Development Officer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Development Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Development Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 629 589
Rank change year-on-year +86 -40 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Officer 4 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £33,977 £26,697 £35,592
25th Percentile £34,635 £33,742 £35,729
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,624 £36,701
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% -0.21% +11.68%
75th Percentile £35,105 £39,507 £37,915
90th Percentile £35,295 £43,238 £38,199
UK median annual salary £35,000 £22,500 £36,701
% change year-on-year +55.56% -38.69% +3.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 30,783 52,749 33,119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 95.20% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 17,482 31,395 24,729
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,536 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Development Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Officer in the UK excluding London

Development Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Development Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Development Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Development Officer
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 Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Midlands +52 4 £35,000 - 3
West Midlands - 4 £35,000 - 2
Development Officer
UK

Development Officer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Development Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy

Development Officer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python