IT Development Manager
UK

The median IT Development Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 958 1160
Rank change year-on-year +115 +202 -301
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Development Manager 51 23 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.023% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.025% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 49 20 45
10th Percentile £32,500 £45,213 £49,200
25th Percentile £36,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% +9.52%

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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £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%

IT Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Development Manager in the UK

IT Development Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Development Manager in the UK

IT Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Development Manager over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Development Manager in the UK

IT Development Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +107 49 £60,000 -5.88% 6
UK excluding London +25 41 £53,750 -10.42% 6
Work from Home +97 24 £67,500 +3.85% 6
North of England +47 14 £45,000 -33.33%
South East +16 14 £67,500 +28.57% 1
North West +10 11 £41,750 -38.15%
West Midlands +16 9 £65,000 +38.67% 1
Midlands -1 9 £65,000 +38.67% 1
London +131 8 £70,000 +3.70% 3
East of England +22 4 £30,000 -47.83% 1
South West -27 3 £45,000 -18.18%
Yorkshire - 2 £62,500 -
North East - 1 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, IT 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 IT Development Manager in the job title.

1 34 (66.67%) Business Development
2 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
4 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
5 13 (25.49%) Marketing
6 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (17.65%) Agile
8 8 (15.69%) Software Testing
8 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (15.69%) Finance
9 7 (13.73%) QA
9 7 (13.73%) AWS
10 6 (11.76%) SaaS
10 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (11.76%) Service Delivery
10 6 (11.76%) E-Commerce
10 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
11 5 (9.80%) Power Platform
11 5 (9.80%) PowerApps
11 5 (9.80%) Retail
11 5 (9.80%) Service Management
11 5 (9.80%) ITSM
11 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (9.80%) Decision-Making
11 5 (9.80%) Process Improvement
11 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
11 5 (9.80%) Unified Communications

IT 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 3 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) AWS
2 6 (11.76%) SaaS
3 5 (9.80%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.80%) Power Platform
3 5 (9.80%) PowerApps
4 3 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (5.88%) GCP
4 3 (5.88%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) Unified Communications
2 3 (5.88%) Firewall
2 3 (5.88%) MPLS
2 3 (5.88%) VoIP
2 3 (5.88%) VPN
3 2 (3.92%) VPLS
3 2 (3.92%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 13 (25.49%) Marketing
4 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (15.69%) Finance
6 5 (9.80%) Retail
7 3 (5.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.96%) Advertising
8 1 (1.96%) Billing
8 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.96%) Local Government
8 1 (1.96%) Police
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) .NET
1 4 (7.84%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.88%) Social Media
2 3 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (66.67%) Business Development
2 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (17.65%) Agile
4 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (15.69%) Software Testing
5 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (11.76%) E-Commerce
5 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 6 (11.76%) Service Delivery
6 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (9.80%) Decision-Making
6 5 (9.80%) ITSM
6 5 (9.80%) Market Research
6 5 (9.80%) Process Improvement
6 5 (9.80%) QMS
6 5 (9.80%) Service Management
6 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
7 4 (7.84%) Project Management
7 4 (7.84%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) PaperCut
1 1 (1.96%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) Acronis
2 3 (5.88%) Aruba
2 3 (5.88%) Cisco
2 3 (5.88%) Commvault
2 3 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (5.88%) Dell
2 3 (5.88%) HP
2 3 (5.88%) Kaspersky
2 3 (5.88%) Meraki
2 3 (5.88%) Sophos
2 3 (5.88%) Veeam
2 3 (5.88%) Veritas
3 2 (3.92%) Citrix
3 2 (3.92%) EMC
4 1 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (1.96%) IBM
4 1 (1.96%) Kofax
4 1 (1.96%) OpenText
4 1 (1.96%) ReadSoft