Software Development Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Development Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Development Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £493, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 444 600
Rank change year-on-year +107 +156 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 4 13 23
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.054% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.057% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 20
10th Percentile - £501 £461
25th Percentile £413 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £600 £589
Median % change year-on-year -17.92% +1.91% +47.19%
75th Percentile £589 £638 £784
90th Percentile £641 £640 £814
UK median daily rate £503 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -16.25% +14.29% +23.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Software Development Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Software Development Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Development Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Development Manager.

Software Development Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Development Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Software Development Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software Development Manager contract 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 contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Management
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) DataOps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Development
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft