Development Manager
UK

The median Development Manager salary in the UK is £44,100 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 379 557
Rank change year-on-year +169 +178 -87
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1,408 877 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.42% 0.87% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.95% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 419 630
10th Percentile £35,000 - £49,920
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,100 £60,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.50% -23.08% +15.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -14.29% -23.64% +10.00%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +158 1,224 £40,000 -33.33% 285
UK excluding London +107 980 £45,000 -14.29% 210
Work from Home +182 742 £40,000 -38.46% 128
South East +75 367 £40,000 -33.33% 60
London +196 352 £40,000 -51.52% 85
Midlands +95 220 £45,000 -25.00% 35
North of England +76 176 £53,202 +11.90% 51
West Midlands +97 166 £40,060 -33.23% 24
North West +43 94 £55,000 -8.33% 30
Scotland -1 81 £52,500 +5.00% 13
Yorkshire +88 69 £50,000 +33.33% 18
South West -32 58 £50,000 +14.29% 33
East Midlands +11 54 £66,750 +13.62% 11
East of England +1 52 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Wales +33 43 £35,700 +2.00% 2
North East -5 13 £70,000 +47.24% 3
Northern Ireland +30 7 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 976 (69.32%) Business Development
2 321 (22.80%) Social Skills
3 316 (22.44%) Salesforce
4 281 (19.96%) Customer Experience
5 277 (19.67%) Client Onboarding
6 206 (14.63%) CRM
7 188 (13.35%) Agile
8 182 (12.93%) Finance
8 182 (12.93%) Marketing
9 150 (10.65%) Decision-Making
10 124 (8.81%) Degree
11 118 (8.38%) Microsoft
12 116 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
13 113 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
14 111 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
15 88 (6.25%) B2B
16 87 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
17 83 (5.89%) Telecoms
18 82 (5.82%) SaaS
19 80 (5.68%) Project Management
20 79 (5.61%) .NET
21 69 (4.90%) Software Engineering
22 68 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
23 66 (4.69%) Retail
23 66 (4.69%) Mentoring
24 64 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 63 (4.47%) Azure
26 61 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
26 61 (4.33%) Manufacturing
26 61 (4.33%) C#

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 19 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (0.78%) CMS
3 9 (0.64%) WordPress
4 8 (0.57%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.43%) Apache
5 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.43%) nginx
5 6 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.28%) Confluence
6 4 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.21%) Drupal
7 3 (0.21%) SAS
8 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.14%) Liferay
8 2 (0.14%) Magnolia
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.071%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 116 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 113 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
2 19 (1.35%) Endur
3 17 (1.21%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.28%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.071%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 82 (5.82%) SaaS
2 63 (4.47%) Azure
3 32 (2.27%) AWS
4 20 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (1.42%) Power Platform
5 10 (0.71%) GCP
6 7 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (0.50%) IBM Cloud
6 7 (0.50%) PowerApps
7 6 (0.43%) Asana
7 6 (0.43%) dbt
8 4 (0.28%) PaaS
9 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.21%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.14%) npm
10 2 (0.14%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.071%) GitHub
11 1 (0.071%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.49%) VoIP
2 18 (1.28%) Unified Communications
3 16 (1.14%) Broadband
4 9 (0.64%) Network Security
5 8 (0.57%) Firewall
6 5 (0.36%) DNS
6 5 (0.36%) SSL
6 5 (0.36%) WAN
7 4 (0.28%) NaaS
8 3 (0.21%) FTP
8 3 (0.21%) HTTP
8 3 (0.21%) MPLS
8 3 (0.21%) MQTT
8 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.21%) VPN
9 2 (0.14%) Internet
9 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 2 (0.14%) WinSCP
10 1 (0.071%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.49%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.35%) RDBMS
4 14 (0.99%) MySQL
5 11 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.64%) OLAP
6 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.57%) Power BI
8 6 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.43%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.43%) Dremio
8 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.28%) GIS
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.14%) DB2
10 2 (0.14%) DTS
10 2 (0.14%) MS Access
10 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (0.99%) JIRA
2 12 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.36%) Git
4 2 (0.14%) Bower
4 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.14%) gulp
4 2 (0.14%) Moq
4 2 (0.14%) Selenium
4 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 321 (22.80%) Social Skills
2 182 (12.93%) Finance
2 182 (12.93%) Marketing
3 83 (5.89%) Telecoms
4 68 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
5 66 (4.69%) Retail
6 64 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (4.33%) Manufacturing
8 49 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 47 (3.34%) Legal
10 33 (2.34%) Local Government
11 30 (2.13%) Games
12 22 (1.56%) Automotive
13 21 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.85%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
17 9 (0.64%) Law
18 8 (0.57%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (5.61%) .NET
2 15 (1.07%) HTML
3 14 (0.99%) React
4 11 (0.78%) CSS
5 9 (0.64%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.57%) Node.js
6 8 (0.57%) Redux
7 7 (0.50%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.43%) gRPC
8 6 (0.43%) LAMP
8 6 (0.43%) Protocol Buffers
9 5 (0.36%) Ajax
9 5 (0.36%) Laravel
9 5 (0.36%) Web Services
10 4 (0.28%) jQuery
10 4 (0.28%) Vue
11 3 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.21%) REST
11 3 (0.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (3.41%) Driving Licence
2 48 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 27 (1.92%) Social Media
4 22 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 21 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.42%) Life Science
7 19 (1.35%) Swaptions
8 15 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
10 10 (0.71%) FMCG
11 9 (0.64%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.64%) e-Learning
11 9 (0.64%) NHS
12 8 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
12 8 (0.57%) Learning Management System
12 8 (0.57%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.50%) 3D Graphics
13 7 (0.50%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.71%) Linux
2 7 (0.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.071%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 976 (69.32%) Business Development
2 281 (19.96%) Customer Experience
3 277 (19.67%) Client Onboarding
4 206 (14.63%) CRM
5 188 (13.35%) Agile
6 150 (10.65%) Decision-Making
7 111 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (6.25%) B2B
9 80 (5.68%) Project Management
10 69 (4.90%) Software Engineering
11 66 (4.69%) Mentoring
12 60 (4.26%) Value Proposition
13 57 (4.05%) SDLC
14 51 (3.62%) Business Strategy
15 50 (3.55%) DevOps
15 50 (3.55%) People Management
15 50 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 49 (3.48%) Logistics
17 47 (3.34%) Active Listening
18 46 (3.27%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 61 (4.33%) C#
2 45 (3.20%) SQL
3 42 (2.98%) Java
4 27 (1.92%) PHP
5 23 (1.63%) Python
6 21 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.49%) VB
7 15 (1.07%) C
7 15 (1.07%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.43%) Embedded C
10 5 (0.36%) C++
11 3 (0.21%) R
11 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.14%) Go
12 2 (0.14%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.14%) XAML
13 1 (0.071%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 124 (8.81%) Degree
2 19 (1.35%) Master's Degree
3 18 (1.28%) DBS Check
4 15 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (0.99%) Security Cleared
6 12 (0.85%) MBA
6 12 (0.85%) PhD
6 12 (0.85%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.71%) CFA
7 10 (0.71%) CIMA
8 7 (0.50%) CIPD
8 7 (0.50%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.21%) HNC
9 3 (0.21%) HND
9 3 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.14%) CISSP
11 1 (0.071%) MCAD
11 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.071%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.76%) SLA
2 25 (1.78%) QA
3 8 (0.57%) GDPR
4 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.43%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.36%) NCSC
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.14%) PMO
8 1 (0.071%) IFRS
8 1 (0.071%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 13 (0.92%) Docker
2 5 (0.36%) Firmware
3 2 (0.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.85%) Ansible
3 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.071%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.071%) Plesk
4 1 (0.071%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 316 (22.44%) Salesforce
2 118 (8.38%) Microsoft
3 60 (4.26%) SAP
4 19 (1.35%) OpenLink
4 19 (1.35%) Oracle
4 19 (1.35%) Sybase
4 19 (1.35%) TIBCO
5 17 (1.21%) YouTube
6 15 (1.07%) Sage
7 14 (0.99%) NetApp
8 11 (0.78%) IBM
9 9 (0.64%) IFS
10 8 (0.57%) Cisco
11 6 (0.43%) BT
11 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.36%) ATG
12 5 (0.36%) Google
13 4 (0.28%) Dell
13 4 (0.28%) HP
13 4 (0.28%) Sophos