Development Manager Jobs in West Sussex

Development Manager
South East > West Sussex

The median Development Manager salary in West Sussex is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 51 87
Rank change year-on-year +25 +36 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 10 24 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 3.29% 3.24% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 3.43% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 22 3
10th Percentile - £35,000 £58,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £44,063 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +16.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile - £78,750 -
South East median annual salary £72,500 £44,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +62.92% -25.83% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 243 700 826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.93% 94.47% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 164 507 440
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,688 £33,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,012 £73,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in West Sussex

Development Manager
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in West Sussex

Development Manager
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Crawley +23 7 - - 21
Shoreham-by-Sea - 2 - -
Worthing - 1 £57,500 - 1
Development Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 across the West Sussex region featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (80.00%) QA
3 7 (70.00%) Multithreading
3 7 (70.00%) Amazon EC2
3 7 (70.00%) Amazon S3
3 7 (70.00%) AWS
3 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (70.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (70.00%) Process Improvement
3 7 (70.00%) People Management
3 7 (70.00%) Microservices
3 7 (70.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 7 (70.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 7 (70.00%) React
3 7 (70.00%) Software Delivery
3 7 (70.00%) Java
3 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco
3 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (70.00%) Scrum
3 7 (70.00%) Agile
3 7 (70.00%) Software Engineering
3 7 (70.00%) Data Analytics
3 7 (70.00%) Analytics
3 7 (70.00%) Multithreaded Programming
3 7 (70.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (20.00%) Facilities Management
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Business Development

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 7 (70.00%) Amazon EC2
1 7 (70.00%) Amazon S3
1 7 (70.00%) AWS
1 7 (70.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
1 7 (70.00%) Analytics
1 7 (70.00%) Data Analytics
1 7 (70.00%) Microservices
1 7 (70.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 7 (70.00%) Multithreading
1 7 (70.00%) People Management
1 7 (70.00%) Process Improvement
1 7 (70.00%) Scrum
1 7 (70.00%) Software Delivery
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 7 (70.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (20.00%) Business Development
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (20.00%) Facilities Management
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Java
1 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft