Development Project Manager Jobs in England

Project Manager - Development
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Development salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 767 782
Rank change year-on-year +61 +15 +353
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Project Manager 2 11 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.015% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.016% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 28
10th Percentile - £38,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £43,313 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +10.20% +4.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,188 £65,000
90th Percentile - £79,875 £73,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £43,250 £61,250
% change year-on-year +32.95% -29.39% +2.08%

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 47,921 70,310 63,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 94.85% 91.73%
Number of salaries quoted 26,772 47,761 45,128
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Development Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Project Manager in England

Development Project Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Development Project Manager in England

Development Project 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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 +47 1 - - 2
South East +37 1 £57,500 -14.81% 1
Development Project Manager
UK

Development Project Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Development Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Workday
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) EDI
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Development Project 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Workday