The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Development role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 June 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Development
Rank 399 424 413
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 33 21 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.148% 0.089% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.156% 0.094% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 24 18 14
Average salary £60,000 £70,000 £71,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -1.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £54,300 £50,000 £59,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-17.24% +3.57%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21191 22381 22640
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.96% 95.36% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 17614 19161 19575
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Head of Development
England

Head of Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Head of Development Salary Trend

Head of Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of Development across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East Head of Development Salary Histogram

Head of Development
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Development within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Buckinghamshire +21 22 £59,000 +18.00% 5
Berkshire -8 3 £70,000 -
East Sussex - 3 - -
Hampshire - 3 £70,000 -
Surrey +5 1 £67,500 -1.81%
Oxfordshire - 1 £75,000 -
Head of Development
England

Head of Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 17 (30.36%) Open Source
2 16 (28.57%) Scrum
3 15 (26.79%) .NET
4 11 (19.64%) Workflow
4 11 (19.64%) Java
5 10 (17.86%) SQL Server
6 9 (16.07%) C#
6 9 (16.07%) Visual Studio
7 7 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 7 (12.50%) Finance
7 7 (12.50%) E-Commerce
8 6 (10.71%) ITIL
8 6 (10.71%) SQL
8 6 (10.71%) VB.NET
8 6 (10.71%) Degree
8 6 (10.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (10.71%) Mobile App
9 5 (8.929%) Rackspace
9 5 (8.929%) soapUI
9 5 (8.929%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.929%) Systems Analysis
9 5 (8.929%) Incident Management
9 5 (8.929%) PCI DSS
9 5 (8.929%) Oracle
9 5 (8.929%) SOAP
9 5 (8.929%) OO
9 5 (8.929%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.929%) Service Management
9 5 (8.929%) Project Management
10 4 (7.143%) VPN

Head of Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 15 (26.79%) .NET
2 5 (8.929%) soapUI
2 5 (8.929%) SOAP
3 4 (7.143%) XML
4 3 (5.357%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.571%) CSS
5 2 (3.571%) JSP
5 2 (3.571%) Servlets
5 2 (3.571%) HTML
5 2 (3.571%) J2EE
5 2 (3.571%) XSLT
5 2 (3.571%) ADO.NET
5 2 (3.571%) XHTML
5 2 (3.571%) JSON
5 2 (3.571%) jQuery
5 2 (3.571%) REST
5 2 (3.571%) HTML5
6 1 (1.786%) RSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.571%) CMS
2 1 (1.786%) Confluence
2 1 (1.786%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.786%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.786%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
1 1 (1.786%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.143%) VPN
2 2 (3.571%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.786%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.786%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 9 (16.07%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (5.357%) Subversion
4 1 (1.786%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.786%) Mercurial
4 1 (1.786%) JIRA
4 1 (1.786%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.786%) ClearQuest
General
1 7 (12.50%) Finance
2 4 (7.143%) Publishing
3 3 (5.357%) Banking
3 3 (5.357%) Retail
4 1 (1.786%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.786%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.36%) Open Source
2 6 (10.71%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.143%) Computer Science
3 4 (7.143%) Digital Media
4 2 (3.571%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.571%) E-Learning
5 1 (1.786%) New Media
5 1 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.786%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.786%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (1.786%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.786%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.357%) Windows
2 2 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.786%) Linux
3 1 (1.786%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) Scrum
2 11 (19.64%) Workflow
3 7 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 7 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 6 (10.71%) ITIL
5 5 (8.929%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (8.929%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (8.929%) Incident Management
5 5 (8.929%) OO
5 5 (8.929%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.929%) Service Management
5 5 (8.929%) Project Management
6 4 (7.143%) CRM
6 4 (7.143%) Configuration Management
6 4 (7.143%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (7.143%) Product Management
7 3 (5.357%) Web Development
7 3 (5.357%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (5.357%) Data Management
7 3 (5.357%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) Java
2 9 (16.07%) C#
3 6 (10.71%) SQL
3 6 (10.71%) VB.NET
4 2 (3.571%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.786%) Python
5 1 (1.786%) Perl
5 1 (1.786%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.929%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.571%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (8.929%) Rackspace
1 5 (8.929%) Oracle
2 3 (5.357%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.786%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.786%) IBM
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Head of Product Development/Manager C#, ASP.Net, SQL, Jquery, JavascriptMS Gold Partner up to £70k, BuckinghamshireSoftware Development Manager/Head of Product Development is required to lead a...
Hudson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + pension, healthcare, bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
Technology Skills Required: Excellent .Net platform and SQL Server experience. Strong Visual Studio 2010 skills are essential. Strong C# and VB.Net skills. SQL Server Reporting services experience...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £70000.00 - £73000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
Technology Skills Required: Excellent .Net platform and SQL Server experience. Strong Visual Studio 2010 skills are essential. Strong C# and VB.Net skills. SQL Server Reporting services experience...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £70000.00 - £73000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
C# and VB.Net are the programming languages used across our platform *Team foundation server is the code repository used to store all source *SQL Server Reporting services *...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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