IT Development Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Development Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Development Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 721 743
Rank change year-on-year +169 +22 +102
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Development Manager 19 44 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.060% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.063% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 15
10th Percentile - £32,500 £48,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £84,375 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -38.46% - +13.04%

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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Development Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Development Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Development Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Development Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Development Manager
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 IT Development Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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 +57 6 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Wales - 6 £75,000 -
West Midlands +60 5 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England +31 3 £40,000 -11.11%
Scotland +122 2 £50,000 -37.50%
Yorkshire +62 2 £40,000 -36.00%
South West +116 1 £40,000 -11.11%
North West -8 1 £40,000 -11.11%
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £40,000 -
IT Development Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Development Manager in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) Business Development
2 8 (42.11%) SaaS
3 7 (36.84%) ITSM
4 6 (31.58%) Lead Generation
4 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
4 6 (31.58%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (31.58%) Marketing
4 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (26.32%) HubSpot
5 5 (26.32%) Android Development
5 5 (26.32%) iOS Development
5 5 (26.32%) DevOps
5 5 (26.32%) Private Cloud
5 5 (26.32%) SDLC
5 5 (26.32%) Front End Development
5 5 (26.32%) Secure Coding
5 5 (26.32%) GDPR
5 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (26.32%) Node.js
5 5 (26.32%) Laravel
5 5 (26.32%) JIRA
5 5 (26.32%) CodeIgniter
5 5 (26.32%) Network Security
5 5 (26.32%) Android
5 5 (26.32%) OWASP
5 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (26.32%) Agile
5 5 (26.32%) IP Telephony
5 5 (26.32%) Telecoms

IT Development Manager 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 8 (42.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) IP Telephony
1 5 (26.32%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Marketing
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.26%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) CodeIgniter
1 5 (26.32%) Laravel
1 5 (26.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (26.32%) Onboarding
2 5 (26.32%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Android
1 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Business Development
2 7 (36.84%) ITSM
3 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (31.58%) Lead Generation
3 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
4 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 5 (26.32%) Android Development
4 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (26.32%) Business Strategy
4 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 5 (26.32%) Customer Acquisition
4 5 (26.32%) DevOps
4 5 (26.32%) Front End Development
4 5 (26.32%) iOS Development
4 5 (26.32%) OWASP
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (26.32%) SDLC
4 5 (26.32%) Secure Coding
4 5 (26.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
1 5 (26.32%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) GDPR
1 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) HubSpot
1 5 (26.32%) OpenAI
2 1 (5.26%) Commvault