Software Manager Jobs in England

Software Manager
UK > England

The median Software Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 645 566
Rank change year-on-year +228 -79 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 498 288 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.34% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.37% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 412 199 607
10th Percentile £42,650 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -6.06% +22.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £107,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in England

Software Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Manager in England

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in England

Software Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
London +169 149 £95,000 +5.56% 23
North of England +98 116 £62,500 -15.25% 7
Midlands +22 86 £65,000 - 16
South East +25 84 £65,000 -13.33% 13
North West +29 67 £62,500 -3.85% 5
West Midlands +11 62 £60,000 -7.69% 10
South West +5 50 £57,500 -19.30% 8
Yorkshire +68 29 £75,000 -16.67% 2
East Midlands -3 24 £65,000 +8.33% 6
North East +7 20 £55,000 -9.09%
East of England -20 12 £120,000 - 3
Software Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 England region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 239 (47.99%) Agile
2 205 (41.16%) Software Engineering
3 113 (22.69%) .NET
4 93 (18.67%) DevOps
4 93 (18.67%) Social Skills
5 89 (17.87%) Azure
6 81 (16.27%) Project Management
7 78 (15.66%) C#
8 67 (13.45%) SDLC
9 66 (13.25%) Finance
10 64 (12.85%) Mentoring
10 64 (12.85%) Roadmaps
11 61 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
11 61 (12.25%) JavaScript
12 60 (12.05%) Degree
13 56 (11.24%) Asset Management
13 56 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (11.04%) Scrum
15 53 (10.64%) QA
16 51 (10.24%) AWS
17 50 (10.04%) React
18 49 (9.84%) People Management
19 48 (9.64%) Project Delivery
20 47 (9.44%) TypeScript
20 47 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
21 42 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
21 42 (8.43%) SQL
22 41 (8.23%) Java
22 41 (8.23%) TDD
23 39 (7.83%) Test Automation

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 21 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.20%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.20%) CMS
3 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (4.42%) Endur
2 5 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.80%) Sage 200
3 4 (0.80%) Sage 500
3 4 (0.80%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.40%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 89 (17.87%) Azure
2 51 (10.24%) AWS
3 37 (7.43%) GCP
4 19 (3.82%) SaaS
5 15 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.01%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.80%) Intacct
9 3 (0.60%) IaaS
9 3 (0.60%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.40%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.40%) GitHub
10 2 (0.40%) PaaS
10 2 (0.40%) Serverless
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.20%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.80%) Internet
2 2 (0.40%) Broadband
2 2 (0.40%) DSL
2 2 (0.40%) HTTP
2 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.22%) RDBMS
4 14 (2.81%) OLAP
5 4 (0.80%) MySQL
6 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.40%) Power BI
6 2 (0.40%) Redis
7 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (5.42%) Jenkins
2 20 (4.02%) JIRA
3 14 (2.81%) GitLab
4 13 (2.61%) Git
5 5 (1.00%) Clang
6 4 (0.80%) Subversion
7 3 (0.60%) Selenium
7 3 (0.60%) TestRail
8 2 (0.40%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.40%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (18.67%) Social Skills
2 66 (13.25%) Finance
3 42 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.43%) Front Office
5 30 (6.02%) Marketing
6 26 (5.22%) Games
7 17 (3.41%) Law
8 14 (2.81%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.01%) Retail
10 9 (1.81%) Police
11 7 (1.41%) Legal
11 7 (1.41%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.20%) Wearables
13 5 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.80%) Local Government
14 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.80%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (22.69%) .NET
2 50 (10.04%) React
3 37 (7.43%) AngularJS
4 35 (7.03%) .NET Core
4 35 (7.03%) Vue
5 32 (6.43%) Redux
6 10 (2.01%) Node.js
6 10 (2.01%) RESTful
7 8 (1.61%) SOAP
8 7 (1.41%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.20%) jQuery
10 5 (1.00%) Django
10 5 (1.00%) LLVM
11 4 (0.80%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.80%) ADO.NET
11 4 (0.80%) CSS
11 4 (0.80%) Entity Framework
11 4 (0.80%) HTML
11 4 (0.80%) LAMP
11 4 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.43%) Derivative
1 32 (6.43%) Equities
1 32 (6.43%) Fixed Income
1 32 (6.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 32 (6.43%) Hedge funds
2 23 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.22%) Swaptions
4 16 (3.21%) Virtual Team
5 14 (2.81%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.21%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.21%) FMCG
6 11 (2.21%) LIMS
7 10 (2.01%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.01%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.61%) RISC-V
9 7 (1.41%) 3D Graphics
9 7 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.20%) NHS
10 6 (1.20%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.61%) Linux
2 8 (1.61%) Windows
3 2 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (47.99%) Agile
2 205 (41.16%) Software Engineering
3 93 (18.67%) DevOps
4 81 (16.27%) Project Management
5 67 (13.45%) SDLC
6 64 (12.85%) Mentoring
6 64 (12.85%) Roadmaps
7 61 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (11.24%) Asset Management
8 56 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (11.04%) Scrum
10 49 (9.84%) People Management
11 48 (9.64%) Project Delivery
12 47 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (8.23%) TDD
14 39 (7.83%) Test Automation
15 35 (7.03%) Full Stack Development
16 34 (6.83%) Coaching
16 34 (6.83%) Computer Science
17 33 (6.63%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 78 (15.66%) C#
2 61 (12.25%) JavaScript
3 47 (9.44%) TypeScript
4 42 (8.43%) SQL
5 41 (8.23%) Java
6 24 (4.82%) Python
7 21 (4.22%) VB
8 18 (3.61%) C
9 12 (2.41%) PHP
10 9 (1.81%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.61%) C++
11 8 (1.61%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.00%) Fortran
13 2 (0.40%) Go
13 2 (0.40%) Rust
14 1 (0.20%) RPG
Qualifications
1 60 (12.05%) Degree
2 24 (4.82%) PMP
3 22 (4.42%) SC Cleared
3 22 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.80%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.40%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.64%) QA
2 4 (0.80%) NCSC
3 3 (0.60%) SLA
4 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.20%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 13 (2.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.20%) Firmware
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.21%) Ansible
2 14 (2.81%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.00%) Progress Chef
4 4 (0.80%) Terraform
5 2 (0.40%) Nessus
Vendors
1 28 (5.62%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.42%) OpenLink
2 22 (4.42%) Oracle
3 21 (4.22%) Sybase
3 21 (4.22%) TIBCO
4 7 (1.41%) Google
5 4 (0.80%) CheckPoint
5 4 (0.80%) Databricks
5 4 (0.80%) Sage
5 4 (0.80%) Snow
6 3 (0.60%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.40%) Brio
7 2 (0.40%) IBM
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe
8 1 (0.20%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.20%) IFS
8 1 (0.20%) Marketo
8 1 (0.20%) SAP
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.20%) Veeam