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 leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 249 311
Rank change year-on-year +1 +62 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Manager 95 57 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 0.67% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.75% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 85 34 49
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,625 £47,400
25th Percentile £46,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.12%
75th Percentile £72,000 £78,625 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £75,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% -3.13% +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 13,212 7,602 10,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.51% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,398 4,488 7,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 12 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +14 68 £60,000 -7.69% 7
East Midlands -15 27 £65,000 -3.70% 5
Software Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 (31.58%) Agile
2 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
3 22 (23.16%) Software Engineering
4 20 (21.05%) .NET
4 20 (21.05%) Degree
4 20 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 16 (16.84%) People Management
5 16 (16.84%) Project Management
6 13 (13.68%) CRM
7 12 (12.63%) Finance
7 12 (12.63%) Marketing
8 11 (11.58%) ERP
8 11 (11.58%) Azure
8 11 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (10.53%) SQL
9 10 (10.53%) Law
10 9 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (9.47%) DevOps
10 9 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.47%) SDLC
11 8 (8.42%) Computer Science
11 8 (8.42%) Microsoft
12 7 (7.37%) Presales
12 7 (7.37%) Software Delivery
13 6 (6.32%) Sage X3
13 6 (6.32%) Sage 200
13 6 (6.32%) Sage
13 6 (6.32%) Change Management
13 6 (6.32%) C#

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 (5.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Sage 200
1 6 (6.32%) Sage 500
1 6 (6.32%) Sage X3
2 5 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.58%) Azure
2 6 (6.32%) Intacct
3 5 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.16%) SaaS
5 2 (2.11%) AWS
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.21%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) OLAP
General
1 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.63%) Finance
2 12 (12.63%) Marketing
3 10 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.53%) Law
4 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.21%) Local Government
5 2 (2.11%) Games
6 1 (1.05%) German Language
6 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.05%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.05%) .NET
2 4 (4.21%) React
2 4 (4.21%) Software Packaging
3 3 (3.16%) RESTful
3 3 (3.16%) SOAP
4 2 (2.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (4.21%) CMDB
2 4 (4.21%) LIMS
2 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.21%) NHS
3 3 (3.16%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.11%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (31.58%) Agile
2 22 (23.16%) Software Engineering
3 20 (21.05%) Project Delivery
4 16 (16.84%) People Management
4 16 (16.84%) Project Management
5 13 (13.68%) CRM
6 11 (11.58%) ERP
6 11 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (9.47%) DevOps
7 9 (9.47%) SDLC
7 9 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.42%) Computer Science
9 7 (7.37%) Presales
9 7 (7.37%) Software Delivery
10 6 (6.32%) Change Management
11 5 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (5.26%) Asset Management
11 5 (5.26%) PRINCE2
11 5 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.53%) SQL
2 6 (6.32%) C#
3 4 (4.21%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.05%) C
4 1 (1.05%) C++
4 1 (1.05%) Java
4 1 (1.05%) RPG
4 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (21.05%) Degree
2 4 (4.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.16%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (8.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.32%) Sage
3 4 (4.21%) CheckPoint
3 4 (4.21%) Snow
4 1 (1.05%) IBM
4 1 (1.05%) Veeam