Development Manager Jobs in London

Development Manager
England > London

The median Development Manager salary in London is £77,500 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 188 201 433
Rank change year-on-year +13 +232 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 232 377 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.85% 1.58% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.06% 1.68% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 81 296 87
10th Percentile £39,000 - £48,000
25th Percentile £42,000 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £40,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +93.75% -50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £106,500 £58,750 £101,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £98,750 £117,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% -22.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,289 22,453 31,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,829 16,734 23,288
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,143 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Development Manager in London

Development Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the London 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
South London +13 32 £38,000 -5.00% 1
West London +3 30 £40,000 - 46
Central London +17 27 £95,000 +137.50% 28
East London -14 13 - - 1
North London -14 2 - - 3
Development Manager
England

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

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 London region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 183 (78.88%) Business Development
2 158 (68.10%) Finance
3 150 (64.66%) Social Skills
4 71 (30.60%) Marketing
5 65 (28.02%) Business Intelligence
6 63 (27.16%) Public Sector
6 63 (27.16%) Self-Motivation
7 62 (26.72%) Decision-Making
7 62 (26.72%) B2B
8 61 (26.29%) B2B Sales
8 61 (26.29%) Collaborative Culture
9 60 (25.86%) Collaborative Working
9 60 (25.86%) Marketing Strategy
9 60 (25.86%) Facilities Management
10 56 (24.14%) OpenUP
11 34 (14.66%) .NET
12 32 (13.79%) Agile
13 29 (12.50%) CRM
14 22 (9.48%) Azure
15 21 (9.05%) Scrum
16 18 (7.76%) Degree
17 17 (7.33%) Microsoft
17 17 (7.33%) DevOps
17 17 (7.33%) CI/CD
18 16 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
19 15 (6.47%) Test Automation
19 15 (6.47%) Dynamics CRM
20 14 (6.03%) Siebel
20 14 (6.03%) Roadmaps
21 13 (5.60%) Cost Management

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.86%) Notion
Business Applications
1 15 (6.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.16%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.86%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.43%) Endur
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.48%) Azure
2 13 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.59%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.72%) AWS
5 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
5 4 (1.72%) SaaS
6 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.86%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.86%) Canva
7 2 (0.86%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.86%) Serverless
7 2 (0.86%) Slack
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.86%) VoIP
1 2 (0.86%) WPA
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
2 1 (0.43%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) LAN
2 1 (0.43%) MPLS
2 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.72%) Power BI
1 4 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (3.02%) JIRA
2 2 (0.86%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 158 (68.10%) Finance
2 150 (64.66%) Social Skills
3 71 (30.60%) Marketing
4 63 (27.16%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.60%) Back Office
6 8 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.59%) Law
7 6 (2.59%) Legal
7 6 (2.59%) Retail
8 5 (2.16%) Banking
9 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.72%) Publishing
10 3 (1.29%) Front Office
11 2 (0.86%) Advertising
11 2 (0.86%) Local Government
11 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.43%) German Language
12 1 (0.43%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.66%) .NET
2 13 (5.60%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.29%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.29%) XML
4 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.86%) EDI
4 2 (0.86%) React
5 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.43%) Middleware
5 1 (0.43%) REST
5 1 (0.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 63 (27.16%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.02%) Reinsurance
3 6 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.72%) CMDB
4 4 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (1.72%) Low-Code
4 4 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.29%) Social Media
6 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.86%) Derivative
7 1 (0.43%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.43%) FMCG
7 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.43%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.86%) Windows
1 2 (0.86%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.43%) Linux
2 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (78.88%) Business Development
2 65 (28.02%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (26.72%) B2B
3 62 (26.72%) Decision-Making
4 61 (26.29%) B2B Sales
4 61 (26.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 60 (25.86%) Collaborative Working
5 60 (25.86%) Facilities Management
5 60 (25.86%) Marketing Strategy
6 56 (24.14%) OpenUP
7 32 (13.79%) Agile
8 29 (12.50%) CRM
9 21 (9.05%) Scrum
10 17 (7.33%) CI/CD
10 17 (7.33%) DevOps
11 16 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (6.47%) Test Automation
13 14 (6.03%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.60%) Cost Management
14 13 (5.60%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.60%) C#
2 12 (5.17%) Java
3 11 (4.74%) Python
4 7 (3.02%) SQL
5 4 (1.72%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (7.76%) Degree
2 8 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.43%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.16%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.43%) Ansible
2 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (7.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.03%) Siebel
3 6 (2.59%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.72%) BT
4 4 (1.72%) Intapp
4 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.29%) Aderant
5 3 (1.29%) Oracle
6 2 (0.86%) Google
6 2 (0.86%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.43%) Avaloq
7 1 (0.43%) FIS
7 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.43%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.43%) Workday