Development Manager Jobs in Central London

Development Manager
London > Central London

The median Development Manager salary in Central London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 139 211
Rank change year-on-year +6 +72 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 27 49 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.13% 1.30% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.36% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23 41 20
10th Percentile £42,000 - £61,250
25th Percentile £59,375 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £40,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +137.50% -57.89% -
75th Percentile £106,250 - £107,500
90th Percentile £107,250 £53,750 £109,375
London median annual salary £78,750 £40,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +96.88% -50.00% -15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,203 3,607 4,802
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 95.40% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 2,766 3,982
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,391 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,063 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

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
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in Central London

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in Central London

Development Manager
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +49 22 £98,750 +97.50% 21
Kensington and Chelsea -7 3 £42,000 +5.00%
Southwark - 2 - -
City of Westminster -22 1 - - 1
Development Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 15 (55.56%) .NET
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 14 (51.85%) CRM
2 14 (51.85%) Agile
3 13 (48.15%) Azure
3 13 (48.15%) Scrum
4 12 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (40.74%) Case Management
5 11 (40.74%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (40.74%) DevOps
5 11 (40.74%) Data Integration
5 11 (40.74%) Test Automation
5 11 (40.74%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (40.74%) CI/CD
5 11 (40.74%) Cost Management
5 11 (40.74%) .NET Framework
5 11 (40.74%) Data Management
5 11 (40.74%) Resource Management
5 11 (40.74%) Back Office
5 11 (40.74%) Siebel
6 9 (33.33%) Business Development
7 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
8 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
9 4 (14.81%) Legal
9 4 (14.81%) C#
9 4 (14.81%) SQL
9 4 (14.81%) Marketing
9 4 (14.81%) Elite 3E
10 3 (11.11%) Intapp

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (14.81%) Elite 3E
3 1 (3.70%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 12 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (40.74%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
5 3 (11.11%) PowerApps
6 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Power BI
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.70%) Spatial Data
General
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) Back Office
3 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Legal
4 4 (14.81%) Marketing
5 3 (11.11%) Law
5 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Front Office
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Speaking
6 1 (3.70%) Publishing
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (55.56%) .NET
2 11 (40.74%) .NET Framework
3 3 (11.11%) XML
4 2 (7.41%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.70%) REST
5 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Agile
1 14 (51.85%) CRM
2 13 (48.15%) Scrum
3 11 (40.74%) Case Management
3 11 (40.74%) CI/CD
3 11 (40.74%) Cost Management
3 11 (40.74%) Data Integration
3 11 (40.74%) Data Management
3 11 (40.74%) DevOps
3 11 (40.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (40.74%) Resource Management
3 11 (40.74%) Test Automation
4 9 (33.33%) Business Development
5 3 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (11.11%) ETL
5 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.41%) B2B Sales
6 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) C#
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.70%) MRICS
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Siebel
2 3 (11.11%) Aderant
2 3 (11.11%) Intapp
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.70%) HubSpot