Development Manager Contracts in England

Development Manager
UK > England

The median Development Manager daily rate in England is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 580 662
Rank change year-on-year +109 +82 -97
Contract jobs requiring a Development Manager 64 83 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 61 85
10th Percentile £405 £406 £400
25th Percentile £441 £480 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £834 £600 £750
90th Percentile £865 £688 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £569
% change year-on-year - -3.30% +13.75%
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 median hourly rate £27.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -57.69% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Development Manager in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +85 25 £497 -17.18% 91
South East +34 20 £600 +20.91% 56
North of England +25 8 £500 -9.09% 56
West Midlands +35 6 £800 - 23
Midlands +20 6 £800 +82.86% 33
North West +8 5 £455 -17.27% 35
South West +25 4 £900 - 32
Yorkshire +20 3 £500 -14.31% 18
East of England +14 1 - - 22
North East - 1 £600 - 3
Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 across the England region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 23 (35.94%) Agile
2 18 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 17 (26.56%) Finance
4 16 (25.00%) Project Management
5 14 (21.88%) Roadmaps
6 12 (18.75%) C#
6 12 (18.75%) .NET
6 12 (18.75%) Marketing
7 11 (17.19%) Digital Marketing
7 11 (17.19%) Azure
7 11 (17.19%) Business Strategy
8 10 (15.63%) DevOps
8 10 (15.63%) Business Development
9 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (14.06%) Supplier Management
9 9 (14.06%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (14.06%) Data Protection
9 9 (14.06%) Coaching
9 9 (14.06%) GDPR
10 8 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (12.50%) Degree
10 8 (12.50%) Law
11 7 (10.94%) Legal
11 7 (10.94%) Scrum
11 7 (10.94%) TDD
11 7 (10.94%) Performance Management
11 7 (10.94%) Migration
11 7 (10.94%) Security Cleared
11 7 (10.94%) Decision-Making

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.19%) Azure
2 8 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (9.38%) SaaS
4 5 (7.81%) AWS
4 5 (7.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (7.81%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (7.81%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (3.13%) dbt
5 2 (3.13%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (3.13%) Apache Arrow
2 2 (3.13%) Dremio
3 1 (1.56%) MySQL
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Git
2 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.56%) Finance
3 12 (18.75%) Marketing
4 8 (12.50%) Law
5 7 (10.94%) Legal
6 5 (7.81%) Police
6 5 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Banking
9 2 (3.13%) Electronics
9 2 (3.13%) Front Office
9 2 (3.13%) Local Government
9 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.75%) .NET
2 5 (7.81%) .NET Core
2 5 (7.81%) YAML
3 3 (4.69%) React
4 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (3.13%) gRPC
4 2 (3.13%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (3.13%) Redux
5 1 (1.56%) ADO
5 1 (1.56%) Node.js
5 1 (1.56%) Symfony
5 1 (1.56%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (9.38%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.25%) FMCG
5 2 (3.13%) Derivative
5 2 (3.13%) Equities
5 2 (3.13%) Fixed Income
5 2 (3.13%) Hedge funds
5 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.56%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.56%) Life Science
6 1 (1.56%) NHS
6 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.56%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.94%) Agile
2 16 (25.00%) Project Management
3 14 (21.88%) Roadmaps
4 11 (17.19%) Business Strategy
4 11 (17.19%) Digital Marketing
5 10 (15.63%) Business Development
5 10 (15.63%) DevOps
6 9 (14.06%) Coaching
6 9 (14.06%) Data Protection
6 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.06%) Supplier Management
7 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (10.94%) Decision-Making
8 7 (10.94%) Migration
8 7 (10.94%) Performance Management
8 7 (10.94%) Scrum
8 7 (10.94%) TDD
9 6 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (9.38%) Information Assurance
9 6 (9.38%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.75%) C#
2 6 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.81%) Bicep
4 2 (3.13%) Python
4 2 (3.13%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.56%) PHP
5 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.56%) SQL
5 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
2 7 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.06%) GDPR
2 5 (7.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (7.81%) Reuters
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.13%) Cadence
3 2 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (1.56%) iManage
4 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.56%) TOWER Software