Development Manager
UK

The median Development Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 395 561
Rank change year-on-year +185 +166 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1,408 812 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 0.82% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 0.89% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 416 619
10th Percentile £35,000 - £49,200
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £61,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -22.58% +14.81%
75th Percentile £68,125 £77,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £85,650 £96,250 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.84% -22.14% +12.00%

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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Manager over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Manager in the UK

Development Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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 +165 1,216 £45,000 -25.00% 346
UK excluding London +112 969 £47,500 -12.84% 247
Work from Home +177 700 £40,000 -38.46% 141
London +220 360 £40,000 -51.52% 115
South East +81 335 £40,000 -33.33% 73
Midlands +123 232 £46,250 -19.57% 39
North of England +69 182 £55,000 +10.98% 63
West Midlands +112 172 £40,060 -28.78% 25
North West +34 97 £55,000 -8.33% 40
Scotland -4 82 £52,500 +23.53% 11
Yorkshire +87 72 £45,000 +20.00% 17
East Midlands +22 60 £68,500 +16.60% 14
South West -14 57 £50,000 +14.29% 39
East of England -13 53 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Wales +39 43 £35,700 +2.00% 2
North East -3 13 £70,000 +47.24% 6
Northern Ireland +29 9 £60,000 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 Development Manager in the job title.

1 961 (68.25%) Business Development
2 332 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 266 (18.89%) Salesforce
4 231 (16.41%) Customer Experience
5 229 (16.26%) Client Onboarding
6 205 (14.56%) Finance
7 204 (14.49%) CRM
8 199 (14.13%) Marketing
9 196 (13.92%) Agile
10 168 (11.93%) Decision-Making
11 141 (10.01%) Microsoft
12 138 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
13 135 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
14 125 (8.88%) Degree
15 116 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
16 92 (6.53%) Self-Motivation
17 87 (6.18%) B2B
18 86 (6.11%) Retail
19 82 (5.82%) Telecoms
20 81 (5.75%) SaaS
21 80 (5.68%) .NET
22 79 (5.61%) Project Management
23 74 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
24 71 (5.04%) Software Engineering
25 70 (4.97%) Logistics
26 67 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
27 66 (4.69%) Mentoring
28 65 (4.62%) Azure
29 64 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
30 63 (4.47%) C#

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 23 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (0.78%) CMS
3 9 (0.64%) WordPress
4 8 (0.57%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.43%) Apache
5 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.43%) nginx
5 6 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.28%) Confluence
6 4 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.21%) Drupal
7 3 (0.21%) SAS
8 2 (0.14%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.14%) Liferay
8 2 (0.14%) Magnolia
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.071%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 138 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 43 (3.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 23 (1.63%) Endur
3 17 (1.21%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.21%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.14%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 81 (5.75%) SaaS
2 65 (4.62%) Azure
3 33 (2.34%) AWS
4 22 (1.56%) Power Platform
5 20 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.71%) GCP
7 7 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (0.50%) IBM Cloud
7 7 (0.50%) PowerApps
8 6 (0.43%) Asana
8 6 (0.43%) dbt
9 4 (0.28%) PaaS
10 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.21%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.21%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.14%) npm
11 2 (0.14%) Serverless
11 2 (0.14%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.071%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.49%) VoIP
2 18 (1.28%) Unified Communications
3 16 (1.14%) Broadband
4 9 (0.64%) Network Security
5 8 (0.57%) Firewall
6 5 (0.36%) DNS
6 5 (0.36%) SSL
6 5 (0.36%) WAN
7 4 (0.28%) NaaS
8 3 (0.21%) FTP
8 3 (0.21%) HTTP
8 3 (0.21%) MPLS
8 3 (0.21%) MQTT
8 3 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.21%) VPN
9 2 (0.14%) Internet
9 2 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.14%) VPLS
9 2 (0.14%) WinSCP
10 1 (0.071%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.78%) Relational Database
3 23 (1.63%) RDBMS
4 14 (0.99%) MySQL
5 11 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.64%) OLAP
6 9 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.57%) Power BI
8 6 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.43%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.43%) Dremio
8 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.28%) GIS
10 2 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.14%) DB2
10 2 (0.14%) DTS
10 2 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.14%) MS Access
10 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (0.99%) JIRA
2 12 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.36%) Git
4 2 (0.14%) Bower
4 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.14%) gulp
4 2 (0.14%) Moq
4 2 (0.14%) Selenium
4 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 332 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 205 (14.56%) Finance
3 199 (14.13%) Marketing
4 86 (6.11%) Retail
5 82 (5.82%) Telecoms
6 74 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 67 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 64 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 60 (4.26%) Manufacturing
10 52 (3.69%) Legal
11 48 (3.41%) Public Sector
12 33 (2.34%) Games
12 33 (2.34%) Local Government
13 22 (1.56%) Automotive
14 21 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (0.85%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.85%) Law
17 11 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
18 8 (0.57%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (5.68%) .NET
2 15 (1.07%) HTML
3 14 (0.99%) React
4 11 (0.78%) CSS
5 9 (0.64%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.57%) Node.js
6 8 (0.57%) Redux
7 7 (0.50%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.43%) gRPC
8 6 (0.43%) LAMP
8 6 (0.43%) Protocol Buffers
9 5 (0.36%) Ajax
9 5 (0.36%) Laravel
10 4 (0.28%) jQuery
10 4 (0.28%) Vue
10 4 (0.28%) Web Services
11 3 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.21%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.53%) Self-Motivation
2 48 (3.41%) Driving Licence
3 46 (3.27%) Onboarding
4 27 (1.92%) Social Media
5 23 (1.63%) Life Science
5 23 (1.63%) Swaptions
6 22 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.49%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
10 10 (0.71%) FMCG
11 9 (0.64%) e-Learning
11 9 (0.64%) NHS
12 8 (0.57%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
12 8 (0.57%) Learning Management System
13 7 (0.50%) 3D Graphics
13 7 (0.50%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.50%) IoT
13 7 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.71%) Linux
2 9 (0.64%) Windows
3 1 (0.071%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 961 (68.25%) Business Development
2 231 (16.41%) Customer Experience
3 229 (16.26%) Client Onboarding
4 204 (14.49%) CRM
5 196 (13.92%) Agile
6 168 (11.93%) Decision-Making
7 116 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (6.18%) B2B
9 79 (5.61%) Project Management
10 71 (5.04%) Software Engineering
11 70 (4.97%) Logistics
12 66 (4.69%) Mentoring
13 61 (4.33%) SDLC
14 59 (4.19%) Value Proposition
15 54 (3.84%) Business Strategy
16 52 (3.69%) DevOps
17 51 (3.62%) Roadmaps
17 51 (3.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 50 (3.55%) People Management
19 46 (3.27%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 63 (4.47%) C#
2 46 (3.27%) Java
3 44 (3.13%) SQL
4 27 (1.92%) PHP
5 25 (1.78%) VB
6 24 (1.70%) Python
7 21 (1.49%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.07%) C
8 15 (1.07%) PowerShell
9 14 (0.99%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.43%) Embedded C
11 5 (0.36%) C++
12 3 (0.21%) R
12 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.14%) Go
13 2 (0.14%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.14%) XAML
14 1 (0.071%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 125 (8.88%) Degree
2 19 (1.35%) Master's Degree
3 18 (1.28%) DBS Check
4 15 (1.07%) PhD
5 14 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (0.99%) Security Cleared
6 12 (0.85%) MBA
6 12 (0.85%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.71%) CFA
7 10 (0.71%) CIMA
8 7 (0.50%) CIPD
8 7 (0.50%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.21%) HNC
9 3 (0.21%) HND
9 3 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.14%) CISSP
11 1 (0.071%) ACCA
11 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.071%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (3.69%) SLA
2 26 (1.85%) QA
3 8 (0.57%) GDPR
4 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.43%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.36%) NCSC
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.14%) PMO
8 1 (0.071%) IFRS
8 1 (0.071%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 13 (0.92%) Docker
2 5 (0.36%) Firmware
3 2 (0.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.85%) Ansible
3 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.071%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.071%) Plesk
4 1 (0.071%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 266 (18.89%) Salesforce
2 141 (10.01%) Microsoft
3 59 (4.19%) SAP
4 23 (1.63%) OpenLink
4 23 (1.63%) Oracle
4 23 (1.63%) Sybase
4 23 (1.63%) TIBCO
4 23 (1.63%) YouTube
5 17 (1.21%) NetApp
6 15 (1.07%) Sage
7 11 (0.78%) IBM
8 9 (0.64%) IFS
9 8 (0.57%) Cisco
10 6 (0.43%) BT
10 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.43%) Intel
11 5 (0.36%) ATG
11 5 (0.36%) Google
12 4 (0.28%) Dell
12 4 (0.28%) HP