The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Development Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Development Manager
Rank 248 250 236
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1190 1242 1242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 1.101% 1.029% 0.998%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.166% 1.086% 1.060%
Number of salaries quoted 1001 1070 1051
Average salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -2.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Development Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Development Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Development Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK.

Development Manager Salary Trend

Development Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Development Manager over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Development Manager Salary Histogram

Development Manager
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -1 1127 £60,000 +4.34%
London +58 541 £67,500 -
South East -15 201 £56,250 +2.27%
City of London +62 156 £73,500 +13.07%
West Midlands -25 79 £55,000 +10.00%
North West -15 77 £47,900 -8.76%
East of England -31 70 £60,000 +4.34%
South West -21 64 £47,944 -4.11%
Manchester +11 60 £47,500 -
Surrey +16 49 £60,000 -7.69%
East Midlands +15 42 £47,500 -5.00%
Birmingham +2 42 £52,500 +16.66%
Buckinghamshire +1 40 £55,000 -
Berkshire -27 37 £60,000 +9.09%
Yorkshire -8 36 £50,000 +17.64%
Bristol -9 28 £52,000 +9.47%
Leicestershire +15 24 £50,000 +38.88%
Scotland -16 24 £53,000 +17.77%
Hampshire -6 22 £52,000 -14.04%
Leicester +7 20 £50,000 +38.88%
Oxfordshire -27 20 £45,000 -18.18%
Staffordshire -4 19 £67,500 +8.00%
West Yorkshire -7 19 £45,000 -5.26%
Bedfordshire -10 19 £70,000 +16.66%
Milton Keynes -22 19 £55,000 -1.78%
Wales +15 18 £48,750 +20.00%
Reading -2 18 £62,500 +13.63%
Hertfordshire -4 18 £63,750 +15.90%
Cambridgeshire -9 18 £60,000 -
East Sussex +19 17 £50,000 +81.81%

Development Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Development Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Development Manager in their job title.

1 780 (32.87%) .NET
2 593 (24.99%) C#
3 502 (21.15%) Project Management
4 496 (20.90%) Finance
5 482 (20.31%) Java
6 443 (18.67%) Microsoft
7 417 (17.57%) Agile Software Development
8 415 (17.49%) Business Development
9 386 (16.27%) Degree
10 378 (15.93%) SQL
11 358 (15.09%) Scrum
12 345 (14.54%) SQL Server
13 308 (12.98%) ASP.NET
14 280 (11.80%) JavaScript
15 264 (11.13%) E-Commerce
16 261 (11.00%) HTML
17 239 (10.07%) CSS
18 234 (9.861%) Retail
19 225 (9.482%) MS Excel
20 216 (9.102%) PHP
20 216 (9.102%) Waterfall
21 209 (8.807%) Oracle
22 203 (8.555%) Marketing
23 192 (8.091%) Stakeholder Management
24 181 (7.627%) Web Development
25 170 (7.164%) jQuery
25 170 (7.164%) Telecoms
26 159 (6.700%) XML
26 159 (6.700%) QA
27 154 (6.490%) Web Services

Development Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Development Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Development Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 780 (32.87%) .NET
2 308 (12.98%) ASP.NET
3 261 (11.00%) HTML
4 239 (10.07%) CSS
5 170 (7.164%) jQuery
6 159 (6.700%) XML
7 154 (6.490%) Web Services
8 117 (4.930%) WCF
9 105 (4.425%) HTML5
10 103 (4.340%) .NET Framework
11 90 (3.793%) ASP.NET MVC
12 87 (3.666%) J2EE
13 82 (3.456%) Spring
14 74 (3.118%) Ajax
15 61 (2.571%) LAMP
16 57 (2.402%) WPF
17 42 (1.770%) SOAP
18 38 (1.601%) Silverlight
19 36 (1.517%) Hibernate
19 36 (1.517%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 65 (2.739%) SharePoint
2 54 (2.276%) CMS
3 41 (1.728%) IIS
4 36 (1.517%) Apache
5 29 (1.222%) Windows Azure
6 28 (1.180%) SAS
7 20 (0.843%) Tomcat
8 19 (0.801%) Drupal
9 15 (0.632%) Magento
10 14 (0.590%) Joomla!
11 12 (0.506%) Adobe CQ
12 11 (0.464%) BizTalk Server
13 9 (0.379%) Facebook Platform
13 9 (0.379%) WordPress
14 8 (0.337%) WebLogic
14 8 (0.337%) Sitecore CMS
14 8 (0.337%) SharePoint Server
15 7 (0.295%) Apache Solr
15 7 (0.295%) Umbraco
15 7 (0.295%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 225 (9.482%) MS Excel
2 47 (1.981%) MS Office
3 33 (1.391%) MS PowerPoint
4 19 (0.801%) MS Project
5 6 (0.253%) Office 365
6 4 (0.169%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.126%) Mingle
8 2 (0.084%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.084%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (0.885%) Google Analytics
2 20 (0.843%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.548%) Dynamics AX
4 10 (0.421%) Line 500
5 8 (0.337%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.295%) SiteCatalyst
6 7 (0.295%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.253%) SAP HR
7 6 (0.253%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.169%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.126%) Academy Housing
9 3 (0.126%) arcHouse
9 3 (0.126%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.084%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.084%) SAP CRM
10 2 (0.084%) Oracle CRM
10 2 (0.084%) Maximo
10 2 (0.084%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.084%) SalesLogix
10 2 (0.084%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.371%) Internet
2 43 (1.812%) HTTP
3 25 (1.054%) Unified Communications
4 18 (0.759%) Intranet
5 16 (0.674%) WAN
6 15 (0.632%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.632%) Wireless
7 12 (0.506%) 3GPP
7 12 (0.506%) Broadband
7 12 (0.506%) LTE
8 11 (0.464%) SAN
9 10 (0.421%) DNS
9 10 (0.421%) VoIP
9 10 (0.421%) BSS
10 9 (0.379%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.295%) LAN
11 7 (0.295%) MPLS
12 6 (0.253%) Asterisk PBX
13 5 (0.211%) Firewall
13 5 (0.211%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (14.54%) SQL Server
2 108 (4.551%) MySQL
3 102 (4.298%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (2.950%) SQL Server 2008
5 67 (2.823%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 56 (2.360%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 47 (1.981%) SQL Server 2005
8 40 (1.686%) RDBMS
9 33 (1.391%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 19 (0.801%) OLAP
11 18 (0.759%) BusinessObjects
11 18 (0.759%) NoSQL
12 16 (0.674%) MongoDB
12 16 (0.674%) Big Data
13 14 (0.590%) Oracle 8/8i
14 12 (0.506%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (0.506%) SQL Server 2012
15 10 (0.421%) Oracle Discoverer
15 10 (0.421%) DB2
15 10 (0.421%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 119 (5.015%) Visual Studio
2 60 (2.528%) Team Foundation Server
3 32 (1.349%) Subversion
3 32 (1.349%) Git (software)
4 30 (1.264%) NUnit
5 17 (0.716%) JUnit
6 16 (0.674%) JIRA
7 14 (0.590%) SpecFlow
8 13 (0.548%) Selenium
9 12 (0.506%) Maven
10 10 (0.421%) Eclipse
11 7 (0.295%) Jenkins
11 7 (0.295%) Rhino Mocks
11 7 (0.295%) Moq
11 7 (0.295%) ClearCase
12 6 (0.253%) Mockito
13 5 (0.211%) VSS/SourceSafe
13 5 (0.211%) Oracle Forms
14 4 (0.169%) Ant
14 4 (0.169%) FitNesse
General
1 496 (20.90%) Finance
2 234 (9.861%) Retail
3 203 (8.555%) Marketing
4 170 (7.164%) Telecoms
5 150 (6.321%) Banking
6 65 (2.739%) Legal
7 49 (2.065%) Investment Banking
8 45 (1.896%) Manufacturing
9 43 (1.812%) Back Office
10 42 (1.770%) Publishing
11 37 (1.559%) Front Office
12 32 (1.349%) Music
13 31 (1.306%) Law
14 28 (1.180%) Advertising
15 26 (1.096%) Electronics
16 24 (1.011%) Games
16 24 (1.011%) Music Industry
17 21 (0.885%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.674%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.590%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 96 (4.046%) Computer Science
2 69 (2.908%) Management Information System
3 61 (2.571%) Mobile App
4 49 (2.065%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (1.854%) Digital Media
5 44 (1.854%) Open Source
6 43 (1.812%) SaaS
7 40 (1.686%) Credit Risk
8 33 (1.391%) Social Media
9 30 (1.264%) N-Tier
10 26 (1.096%) EPoS
11 23 (0.969%) Embedded Systems
11 23 (0.969%) Client/Server
12 22 (0.927%) Equities
13 20 (0.843%) Fixed Income
14 19 (0.801%) PMI
15 18 (0.759%) Data Integration
15 18 (0.759%) Mathematics
16 16 (0.674%) Cloud Computing
16 16 (0.674%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 131 (5.520%) Windows
2 89 (3.751%) Linux
3 42 (1.770%) UNIX
4 40 (1.686%) Apple iOS
5 33 (1.391%) Windows Server 2008
5 33 (1.391%) Android
6 26 (1.096%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (0.421%) Solaris
8 7 (0.295%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (0.295%) Windows 7
8 7 (0.295%) CentOS
9 5 (0.211%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.169%) Debian
10 4 (0.169%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.126%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.126%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.126%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.084%) AIX
12 2 (0.084%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.042%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (21.15%) Project Management
2 417 (17.57%) Agile Software Development
3 415 (17.49%) Business Development
4 358 (15.09%) Scrum
5 264 (11.13%) E-Commerce
6 216 (9.102%) Waterfall
7 192 (8.091%) Stakeholder Management
8 181 (7.627%) Web Development
9 137 (5.773%) TDD
10 134 (5.647%) Business Intelligence
11 133 (5.605%) MVC
12 129 (5.436%) PRINCE2
13 125 (5.268%) OO
14 106 (4.467%) CRM
15 104 (4.383%) Software Engineering
16 89 (3.751%) Performance Management
16 89 (3.751%) B2B
17 82 (3.456%) Analytics
18 79 (3.329%) ITIL
19 77 (3.245%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 593 (24.99%) C#
2 482 (20.31%) Java
3 378 (15.93%) SQL
4 280 (11.80%) JavaScript
5 216 (9.102%) PHP
6 138 (5.815%) C++
7 95 (4.003%) T-SQL
8 77 (3.245%) VB.NET
9 68 (2.866%) C
10 65 (2.739%) VB
11 50 (2.107%) Python
12 40 (1.686%) PL/SQL
13 35 (1.475%) Perl
14 22 (0.927%) ActionScript
15 21 (0.885%) Ruby
16 20 (0.843%) VB6
17 19 (0.801%) PHP5
17 19 (0.801%) Bash shell
18 14 (0.590%) Delphi
19 10 (0.421%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 386 (16.27%) Degree
2 44 (1.854%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (0.927%) PMI Certification
4 21 (0.885%) Security Cleared
5 20 (0.843%) MCP
6 17 (0.716%) MCTS
7 14 (0.590%) MCSE
8 13 (0.548%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (0.548%) MBA
9 12 (0.506%) SC Cleared
10 10 (0.421%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.169%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.126%) PMP
12 3 (0.126%) Sun Certification
12 3 (0.126%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.126%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.084%) MCSD
13 2 (0.084%) SCEA
13 2 (0.084%) SCBCD
13 2 (0.084%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (6.700%) QA
2 26 (1.096%) ISO 9001
3 19 (0.801%) SLA
4 18 (0.759%) TickIT
5 8 (0.337%) JTAG
6 7 (0.295%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.211%) MiFID
8 4 (0.169%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.042%) WCAG
10 1 (0.042%) WAI
System Software
1 6 (0.253%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.211%) XenApp
3 2 (0.084%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.042%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 2 (0.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (0.084%) SCCM
2 1 (0.042%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (0.042%) Splunk
2 1 (0.042%) SCOM
2 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.042%) Nagios
Vendors
1 443 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 209 (8.807%) Oracle
3 61 (2.571%) SAP
4 49 (2.065%) Google
5 42 (1.770%) Sybase
6 36 (1.517%) Business Objects
7 31 (1.306%) Zend
8 30 (1.264%) Facebook
9 26 (1.096%) IBM
10 25 (1.054%) Citrix
11 18 (0.759%) Adobe
11 18 (0.759%) Twitter
12 17 (0.716%) Salesforce.com
13 14 (0.590%) Sitecore
14 13 (0.548%) Cisco
14 13 (0.548%) VMware
15 12 (0.506%) Perforce
15 12 (0.506%) Sage
16 11 (0.464%) Juniper
16 11 (0.464%) HP
Luton, South East
You will be responsible for a team of 6 made up of .NET Developers, Business Analyst and DBA who develop and maintain .NET based software. You will still...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Seeking a Software Development Manager in Stockport and paying up to £55k for the right person, plus Pension Plan, Profit Related Bonus and Private Health Ins.An IT...
OCC Computing
Salary: £45k - 55k per year + pension, health ins, bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Software Development Manager, Man-management, Microsoft .Net development, ASP.Net, C#, MVC, Agile/Scrum, Commercial product development - WEB/Enterprise - Nottingham 45-55K An established, privately owned software house...
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Software Development Manager, Man-management, Microsoft .Net development, ASP.Net, C#, MVC, Agile/Scrum, Commercial product development - WEB/Enterprise - Nottingham 45-55K. An established, privately owned software house...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
They require an experienced manager who is able to successfully lead and pull together a development team who are located over different locations. This is an exciting opportunity...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Working in a fast paced environment, the successful Development Team Manager should have a proven track record of performance management and leadership, assignment of workloads and project management...
CoreCom Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Software Development Manager. Our client, a world leading online gaming company are seeking a Software Development Manager to join their friendly team An ideal Software Development Manager should...
Pertemps IT
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Prior experience of C#/.Net and C++ development is required as you will be carrying out code reviews and be involved in product road mapping... As Development Manager...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
Web Development Manager: .NET, Web, eCommerceStoke on Trent To 75K + Car + Excellent packageMajor Online eCommerce Company requires highly experienced Software Development Manager from a recent background in MS ...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester
As a result of consistent growth and success, they are continuing expansion into the market which has resulted in the need for a talented Business Development Manager... The...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £0 - £75,000 per year
Posted: 26 April 2013
Manchester, North West
Business Development Manager - Specialist Greases/Sealants - up to £45k + OTE & BenefitsWe require an experienced Business Development Manager to drive forward and develop new sales for a leading manufacturer...
Salary: £45000 per annum + OTE & Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
You will have both line and career management responsibility for a team of Lead Development Managers and will run 1-2-1's and performance management for all...
CPS Group UK
Salary: excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Houghton Regis, South East
Development Manager - Software - Luton- Dunstable - Houghton Regis** Booking interviews 9th May - Slots available **Software Maintenance and Bespoke software development projects - Banking Bedfordshire Nr Luton, Dunstable, Houghton Regis, StevenageJava /...
Verticality
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP50000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
Market leading, multinational and dynamic customer loyalty organisation has an opening for a Technical Leader to manage a team of Developers (Java and Oracle) in central London. You...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
They code in C#, WPF and some C++ so technical knowledge in these areas is required... Experience of working to improve efficiency and quality within a commercial development...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Familiarity with core Microsoft technologies, Virtualisation and Citrix would be a significant advantage... Spectrum of business development capability from lead engagement, new business presentations, proposal development through to...
Wavex Technology Limited
Salary: Excellent benefits and bonus (with high earning potential)
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
They are looking for a former Java software developer with experience of managing software development teams. You would join their expanding London office and manage their Java software...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum £40,000 - £50,000 plus discretionary
Posted: 21 May 2013
High Wycombe, South East
We work to provide solutions for Businesses within I.T Purpose of the role We are looking for a Business Development Manager to work within our successful and...
Allied Worldwide Limited
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
This will be a relatively hands off role but you will need experience of ASP.Net as well as strong C# and SQL knowledge... It will also involve...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicestershire
Experience in either a .NET or Java based environment is highly preferred... Strong understanding of or technical background in C#, .NET (3.5 & 4), VB6, C++ and SQL.
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £48k - 52k per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Northants. SKILLS REQUIRED. Sales, Selling, Account Management, Business Development, Telesales, Telemarketing, New Business, IT, communication, MAKING MONEY. My Client, a rapidly-growing IT Reseller based in Northamptonshire, has...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leeds... Start ASAP. SKILLS REQUIRED. Sales, Selling, Account Management, Business Development, Telesales, Telemarketing, New Business, IT, communication, MAKING MONEY. My Client, a rapidly-growing IT Reseller based in...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
This exciting new role is a true business development role, this role is targeting the Industrial market, however they are seeking an individual who can successfully penetrate the...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car, pension, healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Our award winning and successful client requires a Business Development Manager with p. revious Network Sales experience including a strong knowledge of the industry and understanding of a...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K OTE + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Our award winning and successful client requires a Business Development Manager with p. revious Network Sales experience including a strong knowledge of the industry and understanding of a...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K OTE + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013