Development Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Development Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Development Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2024.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 389 460
Rank change year-on-year +22 +71 -55
Contract jobs requiring a Development Manager 34 41 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 37
10th Percentile £458 £363 £400
25th Percentile £500 £431 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £535 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +12.63% +15.85%
75th Percentile £850 £638 £525
90th Percentile - £791 £593
UK median daily rate £510 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -11.30% +2.22% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £23.44 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile £31.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year -26.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Development Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Development Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Development Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Development Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
South East +19 18 £600 -4.00% 56
North of England +11 6 £510 -9.33% 54
West Midlands +21 4 £800 - 23
Midlands +14 4 £800 +82.86% 40
North West +9 4 £510 -9.33% 32
Scotland +47 2 - - 22
Yorkshire +14 2 £550 -5.74% 20
East of England +3 2 £350 -39.13% 16
South West +2 1 £590 - 24
Wales - 1 £503 - 3
North East - 1 £600 - 4
Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 12 (35.29%) Finance
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Project Management
2 11 (32.35%) Degree
3 10 (29.41%) Business Development
4 9 (26.47%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (26.47%) Digital Marketing
4 9 (26.47%) Data Protection
4 9 (26.47%) Marketing
4 9 (26.47%) GDPR
5 8 (23.53%) Agile
5 8 (23.53%) Law
6 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (14.71%) Coaching
7 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (14.71%) Accessibility
7 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
7 5 (14.71%) Legal
7 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (14.71%) Scrum
7 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
7 5 (14.71%) Business Continuity
7 5 (14.71%) Information Security
7 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (14.71%) Reuters
8 4 (11.76%) C#
8 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
8 4 (11.76%) .NET
8 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
8 4 (11.76%) CI/CD

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Marketing
3 8 (23.53%) Law
4 5 (14.71%) Legal
4 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) NHS
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Project Management
2 10 (29.41%) Business Development
3 9 (26.47%) Data Protection
3 9 (26.47%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (23.53%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (14.71%) Business Continuity
6 5 (14.71%) Coaching
6 5 (14.71%) Information Security
6 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
6 5 (14.71%) Scrum
6 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
7 4 (11.76%) SDLC
7 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
7 4 (11.76%) Software Architecture
7 4 (11.76%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.82%) Supplier Management
9 2 (5.88%) ITIL
9 2 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) C#
1 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PMP
3 1 (2.94%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) GDPR
2 5 (14.71%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Reuters
2 1 (2.94%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.94%) Cadence
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Progress
2 1 (2.94%) Salesforce