Development Manager Jobs in the City of London

Development Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Development Manager salary in the City of London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 172 196
Rank change year-on-year +57 +24 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 25 15 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.28% 0.44% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.46% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 20
10th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £61,250
25th Percentile £92,500 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £50,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +95.00% -47.37% -
75th Percentile £106,250 £54,375 £107,500
90th Percentile £113,500 £70,000 £109,375
Central London median annual salary £97,500 £40,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +143.75% -57.89% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,834 3,246 4,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.12% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,395 2,501 3,521
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,125 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the City of London

Development Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Manager in the City of London.

Salary trend for Development Manager in the City of London

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 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 City of London region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 18 (72.00%) .NET
2 17 (68.00%) Agile
3 16 (64.00%) Finance
3 16 (64.00%) Scrum
4 15 (60.00%) CRM
4 15 (60.00%) Azure
5 14 (56.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (56.00%) Test Automation
5 14 (56.00%) Cost Management
5 14 (56.00%) CI/CD
6 13 (52.00%) Case Management
6 13 (52.00%) DevOps
6 13 (52.00%) Resource Management
6 13 (52.00%) .NET Framework
6 13 (52.00%) Data Integration
6 13 (52.00%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (52.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 13 (52.00%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (52.00%) Data Management
6 13 (52.00%) Siebel
6 13 (52.00%) Back Office
7 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
8 5 (20.00%) Power Platform
8 5 (20.00%) C#
9 4 (16.00%) SQL
9 4 (16.00%) Legal
9 4 (16.00%) Elite 3E
9 4 (16.00%) Business Development
10 3 (12.00%) Intapp
10 3 (12.00%) Aderant

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (4.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 14 (56.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (16.00%) Elite 3E
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 15 (60.00%) Azure
2 13 (52.00%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (52.00%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (8.00%) Power Automate
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 13 (52.00%) Back Office
3 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Legal
5 3 (12.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Marketing
6 2 (8.00%) Front Office
6 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.00%) Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Public Speaking
7 1 (4.00%) Publishing
7 1 (4.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (72.00%) .NET
2 13 (52.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (12.00%) XML
4 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.00%) REST
5 1 (4.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.00%) Derivative
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Agile
2 16 (64.00%) Scrum
3 15 (60.00%) CRM
4 14 (56.00%) CI/CD
4 14 (56.00%) Cost Management
4 14 (56.00%) Test Automation
5 13 (52.00%) Case Management
5 13 (52.00%) Data Integration
5 13 (52.00%) Data Management
5 13 (52.00%) DevOps
5 13 (52.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (52.00%) Resource Management
6 4 (16.00%) Business Development
7 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (12.00%) ETL
7 3 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (8.00%) B2B
8 2 (8.00%) B2B Sales
8 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
8 2 (8.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) C#
2 4 (16.00%) SQL
3 3 (12.00%) VB.NET
4 2 (8.00%) Java
4 2 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.00%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ITGC
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Siebel
2 3 (12.00%) Aderant
2 3 (12.00%) Intapp
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.00%) HubSpot
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce