Senior Development Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Development Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Development Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 575 540
Rank change year-on-year +128 -35 +233
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Development Manager 68 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.008% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.009% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 28 2 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +10.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £80,000
90th Percentile £88,625 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £63,000 £39,085
% change year-on-year -20.63% +61.19% -47.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,047 34,909 29,415
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.37% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 23,097 17,390 22,253
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Development Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Development Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Development Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Development Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Development Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Development Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Development Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
South East - 20 £45,000 - 20
South West - 13 £80,000 - 4
Scotland - 10 £50,000 - 2
Midlands - 10 £90,000 - 8
East Midlands - 8 - - 4
East of England - 8 £45,000 - 8
North of England +10 7 £45,000 -28.57% 14
North East - 4 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £70,000 - 5
West Midlands - 2 £90,000 - 4
North West +22 1 £55,000 -12.70% 7
Senior Development Manager
UK

Senior Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Senior Development Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Development Manager in the job title.

1 51 (75.00%) Business Development
2 15 (22.06%) Agile
3 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
4 13 (19.12%) Biotechnology
4 13 (19.12%) Degree
4 13 (19.12%) Hematology
4 13 (19.12%) Immunology
5 12 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 12 (17.65%) Project Management
6 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (14.71%) PMI Certification
6 10 (14.71%) PMP
7 9 (13.24%) Logistics
7 9 (13.24%) Risk Management
8 6 (8.82%) CRM
9 5 (7.35%) Broadband
9 5 (7.35%) Business Strategy
9 5 (7.35%) Contract Negotiation
10 4 (5.88%) B2B
11 3 (4.41%) Change Management
11 3 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (4.41%) Performance Monitoring
11 3 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (4.41%) Process Improvement
12 2 (2.94%) .NET
12 2 (2.94%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.94%) Ansible
12 2 (2.94%) AWS
12 2 (2.94%) Azure
12 2 (2.94%) Conflict Resolution

Senior Development Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) AWS
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) Broadband
2 2 (2.94%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Redis
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (29.41%) Finance
2 16 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (14.71%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Games
6 5 (7.35%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.94%) Retail
10 1 (1.47%) Banking
10 1 (1.47%) Marketing
10 1 (1.47%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) .NET
1 2 (2.94%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.94%) JSON
1 2 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Social Media
2 3 (4.41%) Life Science
3 2 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.47%) FMCG
4 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (75.00%) Business Development
2 15 (22.06%) Agile
3 13 (19.12%) Biotechnology
3 13 (19.12%) Hematology
3 13 (19.12%) Immunology
4 12 (17.65%) Decision-Making
4 12 (17.65%) Project Management
5 9 (13.24%) Logistics
5 9 (13.24%) Risk Management
6 6 (8.82%) CRM
7 5 (7.35%) Business Strategy
7 5 (7.35%) Contract Negotiation
8 4 (5.88%) B2B
9 3 (4.41%) Change Management
9 3 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.41%) Performance Monitoring
9 3 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (4.41%) Process Improvement
10 2 (2.94%) DevOps
10 2 (2.94%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (19.12%) Degree
2 10 (14.71%) PMI Certification
2 10 (14.71%) PMP
3 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.47%) MBA
3 1 (1.47%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft