Development Director Jobs in the UK excluding London

Development Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Development Director salary in the UK excluding London is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 727 767 824
Rank change year-on-year +40 +57 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Director 34 3 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.005% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.006% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 27 3 3
10th Percentile £101,119 £93,500 £81,000
25th Percentile £125,000 £102,500 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £125,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +38.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £135,000 £133,750 £96,250
90th Percentile - £134,500 £97,000
UK median annual salary £130,000 £112,500 £145,000
% change year-on-year +15.56% -22.41% +61.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Development Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Development Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Development Director in the UK excluding London

Development Director
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Director in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Development Director in the UK excluding London

Development Director
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Director in the UK excluding London

Development Director
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
South East +25 18 £130,000 +4.00% 1
North of England - 10 £130,000 - 3
North West - 8 £117,480 - 2
Scotland - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £130,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £76,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £76,000 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1
Development Director
UK

Development Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Development Director 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 UK excluding London region featuring Development Director in the job title.

1 25 (73.53%) Agile
2 24 (70.59%) Degree
3 17 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 17 (50.00%) C#
3 17 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 15 (44.12%) .NET
4 15 (44.12%) TypeScript
4 15 (44.12%) React
5 9 (26.47%) Retail
5 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
6 7 (20.59%) Finance
6 7 (20.59%) Line Management
6 7 (20.59%) SDLC
6 7 (20.59%) Analytics
6 7 (20.59%) SaaS
6 7 (20.59%) QA
7 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
8 5 (14.71%) Product Strategy
8 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
8 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
8 5 (14.71%) Code Quality
8 5 (14.71%) Development Roadmap
8 5 (14.71%) Continuous Delivery
8 5 (14.71%) Case Management
8 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
8 5 (14.71%) DevOps
8 5 (14.71%) Data Privacy
8 5 (14.71%) Continuous Integration

Development Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) SaaS
2 5 (14.71%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (26.47%) Retail
1 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 4 (11.76%) Marketing
4 3 (8.82%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (44.12%) .NET
1 15 (44.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (73.53%) Agile
2 17 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (20.59%) Analytics
3 7 (20.59%) Line Management
3 7 (20.59%) SDLC
4 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 6 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (14.71%) B2B
5 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.71%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (14.71%) CRM
5 5 (14.71%) Data Privacy
5 5 (14.71%) DevOps
5 5 (14.71%) Product Management
5 5 (14.71%) Product Strategy
5 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
5 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
5 5 (14.71%) Test Automation
5 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (50.00%) C#
1 17 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (44.12%) TypeScript
3 2 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (70.59%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) BC Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) BT
2 4 (11.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft