Development Manager Jobs in Southampton

Development Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Development Manager salary in Southampton is £54,826 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 58 65
Rank change year-on-year +37 +7 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 14 21 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 4.42% 2.11% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% 2.16% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 8
10th Percentile £44,500 £36,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,826 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.84% -35.71% -30.00%
75th Percentile £59,913 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +47.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 315 971 638
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.37% 97.39% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 228 807 496
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,550 £28,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,446
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.43% -0.10%
75th Percentile £61,563 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in Southampton

Development Manager
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in Southampton

Development Manager
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager in Southampton over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in Southampton

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Southampton region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Business Development
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Local Government
4 2 (14.29%) Google
4 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Logistics
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Data Management
5 1 (7.14%) Next.js
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.14%) Google Sheets
5 1 (7.14%) Terraform
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) WordPress
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 (7.14%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
1 1 (7.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (7.14%) Google Sheets
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Local Government
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Next.js
1 1 (7.14%) Node.js
1 1 (7.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Business Development
2 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (14.29%) Logistics
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.14%) CRM
4 1 (7.14%) Data Management
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.14%) Event-Driven
4 1 (7.14%) GitOps
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL
4 1 (7.14%) People Management
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce