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 25 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
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 199 379
Rank change year-on-year +36 +180 +177
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 982 1,243 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.02% 1.42% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 1.50% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 317 976 374
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% -25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,813 £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% -22.58%

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 44,090 82,987 79,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.63% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 23,201 61,738 50,836
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £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 £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -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 25 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 25 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 +9 232 £77,500 +93.75% 615
South East -12 187 £72,500 +62.92% 567
North of England +27 178 £37,500 -31.82% 583
East of England +102 167 £41,000 -31.67% 321
Midlands -20 110 £30,580 -33.88% 501
West Midlands -2 99 £30,580 -23.66% 278
South West +131 77 £38,000 -24.00% 255
North East +86 77 £35,000 -50.00% 74
North West -45 53 £37,500 -31.82% 280
Yorkshire +39 46 £50,000 +11.11% 232
East Midlands -19 11 £50,750 -25.91% 197
Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 770 (78.41%) Business Development
2 543 (55.30%) Social Skills
3 488 (49.69%) Finance
4 409 (41.65%) Marketing
5 277 (28.21%) Public Sector
6 271 (27.60%) Collaborative Culture
7 270 (27.49%) Marketing Strategy
8 267 (27.19%) Collaborative Working
9 266 (27.09%) Facilities Management
10 147 (14.97%) B2B
11 137 (13.95%) CRM
12 133 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
13 118 (12.02%) Degree
14 113 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
15 105 (10.69%) Business Strategy
16 95 (9.67%) Project Management
17 94 (9.57%) QA
18 88 (8.96%) FMCG
19 85 (8.66%) Salesforce
20 82 (8.35%) Competitor Analysis
20 82 (8.35%) Commercialisation
20 82 (8.35%) Product Strategy
20 82 (8.35%) Value Proposition
21 80 (8.15%) Customer Service
22 79 (8.04%) Salesforce CRM
23 78 (7.94%) Deadline-Driven
23 78 (7.94%) Active Listening
23 78 (7.94%) SLA
23 78 (7.94%) SAP
24 76 (7.74%) 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 4 (0.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) Notion
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 79 (8.04%) Salesforce CRM
2 16 (1.63%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 14 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
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 (4.58%) Azure
2 26 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (1.93%) Power Platform
5 18 (1.83%) AWS
6 17 (1.73%) SaaS
7 14 (1.43%) PowerApps
8 7 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (0.71%) Amazon S3
8 7 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (0.41%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.31%) Azure API Management
10 3 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.20%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.20%) Canva
11 2 (0.20%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.20%) Serverless
11 2 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.63%) WPA
2 7 (0.71%) 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 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (0.71%) Power BI
2 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
3 3 (0.31%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.31%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.20%) Big Data
5 1 (0.10%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (1.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.10%) Vagrant
General
1 543 (55.30%) Social Skills
2 488 (49.69%) Finance
3 409 (41.65%) Marketing
4 277 (28.21%) Public Sector
5 113 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (2.44%) Banking
8 18 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 17 (1.73%) Local Government
10 13 (1.32%) Legal
11 12 (1.22%) Back Office
12 11 (1.12%) Retail
13 10 (1.02%) Tech for Good
14 9 (0.92%) Electronics
14 9 (0.92%) Law
15 7 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.41%) Advertising
17 4 (0.41%) Automotive
17 4 (0.41%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.70%) .NET
2 12 (1.22%) .NET Framework
3 10 (1.02%) React
4 7 (0.71%) Android Jetpack
4 7 (0.71%) ASP.NET
4 7 (0.71%) Jetpack Compose
4 7 (0.71%) OAuth
4 7 (0.71%) SwiftUI
4 7 (0.71%) UIKit
5 6 (0.61%) Node.js
6 5 (0.51%) CodeIgniter
6 5 (0.51%) Laravel
7 3 (0.31%) Hibernate
7 3 (0.31%) Spring
7 3 (0.31%) XML
8 2 (0.20%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.20%) Blazor
8 2 (0.20%) EDI
9 1 (0.10%) Bootstrap
9 1 (0.10%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.96%) FMCG
2 76 (7.74%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (2.65%) Social Media
4 18 (1.83%) Data Centre
5 16 (1.63%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.32%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.02%) Product Ownership
9 9 (0.92%) Driving Licence
10 8 (0.81%) e-Learning
10 8 (0.81%) 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%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.83%) Windows
1 18 (1.83%) Windows Vista
2 12 (1.22%) Android
2 12 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.10%) Linux
3 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 770 (78.41%) Business Development
2 271 (27.60%) Collaborative Culture
3 270 (27.49%) Marketing Strategy
4 267 (27.19%) Collaborative Working
5 266 (27.09%) Facilities Management
6 147 (14.97%) B2B
7 137 (13.95%) CRM
8 133 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
9 105 (10.69%) Business Strategy
10 95 (9.67%) Project Management
11 82 (8.35%) Commercialisation
11 82 (8.35%) Competitor Analysis
11 82 (8.35%) Product Strategy
11 82 (8.35%) Value Proposition
12 80 (8.15%) Customer Service
13 78 (7.94%) Active Listening
13 78 (7.94%) Deadline-Driven
14 70 (7.13%) Business Enablement
14 70 (7.13%) Decision-Making
15 66 (6.72%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.26%) Java
2 25 (2.55%) C#
3 17 (1.73%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.22%) Python
4 12 (1.22%) SQL
5 7 (0.71%) Kotlin
5 7 (0.71%) 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
Qualifications
1 118 (12.02%) Degree
2 19 (1.93%) DBS Check
3 9 (0.92%) 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 94 (9.57%) QA
2 78 (7.94%) SLA
3 10 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.51%) GDPR
4 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 85 (8.66%) Salesforce
2 78 (7.94%) SAP
3 59 (6.01%) YouTube
4 39 (3.97%) Microsoft
5 17 (1.73%) Oracle
6 13 (1.32%) Siebel
7 9 (0.92%) Intel
7 9 (0.92%) Tenable
8 8 (0.81%) Fortinet
8 8 (0.81%) Sophos
9 7 (0.71%) 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