Development Manager Jobs in the South East

Development Manager
England > South East

The median Development Manager salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 117 197
Rank change year-on-year +36 +80 +140
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 332 391 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.27% 2.26% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.66% 2.39% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 137 223 60
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,400 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% -18.64%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £78,750 £97,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 9,066 16,337 11,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.33% 94.25% 91.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5,065 11,544 7,521
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,662 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the South East

Development Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in the South East

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the South East

Development Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Thames Valley -9 98 £50,000 +31.58% 59
Surrey +57 94 £85,000 +17.24% 12
Hampshire +57 66 £50,000 -12.28% 45
Berkshire +35 51 £45,000 +18.42% 31
Kent +51 48 £50,000 +25.00% 21
Oxfordshire -7 33 £55,000 +22.22% 16
West Sussex +3 14 £48,750 -32.76% 6
Buckinghamshire -18 14 £57,326 +50.86% 18
Middlesex -6 7 - - 8
East Sussex +31 4 £70,000 +66.67% 7
Sussex +11 1 - - 11
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 South East region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 304 (91.57%) Business Development
2 176 (53.01%) Social Skills
3 153 (46.08%) Finance
4 136 (40.96%) Marketing
5 130 (39.16%) Public Sector
6 128 (38.55%) Collaborative Culture
6 128 (38.55%) Marketing Strategy
7 127 (38.25%) Facilities Management
7 127 (38.25%) Collaborative Working
8 20 (6.02%) Software Engineering
9 17 (5.12%) Manufacturing
10 15 (4.52%) Agile
10 15 (4.52%) Business Strategy
11 14 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (4.22%) Coaching
12 13 (3.92%) Scrum
12 13 (3.92%) Microsoft
13 12 (3.61%) AWS
14 11 (3.31%) QA
14 11 (3.31%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (3.01%) Time Management
16 9 (2.71%) People Management
16 9 (2.71%) JavaScript
16 9 (2.71%) .NET
16 9 (2.71%) CRM
16 9 (2.71%) Banking
16 9 (2.71%) Project Delivery
17 8 (2.41%) Decision-Making
17 8 (2.41%) React
17 8 (2.41%) Software Delivery

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.61%) AWS
2 8 (2.41%) Azure
3 7 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 7 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
3 7 (2.11%) Amazon S3
3 7 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (0.90%) Azure API Management
4 3 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (0.90%) SaaS
5 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.30%) GCP
5 1 (0.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (0.30%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Broadband
2 1 (0.30%) LAN
2 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.30%) WAN
2 1 (0.30%) Wireless
2 1 (0.30%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.30%) Redis
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
General
1 176 (53.01%) Social Skills
2 153 (46.08%) Finance
3 136 (40.96%) Marketing
4 130 (39.16%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.12%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.71%) Banking
8 8 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.41%) Local Government
9 6 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.90%) Games
10 3 (0.90%) Retail
11 2 (0.60%) Advertising
11 2 (0.60%) Automotive
11 2 (0.60%) Electronics
12 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.30%) Legal
12 1 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.71%) .NET
2 8 (2.41%) React
3 3 (0.90%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.60%) Node.js
5 1 (0.30%) NestJS
5 1 (0.30%) Next.js
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.41%) Product Ownership
2 6 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (1.81%) Social Media
3 3 (0.90%) AS400
3 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.60%) FMCG
5 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.30%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (91.57%) Business Development
2 128 (38.55%) Collaborative Culture
2 128 (38.55%) Marketing Strategy
3 127 (38.25%) Collaborative Working
3 127 (38.25%) Facilities Management
4 20 (6.02%) Software Engineering
5 15 (4.52%) Agile
5 15 (4.52%) Business Strategy
6 14 (4.22%) Coaching
7 13 (3.92%) Scrum
8 11 (3.31%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (3.01%) Time Management
10 9 (2.71%) CRM
10 9 (2.71%) People Management
10 9 (2.71%) Project Delivery
11 8 (2.41%) Analytics
11 8 (2.41%) Budgeting
11 8 (2.41%) Data Analytics
11 8 (2.41%) Decision-Making
11 8 (2.41%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.71%) JavaScript
2 8 (2.41%) Java
3 7 (2.11%) C#
4 3 (0.90%) SQL
4 3 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (2.41%) DBS Check
2 2 (0.60%) Degree
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.31%) QA
2 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.30%) Docker
1 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (3.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.11%) Cisco
3 4 (1.20%) Google
4 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
4 3 (0.90%) Databricks
5 2 (0.60%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.30%) Dell
6 1 (0.30%) HP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.30%) Sophos
6 1 (0.30%) Veeam
6 1 (0.30%) VMware