Development Director
UK

The median Development Director salary in the UK is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 728 1065 1067
Rank change year-on-year +337 +2 -352
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Director 13 11 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.009% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.009% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 17
10th Percentile - £75,000 £74,000
25th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £110,000 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +44.33%
75th Percentile £135,000 £165,000 £145,000
90th Percentile £149,500 £170,000 £151,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £130,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +62.50% -5.88% -12.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 50,797 118,142 122,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.32% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37,144 73,821 84,079
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Development Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Director in the UK

Development Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Development Director in the UK

Development Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Director over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Development Director in the UK

Development Director
Top 7 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 4 December 2023. 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 +340 12 £130,000 +20.93% 39
UK excluding London +250 9 £130,000 +62.50% 9
South East - 7 £130,000 - 3
London +268 4 £100,000 -9.09% 31
Work from Home +250 3 £100,000 -37.50% 13
Scotland +53 1 £105,000 +31.25%
South West - 1 £95,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, 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.

1 11 (84.62%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
2 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 8 (61.54%) C#
2 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
3 7 (53.85%) TypeScript
3 7 (53.85%) React
3 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) Business Development
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Finance
6 2 (15.38%) TDD
6 2 (15.38%) Cypress.io
6 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
6 2 (15.38%) Docker
6 2 (15.38%) NoSQL
6 2 (15.38%) SoapUI
6 2 (15.38%) Selenium
6 2 (15.38%) Jest
6 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
7 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
7 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
7 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) JBoss
1 1 (7.69%) Tomcat
1 1 (7.69%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (7.69%) Redis
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Cypress.io
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
1 2 (15.38%) SoapUI
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) React
3 2 (15.38%) Jest
4 1 (7.69%) CSS
4 1 (7.69%) HTML
4 1 (7.69%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Business Development
3 3 (23.08%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) TDD
5 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Microservices
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Management
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C#
2 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 7 (53.85%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce