Software Manager Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 486 515
Rank change year-on-year +89 +29 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 219 149 418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.62% 0.40% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.41% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 173 112 341
10th Percentile £46,500 £54,125 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £76,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +1.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,563 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,500 £115,000
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
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Manager over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Software Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 83 (37.90%) Agile
2 80 (36.53%) Software Engineering
3 52 (23.74%) Roadmaps
4 50 (22.83%) Social Skills
5 47 (21.46%) Mentoring
6 39 (17.81%) Coaching
7 37 (16.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (16.89%) Degree
8 36 (16.44%) SDLC
9 32 (14.61%) .NET
10 30 (13.70%) Java
11 29 (13.24%) Marketing
12 27 (12.33%) IT Strategy
13 26 (11.87%) People Management
14 25 (11.42%) Line Management
14 25 (11.42%) Technology Strategy
15 24 (10.96%) Scrum
16 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
16 22 (10.05%) Performance Management
17 21 (9.59%) Computer Science
17 21 (9.59%) Games
17 21 (9.59%) Finance
17 21 (9.59%) Azure
18 20 (9.13%) DevOps
19 19 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
19 19 (8.68%) OpenLink
19 19 (8.68%) Endur
19 19 (8.68%) Oracle
19 19 (8.68%) Project Delivery
20 18 (8.22%) SQL Server

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (8.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 19 (8.68%) Endur
2 6 (2.74%) Sage 200
2 6 (2.74%) Sage 500
2 6 (2.74%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.59%) Azure
2 9 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (4.11%) SaaS
3 7 (3.20%) AWS
4 6 (2.74%) Intacct
5 4 (1.83%) GCP
6 1 (0.46%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.46%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.83%) Internet
2 2 (0.91%) Broadband
2 2 (0.91%) HTTP
2 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.22%) RDBMS
1 18 (8.22%) Relational Database
1 18 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Clang
1 5 (2.28%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.83%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 50 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.24%) Marketing
3 21 (9.59%) Finance
3 21 (9.59%) Games
4 10 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.20%) Electronics
6 7 (3.20%) Legal
7 6 (2.74%) Wearables
8 4 (1.83%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.83%) German Language
8 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.83%) Local Government
8 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.83%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.83%) Retail
8 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Esports
10 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.61%) .NET
2 12 (5.48%) React
3 8 (3.65%) Node.js
3 8 (3.65%) RESTful
3 8 (3.65%) SOAP
4 5 (2.28%) LLVM
5 4 (1.83%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.83%) ADO.NET
5 4 (1.83%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.83%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.83%) jQuery
6 2 (0.91%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.91%) REST
7 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.46%) Express.js
7 1 (0.46%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.22%) Swaptions
2 11 (5.02%) Client/Server
2 11 (5.02%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.02%) Virtual Team
3 9 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.65%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (3.65%) FMCG
4 8 (3.65%) RISC-V
5 6 (2.74%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.74%) PropTech
6 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.91%) IoT
8 2 (0.91%) iPad
8 2 (0.91%) Online Games
9 1 (0.46%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.94%) Linux
2 2 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (37.90%) Agile
2 80 (36.53%) Software Engineering
3 52 (23.74%) Roadmaps
4 47 (21.46%) Mentoring
5 39 (17.81%) Coaching
6 37 (16.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (16.44%) SDLC
8 27 (12.33%) IT Strategy
9 26 (11.87%) People Management
10 25 (11.42%) Line Management
10 25 (11.42%) Technology Strategy
11 24 (10.96%) Scrum
12 22 (10.05%) Performance Management
13 21 (9.59%) Computer Science
14 20 (9.13%) DevOps
15 19 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (8.68%) Project Delivery
16 18 (8.22%) Business Transformation
16 18 (8.22%) Data Modelling
16 18 (8.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.70%) Java
2 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
3 18 (8.22%) C
3 18 (8.22%) VB
4 16 (7.31%) C#
5 14 (6.39%) Python
6 10 (4.57%) SQL
7 9 (4.11%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.65%) Embedded C
9 6 (2.74%) PHP
10 5 (2.28%) Fortran
11 2 (0.91%) Go
11 2 (0.91%) Rust
12 1 (0.46%) C++
Qualifications
1 37 (16.89%) Degree
2 12 (5.48%) SC Cleared
2 12 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.91%) CISSP
4 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.28%) NCSC
1 5 (2.28%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.65%) Docker
2 7 (3.20%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (3.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.28%) Ansible
2 5 (2.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (8.68%) OpenLink
1 19 (8.68%) Oracle
2 18 (8.22%) Sybase
2 18 (8.22%) TIBCO
3 7 (3.20%) Google
4 6 (2.74%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.74%) Sage
5 4 (1.83%) Databricks
6 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe
7 1 (0.46%) SAP