Software Manager Jobs in Scotland

Software Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Software Manager salary in Scotland is £73,950 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 200 239
Rank change year-on-year -57 +39 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 20 19 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.30% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.46% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 12
10th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £50,875
25th Percentile £61,875 £48,500 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,950 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £81,875
90th Percentile £89,862 - £109,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,497 4,150 5,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 89.90% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 2,256 2,976
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in Scotland

Software Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Manager in Scotland

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in Scotland

Software Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Edinburgh +36 7 £77,500 +3.33% 1
Glasgow -115 5 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Dundee - 4 - -
West Lothian - 3 £72,900 -
Software Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 Scotland region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (30.00%) Software Delivery
2 6 (30.00%) Degree
3 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 5 (25.00%) Firmware
3 5 (25.00%) Electronics
3 5 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (25.00%) Coaching
3 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Scrum
5 3 (15.00%) Marketing
5 3 (15.00%) SaaS
5 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (15.00%) Finance
5 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (15.00%) Microservices
5 3 (15.00%) React
5 3 (15.00%) Presales
6 2 (10.00%) Node.js
6 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
6 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
6 2 (10.00%) TypeScript

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (15.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (25.00%) Electronics
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Marketing
3 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) React
2 2 (10.00%) NestJS
2 2 (10.00%) Node.js
2 2 (10.00%) OpenAPI
3 1 (5.00%) Spring
3 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Life Science
3 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Android
1 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Software Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Coaching
3 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Scrum
5 3 (15.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (15.00%) Microservices
5 3 (15.00%) Presales
5 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
7 1 (5.00%) People Management
7 1 (5.00%) Product Management
7 1 (5.00%) Software Assurance
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.00%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes