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 29 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 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 675 | 739 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +64 | +83 | +128 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager | 33 | 176 | 131 |
| 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 | £61,750 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,625 | £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 | £80,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | - | -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 | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £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 | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -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.
Software Development Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Manager.
Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
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 29 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 |
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| England | +44 | 31 | £85,000 | +17.24% | 43 |
| UK excluding London | +106 | 20 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 33 |
| South East | +86 | 14 | £85,000 | -5.56% | 7 |
| London | +53 | 12 | £120,000 | +50.00% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 8 | £65,750 | -6.07% | 30 |
| Wales | +43 | 2 | £63,250 | +40.56% | |
| North of England | +19 | 2 | £58,750 | -21.67% | 11 |
| South West | +114 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 1 | £40,000 | -46.67% | 3 |
| East of England | +36 | 1 | £67,500 | -43.75% | 2 |
| North West | -3 | 1 | £77,500 | +10.71% | 8 |
Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 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.
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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:
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