Development Manager Jobs

Development Manager
UK

The median Development Manager salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 191 425
Rank change year-on-year +63 +234 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1,565 1,101 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.06% 1.88% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 1.96% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 452 637 489
10th Percentile £28,822 £25,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £26,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £39,085 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.32% -47.89% +15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £32,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +56.25% -52.59% +8.00%

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 72,160 56,195 134,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 95.71% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,655 40,750 78,298
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,874 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,900 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.66% - +5.00%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 2024. 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 +92 1,405 £50,000 +27.93% 131
UK excluding London +70 1,236 £50,000 +56.25% 98
Work from Home +34 397 £45,000 -34.08% 58
Midlands +73 365 £28,822 +8.76% 19
North of England +98 329 £46,500 -15.45% 33
South East +53 295 £60,000 +53.51% 19
London +13 261 £60,000 +50.00% 39
West Midlands +48 205 £28,822 +8.76% 16
North West +62 202 £45,750 -16.82% 22
East Midlands +43 160 £52,500 +92.66% 3
Yorkshire +85 113 £54,250 -1.36% 10
Scotland -58 77 £38,000 +52.00% 3
South West +25 69 £60,000 -13.04% 15
East of England -59 64 £75,000 +91.89% 4
Northern Ireland +30 23 £55,000 - 1
Wales +18 16 £60,000 +100.00% 4
North East -24 14 £56,000 +75.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 October 2024, 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 featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 1,214 (77.57%) Business Development
2 596 (38.08%) Finance
3 503 (32.14%) Retail
4 480 (30.67%) Social Skills
5 472 (30.16%) Microsoft
6 452 (28.88%) Microsoft Office
7 437 (27.92%) Microsoft Excel
8 426 (27.22%) Marketing
9 421 (26.90%) Logistics
10 407 (26.01%) Agile
11 338 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
12 337 (21.53%) Facilities Management
13 304 (19.42%) Customer Requirements
14 297 (18.98%) Data Management
15 296 (18.91%) Commercial Awareness
16 291 (18.59%) Financial Modelling
16 291 (18.59%) CAD
17 251 (16.04%) CRM
18 250 (15.97%) B2B
19 227 (14.50%) Salesforce
20 166 (10.61%) Decision-Making
21 156 (9.97%) Contract Negotiation
22 153 (9.78%) Life Science
23 144 (9.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
24 137 (8.75%) Self-Motivation
25 126 (8.05%) Time Management
26 124 (7.92%) B2B Sales
27 119 (7.60%) Strategic Planning
28 118 (7.54%) Presentation Skills
29 91 (5.81%) Business Strategy

Development Manager 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 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.26%) CMS
2 4 (0.26%) SAS
2 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.19%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.13%) WordPress
5 1 (0.064%) Strapi
5 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
Applications
1 452 (28.88%) Microsoft Office
2 437 (27.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 144 (9.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.064%) InDesign
5 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 52 (3.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.38%) Endur
3 5 (0.32%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.19%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.064%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 45 (2.88%) Azure
2 31 (1.98%) Power Platform
3 25 (1.60%) SaaS
4 23 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (1.47%) PowerApps
5 22 (1.41%) AWS
6 16 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (0.77%) Google Workspace
8 8 (0.51%) Amazon Alexa
9 5 (0.32%) Google Analytics
9 5 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.26%) Serverless
11 3 (0.19%) Algolia
11 3 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.19%) Contentful
11 3 (0.19%) GCP
12 1 (0.064%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.83%) VoIP
2 8 (0.51%) Unified Communications
3 7 (0.45%) Internet
4 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.32%) WAN
5 4 (0.26%) LAN
5 4 (0.26%) MPLS
5 4 (0.26%) VPLS
5 4 (0.26%) Wireless
5 4 (0.26%) WLAN
6 3 (0.19%) Broadband
7 2 (0.13%) 4G
7 2 (0.13%) 5G
7 2 (0.13%) PBX
8 1 (0.064%) Network Security
8 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.38%) RDBMS
2 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.32%) DB2
4 3 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (0.19%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.19%) MySQL
4 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.19%) Power BI
4 3 (0.19%) Redis
5 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.064%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Postman
1 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio
1 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
2 4 (0.26%) Git
3 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.19%) Selenium
3 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
3 3 (0.19%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 596 (38.08%) Finance
2 503 (32.14%) Retail
3 480 (30.67%) Social Skills
4 426 (27.22%) Marketing
5 338 (21.60%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (7.54%) Presentation Skills
7 90 (5.75%) Legal
8 58 (3.71%) Local Government
9 43 (2.75%) Telecoms
10 36 (2.30%) Aerospace
11 34 (2.17%) Aviation
12 32 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 31 (1.98%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.79%) Public Sector
15 26 (1.66%) Law
16 25 (1.60%) Banking
16 25 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 21 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.64%) Digital Health
18 10 (0.64%) Humanities
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.30%) .NET
2 19 (1.21%) .NET Framework
3 18 (1.15%) ASP.NET
4 16 (1.02%) React
5 11 (0.70%) Web Services
6 10 (0.64%) CSS
7 9 (0.58%) HTML
8 8 (0.51%) Node.js
9 7 (0.45%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.32%) REST
10 5 (0.32%) SOAP
10 5 (0.32%) Swagger
10 5 (0.32%) YAML
11 4 (0.26%) EDI
11 4 (0.26%) Laravel
11 4 (0.26%) Tailwind CSS
12 3 (0.19%) Blazor
12 3 (0.19%) Kafka
12 3 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (0.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 153 (9.78%) Life Science
2 137 (8.75%) Self-Motivation
3 80 (5.11%) Driving Licence
4 46 (2.94%) iPad
5 28 (1.79%) NHS
6 23 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.21%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.09%) Social Media
9 16 (1.02%) Pharmacovigilance
10 12 (0.77%) PMI
11 10 (0.64%) CCTV
11 10 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.64%) Product Ownership
12 9 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (0.45%) Housing Association
13 7 (0.45%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.38%) Credit Risk
14 6 (0.38%) Swaptions
15 5 (0.32%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.15%) Windows
2 5 (0.32%) Linux
2 5 (0.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.19%) Windows Vista
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.064%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,214 (77.57%) Business Development
2 421 (26.90%) Logistics
3 407 (26.01%) Agile
4 337 (21.53%) Facilities Management
5 304 (19.42%) Customer Requirements
6 297 (18.98%) Data Management
7 296 (18.91%) Commercial Awareness
8 291 (18.59%) CAD
8 291 (18.59%) Financial Modelling
9 251 (16.04%) CRM
10 250 (15.97%) B2B
11 166 (10.61%) Decision-Making
12 156 (9.97%) Contract Negotiation
13 126 (8.05%) Time Management
14 124 (7.92%) B2B Sales
15 119 (7.60%) Strategic Planning
16 91 (5.81%) Business Strategy
17 85 (5.43%) Customer Experience
18 81 (5.18%) Value Proposition
19 74 (4.73%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 72 (4.60%) C#
2 38 (2.43%) JavaScript
3 29 (1.85%) SQL
4 12 (0.77%) Python
5 10 (0.64%) Java
5 10 (0.64%) VB
6 9 (0.58%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.45%) C++
8 6 (0.38%) RPG
9 5 (0.32%) RPG IV
10 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.19%) PHP
11 2 (0.13%) R
12 1 (0.064%) C
12 1 (0.064%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.064%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.064%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 64 (4.09%) Degree
2 16 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (0.77%) PMI Certification
4 9 (0.58%) DBS Check
5 8 (0.51%) PhD
6 6 (0.38%) ACCA
7 3 (0.19%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.13%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.13%) MBA
8 2 (0.13%) RIBA
9 1 (0.064%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.77%) SLA
2 24 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.77%) QA
4 8 (0.51%) GDPR
5 6 (0.38%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.38%) Good Clinical Practice
6 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.19%) WCAG
8 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.064%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.064%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 8 (0.51%) Docker
2 7 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.19%) Grafana
1 3 (0.19%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 472 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 227 (14.50%) Salesforce
3 55 (3.51%) SAP
4 36 (2.30%) YouTube
5 22 (1.41%) Intel
6 18 (1.15%) Google
7 12 (0.77%) HubSpot
8 8 (0.51%) Siemens
9 7 (0.45%) NetApp
9 7 (0.45%) VMware
10 6 (0.38%) BT
10 6 (0.38%) IBM
10 6 (0.38%) OpenLink
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle
10 6 (0.38%) Sybase
10 6 (0.38%) TIBCO
11 5 (0.32%) Fujitsu
11 5 (0.32%) NEC
12 4 (0.26%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.19%) Hotjar