Development Manager Jobs in the South East

Development Manager
England > South East

The median Development Manager salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 135 221
Rank change year-on-year -6 +86 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 193 328 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.01% 1.94% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 2.07% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 27 260 66
10th Percentile £39,600 £37,725 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £88,500 £78,750 £92,500
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
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 8,352 15,876 12,949
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.87% 94.03% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,522 11,350 8,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

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 21 May 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 21 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
Surrey +56 81 £85,000 +41.67% 22
Kent +35 42 £42,000 +5.00% 28
Thames Valley -29 37 £47,500 +25.00% 81
Berkshire +14 18 £53,750 +41.45% 38
Hampshire +13 13 £40,000 -19.51% 34
Oxfordshire +12 10 £41,250 -22.17% 35
West Sussex +23 9 - - 6
Buckinghamshire +1 9 £82,500 +117.11% 21
Middlesex -7 7 - - 1
East Sussex +25 3 - - 10
Sussex +10 1 - - 8
Development Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 South East region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 170 (88.08%) Business Development
2 165 (85.49%) Social Skills
3 134 (69.43%) Finance
3 134 (69.43%) Marketing
4 130 (67.36%) Public Sector
5 128 (66.32%) Marketing Strategy
6 127 (65.80%) Collaborative Working
6 127 (65.80%) Facilities Management
6 127 (65.80%) Collaborative Culture
7 17 (8.81%) Software Engineering
8 15 (7.77%) Agile
9 14 (7.25%) Scrum
9 14 (7.25%) Microsoft
10 13 (6.74%) Manufacturing
10 13 (6.74%) Coaching
11 12 (6.22%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (6.22%) Business Strategy
12 11 (5.70%) AWS
12 11 (5.70%) QA
13 10 (5.18%) Time Management
13 10 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (4.66%) Banking
14 9 (4.66%) Java
14 9 (4.66%) Azure
15 8 (4.15%) Data Analytics
15 8 (4.15%) Analytics
15 8 (4.15%) People Management
15 8 (4.15%) Microservices
15 8 (4.15%) React
15 8 (4.15%) 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 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.70%) AWS
2 9 (4.66%) Azure
3 7 (3.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 7 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
3 7 (3.63%) Amazon S3
3 7 (3.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.55%) Azure API Management
5 3 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.04%) SaaS
7 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.52%) GCP
7 1 (0.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.52%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.04%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.52%) LAN
2 1 (0.52%) Network Security
2 1 (0.52%) WAN
2 1 (0.52%) Wireless
2 1 (0.52%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.52%) Power BI
General
1 165 (85.49%) Social Skills
2 134 (69.43%) Finance
2 134 (69.43%) Marketing
3 130 (67.36%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.74%) Manufacturing
5 10 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.66%) Banking
7 3 (1.55%) Automotive
7 3 (1.55%) Retail
8 2 (1.04%) Advertising
8 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.52%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.15%) .NET
1 8 (4.15%) React
2 3 (1.55%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.52%) Next.js
3 1 (0.52%) Node.js
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.15%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.07%) FMCG
3 3 (1.55%) AS400
3 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.04%) Social Media
5 1 (0.52%) Clustering
5 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (88.08%) Business Development
2 128 (66.32%) Marketing Strategy
3 127 (65.80%) Collaborative Culture
3 127 (65.80%) Collaborative Working
3 127 (65.80%) Facilities Management
4 17 (8.81%) Software Engineering
5 15 (7.77%) Agile
6 14 (7.25%) Scrum
7 13 (6.74%) Coaching
8 12 (6.22%) Business Strategy
8 12 (6.22%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (5.18%) Time Management
10 8 (4.15%) Analytics
10 8 (4.15%) CI/CD
10 8 (4.15%) Data Analytics
10 8 (4.15%) Microservices
10 8 (4.15%) People Management
10 8 (4.15%) Software Delivery
11 7 (3.63%) DevOps
11 7 (3.63%) Multithreaded Programming
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.66%) Java
2 8 (4.15%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.63%) C#
4 3 (1.55%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (1.04%) Degree
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.70%) QA
2 1 (0.52%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (0.52%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Docker
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (7.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.63%) Cisco
3 4 (2.07%) Google
4 3 (1.55%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.55%) Databricks
5 2 (1.04%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.52%) Dell
6 1 (0.52%) HP
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle
6 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.52%) Sophos
6 1 (0.52%) Veeam
6 1 (0.52%) VMware