Senior Development Manager
UK
The median Senior Development Manager salary in the UK is £93,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 696 | 841 | 877 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +145 | +36 | +321 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Development Manager | 15 | 63 | 44 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.027% | 0.057% | 0.048% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.030% | 0.061% | 0.052% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 41 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £49,500 | £56,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £51,000 | £65,921 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £93,750 | £57,500 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.04% | -28.13% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £127,125 | £80,000 | £126,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £134,500 | £105,000 | £139,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £80,000 | £67,529 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.75% | +18.47% | -32.47% |
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 | 50,341 | 104,123 | 84,329 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.94% | 94.77% | 91.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,498 | 73,470 | 54,978 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,850 | £38,603 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +6.37% |
Senior Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Development Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Development Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Development Manager.
Senior Development Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Development Manager over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.
Senior Development Manager
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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 |
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| England | +129 | 10 | £97,500 | +75.68% | 109 |
| London | +69 | 9 | £108,250 | +107.18% | 63 |
| Work from Home | +117 | 6 | £97,500 | +50.00% | 55 |
| UK excluding London | +181 | 1 | £45,000 | -43.75% | 51 |
| North of England | +75 | 1 | £45,000 | -18.92% | 15 |
| North East | - | 1 | £45,000 | - | 2 |
Senior Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Development Manager in the job title.
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Senior 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: