Development Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Development Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Development Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 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
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 569 726 718
Rank change year-on-year +157 -8 +135
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Specialist 15 40 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.055% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.058% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 14 29 16
10th Percentile - £51,178 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £60,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £75,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +92.31% -9.98%
75th Percentile £48,750 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £53,750 - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £72,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -34.48% +85.90% -9.98%

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 35,203 69,186 52,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.92% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,720 48,897 29,783
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

Development Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Specialist in the UK excluding London

Development Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Development Specialist in the UK excluding London

Development Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Specialist in the UK excluding London

Development Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Midlands +76 6 £47,500 - 7
West Midlands +58 6 £47,500 - 3
North of England +41 5 £47,500 -26.92% 2
North West +4 5 £47,500 -26.92%
South East +69 3 £52,500 -30.00% 11
South West +114 1 - - 4
Development Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 2025, Development Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (53.33%) Business Strategy
2 8 (53.33%) Analytics
2 8 (53.33%) Coaching
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (53.33%) Programme Management
2 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) DMVPN
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 3 (20.00%) BGP
4 3 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 3 (20.00%) OSPF
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (13.33%) Storyboarding
5 2 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (13.33%) McAfee
5 2 (13.33%) Benchmarking
5 2 (13.33%) Juniper
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA

Development Specialist 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) BGP
1 3 (20.00%) DMVPN
1 3 (20.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (20.00%) OSPF
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (6.67%) Network Security
General
1 10 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (13.33%) Learning Management System
2 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Analytics
1 8 (53.33%) Business Strategy
1 8 (53.33%) Coaching
1 8 (53.33%) Programme Management
1 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Benchmarking
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (13.33%) Storyboarding
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Mathematics
5 1 (6.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (6.67%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) C
1 1 (6.67%) C++
1 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
1 1 (6.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Novell Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (13.33%) Juniper
2 2 (13.33%) McAfee