Development Manager Job Trends in England

Development Manager
UK > England

The median Development Manager salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 81 116
Rank change year-on-year +70 +35 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 8,191 1,553 1,440
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.87% 3.59% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.47% 3.97% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6,452 845 471
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +21.95% +4.90%
75th Percentile £61,517 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +15.13%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

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

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 96,649 39,098 62,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 90.50% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67,643 23,014 36,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Development Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Development Manager job vacancy trend in England

Development Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Development Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Development Manager job vacancies in England

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in England over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
North of England +85 2,204 £50,000 - 91
Midlands +77 1,785 £55,000 +10.00% 89
South East +47 1,642 £55,000 +10.00% 134
London +121 1,289 £60,000 -4.00% 304
North West +130 1,197 £50,000 +25.00% 57
West Midlands +75 979 £55,000 +22.22% 57
East Midlands +71 805 £52,500 +1.94% 32
Yorkshire +47 785 £50,000 -9.09% 27
East of England +23 766 £55,000 +22.22% 44
South West +21 496 £50,000 +25.00% 35
North East +5 227 £45,000 - 7
Development Manager
UK

Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Development Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 7,914 (96.62%) Business Development
2 325 (3.97%) Logistics
3 307 (3.75%) B2B
4 234 (2.86%) CRM
5 215 (2.62%) Decision-Making
6 196 (2.39%) B2B Sales
7 170 (2.08%) Business Strategy
8 135 (1.65%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (1.57%) Facilities Management
10 122 (1.49%) Microsoft
11 106 (1.29%) SaaS
12 91 (1.11%) Customer Service
13 86 (1.05%) Agile
13 86 (1.05%) Lead Generation
14 76 (0.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 73 (0.89%) Commercial Awareness
16 67 (0.82%) Degree
17 65 (0.79%) Project Management
18 63 (0.77%) .NET
19 57 (0.70%) AI
19 57 (0.70%) E-Commerce
20 56 (0.68%) Problem-Solving
21 55 (0.67%) Windows
22 52 (0.63%) Coaching
22 52 (0.63%) Customer Experience
23 50 (0.61%) C#
23 50 (0.61%) Collaborative Working
24 49 (0.60%) Node.js
25 45 (0.55%) Service Delivery
26 42 (0.51%) Microsoft Office

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (0.12%) Resin
2 7 (0.085%) CMS
3 5 (0.061%) Drupal
4 3 (0.037%) WordPress
5 2 (0.024%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 42 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.012%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.024%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.012%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 106 (1.29%) SaaS
2 40 (0.49%) Azure
3 16 (0.20%) AWS
3 16 (0.20%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (0.17%) Google Workspace
5 12 (0.15%) Power Platform
6 11 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (0.12%) GCP
8 5 (0.061%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.037%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.024%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.012%) Azure App Service
11 1 (0.012%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.012%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.012%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.012%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (0.32%) Unified Communications
2 15 (0.18%) Wireless
3 9 (0.11%) Broadband
4 8 (0.098%) VoIP
5 5 (0.061%) Network Security
6 3 (0.037%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.037%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.024%) Intranet
7 2 (0.024%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.024%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.15%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.13%) Power BI
3 8 (0.098%) Redis
4 7 (0.085%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.024%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.012%) Big Data
6 1 (0.012%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.012%) GIS
6 1 (0.012%) MySQL
6 1 (0.012%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.012%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.012%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.061%) GCC
2 3 (0.037%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.024%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.012%) JIRA
General
1 443 (5.41%) Finance
2 434 (5.30%) Social Skills
3 398 (4.86%) Manufacturing
4 307 (3.75%) Marketing
5 276 (3.37%) Retail
6 213 (2.60%) Automotive
7 205 (2.50%) Public Sector
8 169 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
9 150 (1.83%) Local Government
10 120 (1.47%) Aerospace
10 120 (1.47%) Telecoms
11 112 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 109 (1.33%) Legal
13 90 (1.10%) Brand Awareness
14 84 (1.03%) Fire and Rescue
15 73 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
16 66 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
17 56 (0.68%) Electronics
18 50 (0.61%) Social Housing
19 46 (0.56%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (0.77%) .NET
2 49 (0.60%) Node.js
3 34 (0.42%) NestJS
4 30 (0.37%) React
5 20 (0.24%) Flash
6 14 (0.17%) React Native
7 11 (0.13%) Vue
8 10 (0.12%) Google Maps API
8 10 (0.12%) Struts
9 5 (0.061%) REST
10 4 (0.049%) SOAP
10 4 (0.049%) Spring
11 3 (0.037%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.037%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.037%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.037%) EDI
12 2 (0.024%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.024%) Kafka
12 2 (0.024%) RESTful
12 2 (0.024%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 332 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
2 204 (2.49%) Driving Licence
3 119 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
4 100 (1.22%) CCTV
5 89 (1.09%) FMCG
6 81 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 64 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 62 (0.76%) NHS
9 48 (0.59%) Acoustics
10 35 (0.43%) Social Media
11 33 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (0.39%) Life Science
13 14 (0.17%) Fibre Optics
13 14 (0.17%) iPad
13 14 (0.17%) iPhone
13 14 (0.17%) Product Ownership
14 12 (0.15%) IoT
15 10 (0.12%) AI Agents
15 10 (0.12%) Augmented Reality
15 10 (0.12%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 55 (0.67%) Windows
2 6 (0.073%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7,914 (96.62%) Business Development
2 325 (3.97%) Logistics
3 307 (3.75%) B2B
4 234 (2.86%) CRM
5 215 (2.62%) Decision-Making
6 196 (2.39%) B2B Sales
7 170 (2.08%) Business Strategy
8 135 (1.65%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (1.57%) Facilities Management
10 91 (1.11%) Customer Service
11 86 (1.05%) Agile
11 86 (1.05%) Lead Generation
12 76 (0.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (0.89%) Commercial Awareness
14 65 (0.79%) Project Management
15 57 (0.70%) AI
15 57 (0.70%) E-Commerce
16 56 (0.68%) Problem-Solving
17 52 (0.63%) Coaching
17 52 (0.63%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 50 (0.61%) C#
2 17 (0.21%) TypeScript
3 11 (0.13%) SQL
4 8 (0.098%) COBOL
4 8 (0.098%) JavaScript
4 8 (0.098%) RPG
5 5 (0.061%) PHP
6 3 (0.037%) Java
6 3 (0.037%) Python
7 2 (0.024%) Ruby
8 1 (0.012%) Go
Qualifications
1 67 (0.82%) Degree
2 17 (0.21%) DBS Check
3 13 (0.16%) Master's Degree
3 13 (0.16%) PMI Certification
4 10 (0.12%) MBA
4 10 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (0.085%) PMP
6 4 (0.049%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.037%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.037%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.012%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.012%) CFA
8 1 (0.012%) CIPD
8 1 (0.012%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.012%) CSPO
8 1 (0.012%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.012%) HNC
8 1 (0.012%) HND
8 1 (0.012%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (0.21%) QA
2 10 (0.12%) GDPR
3 9 (0.11%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.11%) GRC
3 9 (0.11%) SLA
4 6 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.061%) GMP
6 3 (0.037%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.024%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.024%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.012%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.012%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.012%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.037%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (0.037%) Ansible
Vendors
1 122 (1.49%) Microsoft
2 39 (0.48%) Google
3 37 (0.45%) Salesforce
4 16 (0.20%) HP
5 15 (0.18%) HubSpot
6 10 (0.12%) Facebook
6 10 (0.12%) IBM
6 10 (0.12%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.098%) SAP
8 7 (0.085%) Alibaba
9 6 (0.073%) Adobe
9 6 (0.073%) Intel
10 5 (0.061%) NEC
11 4 (0.049%) Dell
11 4 (0.049%) Oracle
11 4 (0.049%) Proofpoint
11 4 (0.049%) Sophos
12 3 (0.037%) Anaplan
13 2 (0.024%) Databricks
13 2 (0.024%) Infor