Development Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Development Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Development Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 139 355
Rank change year-on-year -59 +216 +121
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 241 782 367
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.61% 2.31% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 2.41% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 154 687 145
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,700 £38,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -38.46% -16.13%
75th Percentile £67,188 £53,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £78,000 £79,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -33.33% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Development Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Development Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Development Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Development Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Development Manager.

Development Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Development Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Development Manager over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Development Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Development Manager in the job title.

1 165 (68.46%) Business Development
2 82 (34.02%) Social Skills
3 53 (21.99%) CRM
4 45 (18.67%) Marketing
5 44 (18.26%) Microsoft
6 39 (16.18%) Social Media
7 37 (15.35%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (14.94%) Finance
9 35 (14.52%) Windows
9 35 (14.52%) Windows Vista
9 35 (14.52%) DBS Check
10 34 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
11 32 (13.28%) Agile
12 30 (12.45%) Project Management
13 29 (12.03%) Lead Generation
13 29 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (11.20%) Business Strategy
14 27 (11.20%) Microsoft Office
15 26 (10.79%) Software Engineering
15 26 (10.79%) Degree
16 24 (9.96%) Analytics
16 24 (9.96%) .NET
17 23 (9.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
17 23 (9.54%) SaaS
17 23 (9.54%) Decision-Making
18 22 (9.13%) Business Case
18 22 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
19 21 (8.71%) B2B
19 21 (8.71%) WPA
19 21 (8.71%) Local Government

Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) CMS
2 1 (0.41%) ColdFusion
2 1 (0.41%) Moodle
2 1 (0.41%) Totara
Applications
1 27 (11.20%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (9.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.83%) Notion
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (8.71%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.41%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.54%) SaaS
2 19 (7.88%) Azure
3 16 (6.64%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (6.22%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (5.39%) PowerApps
6 8 (3.32%) AWS
7 7 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.90%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.83%) Canva
9 2 (0.83%) GitHub
9 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.83%) IaaS
9 2 (0.83%) Slack
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.71%) WPA
2 3 (1.24%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.24%) Network Security
3 2 (0.83%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.41%) Broadband
4 1 (0.41%) LAN
4 1 (0.41%) VoIP
4 1 (0.41%) WAN
4 1 (0.41%) Wireless
4 1 (0.41%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.83%) Power BI
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.90%) JIRA
2 3 (1.24%) Git
3 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.67%) Marketing
3 37 (15.35%) Presentation Skills
4 36 (14.94%) Finance
5 34 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (8.71%) Local Government
7 18 (7.47%) Legal
8 12 (4.98%) Tech for Good
9 7 (2.90%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.90%) Retail
10 4 (1.66%) Advertising
10 4 (1.66%) Electronics
10 4 (1.66%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.83%) German Language
12 2 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.41%) Banking
13 1 (0.41%) Law
13 1 (0.41%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.96%) .NET
2 10 (4.15%) React
3 6 (2.49%) Node.js
4 5 (2.07%) CodeIgniter
4 5 (2.07%) Laravel
5 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.24%) Hibernate
5 3 (1.24%) Spring
6 2 (0.83%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.83%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.83%) CSS
6 2 (0.83%) HTML
7 1 (0.41%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.41%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.41%) HTML5
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.41%) REST
7 1 (0.41%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.18%) Social Media
2 19 (7.88%) Management Information System
3 17 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.32%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) CMDB
8 2 (0.83%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.83%) Life Science
8 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.83%) Pharmacovigilance
8 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.41%) FMCG
9 1 (0.41%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.41%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.52%) Windows
1 35 (14.52%) Windows Vista
2 5 (2.07%) Android
2 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (68.46%) Business Development
2 53 (21.99%) CRM
3 32 (13.28%) Agile
4 30 (12.45%) Project Management
5 29 (12.03%) Lead Generation
5 29 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (11.20%) Business Strategy
7 26 (10.79%) Software Engineering
8 24 (9.96%) Analytics
9 23 (9.54%) Decision-Making
10 22 (9.13%) Business Case
11 21 (8.71%) B2B
11 21 (8.71%) Business Forecasting
11 21 (8.71%) Roadmaps
12 20 (8.30%) B2B Sales
12 20 (8.30%) DevOps
13 19 (7.88%) Mentoring
13 19 (7.88%) Service Management
14 18 (7.47%) ITSM
15 17 (7.05%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.05%) JavaScript
2 12 (4.98%) Java
3 11 (4.56%) C#
4 5 (2.07%) PHP
5 3 (1.24%) SQL
6 2 (0.83%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.41%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (14.52%) DBS Check
2 26 (10.79%) Degree
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.24%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.24%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.22%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.15%) QA
3 5 (2.07%) GDPR
3 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.24%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.90%) Cisco
2 7 (2.90%) Google
2 7 (2.90%) HubSpot
3 6 (2.49%) Oracle
3 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.07%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.66%) Pure Storage
6 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.83%) Intapp
8 1 (0.41%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.41%) Facebook
8 1 (0.41%) Instagram
8 1 (0.41%) Orchard
8 1 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) TikTok
8 1 (0.41%) TippingPoint