Software Development Manager Jobs in the South East

Software Development Manager
England > South East

The median Software Development Manager salary in the South East is £90,000 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 371 350 477
Rank change year-on-year -21 +127 -116
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 33 27 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 24
10th Percentile £69,250 £59,900 £48,200
25th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £68,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +15.25% +13.46%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £107,500 - £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £76,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.61% +1.33% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Manager in the South East

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Software Development Manager in the South East

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in the South East

Software Development Manager
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire - 13 £82,500 -
Surrey - 9 £70,000 - 2
East Sussex +16 4 £100,000 +25.00%
Thames Valley -19 4 £97,500 +2.63%
Sussex - 3 £100,000 -
Berkshire -6 2 £105,000 +10.53%
West Sussex +18 1 £80,000 +28.00%
Buckinghamshire -13 1 £90,000 +33.33%
Oxfordshire - 1 £90,000 -
Software Development Manager
England

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 South East region featuring Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 10 (30.30%) C#
1 10 (30.30%) .NET
2 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
3 7 (21.21%) 3D Graphics
3 7 (21.21%) Agile
3 7 (21.21%) Mobile App
3 7 (21.21%) Wearables
4 6 (18.18%) DevOps
4 6 (18.18%) SQL
5 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.15%) Azure
5 5 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (12.12%) People Management
6 4 (12.12%) QA
6 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
7 3 (9.09%) Project Management
7 3 (9.09%) TDD
7 3 (9.09%) Pair Programming
7 3 (9.09%) Scrum
7 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.09%) Degree
7 3 (9.09%) SDLC
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
7 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
8 2 (6.06%) Cloud Security
8 2 (6.06%) Application Security
8 2 (6.06%) Containerisation
8 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
8 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (6.06%) NoSQL
1 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Burp Suite
1 2 (6.06%) Cypress.io
1 2 (6.06%) Git
1 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
1 2 (6.06%) Selenium
1 2 (6.06%) SoapUI
1 2 (6.06%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (21.21%) Wearables
2 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (30.30%) .NET
2 2 (6.06%) Jest
2 2 (6.06%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) 3D Graphics
1 7 (21.21%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) FMCG
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Android
1 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 7 (21.21%) Agile
3 6 (18.18%) DevOps
4 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (12.12%) People Management
6 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.09%) Pair Programming
6 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.09%) Project Management
6 3 (9.09%) Scrum
6 3 (9.09%) SDLC
6 3 (9.09%) TDD
7 2 (6.06%) B2B
7 2 (6.06%) Change Management
7 2 (6.06%) Cloud Security
7 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.06%) ERP
7 2 (6.06%) Information Security
7 2 (6.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) C#
2 6 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (6.06%) Java
3 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.06%) Python
3 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.03%) C++
4 1 (3.03%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) CISSP
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) IEC 62304
2 1 (3.03%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Ansible
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) IFS
2 1 (3.03%) SAP