Software Manager Contracts

Software Manager
UK

The median Software Manager daily rate in the UK is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 623 694
Rank change year-on-year +124 +71 -33
Contract jobs requiring a Software Manager 85 74 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 45 114
10th Percentile £413 £430 £414
25th Percentile £495 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -2.17% +27.78%
75th Percentile £769 £675 £749
90th Percentile £800 £724 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £502 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -2.62% +8.42% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 2
10th Percentile - £62.38 -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - +51.16%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% - +46.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Software Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Manager in the UK

Software Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Manager in the UK

Software Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Manager over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Manager in the UK

Software Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Manager in the UK

Software Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +100 80 £538 -2.18% 58
UK excluding London +37 48 £502 -2.62% 53
London +88 34 £750 +22.45% 13
Work from Home +96 23 £525 -9.68% 34
North of England +28 14 £493 -14.26% 14
North West +25 12 £490 -14.74% 9
South West +5 11 £501 - 7
Midlands +23 10 £533 +16.39% 12
West Midlands +24 9 £530 +11.58% 7
South East +7 4 £550 +6.80% 8
East of England -1 4 £350 -46.15% 3
Wales - 3 £503 - 2
Scotland +49 2 - - 5
Yorkshire +14 1 £525 - 5
East Midlands +7 1 £600 +39.53% 5
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 featuring Software Manager in the job title.

1 37 (43.53%) Agile
1 37 (43.53%) Asset Management
2 32 (37.65%) Finance
3 28 (32.94%) AWS
4 26 (30.59%) Software Engineering
4 26 (30.59%) .NET
5 25 (29.41%) C#
6 24 (28.24%) JavaScript
6 24 (28.24%) DevOps
7 23 (27.06%) Fintech
7 23 (27.06%) Azure
8 21 (24.71%) Security Cleared
9 20 (23.53%) SC Cleared
9 20 (23.53%) TypeScript
9 20 (23.53%) QA
9 20 (23.53%) React
10 19 (22.35%) GCP
10 19 (22.35%) Redux
10 19 (22.35%) Full Stack Development
10 19 (22.35%) Front Office
10 19 (22.35%) Fixed Income
10 19 (22.35%) Equities
10 19 (22.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 19 (22.35%) Derivative
10 19 (22.35%) TDD
10 19 (22.35%) Investment Management
10 19 (22.35%) Hedge funds
11 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
12 15 (17.65%) .NET Core
13 14 (16.47%) Software Asset Management

Software Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (8.24%) CANalyzer
2 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Magento
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.94%) AWS
2 23 (27.06%) Azure
3 19 (22.35%) GCP
4 2 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.24%) Ethernet
1 7 (8.24%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) CANoe
2 6 (7.06%) JIRA
General
1 32 (37.65%) Finance
2 19 (22.35%) Front Office
3 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
4 11 (12.94%) Manufacturing
4 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
5 10 (11.76%) Electronics
6 8 (9.41%) Automotive
7 6 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.53%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.53%) Marketing
8 3 (3.53%) Retail
9 2 (2.35%) Banking
9 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.18%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (30.59%) .NET
2 20 (23.53%) React
3 19 (22.35%) Redux
4 15 (17.65%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.88%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.71%) ASP.NET
6 4 (4.71%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (4.71%) Vue
7 2 (2.35%) React Native
8 1 (1.18%) ADO
8 1 (1.18%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.35%) Derivative
1 19 (22.35%) Equities
1 19 (22.35%) Fixed Income
1 19 (22.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 19 (22.35%) Hedge funds
2 10 (11.76%) CMDB
3 8 (9.41%) Virtual Team
4 7 (8.24%) Infotainment
4 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.18%) Smartcard
7 1 (1.18%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (43.53%) Agile
1 37 (43.53%) Asset Management
2 26 (30.59%) Software Engineering
3 24 (28.24%) DevOps
4 23 (27.06%) Fintech
5 19 (22.35%) Full Stack Development
5 19 (22.35%) Investment Management
5 19 (22.35%) TDD
6 14 (16.47%) Software Asset Management
7 11 (12.94%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (12.94%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
8 10 (11.76%) Project Management
9 9 (10.59%) ITIL
9 9 (10.59%) Mentoring
9 9 (10.59%) Scrum
9 9 (10.59%) Software Delivery
10 8 (9.41%) Configuration Management
10 8 (9.41%) IT Asset Management
10 8 (9.41%) Prototyping
10 8 (9.41%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.41%) C#
2 24 (28.24%) JavaScript
3 20 (23.53%) TypeScript
4 10 (11.76%) Python
5 7 (8.24%) VBA
6 3 (3.53%) Java
7 2 (2.35%) SQL
8 1 (1.18%) C
8 1 (1.18%) C++
8 1 (1.18%) Go
8 1 (1.18%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.18%) PHP
8 1 (1.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (24.71%) Security Cleared
2 20 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.24%) Degree
4 5 (5.88%) MCP
4 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.53%) QA
2 6 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 7 (8.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.88%) Atlassian
2 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.53%) VMware
4 2 (2.35%) Adobe
4 2 (2.35%) Progress
4 2 (2.35%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.35%) SAP
5 1 (1.18%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.18%) Cadence