Development Analyst Jobs

Development Analyst
UK

The median Development Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 861 921
Rank change year-on-year +171 +60 +276
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Analyst 21 34 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.034% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.036% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 31
10th Percentile £50,250 £24,225 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £28,938 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,593 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.66% -34.62% +15.00%
75th Percentile £57,813 £43,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,625 £44,875 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £35,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -39.13% +27.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Development Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Development Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Development Analyst in the UK

Development Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Analyst.

Salary trend for Development Analyst in the UK

Development Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Analyst in the UK

Development Analyst
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +145 20 £52,500 +50.00% 11
UK excluding London +177 16 £52,500 +50.00% 3
Work from Home +135 15 £52,500 +35.16% 4
North of England +50 11 £52,500 +27.27% 1
North West +14 11 £52,500 +16.67% 1
London +109 5 £67,500 +92.35% 8
East of England +41 4 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Development Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Development Analyst 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 featuring Development Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (42.86%) Agile
4 7 (33.33%) QA
4 7 (33.33%) Project Management
4 7 (33.33%) Service Management
4 7 (33.33%) ITSM
4 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 7 (33.33%) Product Ownership
5 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (28.57%) Business Process Analysis
5 6 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (23.81%) User Stories
6 5 (23.81%) SQL
7 4 (19.05%) Business Development
7 4 (19.05%) Degree
7 4 (19.05%) SDLC
7 4 (19.05%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (14.29%) Storytelling
8 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
8 3 (14.29%) PMO
8 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
8 3 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (14.29%) REST
8 3 (14.29%) Data Mapping
8 3 (14.29%) Logistics
8 3 (14.29%) JSON
8 3 (14.29%) Workflow
8 3 (14.29%) Finance

Development Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) DB2
2 1 (4.76%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (4.76%) MariaDB
2 1 (4.76%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) JSON
1 3 (14.29%) REST
1 3 (14.29%) SOAP
1 3 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.76%) LDAP
2 1 (4.76%) Node.js
2 1 (4.76%) OAuth
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.76%) React
2 1 (4.76%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) NHS
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Agile
3 7 (33.33%) ITSM
3 7 (33.33%) Project Management
3 7 (33.33%) Service Management
4 6 (28.57%) Business Process Analysis
4 6 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (23.81%) User Stories
6 4 (19.05%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Business Development
6 4 (19.05%) SDLC
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
7 3 (14.29%) Data Mapping
7 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 3 (14.29%) Logistics
7 3 (14.29%) Storytelling
7 3 (14.29%) Workflow
8 2 (9.52%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) C#
3 2 (9.52%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) C++
4 1 (4.76%) Go
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
4 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.76%) R
4 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) CSSLP
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) QA
2 3 (14.29%) PMO
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds