Head of Software Development Jobs in England

Head of Software Development
UK > England

The median Head of Software Development salary in England is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 828 908 1090
Rank change year-on-year +80 +182 -256
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Development 12 19 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.014% 0.021% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.022% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 27
10th Percentile £60,000 £74,750 £72,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £78,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +11.48%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £94,375
90th Percentile - £110,000 £99,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +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 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Head of Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Development in England

Head of Software Development
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Head of Software Development in England

Head of Software Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Software Development in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Software Development in England

Head of Software 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 Software Development within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +21 8 £100,000 -
West Midlands - 8 £100,000 -
South East +10 3 £60,000 -31.43% 1
London +121 1 £105,000 -16.00%
Head of Software Development
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Head of Software 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 Software Development in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) DevOps
2 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) SDLC
3 6 (50.00%) QA
3 6 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 6 (50.00%) Git
3 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) Kanban
5 1 (8.33%) IoT
5 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (8.33%) Budgeting
5 1 (8.33%) Law
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) .NET
5 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
5 1 (8.33%) TDD
5 1 (8.33%) Pair Programming
5 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.33%) JIRA
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Due Diligence

Head of Software 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) DevOps
3 6 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (50.00%) SDLC
3 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Kanban
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (8.33%) Due Diligence
5 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
5 1 (8.33%) Pair Programming
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (8.33%) TDD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft