Software Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Software Manager
England > Midlands

The median Software Manager salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 261 302
Rank change year-on-year +19 +41 -73
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 85 53 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.65% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.69% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 79 32 47
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £52,188 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,000 £79,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £95,000 £76,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% -6.06% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 12,357 7,658 10,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.51% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9,004 4,510 7,073
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,650
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,425 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in the Midlands

Software Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Manager in the Midlands

Software Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Manager in the Midlands

Software Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +6 61 £60,000 -7.69% 10
East Midlands -6 24 £65,000 +8.33% 6
Software Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 30 (35.29%) Agile
2 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
3 21 (24.71%) Software Engineering
4 20 (23.53%) .NET
4 20 (23.53%) Degree
4 20 (23.53%) Project Delivery
5 16 (18.82%) People Management
5 16 (18.82%) Project Management
6 12 (14.12%) Finance
7 11 (12.94%) CRM
7 11 (12.94%) Azure
7 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (11.76%) Marketing
9 9 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (10.59%) ERP
9 9 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (10.59%) DevOps
9 9 (10.59%) SDLC
10 8 (9.41%) Computer Science
10 8 (9.41%) Microsoft
11 7 (8.24%) Law
11 7 (8.24%) SQL
11 7 (8.24%) Presales
11 7 (8.24%) Software Delivery
12 6 (7.06%) C#
12 6 (7.06%) Change Management
13 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
13 5 (5.88%) OLAP
13 5 (5.88%) PRINCE2

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (5.88%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.71%) Sage 200
2 4 (4.71%) Sage 500
2 4 (4.71%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.94%) Azure
2 5 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.71%) Intacct
4 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.35%) AWS
5 2 (2.35%) SaaS
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) OLAP
General
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.12%) Finance
3 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.76%) Marketing
4 7 (8.24%) Law
5 4 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Local Government
6 2 (2.35%) Games
7 1 (1.18%) German Language
7 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (23.53%) .NET
2 4 (4.71%) React
3 3 (3.53%) RESTful
3 3 (3.53%) SOAP
4 2 (2.35%) Node.js
5 1 (1.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (4.71%) LIMS
2 4 (4.71%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.71%) NHS
3 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.35%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.18%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (35.29%) Agile
2 21 (24.71%) Software Engineering
3 20 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 16 (18.82%) People Management
4 16 (18.82%) Project Management
5 11 (12.94%) CRM
5 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (10.59%) DevOps
6 9 (10.59%) ERP
6 9 (10.59%) SDLC
6 9 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (9.41%) Computer Science
8 7 (8.24%) Presales
8 7 (8.24%) Software Delivery
9 6 (7.06%) Change Management
10 5 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (5.88%) PRINCE2
10 5 (5.88%) Software Testing
10 5 (5.88%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.24%) SQL
2 6 (7.06%) C#
3 4 (4.71%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.18%) C
4 1 (1.18%) C++
4 1 (1.18%) Java
4 1 (1.18%) RPG
4 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (4.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.71%) CheckPoint
2 4 (4.71%) Sage
3 1 (1.18%) IBM
3 1 (1.18%) Snow
3 1 (1.18%) Veeam