Development Manager Contracts in Central London

Development Manager
London > Central London

The median Development Manager daily rate in Central London is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 133 165
Rank change year-on-year +2 +32 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Development Manager 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% 0.085% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.089% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £302 - £582
25th Percentile £364 - £683
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £560 £850
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% -34.12% +17.24%
75th Percentile £614 - -
90th Percentile £681 - -
London median daily rate £550 £494 £575
% change year-on-year +11.36% -14.11% -17.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,902 2,243 3,466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 95.12% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 1,542 2,377
10th Percentile £331 £350 £313
25th Percentile £426 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £554 £594
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -6.82% +7.03%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 20
10th Percentile £21.51 £20.31 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.66 £23.63 £20.56
Median hourly rate £30.04 £30.41 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -13.13% -15.66%
75th Percentile £51.31 £53.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £67.89 £124.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.71 £39.00
% change year-on-year -5.39% -18.69% +11.43%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in Central London

Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Development Manager in Central London

Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Development Manager in Central London

Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Manager in Central London

Development Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 21 July 2025. 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
City of London +10 3 £485 -13.39% 26
Development Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) CFA
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Business Development
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Avaloq
3 1 (33.33%) iSeries
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) FNZ
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Acquisition
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Sales Enablement
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) AS400
1 1 (33.33%) iSeries
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Acquisition
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) COBOL
1 1 (33.33%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CFA
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Avaloq
1 1 (33.33%) FNZ
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft