IT Development Manager
UK

The median IT Development Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 966 1156
Rank change year-on-year +125 +190 -304
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Development Manager 53 27 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.026% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.028% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 50 21 41
10th Percentile £32,500 £50,000 £49,200
25th Percentile £37,875 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.69% +10.87% -

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +144 51 £60,000 -7.69% 8
UK excluding London +14 42 £53,750 -15.69% 7
Work from Home +98 25 £67,500 - 3
North of England +53 15 £45,000 -33.33% 2
South East +37 14 £62,500 +15.74% 1
North West +13 12 £41,750 -38.15%
London +149 9 £72,500 +11.54% 1
West Midlands +29 9 £65,000 +21.50% 2
Midlands +9 9 £65,000 +21.50% 2
East of England +26 4 £30,000 -47.83% 1
South West -22 3 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £62,500 - 1
North East - 1 £70,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 35 (66.04%) Business Development
2 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
3 16 (30.19%) Public Sector
4 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
5 14 (26.42%) Marketing
6 11 (20.75%) Agile
6 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (16.98%) Software Testing
8 9 (16.98%) Finance
9 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (13.21%) Service Delivery
10 7 (13.21%) QA
10 7 (13.21%) AWS
10 7 (13.21%) Project Delivery
11 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
11 6 (11.32%) PowerApps
11 6 (11.32%) SaaS
11 6 (11.32%) Waterfall
11 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (11.32%) Process Improvement
11 6 (11.32%) QMS
11 6 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (11.32%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (11.32%) ITSM
11 6 (11.32%) Service Management
11 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce
12 5 (9.43%) Retail
12 5 (9.43%) Project Management
12 5 (9.43%) Decision-Making

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 (5.66%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) AWS
2 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
2 6 (11.32%) PowerApps
2 6 (11.32%) SaaS
3 5 (9.43%) Azure
3 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (5.66%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) Unified Communications
2 3 (5.66%) Firewall
2 3 (5.66%) MPLS
2 3 (5.66%) VoIP
2 3 (5.66%) VPN
3 2 (3.77%) VPLS
3 2 (3.77%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.19%) Public Sector
3 14 (26.42%) Marketing
4 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (16.98%) Finance
6 5 (9.43%) Retail
7 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Advertising
9 1 (1.89%) Billing
9 1 (1.89%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.89%) Local Government
9 1 (1.89%) Police
9 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) .NET
1 4 (7.55%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.66%) Social Media
2 3 (5.66%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (66.04%) Business Development
2 11 (20.75%) Agile
2 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (16.98%) Software Testing
4 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (13.21%) Project Delivery
5 7 (13.21%) Service Delivery
6 6 (11.32%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce
6 6 (11.32%) ITSM
6 6 (11.32%) Process Improvement
6 6 (11.32%) QMS
6 6 (11.32%) Service Management
6 6 (11.32%) Waterfall
7 5 (9.43%) Decision-Making
7 5 (9.43%) Market Research
7 5 (9.43%) Project Management
8 4 (7.55%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) PaperCut
1 1 (1.89%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Acronis
2 3 (5.66%) Aruba
2 3 (5.66%) Cisco
2 3 (5.66%) Commvault
2 3 (5.66%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (5.66%) Dell
2 3 (5.66%) HP
2 3 (5.66%) Kaspersky
2 3 (5.66%) Meraki
2 3 (5.66%) Sophos
2 3 (5.66%) Veeam
2 3 (5.66%) Veritas
3 2 (3.77%) Citrix
3 2 (3.77%) EMC
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) IBM
4 1 (1.89%) Kofax
4 1 (1.89%) OpenText
4 1 (1.89%) ReadSoft