Development Manager
UK

The median Development Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 383 559
Rank change year-on-year +177 +176 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1,424 870 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 0.84% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.92% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 424 639
10th Percentile £35,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% -18.52% +8.00%

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 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%

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 2 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 2 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 +168 1,242 £40,000 -33.33% 314
UK excluding London +102 990 £45,000 -18.18% 236
Work from Home +211 780 £40,000 -38.46% 134
South East +102 390 £40,000 -33.33% 61
London +219 358 £40,000 -51.52% 82
Midlands +101 214 £45,000 -25.00% 40
North of England +64 172 £50,000 +2.99% 60
West Midlands +104 164 £40,060 -33.23% 24
North West +29 90 £51,403 -14.33% 36
Scotland +3 80 £45,000 -10.89% 12
Yorkshire +90 69 £50,000 +33.33% 20
South West -37 57 £50,000 +14.29% 42
East of England -5 51 £60,000 +9.09% 20
East Midlands +9 50 £65,000 +10.64% 16
Wales +42 42 £35,700 +2.00% 2
North East -8 13 £70,000 +47.24% 4
Northern Ireland +38 7 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 993 (69.73%) Business Development
2 361 (25.35%) Salesforce
3 324 (22.75%) Customer Experience
4 319 (22.40%) Client Onboarding
5 310 (21.77%) Social Skills
6 205 (14.40%) CRM
7 186 (13.06%) Agile
8 178 (12.50%) Marketing
9 168 (11.80%) Finance
10 137 (9.62%) Decision-Making
11 126 (8.85%) Degree
12 112 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
13 104 (7.30%) Microsoft
14 100 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
15 97 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
16 90 (6.32%) B2B
17 87 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
18 84 (5.90%) Telecoms
19 83 (5.83%) SaaS
20 82 (5.76%) Project Management
21 77 (5.41%) .NET
22 71 (4.99%) Software Engineering
23 66 (4.63%) Mentoring
23 66 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
24 65 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 65 (4.56%) Azure
25 61 (4.28%) Manufacturing
25 61 (4.28%) C#
25 61 (4.28%) SAP
25 61 (4.28%) Value Proposition

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 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (0.77%) CMS
3 9 (0.63%) WordPress
4 8 (0.56%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.42%) Apache
5 6 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.42%) nginx
5 6 (0.42%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.28%) Confluence
6 4 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.21%) Drupal
8 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.14%) Liferay
8 2 (0.14%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.070%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.070%) Moodle
Applications
1 100 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 97 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 45 (3.16%) Salesforce CRM
2 21 (1.47%) Endur
3 17 (1.19%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.35%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 83 (5.83%) SaaS
2 65 (4.56%) Azure
3 33 (2.32%) AWS
4 21 (1.47%) Power Platform
5 20 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.70%) GCP
7 8 (0.56%) PowerApps
8 7 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.49%) IBM Cloud
9 6 (0.42%) Asana
9 6 (0.42%) dbt
10 4 (0.28%) PaaS
11 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.21%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.14%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.14%) npm
12 2 (0.14%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.070%) GitHub
13 1 (0.070%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.47%) VoIP
2 18 (1.26%) Unified Communications
3 16 (1.12%) Broadband
4 9 (0.63%) Network Security
5 8 (0.56%) Firewall
6 5 (0.35%) DNS
6 5 (0.35%) SSL
6 5 (0.35%) WAN
7 4 (0.28%) NaaS
8 3 (0.21%) FTP
8 3 (0.21%) HTTP
8 3 (0.21%) MPLS
8 3 (0.21%) MQTT
8 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.21%) VPN
9 2 (0.14%) Internet
9 2 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 2 (0.14%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.62%) Relational Database
3 21 (1.47%) RDBMS
4 14 (0.98%) MySQL
5 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.63%) OLAP
6 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.56%) Power BI
8 6 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.42%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.42%) Dremio
8 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.28%) GIS
9 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.14%) DTS
10 2 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.14%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (0.98%) JIRA
2 12 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.42%) Git
4 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.28%) Selenium
4 4 (0.28%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.14%) Bower
5 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.14%) gulp
5 2 (0.14%) Moq
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 310 (21.77%) Social Skills
2 178 (12.50%) Marketing
3 168 (11.80%) Finance
4 84 (5.90%) Telecoms
5 66 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
6 65 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 58 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
9 52 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 50 (3.51%) Retail
11 43 (3.02%) Legal
12 32 (2.25%) Games
12 32 (2.25%) Local Government
13 22 (1.54%) Automotive
14 21 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (0.84%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
18 9 (0.63%) Law
19 8 (0.56%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (5.41%) .NET
2 16 (1.12%) HTML
3 15 (1.05%) React
4 12 (0.84%) CSS
5 9 (0.63%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.56%) Node.js
6 8 (0.56%) Redux
7 7 (0.49%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.42%) gRPC
8 6 (0.42%) LAMP
8 6 (0.42%) Protocol Buffers
9 5 (0.35%) Ajax
9 5 (0.35%) Laravel
9 5 (0.35%) Web Services
10 4 (0.28%) jQuery
10 4 (0.28%) Vue
11 3 (0.21%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.21%) REST
11 3 (0.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.37%) Driving Licence
4 27 (1.90%) Social Media
5 22 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 21 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.47%) Swaptions
7 20 (1.40%) Life Science
8 15 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (0.84%) Biopharmaceutical
10 9 (0.63%) Data Centre
10 9 (0.63%) e-Learning
10 9 (0.63%) FMCG
10 9 (0.63%) NHS
10 9 (0.63%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (0.56%) Learning Management System
12 7 (0.49%) 3D Graphics
12 7 (0.49%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.70%) Linux
2 8 (0.56%) Windows
3 1 (0.070%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 993 (69.73%) Business Development
2 324 (22.75%) Customer Experience
3 319 (22.40%) Client Onboarding
4 205 (14.40%) CRM
5 186 (13.06%) Agile
6 137 (9.62%) Decision-Making
7 112 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (6.32%) B2B
9 82 (5.76%) Project Management
10 71 (4.99%) Software Engineering
11 66 (4.63%) Mentoring
12 61 (4.28%) Value Proposition
13 59 (4.14%) SDLC
14 51 (3.58%) DevOps
15 50 (3.51%) Business Strategy
15 50 (3.51%) People Management
15 50 (3.51%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (3.37%) Active Listening
17 47 (3.30%) Continuous Improvement
18 46 (3.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 61 (4.28%) C#
2 45 (3.16%) Java
2 45 (3.16%) SQL
3 28 (1.97%) PHP
4 24 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 23 (1.62%) Python
5 23 (1.62%) VB
6 16 (1.12%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.05%) C
7 15 (1.05%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.42%) C++
8 6 (0.42%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.21%) R
9 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.14%) Go
10 2 (0.14%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.14%) XAML
11 1 (0.070%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 126 (8.85%) Degree
2 19 (1.33%) Master's Degree
3 17 (1.19%) DBS Check
4 15 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (0.91%) Security Cleared
6 12 (0.84%) MBA
6 12 (0.84%) PhD
6 12 (0.84%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.70%) CFA
7 10 (0.70%) CIMA
8 7 (0.49%) CIPD
8 7 (0.49%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.21%) HNC
9 3 (0.21%) HND
9 3 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.14%) CISSP
11 1 (0.070%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.070%) MCAD
11 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.070%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.79%) SLA
2 27 (1.90%) QA
3 8 (0.56%) GDPR
4 7 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.35%) NCSC
7 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.14%) PMO
9 1 (0.070%) IFRS
9 1 (0.070%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.070%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.070%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (1.05%) Docker
2 5 (0.35%) Firmware
3 2 (0.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.84%) Ansible
3 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.070%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.070%) Plesk
4 1 (0.070%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 361 (25.35%) Salesforce
2 104 (7.30%) Microsoft
3 61 (4.28%) SAP
4 21 (1.47%) OpenLink
4 21 (1.47%) Oracle
4 21 (1.47%) Sybase
4 21 (1.47%) TIBCO
5 15 (1.05%) Sage
5 15 (1.05%) YouTube
6 13 (0.91%) NetApp
7 11 (0.77%) IBM
8 9 (0.63%) IFS
9 8 (0.56%) Cisco
10 7 (0.49%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.42%) BT
12 5 (0.35%) ATG
12 5 (0.35%) Google
13 4 (0.28%) Dell
13 4 (0.28%) HP
13 4 (0.28%) Sophos