Development Manager Job Trends in the North of England

Development Manager
England > North of England

The median Development Manager salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 92 203
Rank change year-on-year +46 +111 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 401 227 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.77% 2.50% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.26% 2.65% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 252 43 65
10th Percentile £31,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +32.86% -46.15%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £76,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £39,085
% change year-on-year -4.76% +34.32% -47.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,424 8,550 8,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 94.06% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 4,023 6,549
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £81,713 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Development Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Development Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Development Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Development Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Development Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the North of England

Development Manager
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
North West +64 167 £50,000 -13.87% 114
Yorkshire +43 149 £52,500 +75.00% 129
North East +13 85 £45,000 +28.57% 31
Development Manager
England

Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Development Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 268 (66.83%) Business Development
2 83 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 81 (20.20%) Decision-Making
4 63 (15.71%) Project Delivery
5 60 (14.96%) Degree
5 60 (14.96%) Project Management
6 58 (14.46%) Chemistry
6 58 (14.46%) Commercialisation
6 58 (14.46%) Community of Practice
7 45 (11.22%) Logistics
8 27 (6.73%) SaaS
9 22 (5.49%) Agile
10 20 (4.99%) Actionable Insight
10 20 (4.99%) CIPD
10 20 (4.99%) Process Improvement
11 19 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (4.74%) Power Platform
12 18 (4.49%) Client Onboarding
12 18 (4.49%) Software Engineering
13 17 (4.24%) SDLC
14 15 (3.74%) Customer Experience
14 15 (3.74%) Product Vision
14 15 (3.74%) Resource Allocation
14 15 (3.74%) Salesforce
15 14 (3.49%) .NET
15 14 (3.49%) AWS
15 14 (3.49%) C#
15 14 (3.49%) SQL Server
16 13 (3.24%) B2B
17 9 (2.24%) Coaching

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.25%) Resin
Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (6.73%) SaaS
2 19 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
2 19 (4.74%) Power Platform
3 14 (3.49%) AWS
4 1 (0.25%) Azure
4 1 (0.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.75%) Broadband
2 2 (0.50%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.25%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Git
General
1 104 (25.94%) Manufacturing
2 72 (17.96%) Marketing
3 59 (14.71%) Finance
4 28 (6.98%) Social Skills
5 23 (5.74%) Retail
6 19 (4.74%) Tech for Good
7 11 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.74%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.50%) Local Government
9 5 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.00%) Legal
11 3 (0.75%) Electronics
11 3 (0.75%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.50%) Aviation
12 2 (0.50%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (0.50%) Games
12 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.25%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.49%) .NET
2 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.25%) CSS
2 1 (0.25%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.25%) HTML
2 1 (0.25%) React
2 1 (0.25%) REST
2 1 (0.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 71 (17.71%) FMCG
2 20 (4.99%) Learning Management System
3 13 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.00%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.25%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.25%) Social Media
6 4 (1.00%) CCTV
6 4 (1.00%) e-Learning
6 4 (1.00%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.50%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.25%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.25%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.25%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.25%) NHS
9 1 (0.25%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (66.83%) Business Development
2 83 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 81 (20.20%) Decision-Making
4 63 (15.71%) Project Delivery
5 60 (14.96%) Project Management
6 58 (14.46%) Chemistry
6 58 (14.46%) Commercialisation
6 58 (14.46%) Community of Practice
7 45 (11.22%) Logistics
8 22 (5.49%) Agile
9 20 (4.99%) Actionable Insight
9 20 (4.99%) Process Improvement
10 18 (4.49%) Client Onboarding
10 18 (4.49%) Software Engineering
11 17 (4.24%) SDLC
12 15 (3.74%) Customer Experience
12 15 (3.74%) Product Vision
12 15 (3.74%) Resource Allocation
13 13 (3.24%) B2B
14 9 (2.24%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.49%) C#
2 2 (0.50%) COBOL
3 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.25%) SQL
3 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (14.96%) Degree
2 20 (4.99%) CIPD
3 5 (1.25%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.50%) GDPR
1 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
1 2 (0.50%) QA
2 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 15 (3.74%) Salesforce
2 9 (2.24%) Microsoft