Development Manager Contracts

Development Manager
UK

The median Development Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 622 728
Rank change year-on-year +101 +106 -121
Contract jobs requiring a Development Manager 73 94 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 70 90
10th Percentile £413 £365 £400
25th Percentile £445 £476 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £569
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -1.10% +19.74%
75th Percentile £750 £600 £750
90th Percentile £850 £689 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £517 £475
% change year-on-year +16.05% +8.84% +14.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile £22.50 £42.50 -
25th Percentile £25.31 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.69% - -
75th Percentile £31.58 £79.83 -
90th Percentile £36.34 £87.23 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -57.69% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Manager over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Development Manager over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +96 64 £563 -2.17% 307
UK excluding London +61 43 £600 +16.05% 221
Work from Home +105 26 £494 -14.11% 134
London +90 25 £497 -17.18% 94
South East +27 20 £600 +17.07% 60
North of England +24 8 £500 -9.09% 56
West Midlands +36 6 £800 - 23
Midlands +24 6 £800 +82.86% 33
North West +15 5 £455 -17.27% 35
South West +18 4 £900 - 35
Yorkshire +23 3 £500 -14.31% 18
Wales - 3 £515 - 2
Scotland +31 2 - - 14
East of England +6 1 - - 20
North East - 1 £600 - 3

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

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

1 27 (36.99%) Agile
2 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
3 21 (28.77%) Project Management
4 19 (26.03%) Finance
5 14 (19.18%) Roadmaps
6 12 (16.44%) Azure
6 12 (16.44%) C#
6 12 (16.44%) .NET
6 12 (16.44%) Marketing
6 12 (16.44%) Business Development
6 12 (16.44%) Degree
7 11 (15.07%) Digital Marketing
7 11 (15.07%) DevOps
7 11 (15.07%) Business Strategy
8 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (13.70%) Scrum
9 9 (12.33%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (12.33%) Data Protection
9 9 (12.33%) Supplier Management
9 9 (12.33%) Coaching
9 9 (12.33%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (12.33%) GDPR
10 8 (10.96%) SDLC
10 8 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (10.96%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
10 8 (10.96%) Law
11 7 (9.59%) Legal
11 7 (9.59%) SQL Server
11 7 (9.59%) Microsoft

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 2 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (8.22%) SaaS
4 5 (6.85%) AWS
4 5 (6.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (6.85%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.74%) dbt
5 2 (2.74%) GCP
5 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (2.74%) Apache Arrow
2 2 (2.74%) Dremio
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.37%) MySQL
3 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Git
2 4 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.03%) Finance
3 12 (16.44%) Marketing
4 8 (10.96%) Law
5 7 (9.59%) Legal
6 6 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.85%) Police
8 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.11%) Banking
9 3 (4.11%) Local Government
10 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (2.74%) Electronics
10 2 (2.74%) Front Office
10 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.74%) Retail
10 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.44%) .NET
2 5 (6.85%) .NET Core
2 5 (6.85%) YAML
3 3 (4.11%) React
4 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (2.74%) gRPC
4 2 (2.74%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (2.74%) Redux
5 1 (1.37%) ADO
5 1 (1.37%) Node.js
5 1 (1.37%) Symfony
5 1 (1.37%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.33%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (8.22%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.48%) FMCG
5 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.74%) Derivative
6 2 (2.74%) Equities
6 2 (2.74%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.74%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.37%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.37%) Life Science
7 1 (1.37%) NHS
7 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.37%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Agile
2 21 (28.77%) Project Management
3 14 (19.18%) Roadmaps
4 12 (16.44%) Business Development
5 11 (15.07%) Business Strategy
5 11 (15.07%) DevOps
5 11 (15.07%) Digital Marketing
6 10 (13.70%) Scrum
6 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (12.33%) Coaching
7 9 (12.33%) Data Protection
7 9 (12.33%) Supplier Management
8 8 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (10.96%) Decision-Making
8 8 (10.96%) SDLC
9 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (9.59%) Kanban
9 7 (9.59%) Performance Management
9 7 (9.59%) Project Delivery
9 7 (9.59%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.44%) C#
2 6 (8.22%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.85%) Bicep
4 2 (2.74%) Python
4 2 (2.74%) SQL
4 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.37%) ABAP
5 1 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.37%) PHP
5 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.37%) PMP
5 1 (1.37%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) GDPR
2 5 (6.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Reuters
3 3 (4.11%) Atlassian
3 3 (4.11%) SAP
4 2 (2.74%) Cadence
5 1 (1.37%) Databricks
5 1 (1.37%) iManage
5 1 (1.37%) Progress
5 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.37%) TOWER Software