Development Manager Jobs

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 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 373 564
Rank change year-on-year +196 +191 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Manager 1,707 829 986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.58% 0.88% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.97% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 410 606
10th Percentile £35,000 - £49,200
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £61,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,875 £107,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +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 102,423 85,496 164,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 91.22% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 72,429 55,387 85,689
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,564 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +187 1,479 £45,000 -25.00% 370
UK excluding London +131 1,216 £50,000 -9.09% 273
Work from Home +165 718 £40,000 -38.46% 139
South East +75 396 £45,000 -25.00% 64
London +226 395 £40,000 -50.77% 99
Midlands +147 350 £45,000 -25.00% 60
North of England +86 226 £55,000 +15.69% 81
West Midlands +123 221 £40,060 -31.81% 37
North West +65 136 £55,000 -4.35% 54
East Midlands +69 129 £68,500 +14.17% 23
Scotland +19 97 £65,000 +52.94% 17
Yorkshire +75 76 £50,000 +33.33% 22
East of England -25 57 £60,000 +4.35% 18
South West -33 55 £50,000 +33.33% 33
Wales +44 46 £35,700 +2.00% 5
North East -16 14 £70,000 +47.24% 6
Northern Ireland +28 13 £60,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 1,217 (71.29%) Business Development
2 401 (23.49%) Social Skills
3 396 (23.20%) Finance
4 339 (19.86%) Microsoft
5 335 (19.63%) Marketing
6 333 (19.51%) Microsoft Office
7 330 (19.33%) Microsoft Excel
8 328 (19.21%) Agile
9 285 (16.70%) Retail
10 262 (15.35%) Logistics
11 257 (15.06%) Salesforce
12 240 (14.06%) Decision-Making
13 223 (13.06%) Customer Experience
14 222 (13.01%) Client Onboarding
15 208 (12.19%) CRM
16 206 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
17 169 (9.90%) Facilities Management
18 157 (9.20%) Commercial Awareness
19 152 (8.90%) Customer Requirements
19 152 (8.90%) CAD
20 148 (8.67%) Financial Modelling
21 146 (8.55%) Data Management
22 128 (7.50%) Degree
23 120 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
24 110 (6.44%) Contract Negotiation
25 108 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
26 100 (5.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
27 94 (5.51%) Strategic Planning
28 91 (5.33%) .NET
29 89 (5.21%) Telecoms

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 21 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (0.64%) CMS
3 9 (0.53%) WordPress
4 7 (0.41%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.35%) Apache
5 6 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.35%) nginx
5 6 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.23%) Confluence
6 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.18%) Drupal
8 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.12%) IIS
8 2 (0.12%) Liferay
8 2 (0.12%) Magnolia
9 1 (0.059%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 333 (19.51%) Microsoft Office
2 330 (19.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 100 (5.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.12%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.059%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (2.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 21 (1.23%) Endur
3 16 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.18%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.12%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.12%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.059%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 86 (5.04%) SaaS
2 69 (4.04%) Azure
3 37 (2.17%) AWS
4 21 (1.23%) Power Platform
5 20 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.59%) GCP
7 7 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (0.41%) IBM Cloud
8 6 (0.35%) Asana
8 6 (0.35%) dbt
9 5 (0.29%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.23%) PaaS
11 3 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.18%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.18%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.12%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.12%) npm
12 2 (0.12%) Serverless
12 2 (0.12%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.52%) VoIP
2 18 (1.05%) Unified Communications
3 16 (0.94%) Broadband
4 9 (0.53%) Network Security
5 8 (0.47%) Firewall
6 7 (0.41%) Internet
7 6 (0.35%) WAN
8 5 (0.29%) DNS
8 5 (0.29%) SSL
9 4 (0.23%) NaaS
9 4 (0.23%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.18%) FTP
10 3 (0.18%) HTTP
10 3 (0.18%) MPLS
10 3 (0.18%) MQTT
10 3 (0.18%) VPN
11 2 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.12%) VPLS
11 2 (0.12%) WinSCP
12 1 (0.059%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.35%) Relational Database
3 21 (1.23%) RDBMS
4 14 (0.82%) MySQL
5 11 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.53%) OLAP
6 9 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.47%) Power BI
8 6 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.35%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.35%) Dremio
8 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.23%) GIS
10 2 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.12%) DB2
10 2 (0.12%) DTS
10 2 (0.12%) MS Access
10 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (0.82%) JIRA
2 10 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.29%) Git
4 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.12%) Bower
5 2 (0.12%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.12%) gulp
5 2 (0.12%) Moq
5 2 (0.12%) Postman
5 2 (0.12%) Selenium
5 2 (0.12%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 401 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 396 (23.20%) Finance
3 335 (19.63%) Marketing
4 285 (16.70%) Retail
5 206 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (5.21%) Telecoms
7 86 (5.04%) Legal
8 68 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 67 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 58 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 46 (2.69%) Public Sector
12 33 (1.93%) Local Government
13 29 (1.70%) Games
14 24 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.29%) Automotive
16 18 (1.05%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.00%) Law
18 16 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
20 9 (0.53%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.33%) .NET
2 18 (1.05%) React
3 15 (0.88%) ASP.NET
4 13 (0.76%) HTML
5 11 (0.64%) CSS
6 8 (0.47%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (0.47%) Node.js
6 8 (0.47%) Redux
7 7 (0.41%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.35%) gRPC
8 6 (0.35%) Protocol Buffers
9 5 (0.29%) Ajax
9 5 (0.29%) LAMP
9 5 (0.29%) Laravel
9 5 (0.29%) REST
10 4 (0.23%) jQuery
10 4 (0.23%) Web Services
11 3 (0.18%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.18%) Vue
11 3 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (3.10%) Driving Licence
3 46 (2.69%) Onboarding
4 27 (1.58%) Social Media
5 26 (1.52%) Life Science
6 22 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 21 (1.23%) Swaptions
8 15 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (0.59%) Biopharmaceutical
9 10 (0.59%) FMCG
10 9 (0.53%) CCTV
10 9 (0.53%) e-Learning
10 9 (0.53%) NHS
11 8 (0.47%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (0.47%) Learning Management System
11 8 (0.47%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.41%) 3D Graphics
12 7 (0.41%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.76%) Windows
2 10 (0.59%) Linux
3 1 (0.059%) Android
3 1 (0.059%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.059%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,217 (71.29%) Business Development
2 328 (19.21%) Agile
3 262 (15.35%) Logistics
4 240 (14.06%) Decision-Making
5 223 (13.06%) Customer Experience
6 222 (13.01%) Client Onboarding
7 208 (12.19%) CRM
8 169 (9.90%) Facilities Management
9 157 (9.20%) Commercial Awareness
10 152 (8.90%) CAD
10 152 (8.90%) Customer Requirements
11 148 (8.67%) Financial Modelling
12 146 (8.55%) Data Management
13 120 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
14 110 (6.44%) Contract Negotiation
15 94 (5.51%) Strategic Planning
16 87 (5.10%) B2B
17 73 (4.28%) Software Engineering
18 72 (4.22%) Project Management
19 65 (3.81%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 70 (4.10%) C#
2 48 (2.81%) SQL
3 43 (2.52%) Java
4 28 (1.64%) Python
5 26 (1.52%) PHP
6 24 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.35%) VB
8 16 (0.94%) C
9 13 (0.76%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.35%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.23%) C++
11 4 (0.23%) R
12 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.12%) Go
13 2 (0.12%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.12%) XAML
14 1 (0.059%) RPG
Qualifications
1 128 (7.50%) Degree
2 18 (1.05%) DBS Check
2 18 (1.05%) PhD
3 17 (1.00%) Master's Degree
4 14 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (0.70%) MBA
5 12 (0.70%) Security Cleared
6 10 (0.59%) CFA
6 10 (0.59%) CIMA
6 10 (0.59%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.41%) CIPD
7 7 (0.41%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.18%) ACCA
8 3 (0.18%) HNC
8 3 (0.18%) HND
8 3 (0.18%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.12%) CISSP
10 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.059%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (2.99%) SLA
2 22 (1.29%) QA
3 9 (0.53%) GDPR
4 6 (0.35%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.35%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.35%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.29%) NCSC
6 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.12%) PMO
8 1 (0.059%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.059%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.059%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.059%) IFRS
8 1 (0.059%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.059%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 13 (0.76%) Docker
2 5 (0.29%) Firmware
3 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.12%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.59%) Ansible
3 1 (0.059%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.059%) Plesk
3 1 (0.059%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 339 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 257 (15.06%) Salesforce
3 58 (3.40%) SAP
4 31 (1.82%) YouTube
5 21 (1.23%) OpenLink
5 21 (1.23%) Oracle
5 21 (1.23%) Sybase
5 21 (1.23%) TIBCO
6 18 (1.05%) NetApp
7 15 (0.88%) Sage
8 12 (0.70%) IBM
9 10 (0.59%) Intel
10 9 (0.53%) IFS
11 8 (0.47%) Cisco
12 6 (0.35%) BT
12 6 (0.35%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.29%) ATG
13 5 (0.29%) Google
13 5 (0.29%) VMware
14 4 (0.23%) HP