Software Development Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Development Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 659 732
Rank change year-on-year -7 +73 -187
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 109 95 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 103 78 108
10th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £52,675
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,938 £79,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £87,875
UK median annual salary £72,000 £71,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.35% -4.33% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Development Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Midlands +14 39 £68,500 +5.38% 1
North of England +44 27 £75,000 +7.14% 1
South East +6 27 £90,000 +12.50% 4
West Midlands +12 20 £70,000 +7.69%
East Midlands +2 19 £66,750 +13.62% 1
North West +2 11 £70,000 +7.69%
Yorkshire +73 9 £75,000 -16.67% 1
North East 0 7 £80,000 +42.86%
East of England -12 6 £120,000 -
Wales +7 5 £45,000 -25.00% 1
South West -31 4 £55,000 -26.67% 1
Scotland -56 1 £80,000 +60.00% 1
Software Development Manager
UK

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 54 (49.54%) Agile
2 38 (34.86%) .NET
3 32 (29.36%) Software Engineering
4 24 (22.02%) C#
5 23 (21.10%) People Management
6 16 (14.68%) Social Skills
6 16 (14.68%) SQL
7 15 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (13.76%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (13.76%) Mentoring
8 14 (12.84%) Project Delivery
8 14 (12.84%) Azure
8 14 (12.84%) DevOps
9 13 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (11.01%) SDLC
10 12 (11.01%) Scrum
10 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
11 9 (8.26%) Project Management
11 9 (8.26%) OLAP
11 9 (8.26%) Law
11 9 (8.26%) Coaching
12 8 (7.34%) Docker
12 8 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (7.34%) Kubernetes
12 8 (7.34%) Roadmaps
12 8 (7.34%) Containerisation
12 8 (7.34%) Collaborative Culture
12 8 (7.34%) PHP
12 8 (7.34%) Degree
13 7 (6.42%) Cybersecurity

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.59%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.92%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.84%) Azure
2 5 (4.59%) AWS
2 5 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.83%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.92%) GitHub
4 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) OLAP
2 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.83%) MySQL
3 2 (1.83%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Git
2 2 (1.83%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.83%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) Selenium
2 2 (1.83%) SoapUI
2 2 (1.83%) WebDriver
General
1 16 (14.68%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.26%) Law
3 8 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.59%) Finance
5 4 (3.67%) Wearables
6 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.83%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.83%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (34.86%) .NET
2 5 (4.59%) React
3 4 (3.67%) LAMP
3 4 (3.67%) Laravel
4 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.83%) CSS
4 2 (1.83%) CSS3
4 2 (1.83%) HTML
4 2 (1.83%) HTML5
4 2 (1.83%) Jest
4 2 (1.83%) jQuery
4 2 (1.83%) Node.js
4 2 (1.83%) RESTful
4 2 (1.83%) Vue
4 2 (1.83%) Web Services
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.92%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (6.42%) 3D Graphics
3 6 (5.50%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (5.50%) RISC-V
4 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.92%) FMCG
6 1 (0.92%) NHS
6 1 (0.92%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (49.54%) Agile
2 32 (29.36%) Software Engineering
3 23 (21.10%) People Management
4 15 (13.76%) Mentoring
4 15 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (12.84%) DevOps
5 14 (12.84%) Project Delivery
6 13 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (11.01%) Scrum
7 12 (11.01%) SDLC
8 9 (8.26%) Coaching
8 9 (8.26%) Project Management
9 8 (7.34%) Collaborative Culture
9 8 (7.34%) Containerisation
9 8 (7.34%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.42%) Change Management
10 7 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (6.42%) ERP
11 6 (5.50%) Business Transformation
11 6 (5.50%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.02%) C#
2 16 (14.68%) SQL
3 8 (7.34%) PHP
4 7 (6.42%) C
5 6 (5.50%) Embedded C
6 5 (4.59%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.75%) Java
7 3 (2.75%) Python
7 3 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.83%) C++
8 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.92%) RPG
Qualifications
1 8 (7.34%) Degree
2 2 (1.83%) CISSP
2 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.83%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.83%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.83%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.92%) IBM
2 1 (0.92%) IFS
2 1 (0.92%) SAP