The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Development role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of Development in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Development
Rank - 96 89
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.069% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.071% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-17.24% +3.57%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1580 1400 1253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.35% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1325 1247 1089
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Head of Development
West Midlands

Head of Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of Development across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Head of Development Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of Development across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Head of Development Salary Trend

Head of Development
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Head of Development in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Development in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Git (software)
2 1 (33.33%) nginx
2 1 (33.33%) RSpec
2 1 (33.33%) Haml
2 1 (33.33%) Memcached
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Capistrano
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) PostGIS

Head of Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Head of Development in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Development in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Haml
2 1 (33.33%) Memcached
2 1 (33.33%) PostGIS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 1 (33.33%) Git (software)
1 1 (33.33%) RSpec
1 1 (33.33%) Capistrano
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Randstad Technologies
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Market leading package
Posted: 15 May 2013