Development Manager
UK

The median Development Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 392 551
Rank change year-on-year +190 +159 -78
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1,483 804 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 0.83% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.90% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,088 406 611
10th Percentile £35,000 - £49,200
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £61,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -22.58% +19.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £85,075 £96,250 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -25.00% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Manager.

Salary trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +178 1,281 £45,000 -25.00% 338
UK excluding London +123 1,019 £47,500 -9.52% 246
Work from Home +182 702 £40,000 -38.46% 132
London +265 379 £40,000 -50.00% 97
South East +81 344 £44,500 -25.83% 64
Midlands +127 254 £47,500 -17.39% 36
North of England +84 197 £55,000 +29.41% 79
West Midlands +118 181 £40,060 -28.78% 21
North West +52 110 £55,000 - 49
Scotland +14 86 £65,000 +52.94% 17
Yorkshire +84 73 £47,500 +26.67% 23
East Midlands +29 73 £68,500 +14.17% 15
South West -31 56 £50,000 +33.33% 24
East of England -21 53 £60,000 +9.09% 25
Wales +37 43 £35,700 +2.00% 4
North East -6 14 £70,000 +47.24% 8
Northern Ireland +26 10 £60,000 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 1,020 (68.78%) Business Development
2 353 (23.80%) Social Skills
3 257 (17.33%) Salesforce
4 238 (16.05%) Finance
5 221 (14.90%) Customer Experience
6 220 (14.83%) Client Onboarding
7 218 (14.70%) Marketing
8 217 (14.63%) Agile
9 204 (13.76%) CRM
10 192 (12.95%) Decision-Making
11 177 (11.94%) Microsoft
12 174 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
13 171 (11.53%) Microsoft Excel
14 127 (8.56%) Degree
15 122 (8.23%) Retail
16 120 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
17 106 (7.15%) Logistics
18 104 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
19 91 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
20 88 (5.93%) B2B
21 84 (5.66%) .NET
21 84 (5.66%) Telecoms
21 84 (5.66%) SaaS
22 75 (5.06%) Project Management
23 72 (4.86%) Software Engineering
24 67 (4.52%) Azure
25 66 (4.45%) Contract Negotiation
26 65 (4.38%) Mentoring
27 64 (4.32%) C#
27 64 (4.32%) Presentation Skills

Development 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 21 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (0.74%) CMS
3 9 (0.61%) WordPress
4 8 (0.54%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.40%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.40%) nginx
5 6 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.27%) Confluence
6 4 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.20%) Drupal
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
8 2 (0.13%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.13%) IIS
8 2 (0.13%) Liferay
8 2 (0.13%) Magnolia
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.067%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.067%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 174 (11.73%) Microsoft Office
2 171 (11.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 43 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 21 (1.42%) Endur
3 16 (1.08%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.20%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.13%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.13%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 84 (5.66%) SaaS
2 67 (4.52%) Azure
3 34 (2.29%) AWS
4 22 (1.48%) Power Platform
5 20 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.67%) GCP
7 7 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (0.47%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.40%) Asana
8 6 (0.40%) dbt
8 6 (0.40%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.27%) PaaS
10 3 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.20%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.20%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.13%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.13%) npm
11 2 (0.13%) Serverless
11 2 (0.13%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.067%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.55%) VoIP
2 18 (1.21%) Unified Communications
3 16 (1.08%) Broadband
4 8 (0.54%) Firewall
4 8 (0.54%) Network Security
5 5 (0.34%) DNS
5 5 (0.34%) SSL
5 5 (0.34%) WAN
6 4 (0.27%) Internet
6 4 (0.27%) NaaS
7 3 (0.20%) FTP
7 3 (0.20%) HTTP
7 3 (0.20%) MPLS
7 3 (0.20%) MQTT
7 3 (0.20%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.20%) VPN
8 2 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.13%) VPLS
8 2 (0.13%) WinSCP
9 1 (0.067%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.49%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.55%) Relational Database
3 21 (1.42%) RDBMS
4 14 (0.94%) MySQL
5 11 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.61%) OLAP
6 9 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.54%) Power BI
8 6 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.40%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.40%) Dremio
8 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.27%) GIS
10 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.13%) DB2
10 2 (0.13%) DTS
10 2 (0.13%) MS Access
10 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (0.94%) JIRA
2 12 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.34%) Git
4 2 (0.13%) Bower
4 2 (0.13%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.13%) gulp
4 2 (0.13%) Moq
4 2 (0.13%) Selenium
4 2 (0.13%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 353 (23.80%) Social Skills
2 238 (16.05%) Finance
3 218 (14.70%) Marketing
4 122 (8.23%) Retail
5 91 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
6 84 (5.66%) Telecoms
7 64 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
8 63 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 61 (4.11%) Legal
10 58 (3.91%) Manufacturing
11 47 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 33 (2.23%) Local Government
13 29 (1.96%) Games
14 22 (1.48%) Automotive
15 21 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.21%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.15%) Law
18 16 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
20 8 (0.54%) Humanities
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.66%) .NET
2 16 (1.08%) React
3 13 (0.88%) HTML
4 11 (0.74%) CSS
5 10 (0.67%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.54%) Node.js
6 8 (0.54%) Redux
7 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.40%) gRPC
8 6 (0.40%) Protocol Buffers
9 5 (0.34%) Ajax
9 5 (0.34%) LAMP
10 4 (0.27%) jQuery
10 4 (0.27%) Laravel
10 4 (0.27%) Web Services
11 3 (0.20%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.20%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.20%) REST
11 3 (0.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (3.30%) Driving Licence
3 45 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 27 (1.82%) Social Media
5 26 (1.75%) Life Science
6 22 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 21 (1.42%) Swaptions
8 15 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (0.67%) Biopharmaceutical
9 10 (0.67%) FMCG
10 9 (0.61%) e-Learning
10 9 (0.61%) NHS
11 8 (0.54%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (0.54%) Learning Management System
12 7 (0.47%) 3D Graphics
12 7 (0.47%) CCTV
12 7 (0.47%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.67%) Linux
1 10 (0.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.067%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,020 (68.78%) Business Development
2 221 (14.90%) Customer Experience
3 220 (14.83%) Client Onboarding
4 217 (14.63%) Agile
5 204 (13.76%) CRM
6 192 (12.95%) Decision-Making
7 120 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (7.15%) Logistics
9 88 (5.93%) B2B
10 75 (5.06%) Project Management
11 72 (4.86%) Software Engineering
12 66 (4.45%) Contract Negotiation
13 65 (4.38%) Mentoring
14 59 (3.98%) SDLC
14 59 (3.98%) Value Proposition
15 57 (3.84%) Facilities Management
16 56 (3.78%) Business Strategy
17 53 (3.57%) DevOps
18 52 (3.51%) Roadmaps
19 51 (3.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.32%) C#
2 46 (3.10%) SQL
3 43 (2.90%) Java
4 26 (1.75%) PHP
5 23 (1.55%) Python
5 23 (1.55%) VB
6 22 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.08%) C
8 15 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.40%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.27%) C++
12 3 (0.20%) R
12 3 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) Go
13 2 (0.13%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.13%) XAML
14 1 (0.067%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.067%) RPG
Qualifications
1 127 (8.56%) Degree
2 18 (1.21%) DBS Check
2 18 (1.21%) PhD
3 17 (1.15%) Master's Degree
4 14 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (0.94%) Security Cleared
5 12 (0.81%) MBA
5 12 (0.81%) SC Cleared
6 10 (0.67%) CFA
6 10 (0.67%) CIMA
7 7 (0.47%) CIPD
7 7 (0.47%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.20%) HNC
8 3 (0.20%) HND
8 3 (0.20%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.13%) ACCA
9 2 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.13%) CISSP
10 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.067%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (3.51%) SLA
2 23 (1.55%) QA
3 8 (0.54%) GDPR
4 6 (0.40%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.40%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.34%) NCSC
6 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.13%) PMO
8 1 (0.067%) IFRS
8 1 (0.067%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 13 (0.88%) Docker
2 5 (0.34%) Firmware
3 2 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.81%) Ansible
3 1 (0.067%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.067%) Plesk
3 1 (0.067%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 257 (17.33%) Salesforce
2 177 (11.94%) Microsoft
3 59 (3.98%) SAP
4 27 (1.82%) YouTube
5 21 (1.42%) OpenLink
5 21 (1.42%) Oracle
5 21 (1.42%) Sybase
5 21 (1.42%) TIBCO
6 17 (1.15%) NetApp
7 15 (1.01%) Sage
8 12 (0.81%) IBM
9 9 (0.61%) IFS
10 8 (0.54%) Cisco
10 8 (0.54%) Intel
11 6 (0.40%) BT
11 6 (0.40%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.34%) ATG
12 5 (0.34%) Google
13 4 (0.27%) HP
13 4 (0.27%) VMware