Development Manager Jobs in the South West

Development Manager
England > South West

The median Development Manager salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 208 263
Rank change year-on-year -26 +55 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 58 67 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.63% 0.97% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 1.09% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 52 35 40
10th Percentile £37,500 - £49,200
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% -
75th Percentile £53,337 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,870 6,171 7,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.19% 89.21% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,470 3,847 5,119
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,150 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the South West

Development Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in the South West

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the South West

Development Manager
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Devon +1 10 £52,396 +49.70% 4
Wiltshire -15 10 £46,250 -22.92% 10
Somerset +7 9 £45,000 +28.57% 6
Bristol -6 9 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Gloucestershire -16 7 £35,500 +1.43% 5
Dorset -25 5 £60,000 +71.43%
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 across the South West region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 31 (53.45%) Business Development
2 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.69%) Decision-Making
3 12 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
5 10 (17.24%) Finance
5 10 (17.24%) Broadband
5 10 (17.24%) Customer Experience
6 8 (13.79%) Client Onboarding
6 8 (13.79%) CRM
6 8 (13.79%) Salesforce
6 8 (13.79%) Agile
7 7 (12.07%) Project Management
7 7 (12.07%) VoIP
7 7 (12.07%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (12.07%) Fire and Rescue
7 7 (12.07%) Social Media
7 7 (12.07%) Unified Communications
8 6 (10.34%) SaaS
8 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.34%) Line Management
8 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (10.34%) Java
8 6 (10.34%) PHP
8 6 (10.34%) LAMP
8 6 (10.34%) Marketing
9 5 (8.62%) Web Development
9 5 (8.62%) Software Engineering
9 5 (8.62%) MVC

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (1.72%) Apache
1 1 (1.72%) CMS
1 1 (1.72%) Headless CMS
1 1 (1.72%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) SaaS
2 2 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (1.72%) Cloudflare
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Broadband
2 7 (12.07%) Unified Communications
2 7 (12.07%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) MariaDB
1 1 (1.72%) MySQL
General
1 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
3 10 (17.24%) Finance
4 7 (12.07%) Fire and Rescue
5 6 (10.34%) Marketing
5 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Advertising
6 3 (5.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) LAMP
2 3 (5.17%) Laravel
3 2 (3.45%) React
4 1 (1.72%) .NET
4 1 (1.72%) Ajax
4 1 (1.72%) Blazor
4 1 (1.72%) CSS
4 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.72%) HTML
4 1 (1.72%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (1.72%) Next.js
4 1 (1.72%) Node.js
4 1 (1.72%) Vue
4 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (12.07%) Social Media
3 3 (5.17%) iPad
4 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) Business Development
2 12 (20.69%) Decision-Making
3 10 (17.24%) Customer Experience
4 8 (13.79%) Agile
4 8 (13.79%) Client Onboarding
4 8 (13.79%) CRM
5 7 (12.07%) Project Management
5 7 (12.07%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.34%) Line Management
7 5 (8.62%) B2C
7 5 (8.62%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 5 (8.62%) MVC
7 5 (8.62%) Process Improvement
7 5 (8.62%) Software Engineering
7 5 (8.62%) SOLID
7 5 (8.62%) Web Development
8 4 (6.90%) Coaching
9 3 (5.17%) Mentoring
9 3 (5.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Java
1 6 (10.34%) PHP
2 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) CIPD
1 3 (5.17%) Degree
2 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Plesk
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Salesforce
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco
3 1 (1.72%) Mitel
3 1 (1.72%) Twitter
3 1 (1.72%) Zoho