25% -12.39% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 157 61 111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.74% 98.39% 98.23%
Number of salaries quoted 94 25 107
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,512 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.14% -13.24% -1.01%
75th Percentile £70,938 £52,500 £54,175
90th Percentile £80,875 £65,272 £57,500
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £43,820 £46,098
% change year-on-year -8.72% -4.94% +15.25%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Software Manager job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Plymouth

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Plymouth.

Salary distribution trend for Software Manager job vacancies in Plymouth

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, 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 Plymouth region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes