Development Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Development Manager
England > Midlands

The median Development Manager salary in the Midlands is £30,580 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 114 242
Rank change year-on-year -40 +128 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 108 254 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.59% 2.00% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 2.12% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 78 189 51
10th Percentile - £28,119 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,822 £35,700 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,580 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -17.39% -19.01%
75th Percentile - £70,250 £67,250
90th Percentile £69,750 £82,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% -25.00% -23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,274 11,996 7,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.54% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 8,818 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,934 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the Midlands

Development Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in the Midlands

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the Midlands

Development Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
West Midlands -7 96 £30,580 -23.66% 123
East Midlands -25 12 £51,500 -24.82% 85
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Midlands region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 96 (88.89%) Business Development
2 82 (75.93%) CRM
3 78 (72.22%) B2B
4 77 (71.30%) Salesforce
4 77 (71.30%) SLA
4 77 (71.30%) SAP
4 77 (71.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 77 (71.30%) Active Listening
4 77 (71.30%) Deadline-Driven
4 77 (71.30%) Value Proposition
5 24 (22.22%) Customer Value Proposition
6 10 (9.26%) Social Skills
7 9 (8.33%) Marketing
8 8 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (7.41%) Finance
9 7 (6.48%) Mentoring
10 6 (5.56%) JavaScript
10 6 (5.56%) Agile
10 6 (5.56%) Degree
11 5 (4.63%) JIRA
11 5 (4.63%) CodeIgniter
11 5 (4.63%) Android
11 5 (4.63%) OWASP
11 5 (4.63%) Workflow
11 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (4.63%) PHP
11 5 (4.63%) Coaching
11 5 (4.63%) DevOps
11 5 (4.63%) SDLC
11 5 (4.63%) Front End Development

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 77 (71.30%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.93%) AWS
1 1 (0.93%) Azure
1 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.78%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.78%) NoSQL
1 3 (2.78%) RDBMS
1 3 (2.78%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) JIRA
2 3 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Vagrant
General
1 10 (9.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.33%) Marketing
3 8 (7.41%) Finance
4 4 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Banking
5 3 (2.78%) Games
5 3 (2.78%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Law
7 1 (0.93%) Local Government
7 1 (0.93%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) CodeIgniter
1 5 (4.63%) Laravel
1 5 (4.63%) Node.js
2 3 (2.78%) Hibernate
2 3 (2.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.93%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.93%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Android
1 5 (4.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (88.89%) Business Development
2 82 (75.93%) CRM
3 78 (72.22%) B2B
4 77 (71.30%) Active Listening
4 77 (71.30%) Deadline-Driven
4 77 (71.30%) Value Proposition
5 24 (22.22%) Customer Value Proposition
6 8 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (6.48%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.56%) Agile
9 5 (4.63%) Android Development
9 5 (4.63%) CI/CD
9 5 (4.63%) Coaching
9 5 (4.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (4.63%) DevOps
9 5 (4.63%) iOS Development
9 5 (4.63%) OWASP
9 5 (4.63%) Product Roadmap
9 5 (4.63%) SDLC
9 5 (4.63%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.63%) PHP
3 3 (2.78%) Java
4 1 (0.93%) C#
4 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (71.30%) SLA
2 5 (4.63%) GDPR
2 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Ansible
1 1 (0.93%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.93%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 77 (71.30%) Salesforce
1 77 (71.30%) SAP
2 5 (4.63%) OpenAI
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.93%) BMC
4 1 (0.93%) Commvault
4 1 (0.93%) Remedy