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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 88 84
Rank change year-on-year +81 -4 +104
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 2,105 315 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.18% 3.38% 2.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.74% 3.86% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,631 206 110
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £60,625 £71,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £40,060
% change year-on-year +10.00% +24.81% +2.49%

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 21,609 8,161 13,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 87.67% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15,789 4,425 8,708
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,250 £37,555
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +130 1,156 £50,000 +25.00% 87
Yorkshire +45 739 £50,000 -9.09% 63
North East -2 215 £40,000 -11.11% 20
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 2,043 (97.05%) Business Development
2 90 (4.28%) Logistics
3 86 (4.09%) B2B
4 62 (2.95%) CRM
5 55 (2.61%) B2B Sales
6 54 (2.57%) Decision-Making
7 45 (2.14%) Business Strategy
8 38 (1.81%) Facilities Management
9 27 (1.28%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (1.19%) Customer Service
11 21 (1.00%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (1.00%) E-Commerce
11 21 (1.00%) Telesales
12 20 (0.95%) Market Research
13 19 (0.90%) SaaS
14 18 (0.86%) Software Engineering
14 18 (0.86%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (0.76%) Commercial Awareness
16 15 (0.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (0.71%) Line Management
16 15 (0.71%) Strategic Thinking
17 14 (0.67%) Agile
17 14 (0.67%) Lead Generation
18 13 (0.62%) Microsoft
19 12 (0.57%) Customer Experience
19 12 (0.57%) Degree
19 12 (0.57%) Energy Management
19 12 (0.57%) Fintech
19 12 (0.57%) Windows
20 11 (0.52%) 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 2 (0.095%) CMS
1 2 (0.095%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.048%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 19 (0.90%) SaaS
2 6 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.19%) AWS
3 4 (0.19%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.095%) Azure
4 2 (0.095%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.048%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.048%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.048%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.33%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.095%) Wireless
3 1 (0.048%) Broadband
3 1 (0.048%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.24%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.19%) Power BI
3 2 (0.095%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.048%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.048%) Redis
4 1 (0.048%) SQL Server
General
1 95 (4.51%) Manufacturing
1 95 (4.51%) Social Skills
2 82 (3.90%) Finance
3 74 (3.52%) Marketing
4 54 (2.57%) Aerospace
5 47 (2.23%) Legal
6 42 (2.00%) Automotive
6 42 (2.00%) Telecoms
7 40 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (1.76%) Retail
9 36 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
9 36 (1.71%) Public Sector
10 26 (1.24%) Brand Awareness
10 26 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (0.95%) Analytical Skills
12 19 (0.90%) Advertising
13 18 (0.86%) Aviation
14 17 (0.81%) Military
15 13 (0.62%) Law
16 12 (0.57%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.29%) .NET
1 6 (0.29%) Struts
2 5 (0.24%) Node.js
3 4 (0.19%) NestJS
3 4 (0.19%) React
4 3 (0.14%) JFC
5 2 (0.095%) Spring
6 1 (0.048%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.048%) Next.js
6 1 (0.048%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 79 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (1.24%) Driving Licence
3 23 (1.09%) CCTV
4 22 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
5 16 (0.76%) Life Science
5 16 (0.76%) Onboarding
6 15 (0.71%) FMCG
7 12 (0.57%) NHS
8 10 (0.48%) Product Ownership
8 10 (0.48%) Social Media
9 6 (0.29%) SCADA
9 6 (0.29%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (0.24%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.24%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.19%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.14%) iPad
12 3 (0.14%) iPhone
12 3 (0.14%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.095%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,043 (97.05%) Business Development
2 90 (4.28%) Logistics
3 86 (4.09%) B2B
4 62 (2.95%) CRM
5 55 (2.61%) B2B Sales
6 54 (2.57%) Decision-Making
7 45 (2.14%) Business Strategy
8 38 (1.81%) Facilities Management
9 27 (1.28%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (1.19%) Customer Service
11 21 (1.00%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (1.00%) E-Commerce
11 21 (1.00%) Telesales
12 20 (0.95%) Market Research
13 18 (0.86%) Software Engineering
13 18 (0.86%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (0.76%) Commercial Awareness
15 15 (0.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (0.71%) Line Management
15 15 (0.71%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.29%) C#
2 5 (0.24%) SQL
3 3 (0.14%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.14%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.095%) PHP
5 1 (0.048%) Go
5 1 (0.048%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (0.57%) Degree
2 2 (0.095%) Master's Degree
2 2 (0.095%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.048%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.24%) Data Quality
1 5 (0.24%) GDPR
1 5 (0.24%) QA
2 1 (0.048%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.048%) GRC
2 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.048%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 13 (0.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.48%) HP
3 5 (0.24%) Google
3 5 (0.24%) Salesforce
4 4 (0.19%) Dell
4 4 (0.19%) HubSpot
5 3 (0.14%) Intel
6 1 (0.048%) Adobe
6 1 (0.048%) BT
6 1 (0.048%) Databricks
6 1 (0.048%) Oracle
6 1 (0.048%) Proofpoint