Software Manager Jobs in South Wales

Software Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Software Manager salary in South Wales is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 June 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 86 110
Rank change year-on-year +28 +24 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 9 17 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.77% 1.02% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.12% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 3
10th Percentile £61,500 £45,000 £60,250
25th Percentile £64,125 £48,750 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £65,625 £65,625
90th Percentile - £67,500 £66,750
Wales median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% +25.00%

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 929 1,521 1,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.67% 91.52% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 599 1,048 543
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £49,053
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.26% -1.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,125
90th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £37,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.78% - -6.74%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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
Newport -13 6 £75,000 +66.67%
Cardiff +30 3 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Software Manager
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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 8 (88.89%) SDLC
2 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
3 6 (66.67%) Degree
3 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 6 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (33.33%) Scrum
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) .NET
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) ColdFusion
5 2 (22.22%) Retail
5 2 (22.22%) Line Management
5 2 (22.22%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) People Management
6 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) PMP
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
6 1 (11.11%) IIS

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 (22.22%) ColdFusion
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) SDLC
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
3 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) Line Management
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (11.11%) People Management
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle