Software Manager Jobs in South Wales

Software Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Software Manager salary in South Wales is £63,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 89 100
Rank change year-on-year +27 +11 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 4 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.51% 0.89% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.98% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 2
10th Percentile £56,500 - £60,125
25th Percentile £58,750 £45,000 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% -2.04% -23.44%
75th Percentile £69,188 £67,500 £62,813
90th Percentile £72,675 - £63,375
Wales median annual salary £63,250 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +5.42% -2.04% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 679 1,330 1,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.06% 90.91% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 436 887 566
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,563
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,495
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,768 £46,138 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% +0.30% -8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in South Wales

Software Manager
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Manager in South Wales

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in South Wales over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in South Wales

Software Manager
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Cardiff +26 3 £60,000 -4.00% 3
Newport -11 1 £75,000 +66.67%
Software Manager
Wales

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 South Wales region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) ColdFusion
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 13485

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) ColdFusion
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle