The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Development role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 22 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Development
Rank 204 200 210
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 6 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.114% 0.195% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.118% 0.205% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 4
Average salary £47,500 £57,150 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.88% -4.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,250 £49,500 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,750 £62,290 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-17.24% +3.57%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5102 5375 5614
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.56% 95.34% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4493 4642 4804
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,635 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Devon - 3 £42,500 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £51,250 -
Bristol -9 1 £75,000 +53.84%
Head of Development
England

Head of Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) XML
2 10 (45.45%) HTML
2 10 (45.45%) SQL
3 9 (40.91%) T-SQL
3 9 (40.91%) VB
3 9 (40.91%) .NET
3 9 (40.91%) C#
3 9 (40.91%) C++
3 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
3 9 (40.91%) IIS
3 9 (40.91%) ADO.NET
3 9 (40.91%) ASP.NET
3 9 (40.91%) COM+
3 9 (40.91%) XSL
3 9 (40.91%) WSDL
3 9 (40.91%) XML Schema
3 9 (40.91%) SQL Server 2000
3 9 (40.91%) Web Services
3 9 (40.91%) VB6
3 9 (40.91%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (40.91%) .NET Framework
3 9 (40.91%) Performance Testing
3 9 (40.91%) Load Testing
3 9 (40.91%) Performance Management
3 9 (40.91%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (40.91%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (22.73%) Degree
4 5 (22.73%) E-Learning
4 5 (22.73%) Linux

Head of Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 10 (45.45%) XML
1 10 (45.45%) HTML
2 9 (40.91%) .NET
2 9 (40.91%) ADO.NET
2 9 (40.91%) ASP.NET
2 9 (40.91%) COM+
2 9 (40.91%) XSL
2 9 (40.91%) WSDL
2 9 (40.91%) XML Schema
2 9 (40.91%) Web Services
2 9 (40.91%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.545%) CSS
3 1 (4.545%) LAMP
3 1 (4.545%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 9 (40.91%) IIS
2 5 (22.73%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Project
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server 2000
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server 2005
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (22.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Advertising
3 1 (4.545%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Performance Testing
1 9 (40.91%) Load Testing
1 9 (40.91%) Performance Management
2 1 (4.545%) Scrum
2 1 (4.545%) Project Management
2 1 (4.545%) ITIL
2 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
2 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (4.545%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) SQL
2 9 (40.91%) T-SQL
2 9 (40.91%) VB
2 9 (40.91%) C#
2 9 (40.91%) C++
2 9 (40.91%) VB6
3 5 (22.73%) PHP
4 1 (4.545%) C
4 1 (4.545%) Java
4 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.545%) Sun