Development Manager Jobs in London

Development Manager
England > London

The median Development Manager salary in London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 208 432
Rank change year-on-year +29 +224 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 245 362 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.92% 1.53% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 1.63% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 87 288 93
10th Percentile £39,000 - £51,000
25th Percentile £42,000 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £40,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -51.52% -13.16%
75th Percentile £106,250 £57,813 £107,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £99,125 £117,500
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% -25.00% -25.00%

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 11,479 22,260 31,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 94.24% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,949 16,595 23,518
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,419
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +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 22 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 22 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 +16 32 £38,000 -5.00% 2
Central London +21 30 £95,000 +137.50% 38
West London +7 30 £40,000 - 10
East London -12 13 - - 1
North London -11 2 - - 3
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 196 (80.00%) Business Development
2 158 (64.49%) Finance
3 157 (64.08%) Social Skills
4 75 (30.61%) Marketing
5 65 (26.53%) Public Sector
5 65 (26.53%) Self-Motivation
6 64 (26.12%) Business Intelligence
7 63 (25.71%) Collaborative Culture
8 61 (24.90%) B2B
8 61 (24.90%) Decision-Making
9 60 (24.49%) Collaborative Working
9 60 (24.49%) B2B Sales
9 60 (24.49%) Marketing Strategy
9 60 (24.49%) Facilities Management
10 56 (22.86%) OpenUP
11 35 (14.29%) .NET
12 34 (13.88%) CRM
13 31 (12.65%) Agile
14 22 (8.98%) Azure
15 20 (8.16%) Degree
15 20 (8.16%) Scrum
16 18 (7.35%) Microsoft
17 16 (6.53%) Dynamics CRM
17 16 (6.53%) DevOps
17 16 (6.53%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (6.53%) CI/CD
18 15 (6.12%) Roadmaps
19 14 (5.71%) Test Automation
19 14 (5.71%) Risk Management
20 13 (5.31%) Siebel

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 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.82%) Notion
Business Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 5 (2.04%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.41%) Endur
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.98%) Azure
2 12 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.45%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.04%) AWS
6 4 (1.63%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.63%) SaaS
7 3 (1.22%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.82%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.82%) Canva
8 2 (0.82%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.82%) Serverless
8 2 (0.82%) Slack
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.45%) WPA
2 2 (0.82%) VoIP
3 1 (0.41%) 5G
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) LAN
3 1 (0.41%) MPLS
3 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.63%) Power BI
1 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.41%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (3.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.82%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 158 (64.49%) Finance
2 157 (64.08%) Social Skills
3 75 (30.61%) Marketing
4 65 (26.53%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.90%) Back Office
6 6 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.45%) Law
6 6 (2.45%) Legal
6 6 (2.45%) Local Government
6 6 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.45%) Retail
7 4 (1.63%) Banking
8 3 (1.22%) Publishing
9 2 (0.82%) Advertising
9 2 (0.82%) Front Office
9 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (14.29%) .NET
2 12 (4.90%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.22%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.22%) XML
4 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.82%) EDI
4 2 (0.82%) React
5 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.41%) Middleware
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (26.53%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.27%) Reinsurance
3 7 (2.86%) Social Media
4 6 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.63%) CMDB
5 4 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.63%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.41%) Derivative
8 1 (0.41%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.41%) FMCG
8 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.41%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.45%) Windows
1 6 (2.45%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.41%) Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (80.00%) Business Development
2 64 (26.12%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (25.71%) Collaborative Culture
4 61 (24.90%) B2B
4 61 (24.90%) Decision-Making
5 60 (24.49%) B2B Sales
5 60 (24.49%) Collaborative Working
5 60 (24.49%) Facilities Management
5 60 (24.49%) Marketing Strategy
6 56 (22.86%) OpenUP
7 34 (13.88%) CRM
8 31 (12.65%) Agile
9 20 (8.16%) Scrum
10 16 (6.53%) CI/CD
10 16 (6.53%) DevOps
10 16 (6.53%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (6.12%) Roadmaps
12 14 (5.71%) Risk Management
12 14 (5.71%) Test Automation
13 12 (4.90%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.31%) C#
2 12 (4.90%) Java
3 11 (4.49%) Python
4 7 (2.86%) SQL
5 4 (1.63%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (8.16%) Degree
2 9 (3.67%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.41%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.04%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.41%) Ansible
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (7.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.31%) Siebel
3 8 (3.27%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.63%) BT
4 4 (1.63%) Intapp
4 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.22%) Aderant
5 3 (1.22%) Oracle
6 2 (0.82%) Google
6 2 (0.82%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.41%) Avaloq
7 1 (0.41%) FIS
7 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.41%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.41%) Workday