Software Development Manager Jobs

Software Development Manager
UK

The median Software Development Manager salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 736 834
Rank change year-on-year +58 +98 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 33 174 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 148 114
10th Percentile £62,625 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £72,188 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,000 £71,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% +0.35% -4.33%
75th Percentile £120,000 £90,313 £95,000
90th Percentile - £113,250 £101,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £81,250 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% - -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in the UK

Software Development Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +28 31 £85,000 +17.65% 36
UK excluding London +107 21 £81,250 +16.07% 33
South East +78 15 £85,000 -5.56% 7
London +74 12 £120,000 +50.00% 3
Work from Home +39 7 £66,500 -5.00% 28
Wales +45 2 £63,250 +40.56%
North of England +16 2 £58,750 -21.67% 11
South West +114 1 - - 7
Yorkshire +54 1 £40,000 -46.67% 3
East of England +38 1 £67,500 -43.75%
North West -9 1 £77,500 +10.71% 8

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 23 (69.70%) Agile
2 22 (66.67%) .NET
3 17 (51.52%) Software Engineering
4 15 (45.45%) SDLC
5 13 (39.39%) C#
5 13 (39.39%) Scrum
6 12 (36.36%) Java
6 12 (36.36%) Azure
7 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 10 (30.30%) DevOps
9 9 (27.27%) AWS
9 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
9 9 (27.27%) Finance
10 8 (24.24%) Python
10 8 (24.24%) Degree
10 8 (24.24%) CI/CD
10 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
11 7 (21.21%) Master's Degree
11 7 (21.21%) Reinsurance
11 7 (21.21%) JIRA
11 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
11 7 (21.21%) QA
12 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET
12 5 (15.15%) Mobile Development
12 5 (15.15%) People Management
12 5 (15.15%) Full-Stack Development
13 4 (12.12%) Coaching
13 4 (12.12%) Software Delivery
13 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (12.12%) Virtual Team Management

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.06%) ColdFusion
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Elite 3E
1 1 (3.03%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) AWS
3 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (9.09%) Azure API Management
4 3 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon S3
5 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
5 2 (6.06%) SaaS
5 2 (6.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
6 1 (3.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (9.09%) Power BI
1 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.03%) Redis
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) JIRA
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Retail
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Front Office
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.03%) Law
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Marketing
4 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (66.67%) .NET
2 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET
3 3 (9.09%) React
4 2 (6.06%) Node.js
5 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
5 1 (3.03%) Blazor
5 1 (3.03%) NestJS
5 1 (3.03%) Next.js
5 1 (3.03%) Vue
5 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Reinsurance
2 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.12%) Virtual Team
3 3 (9.09%) AS400
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Clustering
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Agile
2 17 (51.52%) Software Engineering
3 15 (45.45%) SDLC
4 13 (39.39%) Scrum
5 10 (30.30%) DevOps
6 8 (24.24%) CI/CD
6 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
7 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
8 5 (15.15%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (15.15%) Mobile Development
8 5 (15.15%) People Management
9 4 (12.12%) Analytics
9 4 (12.12%) Coaching
9 4 (12.12%) Data Analytics
9 4 (12.12%) Software Architecture
9 4 (12.12%) Software Delivery
9 4 (12.12%) Virtual Team Management
10 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
10 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) C#
2 12 (36.36%) Java
3 8 (24.24%) Python
4 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.12%) SQL
5 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.03%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 7 (21.21%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Atlassian
2 3 (9.09%) Databricks
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Aderant
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Intapp
4 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.03%) Sage