Software Development Manager Jobs in Southampton

Software Development Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Software Development Manager salary in Southampton is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £72,500 £76,250 -
% change year-on-year -4.92% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 341 832 726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.55% 97.08% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 269 705 576
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,250 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.50% -3.85% -0.95%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in Southampton

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in Southampton

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Software Development 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 Southampton region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Clustering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Next.js
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) GitOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft