Development Manager salary in the United Kingdom
£75,759
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £62,100 and £80,000
From 188 live development manager listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What development managers are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £62,100
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £70,000
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £80,000
- a quarter pay more
Development Manager salary by seniority
Median advertised pay at each level, with the middle half of adverts beside it. The step between levels is usually the number worth negotiating over.
How to read a development manager salary range
The middle half of development manager adverts sits between £62,100 and £80,000 — the top of that band is 1.3× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Leicester pays most for the role at £90,324 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for development managers
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for development managers
Live development manager roles
Tax Manager - Personal Tax
Insite Public Practice Recruitment LimitedDevelopment ManagerviaReedLondonPermanentHybrid£65,000 - £78,000 per annumNewSenior Employee Relations Partner
Loom Talent LimitedDevelopment ManagerviaReedLeicesterPermanentHybrid£70,000 - £72,000 per annum, inc benefitsNewBanking Solicitor
eNL Legal RecruitmentDevelopment ManagerviaReedNorwichPermanent£60,000 - £70,000 per annumNewBusiness Development Manager
Build Force Talent UK LtdDevelopment ManagerviaReedLondonPermanent£65,000 - £80,000 per annumNewSenior Finance Manager
Heap & CoDevelopment ManagerviaReedCambridgePermanent£65,000 - £70,000 per annumNewKey Account Manager
Livv WorkplaceDevelopment ManagerviaReedLondonPermanent£65,000 - £75,000 per annumNewDevelopment Manager salary: common questions
- How much does a development manager earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised development manager salary is £70,000 a year, from 188 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £62,100 and £80,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a development manager?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £36,500 to £432,500. The middle half sits between £62,100 and £80,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay development managers the most?
- Leicester leads at £90,324 on average, against £75,759 across the whole sample. Leeds follows at £87,500.
- What is a development manager salary per hour?
- About £38.85 an hour, or £291.38 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay development managers the most?
- From current listings, Michael Page Legal advertises the highest at £432,500 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
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Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out