Development Manager Contracts in London

Development Manager
England > London

The median Development Manager daily rate in London is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 371 448
Rank change year-on-year +47 +77 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Development Manager 18 24 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 33
10th Percentile £297 £397 £398
25th Percentile £341 £441 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £494 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% -14.11% -17.86%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £638
90th Percentile £588 £759 £761
England median daily rate £550 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -1.79% -2.61% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £36.34 -
England median hourly rate - £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year - -26.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,540 16,387 25,121
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 93.37% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,895 11,838 18,239
10th Percentile £345 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £677 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 324 285
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.42 £20.02 £22.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.77% -23.24% +1.43%
75th Percentile £50.97 £45.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -20.00% -14.88% +91.54%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Central London +2 1 - - 31
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 London region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Marketing
2 8 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (38.89%) Analytics
4 6 (33.33%) Business Development
4 6 (33.33%) Degree
5 5 (27.78%) Social Media
5 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (27.78%) GDPR
5 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
6 4 (22.22%) TikTok
6 4 (22.22%) Digital Strategy
6 4 (22.22%) Channel Management
6 4 (22.22%) Campaign Management
6 4 (22.22%) Music Industry
6 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 4 (22.22%) Adobe
6 4 (22.22%) Finance
6 4 (22.22%) Advertising
7 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) Project Management
7 3 (16.67%) Front Office
7 3 (16.67%) SaaS
7 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Customer Acquisition
7 3 (16.67%) Master's Degree
7 3 (16.67%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (16.67%) Sales Enablement
8 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
8 2 (11.11%) Functional Testing

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

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Commercetools
2 1 (5.56%) Contentful
2 1 (5.56%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (50.00%) Marketing
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Advertising
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Music Industry
4 3 (16.67%) Front Office
5 2 (11.11%) Back Office
5 2 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Electronics
6 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Social Media
2 3 (16.67%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
2 7 (38.89%) Analytics
3 6 (33.33%) Business Development
4 4 (22.22%) Campaign Management
4 4 (22.22%) Channel Management
4 4 (22.22%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Customer Acquisition
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) Sales Enablement
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 2 (11.11%) Functional Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Investment Management
6 2 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Java
1 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
1 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 2 (11.11%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Adobe
1 4 (22.22%) TikTok
2 2 (11.11%) Charles River
2 2 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Avaloq
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) OneTrust
3 1 (5.56%) Optimizely
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle