Development Officer Job Trends

Development Officer
UK

The median Development Officer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 710 695
Rank change year-on-year +80 -15 +334
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Officer 14 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.011% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.012% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 6
10th Percentile £30,708 - £32,417
25th Percentile - - £35,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £39,230
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.43%
75th Percentile - - £41,779
90th Percentile - - £42,629
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 - £37,032
% change year-on-year - - +7.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Development Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Development Officer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Development Officer job vacancy trend in the UK

Development Officer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Development Officer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Development Officer job vacancies in the UK

Development Officer
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 Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +75 13 £35,000 - 5
UK excluding London - 13 £35,000 - 6
South West - 7 £35,000 - 3
Midlands - 6 £34,740 - 2
West Midlands - 4 £35,000 -
Work from Home - 3 £30,000 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £30,000 - 2

Development Officer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Development Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Development Officer in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Business Development
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.14%) Bash
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) Google Ads
4 1 (7.14%) GraphQL
4 1 (7.14%) JSON
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Generation
4 1 (7.14%) MailChimp
4 1 (7.14%) Middleware
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) REST
4 1 (7.14%) SEO
4 1 (7.14%) SOAP
4 1 (7.14%) Storyboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Supplier Management
4 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience
4 1 (7.14%) WordPress

Development Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Google Ads
1 1 (7.14%) MailChimp
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (21.43%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Local Government
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) GraphQL
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Business Development
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Generation
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) SEO
4 1 (7.14%) Storyboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Supplier Management
4 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bash
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Google