Software Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Software Manager
England > Midlands

The median Software Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £533, 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 131 154 194
Rank change year-on-year +23 +40 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 10 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.34% 0.12% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.13% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 9
10th Percentile £510 £417 £460
25th Percentile £518 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £458 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.39% -16.82% +33.33%
75th Percentile £542 £553 £638
90th Percentile £563 £671 £640
England median daily rate £538 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -2.18% -12.00% +38.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

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

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Software Manager in the Midlands

Software Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Manager in the Midlands

Software Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +24 9 £530 +11.58% 7
East Midlands +7 1 £600 +39.53% 5
Software Manager
England

Software Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software 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 job ads across the Midlands region featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Prototyping
1 8 (80.00%) Automotive
2 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 7 (70.00%) Electronics
2 7 (70.00%) VBA
2 7 (70.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) Ethernet
2 7 (70.00%) Infotainment
2 7 (70.00%) Power Management
2 7 (70.00%) CANoe
2 7 (70.00%) FlexRay
2 7 (70.00%) CANalyzer
2 7 (70.00%) Functional Safety
2 7 (70.00%) Software Deployment
3 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (10.00%) Data Acquisition
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) JIRA
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) Scrum
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management

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:

Applications
1 7 (70.00%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Ethernet
1 7 (70.00%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) CANoe
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Automotive
2 7 (70.00%) Electronics
2 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Prototyping
2 7 (70.00%) Power Management
2 7 (70.00%) Software Deployment
3 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Python
1 7 (70.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Functional Safety