Development Manager Jobs in England

Development Manager
UK > England

The median Development Manager salary in England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 193 382
Rank change year-on-year +28 +189 +168
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 977 1,278 743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.02% 1.45% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.53% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 314 978 373
10th Percentile £28,822 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% -22.83%
75th Percentile £69,688 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% -21.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in England

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
London +13 232 £77,500 +93.75% 582
South East -17 188 £72,500 +62.92% 551
North of England +25 174 £40,000 -27.27% 561
East of England +112 168 £41,000 -31.67% 316
Midlands -46 108 £30,580 -35.62% 469
West Midlands +1 96 £30,580 -23.66% 259
South West +135 76 £38,000 -24.00% 243
North East +83 73 £35,000 -50.00% 71
North West -53 53 £37,500 -31.82% 275
Yorkshire +36 46 £50,000 +11.11% 218
East Midlands -21 12 £51,500 -24.82% 185
Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 England region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 767 (78.51%) Business Development
2 543 (55.58%) Social Skills
3 486 (49.74%) Finance
4 409 (41.86%) Marketing
5 277 (28.35%) Public Sector
6 271 (27.74%) Collaborative Culture
7 270 (27.64%) Marketing Strategy
8 267 (27.33%) Collaborative Working
9 266 (27.23%) Facilities Management
10 148 (15.15%) B2B
11 135 (13.82%) CRM
12 132 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
13 120 (12.28%) Degree
14 110 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
15 103 (10.54%) Business Strategy
16 95 (9.72%) QA
17 93 (9.52%) Project Management
18 88 (9.01%) FMCG
19 84 (8.60%) Salesforce
20 83 (8.50%) Commercialisation
21 82 (8.39%) Product Strategy
21 82 (8.39%) Competitor Analysis
22 81 (8.29%) Value Proposition
23 80 (8.19%) Customer Service
24 78 (7.98%) Salesforce CRM
25 77 (7.88%) Active Listening
25 77 (7.88%) Deadline-Driven
25 77 (7.88%) SLA
25 77 (7.88%) SAP
26 76 (7.78%) Self-Motivation

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) Notion
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 78 (7.98%) Salesforce CRM
2 15 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.43%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 5 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.10%) Endur
5 1 (0.10%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.10%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (4.61%) Azure
2 27 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (1.94%) Power Platform
5 18 (1.84%) AWS
5 18 (1.84%) SaaS
6 14 (1.43%) PowerApps
7 7 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (0.72%) Amazon S3
7 7 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (0.41%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.31%) Azure API Management
9 3 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.20%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.20%) Canva
10 2 (0.20%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.20%) Serverless
10 2 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.43%) WPA
2 7 (0.72%) SSL
3 3 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.20%) LAN
4 2 (0.20%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.20%) VoIP
4 2 (0.20%) WAN
5 1 (0.10%) 5G
5 1 (0.10%) Internet
5 1 (0.10%) MPLS
5 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.10%) Wireless
5 1 (0.10%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (0.72%) Power BI
2 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (0.41%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.31%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.20%) Big Data
6 1 (0.10%) Redis
6 1 (0.10%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (1.23%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.10%) Vagrant
General
1 543 (55.58%) Social Skills
2 486 (49.74%) Finance
3 409 (41.86%) Marketing
4 277 (28.35%) Public Sector
5 110 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (2.56%) Banking
8 18 (1.84%) Manufacturing
9 15 (1.54%) Local Government
10 13 (1.33%) Back Office
11 11 (1.13%) Legal
11 11 (1.13%) Retail
12 10 (1.02%) Tech for Good
13 9 (0.92%) Electronics
13 9 (0.92%) Law
14 7 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.61%) Games
15 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.41%) Automotive
16 4 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.63%) .NET
2 13 (1.33%) .NET Framework
3 10 (1.02%) React
4 7 (0.72%) Android Jetpack
4 7 (0.72%) ASP.NET
4 7 (0.72%) Jetpack Compose
4 7 (0.72%) Node.js
4 7 (0.72%) OAuth
4 7 (0.72%) SwiftUI
4 7 (0.72%) UIKit
5 5 (0.51%) CodeIgniter
5 5 (0.51%) Laravel
6 3 (0.31%) Hibernate
6 3 (0.31%) Spring
6 3 (0.31%) XML
7 2 (0.20%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.20%) Blazor
7 2 (0.20%) EDI
8 1 (0.10%) Bootstrap
8 1 (0.10%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.01%) FMCG
2 76 (7.78%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.25%) Social Media
4 18 (1.84%) Data Centre
5 16 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.33%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.33%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.13%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.02%) Product Ownership
9 8 (0.82%) e-Learning
10 7 (0.72%) Reinsurance
11 4 (0.41%) CMDB
11 4 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.41%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.31%) AS400
12 3 (0.31%) CCTV
12 3 (0.31%) EPoS
12 3 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.43%) Windows
1 14 (1.43%) Windows Vista
2 12 (1.23%) Android
2 12 (1.23%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.10%) Linux
3 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (78.51%) Business Development
2 271 (27.74%) Collaborative Culture
3 270 (27.64%) Marketing Strategy
4 267 (27.33%) Collaborative Working
5 266 (27.23%) Facilities Management
6 148 (15.15%) B2B
7 135 (13.82%) CRM
8 132 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 103 (10.54%) Business Strategy
10 93 (9.52%) Project Management
11 83 (8.50%) Commercialisation
12 82 (8.39%) Competitor Analysis
12 82 (8.39%) Product Strategy
13 81 (8.29%) Value Proposition
14 80 (8.19%) Customer Service
15 77 (7.88%) Active Listening
15 77 (7.88%) Deadline-Driven
16 71 (7.27%) Decision-Making
17 70 (7.16%) Business Enablement
18 67 (6.86%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.28%) Java
2 25 (2.56%) C#
3 18 (1.84%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.23%) Python
4 12 (1.23%) SQL
5 7 (0.72%) Kotlin
5 7 (0.72%) Swift
6 6 (0.61%) PHP
7 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.10%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (12.28%) Degree
2 15 (1.54%) DBS Check
3 8 (0.82%) Master's Degree
4 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.10%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.10%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.10%) MRICS
7 1 (0.10%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (9.72%) QA
2 77 (7.88%) SLA
3 10 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.51%) GDPR
4 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (0.31%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (8.60%) Salesforce
2 77 (7.88%) SAP
3 59 (6.04%) YouTube
4 36 (3.68%) Microsoft
5 17 (1.74%) Oracle
6 14 (1.43%) Siebel
7 9 (0.92%) Intel
7 9 (0.92%) Tenable
8 8 (0.82%) Fortinet
8 8 (0.82%) Sophos
9 7 (0.72%) Cisco
10 6 (0.61%) Google
11 5 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.41%) BT
12 4 (0.41%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.41%) Intapp
12 4 (0.41%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.31%) Aderant
13 3 (0.31%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.31%) Databricks