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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 159 319
Rank change year-on-year +34 +160 +204
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 572 702 360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.93% 1.97% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.21% 2.04% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 202 605 140
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,700 £41,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,000 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% -13.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £88,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,750 £105,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% -20.00%

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 17,845 34,390 35,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 96.29% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,757 25,989 25,951
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,000 £36,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 17 June 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 17 June 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.

1 510 (89.16%) Business Development
2 338 (59.09%) Social Skills
3 305 (53.32%) Marketing
4 296 (51.75%) Finance
5 275 (48.08%) Collaborative Working
6 271 (47.38%) Collaborative Culture
7 270 (47.20%) Public Sector
8 269 (47.03%) Marketing Strategy
9 266 (46.50%) Facilities Management
10 53 (9.27%) CRM
11 34 (5.94%) Agile
12 30 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (5.07%) Decision-Making
13 29 (5.07%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (4.90%) Lead Generation
15 27 (4.72%) SaaS
16 26 (4.55%) B2B
17 25 (4.37%) Microsoft
17 25 (4.37%) Business Strategy
18 24 (4.20%) B2B Sales
18 24 (4.20%) Service Management
18 24 (4.20%) ITSM
19 23 (4.02%) Mentoring
19 23 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
20 20 (3.50%) .NET
20 20 (3.50%) Software Engineering
21 19 (3.32%) DevOps
22 18 (3.15%) Social Media
22 18 (3.15%) Azure
23 17 (2.97%) Enterprise Software

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 2 (0.35%) CMS
1 2 (0.35%) ColdFusion
2 1 (0.17%) Moodle
2 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.17%) Totara
2 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.35%) Notion
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 27 (4.72%) SaaS
2 18 (3.15%) Azure
3 13 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (1.92%) Power Platform
4 11 (1.92%) PowerApps
5 10 (1.75%) AWS
6 9 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.22%) Amazon S3
7 7 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (0.35%) Canva
8 2 (0.35%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.35%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.35%) Slack
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.17%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.10%) WPA
2 5 (0.87%) IP Telephony
2 5 (0.87%) Network Security
3 1 (0.17%) LAN
3 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.17%) WAN
3 1 (0.17%) Wireless
3 1 (0.17%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
2 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.52%) RDBMS
2 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.17%) MySQL
3 1 (0.17%) Power BI
3 1 (0.17%) Redis
3 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.05%) JIRA
2 3 (0.52%) Git
General
1 338 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 305 (53.32%) Marketing
3 296 (51.75%) Finance
4 270 (47.20%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.10%) Local Government
8 9 (1.57%) Tech for Good
9 7 (1.22%) Legal
9 7 (1.22%) Retail
10 5 (0.87%) Banking
10 5 (0.87%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.70%) Advertising
11 4 (0.70%) Front Office
11 4 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.52%) Back Office
12 3 (0.52%) Law
13 2 (0.35%) German Language
13 2 (0.35%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.17%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.50%) .NET
2 8 (1.40%) Node.js
2 8 (1.40%) React
3 5 (0.87%) CodeIgniter
3 5 (0.87%) Laravel
4 3 (0.52%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.52%) Hibernate
4 3 (0.52%) Spring
5 2 (0.35%) CSS
5 2 (0.35%) HTML
5 2 (0.35%) REST
6 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.17%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.17%) JSON
6 1 (0.17%) Middleware
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.17%) RESTful
6 1 (0.17%) SOAP
6 1 (0.17%) Symfony
6 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.15%) Social Media
2 17 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.57%) Onboarding
4 9 (1.57%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.22%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.05%) CMDB
6 6 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (0.87%) Private Cloud
8 4 (0.70%) Derivative
8 4 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.35%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.35%) NHS
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.17%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.17%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.17%) FMCG
10 1 (0.17%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.10%) Windows
1 12 (2.10%) Windows Vista
2 5 (0.87%) Android
2 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (89.16%) Business Development
2 275 (48.08%) Collaborative Working
3 271 (47.38%) Collaborative Culture
4 269 (47.03%) Marketing Strategy
5 266 (46.50%) Facilities Management
6 53 (9.27%) CRM
7 34 (5.94%) Agile
8 29 (5.07%) Decision-Making
8 29 (5.07%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (4.90%) Lead Generation
10 26 (4.55%) B2B
11 25 (4.37%) Business Strategy
12 24 (4.20%) B2B Sales
12 24 (4.20%) ITSM
12 24 (4.20%) Service Management
13 23 (4.02%) Mentoring
14 20 (3.50%) Software Engineering
15 19 (3.32%) DevOps
16 16 (2.80%) Coaching
17 15 (2.62%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.80%) JavaScript
2 15 (2.62%) Java
3 10 (1.75%) C#
4 6 (1.05%) PHP
5 4 (0.70%) Python
6 2 (0.35%) SQL
6 2 (0.35%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (2.80%) DBS Check
2 15 (2.62%) Degree
3 2 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.40%) QA
3 6 (1.05%) GDPR
3 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.05%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (4.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.57%) Google
2 9 (1.57%) HubSpot
3 7 (1.22%) Cisco
4 6 (1.05%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.05%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
5 5 (0.87%) Oracle
6 3 (0.52%) Siebel
7 2 (0.35%) Intapp
8 1 (0.17%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.17%) LexisNexis
8 1 (0.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.17%) TippingPoint