Head of Development Jobs in England

Head of Development
UK > England

The median Head of Development salary in England is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 794 869 1053
Rank change year-on-year +75 +184 -292
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 50 78 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.085% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.093% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 43 73 58
10th Percentile £45,800 £66,100 £64,950
25th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £95,000 £86,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +10.14% +11.29%
75th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £114,000 £120,000 £104,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +8.57% +12.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Development in England.

Salary trend for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Development within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Midlands +23 20 £90,000 +12.50% 2
South East +19 14 £49,000 -51.00% 7
London +118 13 £105,000 +5.00% 12
West Midlands +23 11 £100,000 +21.67%
East Midlands -8 9 £87,500 +9.38% 2
North of England +43 3 £85,000 +13.33% 4
North West +14 3 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Head of Development
UK

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Head of Development 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 across the England region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Agile
3 13 (26.00%) Roadmaps
4 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
5 11 (22.00%) Marketing
6 10 (20.00%) .NET
6 10 (20.00%) Finance
7 9 (18.00%) Project Management
7 9 (18.00%) CRM
8 8 (16.00%) Git
8 8 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (14.00%) Strategic Thinking
9 7 (14.00%) SaaS
9 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (14.00%) DevOps
9 7 (14.00%) Line Management
9 7 (14.00%) Code Quality
10 6 (12.00%) SDLC
10 6 (12.00%) Test Automation
10 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
10 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.00%) PHP
10 6 (12.00%) QA
10 6 (12.00%) Manual Testing
11 5 (10.00%) Degree
11 5 (10.00%) C#
11 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
11 5 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.00%) Confluence
1 1 (2.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (6.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (14.00%) SaaS
3 2 (4.00%) Azure
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.00%) MySQL
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Git
2 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Marketing
3 10 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Front Office
5 4 (8.00%) Law
6 3 (6.00%) Retail
7 2 (4.00%) Banking
7 2 (4.00%) Digital Health
7 2 (4.00%) Legal
8 1 (2.00%) German Language
8 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.00%) International Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Spanish Language
8 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (4.00%) Laravel
3 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.00%) BREW
3 1 (2.00%) jQuery
3 1 (2.00%) React
3 1 (2.00%) Symfony
3 1 (2.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (2.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) IoT
2 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.00%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) Social Media
4 1 (2.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.00%) Agile
2 13 (26.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (18.00%) CRM
3 9 (18.00%) Project Management
4 7 (14.00%) Code Quality
4 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (14.00%) DevOps
4 7 (14.00%) Line Management
4 7 (14.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (12.00%) Manual Testing
5 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.00%) SDLC
5 6 (12.00%) Test Automation
6 5 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 5 (10.00%) Budgeting
6 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (8.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) PHP
2 5 (10.00%) C#
3 4 (8.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.00%) SQL
4 3 (6.00%) C++
4 3 (6.00%) Java
4 3 (6.00%) Python
5 2 (4.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (6.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) QA
2 3 (6.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Salesforce