Development Director
UK
The median Development Director salary in the UK is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 700 | 876 | 947 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +176 | +71 | +250 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Development Director | 8 | 38 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.037% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.016% | 0.039% | 0.007% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 31 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £73,000 | £86,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £107,500 | £101,119 | £90,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £115,000 | £130,000 | £112,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +15.56% | -22.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £122,500 | £135,000 | £129,375 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £133,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £130,000 | £125,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.00% | +42.86% |
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 | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Development Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Development Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Development Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Director.
Development Director
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Director within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 |
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| England | +152 | 7 | £115,000 | -11.54% | 402 |
| London | +102 | 4 | £115,000 | -19.30% | 94 |
| UK excluding London | +164 | 2 | - | - | 352 |
| Work from Home | +109 | 2 | - | - | 195 |
| Midlands | +61 | 2 | - | - | 70 |
| West Midlands | +57 | 2 | - | - | 42 |
Development Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Development Director 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 Director in the job title.
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Development Director 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: